Here’s why it doesn’t matter:

“AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet. It was developed as a successor to VP9 by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia),[3] a consortium founded in 2015 that includes semiconductor firms, video on demand providers, video content producers, software development companies and web browser vendors.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1

The bubble is actively breaking. Next couple months are going to be awesome. Along with oil prices making people think about getting an EV.

You don’t need Google’s permission to host your own web application. Browsers and the internet are awesome. The Google play store is a nuisance and I look forward to the day when I can have a Linux distribution running on my phone with everything I need.

There are no guardrails.

We CAN set the guardrails, I do it constantly. This technology is very powerful, it’s up to us to use good practices, it’s up to business leaders and developers to ensure that precautions are taken.

My main recommendation, and hard limit that will never change: Do not let the AI make core file changes without human-in-the-loop permission every time.

If you let an AI agent delete files outside of your project directory on your computer without you needing to click “I approve” with the ability to review it, you’re setting yourself up for a huge mistake. Never give AI agents access to anything outside project scope, and keep project scope tight.

That’s a crazy decision to make. I own my car outright thankfully. In the future once my car is used up and completely in the green as an investment to commute to work, I’m going to consider leasing a very modern electric vehicle for 2 years.

The developer is to blame. Using a cutting edge tool irresponsibly. I have made mistakes using AI to help coding as well, never this bad though. Blaming AI would be like blaming the hammer a roofer was using to hammer nails and slamming their finger accidentally with it. You don’t blame the hammer, you blame the negligence of the roofer.

Reputable second hand sellers guarantee that the device works properly before shipping. If I needed a laptop, I would get a low grade one on eBay for cheap. I would probably get a used Dell Precision 5570 Laptop with an i9/A2000.

Why is it sad?

Why would anyone buy a new laptop when the second hand market is so available? It’s all just novelty. I wouldn’t touch this, all I can think about is what it’ll look like in the second hand market in about 3 years.

Interesting, I tried it with DeepSeek and got an incorrect response from the direct model without thinking, but then got the correct response with thinking. There’s a reason why there’s a shift towards “thinking” models, because it forces the model to build its own context before giving a concrete answer.

Without DeepThink

With DeepThink

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The matrix protocol is actually easy to use, it just takes a bit of effort to get into. Once you’re in, then it’s as easy as Discord, I haven’t had any issues and it’s been a great learning experience. https://joinmatrix.org/

Yea I’ll do it today, I need to send a couple messages to friends who I only have contact with through there though. Basically if they want to continue communicating where to find me.

I’m absolutely deleting my discord account once they update it with the age verification. The matrix protocol is a reasonable alternative https://joinmatrix.org/

We’re at such a weird time, low job growth, but productivity is still increasing due to technological automation. We need a new New Deal.

I’m glad I bought an 8 TB HDD about a year ago as an investment, it’s now $50 more expensive a year later. I don’t plan on ever filling it up, but it’s been helpful, and good insurance to have if I ever create a project that requires that space.

Great news. I hope to see less wasteful spending.

All of that is speculation, none of it true. I’m an AI user, where’s my money?

To be clear, that doesn’t mean AI is going away. It just means no one is actually going to pay for AI models anymore because open-weight free models will be extremely cheap and powerful.

Except then you read this https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/02/05/most-job-cuts-2009-economy-faltering/88525316007/