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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

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    3 days ago

    Reuters: Quantum computing, AI stocks rise as Nvidia kicks off annual conference.

    Some nice quotes in there.

    Investors will focus on CEO Jensen Huangā€™s keynote on Tuesday to assess the latest developments in the AI and chip sectors,

    Yes, that is sensible, Huang is very impartial on this topic.

    ā€œThey call this the ā€˜Woodstockā€™ of AI,ā€

    Meaning, theyā€™re all on drugs?

    ā€œTo get the AI space excited again, they have to go a little off script from what weā€™re expecting,ā€

    Oh! Interesting how this implies the space is not ā€œexcitedā€ anymoreā€¦ I thought itā€™s all constant breakthroughs at exponentially increasing rates! Oh, it isnā€™t? Too bad, but Iā€™m sure nVidia will just pull an endless amounts of bunnies out of a hat!