AmidFuror

I think you’re missing that there are better ways to produce fuels for cars than to chemically synthesize petroleum. It’s all about cost and efficiency if you’re just looking for portable energy. Or we could burn more coal so we can generate the energy needed for synthetic gasoline…

You missed the grass or corn step.

Who with what?

Hmm.

BBIAF.

Well, sounds like this is the end, guys. It was good getting to know you. I knew those 30-day free trials would run out eventually.

It was a joke.

Ironically he could have asked AI to summarize it.

You’re not wrong. I am skeptical of AI, and I worry if that makes me a Luddite. I think refusing to use it for anything probably does qualify one as a Luddite. Using it for limited purpose with oversight is the correct approach.

I do that on almost all these posts now. And I’ve stopped leaving in em dashes.

The headline reflects a sensible move by Wikipedia to protect content quality. AI-generated articles often include errors or fake citations, so giving admins the authority to quickly delete such content helps maintain accuracy and credibility. While there’s some risk of overreach, the policy targets misuse, not responsible AI-assisted editing, and aligns with Wikipedia’s existing standards for removing low-quality material.

Then everybody cawed.

They’re centralizing the video postings?

The only one making irrational arguments is you. I think you have some ideological points you want to score and are therefore not looking at what is being commented or grasping the reality of financial reporting.

How do you know Uber isn’t profitable? Because Uber is reporting it is not profitable. The question that started this thread is whether Microsoft is accurately reporting its profits. It is. So is Uber.

Whether the stock prices are irrational is irrelevant to the question.

The stock market is a way to publicly trade partial ownership of companies. The value of a stock is whatever people are willing to pay for it. That’s based on speculation but at least somewhat anchored in the companies’ revenues and profits/losses.

The revenues and profits/losses are real values reported quarterly. Projected revenues are just that - estimated future predictions. Of course there can be fraud, but that’s unlikely from a company as large as Microsoft.

Event DJT, which has a valuation based on nothing but speculation and political loyalties still reports that they are losing money hand over fist.

If we’re going to get into a debate about what money is and represents, you might have an argument. If we accept that we use currency to exchange for goods, services, and labor, it is real money.

The money is real. Perhaps you don’t work somewhere that pays to use Microsoft Enterprise services, but there are many and a lot are huge. Those companies build and/or do tangible things that others or consumers buy.

No one knew he was an IT worker.

I still think they should not do any violence, but I guess them taking up the call for violence only 3% of the time is a starting point.

sets her up with a massage, then in the morning,

What happened between the massage and him ditching her to eat breakfast?

You yadda yadda yadda’ed over the best part.

Don’t let small tobacco off the hook! They benefit from this by riding on their larger comrades’ coattails.