How surprising ...

I clicked on 10 and found 1 from Israel.

10 clicks down the list human-random: 4 from Isreal, 3 from the US, one from Bulgaria, one from Belarus and one from China. While not 80%, 40% is still a lot but small sample bias does apply.

"Snoop on to them as they snoop on to us"

We can't. If someone tries, then they get arrested for doxing, harassing, "causing discomfort", etc. Have you tried to follow a politician around? Do you want to try and track their phone?

That’s a coward’s take, and even if you are taking the middle-ground route there are sufficiently legal ways. You just won’t find much enthusiasm about it among people here because the demographic of this platform is living comfortably.

I've started using Gem 3 while things are still in flux in the AI world. Pleasantly surprised by how good it is.

Most of my projects are on GPT at the moment, but we're nowhere too far gone that I can't move to others.

And considering just the general nonsense of Altman vs Musk, I might go to Gemini as a safe harbour (yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds).

So far, I've also noticed less ass-kissing by the Gemini robot ... a good thing.

Musk: "$20bn ... needed urgently ... why? we need to womp up the graphics generation response time ... we can't undress AOL quick enough".

What a miserable little toerag of a "man" and a stain on the history of technology.

Hasn't that long-haired, old racist just retired yet?

No doubt about it.

I thought the Man in the High Castle was an interesting, but ultimately far-fetched bit of sci-fi drama ... looks like it was an orientation series.

Hard avoid now ... just had a colleague who switched a 6 month sabbatical with his kids and wife from the US to Asia ... "couldn't bare to spend money there with all that's going on".

Be generous ... no one is expecting this headline to mean a complete reversion to 1960's dashboards and full button control.

A nice balance of buttons and screen is just fine ... (imo).

Whether this specific example is great or not remains to be seen - but I appreciate the direction.

1960s!? I want a reversion to 2016 controls. That's not that crazy.

I don’t want screens in my cabin.

Well done, VW ... they still have issues but I'll take that one on the plus side of the ledger.

The Tesla-fication of the dashboard has been such a shit automotive direction over the last decade and I'm relieved other manufacturers (not just VW) have woken up from the Musk fever-dream.

A good balance of screen and physical buttons is just fine, thanks.

Agreed. I've been treated with much more lenient hands here over the last 12 months. Possibly through obscurity.

Now that you mention it - I've noticed the same on Youtube ... I used to get suspended every 5 minutes on there.

Agreed. I'd never heard of it. Now I'll be checking it out with a view to supporting it.