I imagine that ensuring the survival of millions of people would lead to extreme appreciation and loyalty from those same people, and their eventual consumer dollars once stabilized. But maybe convincing people in a handful of rich countries to click a few more ads is the true challenge.

Yeah! I think people don’t understand that while Meta keeps spending huge sums and often makes bad choices, these mistakes don’t even cut into their actual expenses in the end.

Like when people talk about Apple TV “losing” a billion a year, they still made $100 B. It’s not even a wound.

Her husband was Not Pleased

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You’ve saved a lot of people who would otherwise find out individually.

Totally, it’s just my bias against Grok in particular. And I didn’t understand it as a troll, either. Over on X I see people invoke it for the most ridiculous stuff.

I've never seen someone invoke Grok and have either my esteem for them or trust in their intelligence rise.

I have ordered my $87 in special cute postage, it arrives shortly.

There are certainly hundreds of reasons, but one that instantly came to mind was you showing your kid the value of slinging virtual lemonade to people on the internet, where most parents would focus on incredibly laborious + high-COGS operations. One has to wonder if they even care.

I suspect plenty of times there's a good overhead mic out of frame actually capturing audio and this is pure affectation to create a falsely humble setup

Hoping all goes well, and also marveling at what an amazing 18th birthday that will be.

Especially when examples I've seen are translating a user's voice into a generalized voice, which helps make players more comfortable, lessens abuse/harassment, etc.