GenAI is a bubble, but that’s not the same as the broader field of AI, which is completely different. We will probably not even be using chat bots in a few years, better interfaces will be developed with real intelligence, not just predictive statistics.
It’s a good thing that most people don’t buy Macs for gaming, as they suck compared to any other platform. Anyone who expects a good experience is fooling themselves as they won’t get it! If you want to experience games as the developer intends, don’t play ports that use compatibility layers, just buy a console and play natively!
> If you want to experience games as the developer intends, don’t play ports that use compatibility layers
A few months ago I would have assumed you're correct.
But recently I've played some games on my laptop with Lutris on Ubuntu which uses Wine or Proton under the hood.
The performance and stability is excellent. Although I haven't done any testing, subjectively it feels superior or at least equal to Windows. I've played several intense titles which are pushing my laptop's GPU (Nvidia 3070m) to it's limit, most recently the new Indiana Jones game (which is excellent FYI).
It depends on the game, the distro, the version of the game, the kernel and the windowing system as to how well it performs. I am using Debian and while a lot of games work well, some games are an absolute PITA to setup properly.
A lot of games are ported to Mac / Linux by a third party. The quality of that port is dependant on the company and the budget for porting it. If I was a game developers I would never do a Mac port.
I object to the 1.3 million people that are killed by human drivers every year. They should be banned and autonomous vehicles only allowed on the road, without steering wheels.
Why not ban individually owned and operated cars, and create a focus pedestrian infrastructure and trains then? This technology already exists, it’s healthier, and cheaper!
The technology exists to have only trains get close enough to everywhere that you can only use train and feet? Honest question, can you get by with only trains even in Japan?
I think the hybrid approach here might work well. Allow self-driving cars, but limit their speed to one in which they are very clearly safe, maybe something like 10 to 20 mph currently. This would cause most people most of the time to use mass transit, and if the last mile(or first, getting to the train station) of their trip required it they could opt for it.
Even for people who have a perfect, unblemished safety record at driving? Which, btw, is the majority of drivers on the road?
Basically, you're saying you're fine with punishing the responsible people who take driving seriously and do it safely, because of the mistakes of a few irresponsible people who don't. That's backasswards. You should be focusing on the irresponsible people and leave the responsible ones alone.
Maybe the industry will realize that most vegetarians and vegans find anything like meat revolting. They much prefer vegetarian meals that are not ultra-processed and still resemble the vegetable used to make them.
Personally, the taste and look of beyond meat make me urge and feel like vomiting. It looks and tastes too much like a dead animal. I never miss the taste of meat, in fact, I hate the idea of eating anything that used to be alive.
Even in one of the countries with the highest percentage of vegetarians (India; though you can argue that poverty has an impact, since we know that meat consumption goes up with revenue), vegetarians and vegans only make up about 30% of the population. In the rest of the world it's generally max 10%, if not 5% or lower.
So for any of these companies go make it big, they need to cater to the 90%+ of people who like meat.
While 30% of Indians are strictly vegetarian, I would suggest that probably another 40% are largely vegetarian, only eating meat occasionally. Growing up in a major city in India, we ate maybe a single chicken based meal a week, and this was largely the norm in my social cohort. While a major reason was definitely money (poultry and red meat is ridiculously expensive in comparison to the vegetarian staples), it's also just cultural. My family grew up seeing meat as a special treat, and most of our meat dishes are very rich and can only be eaten occasionally.
