All posts tagged: Desperation

The Magic Found the Formula for Making the Playoffs. for Them, It Was Called Desperation

The Magic Found the Formula for Making the Playoffs. for Them, It Was Called Desperation

Published by Sam Flores

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic found their winning formula. Desperation works. Facing elimination and clearly wanting no part of it, the Magic might have put together one of their best performances of the season Friday night. They rolled past the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in an Eastern Conference play-in game, moving into the playoffs for the third straight season and getting a matchup with top-seeded Detroit as their reward. “When you play with a sense of desperation and urgency, when you know you’re either going home or extending your season, that’s what it looks like,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. “There (are) no second chances.” Mosley is the first coach to lead the Magic to three consecutive playoff appearances since Stan Van Gundy took Orlando there in five straight years. Van Gundy was at Friday’s game as an analyst for Amazon Prime Video. “I’ve got to be honest. Charlotte is shrinking from the competition,” Van Gundy said on the broadcast, as the Magic were running away in the second quarter — building what became …

Tesla and SpaceX announce B ‘Terafab’ chip factory — here’s why it reeks of desperation

Tesla and SpaceX announce $25B ‘Terafab’ chip factory — here’s why it reeks of desperation

Published by skeptic

Tesla and SpaceX have unveiled “Terafab,” a joint $25 billion chip fabrication facility in Austin, Texas, that Elon Musk claims will produce 1 terawatt of computing power annually. It would be the largest semiconductor fab ever built — by an absurd margin. Musk took the stage at the defunct Seaholm Power Plant in Austin on March 21 to officially launch the project, calling it “the most epic chip building exercise in history by far.” What Tesla and SpaceX actually announced Terafab is a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI — the AI company that SpaceX recently acquired in an all-stock deal. The facility is planned for the North Campus of Giga Texas and is designed to consolidate every stage of semiconductor production under one roof: chip design, lithography, fabrication, memory production, advanced packaging, and testing. Tesla says it is targeting 2-nanometer process technology — the most advanced node currently entering commercial production. TSMC is only now beginning to ramp its own 2nm output, and it has spent decades and hundreds of billions of dollars …

Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Elon Musk Just Made a Small Change That Speaks Volumes About His Desperation

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As xAI reels from a mass exodus of cofounders, remains mired in numerous controversies, and loses ground to competitors like Anthropic, CEO Elon Musk has quietly made a small but significant change to how its flagship chatbot Grok functions. Starting last week, Grok stopped taking questions that free users asked in posts on Musk’s social media site, X, where the chatbot is integrated. Instead, it now states that “Ask Grok” is only available to Premium and Premium+ subscribers, paid tiers that the site heavily pushes. It’s another sign of desperation from Musk. For better or worse, “Ask Grok” became one of the most recognizable features of the website after his takeover. Twitter was no longer Twitter, and tweets were no longer tweets, but Grok was everywhere. Replies that read “Hey @Grok” and “@Grok is this true?” became a meme and mantra, even beyond the site, no doubt introducing many users to the chatbot.  And for Musk, who has …

The Quiet Desperation of Adolescence and Its Struggles in Art and Philosophy

The Quiet Desperation of Adolescence and Its Struggles in Art and Philosophy

Published by Sam Flores

  Adolescence can feel like an emotional rollercoaster. It is a moment of change, growth, and self-discovery, but also deep loneliness. Why? Because their struggles are quiet, hidden beneath the surface. We are going to attempt to uncover the unseen side of adolescence: the quiet desperation of loneliness. By combining a psychological perspective with powerful portrayals from books and films, teenagers will dive deep into the depths of solitude. Simultaneously, a deeper understanding of problems faced by teenagers and how society can offer support will be gained.   The Roots of Loneliness in Adolescence Puberty, Edvard Munch, 1894. Source: The MET   Adolescence is a time of changes, inside and out. Changes in hormones and brain development combine emotionally in a perfect storm of ups and downs. The teenager’s brain is hardwired for connection-seeking and approval, with increased activity found in areas associated with social reward.   That’s why getting likes on Instagram might feel like hitting the jackpot or why getting left out of that group chat stings like a bee. Add heightened sensitivity …

“Army of the Dead” is what happens when desperation meets a thrilling zombie conflagration

“Army of the Dead” is what happens when desperation meets a thrilling zombie conflagration

Published by Sam Flores

Every zombie fable boils down to insatiable hunger, both as it pertains to the undead and the forms it takes among the living. That part is where each story diverges. In George A. Romero’s 1978 masterpiece “Dawn of the Dead,” survivors took refuge in a mall, but they also hoarded its supplies. Zack Snyder’s contribution to the genre accentuates desperation. In his 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead” the zombies are sprinting, roaring killing machines that consume America before the opening credits roll. In their wake aftermath, hopelessness proves to be the slow, shambling, inescapable inevitability that does in everyone else. His latest, “Army of the Dead,” is not that film’s sequel. It could have been, since the main hero is a veteran of the so-called “zombie wars.” But the desperation evoked here is different, and relatable to everyone on the losing side of America’s expanding wealth gap. That describes almost everyone, including sidelined mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista). With his friends Maria Cruz (played by Ana de la Reguera) and fellow soldier-for-hire Vanderohe …