My prediction: time traveler. Guy goes back in time to prevent an unspeakable tragedy that happened in the future. The simplest solution to alter the course of human history was this attack. We'll never find the killer because as soon as his work was completed, he vaporized into the ether as his timeline was culled.
i think this shows Amazon filling a need Microsoft couldn't. They probably tried, but decided to use Amazon cloud services after reviewing infrastructure needs.
Everyone is. The grids always had a problem supplying enough power to even modestly sized commercial datacenters. This is what kicked off the trend of companies building their own datacenters in obscure cities that used to house large steel mills or other power hungry businesses.
I remember when everyone was racing to produce "datacenter in a shipping container" solutions. I just laughed because apparently nobody actually bothered to check if you could actually plug it in anywhere.
i really only started hearing about AI bubble this year. with the housing bubble, people were talking about it in 2005 and it took years for it to finally break. maybe AI bubble is the same
Except the housing bubble wasn't actually a bubble. Housing prices today are much higher than in 2007. Based on realized results, the mispricing wasn't the peak of the housing bubble but the trough of the crash. With the benefit of hindsight, the peak actually undervalued how expensive housing would get. (Speaking about the US market in aggregate. Not other countries, nor localities like Las Vegas where the case for a bubble is stronger.)
The price of housing is ultimately a political choice. If voters choose to restrict supply of housing through zoning and other laws, prices can be pushed up hugely.
I doubt zoning has any real effect. Henry George realized in the 19th century that if you increase the money supply most of that money goes into driving up the cost of real estate. And the government has been printing money like crazy for decades now.
Where I live there aren't too many restrictions on housing, but a developer friend tells me he can barely make a profit at current prices because of 1) the cost of the land and 2) modern building codes make housing a lot more expensive. You can have cheaper houses if you're willing to give up things like the insulation that forces builders to use 2x6s instead of 2x4s for exterior framing.
That NIMBY stuff is mostly a problem for pricing if you want to live in a big city.
Yes it was a bubble. (Also a much larger related credit bubble). A big run up followed by a crash. Many companies went under, many people suffered. The fact that prices recovered a decade later doesn't change any of that.
Interestingly, it was this line of thinking that once upon a time led to the rejection of the idea of free will: a thought is caused by another, and that by another yet, and so on, so there is no free thought or deliberation.
> Chronic loneliness is linked to mental health issues like depression and anxiety, as well as physical health problems, including weakened immunity, cardiovascular disease, and an increased risk of mortality. Lonely individuals tend to experience lower self-esteem, heightened sensitivity to social rejection, and difficulty forming or maintaining relationships. They may also perceive social interactions more negatively, creating a cycle that reinforces their isolation. In older adults, loneliness is particularly concerning, as it is strongly associated with cognitive decline and dementia. In children and adolescents, it can hinder social development and academic performance.
I think they are trying to learn more about it to see if there is something that can be done in cases where there are negative outcomes. Not where someone is alone and happy.
