> is legally permitted to execute me.

Luckily not a single US citizen was ever executed by the US government

I will forever call it the Amazon Swindle now, that's hilarious

Perhaps a good idea would be a horizontal comparison slider for the non-enhanced and enhanced versions. Kind of like how it is in Topaz Gigapixel AI

As a fan of Theo, I think that his arguments in the Anthropic video were bad and he seemed very entitled. Instead of owning it during the backlash, he plays victim and literally tells fans who are suspicious to go fuck themselves - not a good look IMO

> Western writing has a very small character set

If you include all of the Latin-script characters, Cyrillic, Greek, accent symbols and ligatures, you'd have over 300 characters, and that is a very conservative estimate

Many of the top US generals at the time thought that the blockade and imminent Soviet invasion would have been enough to force the Japanese into surrender. The land invasion comparison was propped up as a good "justification" for dropping the bomb, though.

But you do realize that in cabinet meetings after the atomic bombings, the bombings themselves were only scarcely discussed? It is unknown how much impact the atomic bomb had on their decision to surrender, but it is certainly only one of many factors.

Sound monitoring device without any battery - kind of crazy. Reminded me of why I did not switch to a smart watch still - my current Casio battery lasts for 5+ years on a single charge!

TSMC in Arizona flew in many people from Taiwan due to shortage in local labor

I'm glad they're doing what it takes to bootstrap the operation. What TSMC does is highly technical and no doubt there will be a ramp up period to build up the labor pool and talent.

Them being forced to do things due to the dictatorship is not a compelling argument, as people are forced to do things in Western societies too, via other external factors like risk of poverty and hunger.

What does this have to do with Apple or manufacturing investment pledges? Who is going hungry?

About 17.9% of households with kids under 18: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

And that is because of Apple Inc.?

that is the point --- precisely because the usual mechanisms of enforcement do not apply, there will be no accountability for Apple.

Accountability of what and to whom? Which law are they supposedly breaking?

I think we're so far down the discussion thread, that we've forgotten that we're skeptical about whether Apple will be held accountable to their American investment promises...