Lol. Lmao.

In the funniest timeline, the US nationalizes Nvidia to delay China from making chips that work well with LLM's... by a year tops.

Link to original Fortune article the PC Gamer article pulled from, with this juicy relevant quote:

To do that, Raimondo said the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which manages export controls for the US, needs more funding from Congress.

“I have a $200 million budget. That’s like the cost of a few fighter jets. Come on,” she said. “If we’re serious, let’s go fund this operation like it needs to be funded.”

  • MarxusMaximus [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I love the fact that the burger government measures money in warplanes, no matter which department.

    • Southloop [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      They are one of our more dollar-intensive ordnance delivery vectors.

        • Southloop [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Nah, I’d say that’d be fuel they’re better at dumping into the water than anything. The bombs go into dirt nine times out of ten during practice.

    • buh [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      a new unit of measurement to join burgers and football fields