LOL *NSFW* *The new Demote thread*

I was going to like this but, it's just not likeable...

 

Apparently, Trump wants Japanese Kei cars to be sold in the US…

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/president-trump-wants-japans-tiny-kei-cars-be-sold-us

 

But only petrol ones that get 0.5mpg

 

When we lived in the US, we had a Yaris (hatchback, not the god awful ugly ass sedan). It was honestly a bit frightening at times driving that next to the absolutely stonking huge SUVs and pick-ups. I'd hate to be in a 660cc or even an up-lifted 1L around those things.

 

Is this another precursor to the bursting of the AI bubble?

From Tom's: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-i...lied-about-how-much-money-it-needed-to-borrow

 

You know what? I’d love for kei cars to be sold here. They’re freakin’ adorable, have insane fuel economy, and, with a little work, some of them can make for a surprisingly powerful little sports car that handles and accelerates like a go-kart.

Though… we’ll gloss over the bit about how “Japanese domestic market” (JDM) cars have an unfortunate tendency to rapidly rust into oblivion when imported into our rather more moist UK climate…

But I suspect that Trump and I do not exactly have similar goals in mind in this regard.

 

You mean you don't have cheeseburgers, fake tan and holidays in the Virgin Islands on your list?

 

In order: I don't mind a good burger now and then; I certainly cant rule it out, as it depends on the possibility of an escalating mid-life and/or existential crisis; and definitely not...

I mean... The Virgin Islands are probably nice, but again I suspect that Trump and I do not think along the same lines here.

I suspect that the only "virgin" islands Trump ever had in mind was one island in particular, one that formerly belonged to a certain dead financier who totally did take his own life while in prison awaiting charges of sex trafficking...

 

My department at work is indirectly benefiting from all of these wild datacentre investment figures.

There is a mad race by datacentre designers to build new data centres often with substantial backup power system (or even primary power systems such as installing their own gas power turbines). Part of our services is in peforming availability, reliability and maintainability (ARM) assessments to help demonstrate that the building services, as deisgned, will hit "5 9's" which means 99.999% availability. We've seen a massive uptick in this work since the start of COVID which hasn't really slowed down and I'm now sure most of the current deman is funded by AI madness. We're capitlising on the demand whilst we can but I fully expect it to pop eventually - fortunatley its not more than 10% of the department's turnover so when the bubble pops we shouldn't catch a major cold.

 

As Private Frazer said, "We're doomed. Doomed I tell ye!".

PS, quote may be approximate...

 

Sonic turns THIRTY FIVE this year!

 

running folding@home on the hardware would've been a more meaningful use of it.

 

Oh boy! I am so glad that 32GB of DDR5 RAM is now an average of... [checks notes]... £400! If that's the price we have to pay in order to have an algorithm argue with itself 5000 times in a row, then it is absolutely worth paying!

The Future(tm) is here!

 

Nah, he ain't, that's a lie.

Fake news.

Sonic the Hedgehog only came out like 10 years ago, so you are fake news.

 

So, after The Expanse?

 

...

...

... yes.

 

Ouch, checks email, paid £105 2 years ago