That’s the point of the agreement. It locks in that demand by contractually requiring the companies agreeing to it to buy a certain amount of product regardless of whether they actually want it.

Personally, I view this as a sign that Micron believes the AI bubble is going to burst within 5 years, so they’re locking people in at bubble prices now.

…you need to stop smoking whatever you’re smoking and come back to reality… Or learn to read, but I decided to be generous and assume you were just too high to know what was going on instead of assuming you were an idiot.

By attempting to refute an assertion about southern Europe using the UK as an example…

Geeze, I hope not. 2x8 is a huge difference from 1x16.

Looks like a custom GPU configuration based on AMD hardware to me. So not an iGPU, but also not a mainline card.

Sorry, in what world is the UK “southern” Europe?

That’s kinda the point though. With firefighters, bad people get kicked to the curb. With cops, good people are the ones kicked to the curb.

Maybe at some point telling him that you can buy your own things, and that it is not the reason why you’re spending time with him, could lead to a more constructive discussion… If you’re not afraid to have it, that is

Yeah, plus his reaction to this would be pretty telling. If he takes it with grace then you’re probably good. If he gets offended or upset at you expressing some autonomy and ability to take care of yourself, fucking RUN.

Damn straight people defaultism :(

Yeah, I’d be careful with this one. It’s pretty love-bomby, which at this stage in my life just stands out as a red flag.

That said, you’re both young, so he may be legit and just not learned how to not be over the top when into someone lol.

Yeah… that’s not how that shit works in practice if you’re trans in far too many places…

hammer and sickle

OUR bathroom :P

Wait, are you not? I thought that was SOP…

We’re literally talking about corporations being “people” but able to deduct things that people can’t. If corporations are people, and they can deduct rent (they can) why can’t everyone else.

You’ve completely lost the plot mate. You can’t say THE LITERAL QUESTION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT is a separate question, wtf lol

Rent alone here is higher than the basic personal amount, let alone any other necessities. And I’m in one of the cheapest cities in Canada for rental housing.

Which is to say, almost every single tax paying person in the entire country would be getting more than the basic personal amount (Canada’s version of the standard deduction in the US) if we were allowed to claim basic necessities. And not by a small amount.

Right? Drives me crazy.

but using it as a tool as a professional can very much improve your work and how quickly you do things.

Maybe it’s just my 20 yoe, but that has so far not been my experience with it. It is improving, but definitely not there yet. Even standard boiler plate I can typically bang out faster than asking the AI to do it and then needing to double check it’s work because it somehow still manages to screw that up occasionally. Sometimes it does manage to be better than one of the juniors, but using it that way also cuts the legs out from under the career development pipeline which will result in an intermediate and senior dev drought down the road.

AI will make money, it’s currently in the make users happy stage which is the least profitable but most important lock in stage.

Stage two comes post IPO when they shift value from users to businesses. They will start printing lots of money at this point.

The problem is, they’re starting to run out of real money. They’re having to start jacking rates up already, before the IPO stage. They thought it would monetize more than it has, and they didn’t have enough runway to make it to stage 2 before they started enshittifying.

I’d argue the necessary upkeep to remain alive and functional as an employee should be included as a cost of earning your income. Where I am you definitely can’t deduct housing, food or transportation costs. Limited deductions for child related stuff.

You can claim considerably more than the standard, if you so choose.

You can say that you would like to claim more, but the government sure as hell isn’t going to let you claim survival expenses like that. Go ahead and try to claim your rent. Unless you are using part of your rental for business purposes (not just living) they’ll just tell you to get fucked and pay the taxes anyway.

So yes, you can put it on the paperwork. But actually claim it? Almost certainly not.