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Trump’s $500 Billion AI Plan Leaves Europe in the Dust
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
“If you can't make use of AI in the very near future you will not have a future. AI is useful for people that strive to be productive.” That’s fine and dandy until AI replaces the ‘you’. AI is useful for businesses that want to exactly that. -
Let’s put aside the issue of a private business accessing National Insurance Data for a moment and consider Thames Water’s motivations? Perhaps a diversion to the costly requirement to fix leaks in the water distribution pipework. But at least we now know what Thames Water were doing instead of not polluting the UK’s rivers with sewage. They took their eye of their actual job and look what happened: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/24/thames-water-credit-rating-slashed-as-administrators-approached
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Trump’s $500 Billion AI Plan Leaves Europe in the Dust
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
They bought his crypto currency, so yes, if they’ve any money left. -
Trump’s $500 Billion AI Plan Leaves Europe in the Dust
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The point Musk made was, there is no money. It’s smoke and mirrors. -
There’s a very simple fix to this. Apply exactly the same level of IHT as across all other assets within inherited estates, but only collect the tax on inherited farms/farmland if they are sold or otherwise exchanged for value. This would enable real farmers to maintain their businesses free of the IHT while closing the tax break loophole being used by non farming investors to avoid IHT.
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Royal Navy Submarine Confronts Russian Spy Ship in UK Waters
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Ask the Ukrainians how getting along with their Russian Neighbors is going. -
Royal Navy Submarine Confronts Russian Spy Ship in UK Waters
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
It was a humorous comment, though I understand for many Russians ‘commercially available drones’ are not or indeed were not, a laughing matter. -
Trump’s $500 Billion AI Plan Leaves Europe in the Dust
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The Space Karen isn’t impressed with Trump’s AI plans, though perhaps because he’s not getting the alleged $500Billion: https://www.politico.eu/article/us-elon-musk-troll-donald-trump-500b-ai-plan/ -
Trump’s $500 Billion AI Plan Leaves Europe in the Dust
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
It’s already hitting white collar jobs. Recruiters specializing in numerous professions are already posting opportunities for ‘Subject Matter Experts’ to review and comment on AI generated solutions across a wide range of Professional Specializations. An industry Contracts Lawyer I occasionally work with tells me he’s now ‘fine tuning’ AI drafted contracts that would normally have been written by teams of lawyers. -
Royal Navy Submarine Confronts Russian Spy Ship in UK Waters
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
HMS Somerset certainly does have a deck gun. But I think flying a couple of commercially available drones over the spy ship might have got the message across. -
Why Some Brits Envy America’s Donald Trump
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
I think right now, as you offer such a timely reminder, a cure for idiocy is more pressing. -
Why Some Brits Envy America’s Donald Trump
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Removing price controls on prescription medicines is one example. More to follow. And still no news on egg prices going down. -
Why Some Brits Envy America’s Donald Trump
Chomper Higgot replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Well of course you do.