No arguments at all. It’s just that I have to find humor in tragedy or I will start to cry.

oh totally 100% !!!

I just found it amusing because #waterbears

But I mean, really, to be fair, Tardigrades sort of do look like AI slop; silly nature!!!. Especially real electron microscope pics of them (https://www.livescience.com/61974-why-tardigrades-are-awesome.html)

Also you asked for “waterbear”* It’s like if you asked for duckotterbeaver and expected a non-AI platypus result ;-)

* yes I know waterbear is the real nickname of Tardigrades and yes “no AI” should still mean no AI, and yes even a Tardigrade search results in SO MUCH AI … but like, see my first point hahah

If it helps, you’re VTSAX 401k right now would only lose about 0.1% value if SpaceX dropped to $0. By June 2027 when all insider shares are unlocked it could go as high as 1.5%, but again only if it went to $0.

I hate Musk, I think SpaceX as an IPO was trash, and I disagree with the rule changes for index inclusion. But big picture, our 401k will be fine.

yazferatu

Nor is decentralization controversial. And there can be a conversation about making sure it is not actively discouraged.

But economies of scale are real. Does that mean a single power plant for the entire US, continent, world is a good idea? Of course not. Nor is 8.3 billion* individual installations.

* current world population