Buy M-based iPad, nice monitor, keyboard and mouse. Connect mouse and keyboard to monitor via USB. Then iPad via USB-C/Thunderbolt to monitor.
Everything "just works" and you can handle surprisingly high amount of work this way
This is a time to boycott all of the president's Elon enterprises. I just cancelled my Tesla solar installation in California. If you are thinking about buying a Tesla - don't. Also do not vandalize other peoples' Tesla.
If you are thinking about working in AI for x.ai or Tesla - do not. This will not look pretty on your resume.
The real danger is not covering for communist's insecurities but lack of comprehensive tests for models which could uncover whether the model injects malware for certain prompts.
For example, I would stop using US bank if I new they are using LLMs from China internally (or any adversary but really only China is competitive here). Too much risk.
Majority of Elon's net worth is tied to Tesla. Tesla has a massive presence in and therefore dependence on China. How can we accept Twitter as a free-speech platform? Just because he says so?
One thing I love about Apple is that they are building products for what their leadership team actually needs/wants and uses themselves. This started with iPhone (e.g. what kind of smartphone do we want instead of all that blackberries?) and is very obvious with Apple Watch line.
This is great and one of the reasons why their products offer genuinely best user experience.
"USA has actually done a lot" - so did USA guarantee Ukraine's " borders and sovereignty"? Or did it not?
The worst thing to do (which USA did) is to make a promise and not deliver. Had Ukraine knew that USA will abandon it, it might have entered negotiations in early 2023 from a much more favorable position.
Because if Ukraine falls I can guarantee you that first it will be minor incursions into Poland and/or Baltics airspace. Then false flags attacks. Then more. Each time testing "escalation management" and sewing disagreements into political scenes in the West. Then more.
putin has said many times that he considers collapse of USSR the greatest tragedy ever. He wants revenge for this. And he is getting it.
USA abandonment of Ukraine clearly shows to everyone that promises from USA mean nothing at times of real hardship.
The sad lesson of all this is that if country wishes to be both safe and independent it must posses its own nuclear weapons and means of delivery.