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Humans are good at actually knowing what they are talking about. When they say "horse" they generally understand what one is. AI today doesn't have a clue.

"Still, it represents a significant milestone in the history of human achievement."

What? What has been achieved? There were folks in animal skins who owned a disproportionate amount of the world's resources. And those were real stuff, not money - an abstract human invention.

Maybe he should get the FIFA prize for being rich.


There is too much fantasy economics in this. There is no magic money tree which would otherwise pay for this care. If savings were not used, the alternative would be crippling taxes. People's dreams rarely reflect reality.

And I am involved with a similar situation before I am accused of being an outsider.


I remember headlines like " "Scotland filling up!" when they found that more vehicles were going North on the Forth road bridge than were going south. It turned out that people planning a trip around Scotland would go anticlockwise.

Since no one is making a profit this is just a fight for survival. It will all end in tears. Also for buyers who will eventually have to pay enough to make it profitable.

Isn't this making HTML in some ways more like a PDF? Or am I missing the point?

Nope

PDF is an irreversible format in terms of editability. (btw I build the world's most performant pdf/pptx editor at https://eddocu.com , I would enjoy if you have any feedback)

Regardless, I cant find the relation in between.

It's like an abstraction that might help future genai models, or a packing strategy, or ..


Well, Google pay Apple $20B because they still make a profit on it. It's comparing apples with oranges.

Comparing apples to gooranges

It's not misreading, it's deliberate abuse. But it was ever thus. The Bible has been used in creative ways for millennia.

... and you end up with something which would feel at home on a greetings card.

There are two different circumstances here:

1. You are your own boss and aiming to create something worthwhile. If you can't focus get a job. See below.

2. If you are being paid for your time you might consider not focussing as theft.


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