At some point, the trade-offs just shift. Manual memory control feels empowering until the complexity piles up, and suddenly GC looks like a smart compromise

It's amazing how often symmetry shows up as both a design aesthetic and a practical tool for managing complexity

It's not just about what it can't do (like handle cycles on its own), but about what it enables in certain contexts

Maybe not a full philosophical dual, but still a very practical one in this context

It's always fun when a concept you learned years ago suddenly snaps into place for a totally different problem domain

Careful now, you're gonna jinx it

It doesn't have to dethrone anyone. If SteamOS-powered boxes start eating into the "enthusiast console" nich that alone could force Microsoft and Sony to rethink their current lock-in-heavy strategies

If Valve nails the price point, this could be a real shift and not just for gaming, but for how people think about "consoles" vs PCs

This announcement isn't just for the construction companies; it's for the power companies.. Anthropic is basically saying we're going to build a factory the size of a nuclear plant here. If you start building it now, you'll have a guaranteed buyer in 5 years

Several parties are writing the checks. It's a complex structure of future VC rounds, debt financing, and most importantly, massive cloud credit commitments from their investors like Amazon and Google