The interesting thing to me about this example is that it had to be someone lower level in or near the administration with less wealth, but who knew about a military operation. Hard to imagine any of the rich people around him risking a bet for such a small sum.

It's really just people in the suburbs and smaller cities. Doing things alone is completely normal in a city like Chicago or NY.

It's hard to put a finger on, but I do think it only "works" in a locale where you have a certain degree of anonymity, where it makes sense. Chicken egg for sure. But yeah, categorically, you can't really do city activities in the burbs, the feel isn't right.

Go to a major city. There are tons of people doing things alone, including sitting in a cafe.

Are the people who are really into "AI" even buying books anymore?

Surely you have realized by now that a large portion of the HN userbase is here for get rich quick schemes.

ahh brings me back to the blockchain days, and the many excuses people tried to use them instead of a SQL database for whatever reason

So we should cater to those with the lowest ethical standards instead?

That's what this community has shifted towards these past few years. Didn't take too long for the "hacker scene" to crumble to corporate greed.

I had hope during the NFT days, but I guess many here always wanted a not that told them they were smart and correct. Alas.

You might think it's unethical, but ethics is subjective

This is also the strategy of groups trying to pass oppressive legislation.

So which of OpenAI's investors are also Windsurf investors?

I mean this as unkindly as possible: please stay the fuck out of anime.

I really like Fellow Drops: https://fellowproducts.com/pages/fellow-drops

It is SMS based. Each week they offer a different bean from a different roaster, and you reply with the number of bags you want. I've discovered a number of great roasters this way.