At least in their Microsoft contract it means $100 billion in profit, though they don't need to have actually made that money, they just need to show they're on track to do so.
Look I love the show but it does feel like a missed opportunity in a lot of ways. In order to get more moments in the story itself took a backseat. Lots of cool moments if you love tech history but as a stand alone drama it was kind of a let down.
> It seems odd he would announce her so early? When did he get announced as the hier to his father?
In his book Dictator's Handbook [1], de Mesquita explains that transitions from one leader to another is risky because the folks that help keep the leaders in power (e.g., military, and specific persons there-in) may not know if they'll be kept around by the new leader. The new leader may wish to bring in their own people who would be more 'grateful' to them for raising their position.
By indicating things early, everyone can build a 'rapport' with her, and everyone becomes comfortable that the status quo (which everyone at the top is benefiting from) will continue.
You can send your children abroad if you have never released pictures publicly. His daughter has been in the media so much that it is now impossible for her to be sent abroad discreetely.
Not sure who is downvoting you. You're experessing a valid opinion even if I disagree with it.
I read this book series as a kid and was enthralled by the sci fi aspects of it. When I reread it as an adult the political undertones completely ruined the series for me.
I'd recommend avoiding it for now. It still feels unfinsished and poorly thought out. I have many criticisms of their decisions with regards to game design, but even if you like the direction they went in, the UI is rough, and the actual experience of playing isn't fun.
They're releasing a big update in the spring where they reworked the core gameplay mechanic because so many people disliked it. If nothing else I'd wait until that comes out.
I'm not sure how big your repos are but I've been effective working with repos that have thousands of files and tens of thousands of lines of code.
If you're just prototyping it will hit wall when things get unwieldy but that's normally a sign that you need to refactor a bit.
Super strict compiler settings, static analysis, comprehensive tests, and documentation help a lot. As does basic technical design. After a big feature is shipped I do a refactor cycle with the LLM where we do a comprehensive code review and patch things up. This does require human oversight because the LLMs are still lacking judgement on what makes for good code design.
The places where I've seen them be useless is working across repositories or interfacing with things like infrastructure.
It's also very model-dependent. Opus is a good daily driver but Codex is much better are writing tests for some reason. I'll often also switch to it for hard problems that Claude can't solve. Gemini is nice for 'I need a prototype in the next 10 minutes', especially for making quick and dirty bespoke front-ends where you don't care about the design just the functionality.
One of the things I hated most about living in NYC was grocery shopping.
Having to walk meant you could only practically buy in small quantities, and visiting different places for different things was super annoying and inefficient.
Moving out and being able to take my car to the georcery store once a week and get everything I needed was one of the best quality of life upgrades from leaving.
I did the exact opposite and and it was most impactful quality of life upgrade I've ever done. I eat fresher and healthier food, I walk more, and I'm not tempted to snack on my stockpile of accumulated food.
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