The US used to see itself as a policeman. It is now kinda going gangster.

You can't police a multipolar world - you can when you're the sole superpower in a unipolar word where "policing" can be a euphemism.

I think there is now a general or at least generational attitude shift about world policeman type stuff vs smash, grab and bully in America.

Even in the past, US was more of a gangster supporting its gang rather than a fair hearted policeman. Its support to Pakistan during Bangladesh (East Pakistan) genocide is well known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Blood#The_Blood_Telegra...

Or the Indonesian genocide. Or giving Pol Pot diplomatic cover as soon as they saw him as an enemy to Vietnam. Or couping essentially every country in Latin America.

The "policeman" narrative has always been propaganda.

The key point is not what they have done (too many examples of bad behavior to list.)

The key point is how they see themselves. The average American sees the US as "the good guys". This is not a self-image lightly over-turned. Regardless of how the rest of the world views them.

This is subjective, but I think this image wasn't uncommon in US-aligned countries either, but at least this seems to have changed in the last decade or so.

> The "policeman" narrative has always been propaganda.

Or just reflects American views of what cops are for; thumping minorities.

That describes most nations or polities going back to prehistory. It's unfortunately not the part of America's power projection that is unique.

You mean state, not nation.

Anyway the part that makes the us unique is pretending to be ethical, which makes a farce of the entire concept of ethics. Admitting the entire concept of america is based on justification via violence would be a massive step forward

Why do you think the US and it's empire pretending to have the moral high ground is "unique"?

Great Britain at the height of her power was insistent that they were "Civilizing" people they oppressed, and Rome did much the same.

Yes the farce is transparent

Utah Kentucky North Carolina

Every single time I'm hoping to see Washington State and I'm always let down.

If it makes you feel any better, we've had them for years in California and there is still almost no scenario where you don't still need your physical ID.

Sort by "Best Sellers" always on Amazon. "Featured" is driven by ads. Also? Firefox with Ublock Origin blocks ads (but it's an endless cat and mouse game).

Any sources on the $1.5M effects of yoga on goats study? Google nor ChatGPT could find anything.

Anyone have any thoughts on how Herdr already addresses what they're building?

This might be a good alternative to Terminal. I can use a cheap e reader like the Boox Go 7 to display whatever.

My guess is they are getting folks used to the idea of:

1. The end of unlimited token subsidization and a new status quo of metered usage limits.

2. Adding to the above, self-initiated usage limit resets give you some control and again help lessen the sting of the end of subsidization.

Right now though, I think Anthropic and OpenAI are in open MAU war ahead of their respective IPOs and that might be a bigger factor.

My impression is that, particularly on Anthropic's side, their confusing approach to quota limits is an intentional attempt to make the actual limits or offerings more opaque. This will make it easier to limit quota without officially limiting quota, because the current real-world quota is a result of bonus offerings, limited-time access, and random resets.

So it's not that "limits went down"; it's that "the bonus offer ended as planned."

In reality their approach creates only friction and frustration and forces users to other competing products(I.e Kimi K3). Once they stop subsidising the prices the users will go away to cheaper models. I could bet my own max plans.

Are you saying that because they are ending subsidies, they are giving more subsidies?