• Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Of course he’s not a loser.

    Look at his cool jacket.

    Which he always wears.

    Which means he’s always cool.

    /S

    I am so done with CEOs trying to pass themselves off as some sort of quirky, trendsetting visionaires, when they are mostly just insecure nerds.

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      I have met a bunch. I would say only 5-10% are actually self reflecting, the rest are highly insecure, chasing whatever they seem to be missing in their life…a hole that can’t be filled.

      The most humble one I know sold his sellf built company after 30+ years, because he said he realized he was coming to work and seemed he was adding no value to the system.

      On the other end of spectrum they take every comment as a personal insult even though its not directed at/to them.

      One place I worked the guy has built his empire from his garage up. But had this drive to one up every competitor. Like competitor buys a Porsche, he has to buy something better, etc.
      I had been power lifting for 5 years and at one meeting I had my arms folded and I noticed the CEO staring at my chest and forearms. A week later he’s got a personal trainer at the office and taking what I assume were steroid type supplements because he was getting huge fast. LOL.

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    Hey, he is right. He reason why so many places are dependent on US tech is simply because it’s there and it works. Remove that and those places will suddenly innovate to what they had and more.

    Trump and his people thought it would cripple China to isolate them, and that Europe would just accept their position as a vassal of a belligerent state. Look at what’s happening now: China is making their own chips, poaching talent and also has their own humungous pool of talent that is now dedicated to developing alternatives instead of building on US tech. Europe is discovering opensource now. Africa and Asia are seeing China as more valuable trade partner and buying a lot more renewable energy and building their own industries free of US tech.

    Pulling out of a market to focus on “MAGA” and America First" was strategic mistake, but we should all be glad they made it. The more competition, the better. If Europe also starts producing chips and Africa learns starts building processing their natural resources to multiply value, instead of selling it, consumers and businesses will have many choices. The US might face actual competition on every front.

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      and Africa learns starts building processing their natural resources to multiply value, instead of selling it,

      My brother in neocolonialism, why do you think Africa is selling the resources?

      If an African nation even thinks of building a factory to process goods locally, some combination of the IMF, USA, France, Britain, China, Russia, UN, and multinational corporations will make sure that doesn’t happen. The US isn’t stopping their meddling in Africa either, they’re just shifting from a France-like tactic of multinationals, conditional subsidies, and proxy wars to a Russia-like tactic of multinationals, proxy wars, and invasions.

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        Yeah, it’s very unfortunate, but I still have hope that things will get better. Even though the African Union is a mess, there’s lots of good stuff happening despite all the meddling from foreign nations. Africa is a region in hard-mode because of all the resources they have that everyone wants. It is my firm belief that it won’t continue forever. With better education and diaspora returning, things are changing.

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    This guy. If they could have just kept on the path they built with the 900 and 1000 series. He coulda been the quirky leather jacket guy he wants to be.

    But in light of the path they took with gamers and then the way they handled crypto, and now the whole AI bubble. He’s insufferable. He sees himself as heralding in a new age for humanity. And his head has gotten so huge.

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    17 hours ago

    this interview is hilarious. the aura is starting to wane and it appears Jensen thinks he can simply ramble his way through explaining why we should all still just be incredibly grateful for the state of the shitshow they’ve architected…