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If you have to do this 4-5 days a week, sure, but what if you only have a couple of days of meetings? Seems ideal just as a cheap and safe place to crash privately for a night.

This sounds like the future to me.

For example, you tell the AI you're looking to buy an apartment, show some options.

It'll spin up an interactive map with layers of prices, amenities, etc.

Ask it to warp the map projection to show walk-times to metro stations, and it's do that.

Ask it to add some sliders for price range, walk-distance, 'social class', etc.

Ask to book viewings and it'll spin up a calendar, and web form (if it needs more information from you), and then send emails or fill agency booking forms with that data.

All highly personalized, created for the moment, and potentially disposable.

Why is this useful (assuming the issues other people mention are fixed)?

lol, so 'We know this is crack cocaine mind-control spyware. Give us a seat in the control room'

Maybe the question should be 'should workers pay taxes'?

If a human component is required in addition to the cheaply machine-automated part, that belies the claim that 'most of the work has already been done'.

The human part, turning it from slop to polished, becomes the most important part of the work, and then (and in any case) should be paid at human rates.

Reminds me of the Hypnodrones in the Universal Papaerclips clicker game.

You're right, but I think a 555 is maybe more than required for the buzzer.

Buzz-overkill, if you like.

'car' is a bit of a stretch, but it's a cool compact go-kart.

Is the ad character inspired by, or the inspiration for, Mr Bean?

555

"star wars is overrated"

Star Wars (1977) and Empire strikes back are not overrated - they may not quite be cinematic masterpieces, but are certainly cultural icons. Everything else in the franchise ...

Sure, 'hero saves the galaxy' is fantasy.

I know it's the recognized term for 'officially designated authority', but 'competent authority' seems to conflate two traits that do not necessarily co-habit.

I can see the utility of a desk clock/indicator/physical-UI/music-player, but the twisty rubik thing, the two separate screens, and mobility seem totally superfluous.

Is this an AI design?

The reasons given are all contributing factors, but the central issue is this:

Business, particularly under capitalism (where ownership is detached from operation) is about making a profit, not making great products or services

So price discrimination, corner-cutting, price gauging, vendor lock-in, planned-obsolescence, monopoly power, are all tools to increase profits.

Life is not all fun. You need to learn how to buckle up and just get it done.

So if they take crack cocaine instead of literature class, they're right too?

Sorry, but learning is actually a slog. The best we can do is get them addicted to learning, instead of gaming, but let's help them on the way by removing the gaming temptation while they are in class.

"teach kids how to use technology responsibly"

OK

I teach a code club. I try to get the students excited and focused, and especially on projects where they work together, it generally works really well, even for students who obviously aren't quite 'into it'.

But at absolutely any opportunity where they are not focused (and there's always someone) they try to play roblox or other games. They try to have it running in the background and switch. And even installed a workspace switcher so it wasn't obvious they had game windows open.

It's really like highly addictive drugs. For kids, at least, the best solution is to make them unavailable while they are supposed to be learning.

maybe vacuum insulated panels.

A big thermos would be much more challenging, though there are already long vacuum bottles/tubes used as solar cookers.

This is great, but we must be quite close to a decent synthetic milk by now? It's just water, fats, lactose (possibly optional) and some proteins - no structure to worry about. It would cut out a lot of unnecessary steps.

lol, it'll just say 'Noh!' and then ignore any further input. Especially if you forget the --bonjour flag.

This is fun. My son is learning esperanto, is there a version for that, maybe a weekend projekto for him.

That seemed to an EU thing

But I note the treaties.un.org link is signatories as of late 2024.

Why are they not publishing the current signatories? This is absolutely not something that should be murky.

When Cambodia is a signatory, you know this is just whitewash, or even 'protective intelligence' ie using the shared international intelligence to protect the scams and evade enforcement. Keep your enemies close.

Thanks, this should be added to the OP

What about a mentally-ill president?

this is as impenetrable as it looks

I think you'll find this is not 'at the request' of any government but part of a much wider policy being implemented.

Eg, Cambodia just had $15B in crypto confiscated (ostensibly illegal proceeds of the 'Prince' group, but IMHO they are just a front for the state), and is facing a financial blacklisting.

China were pressuring the area to crack down on this stuff early this year, but it's quite possible the trigger for the west to get more involved was the Cambodia/Thai conflict, which was a simple personal feud over this business, provoked by the Cambodian leader, but which risked spreading into a much wider conflict.

> I thought that moved to poorer countries

garments yes, a lot, but not all by any means.

textiles (weaving, etc), less so.

They may well deny it, but there's plenty of international documentation showing it is indeed a thing, and presumably starlink have even more evidence.

"What the US needs from China: Some legacy manufacturing (toys, furniture, textiles—annoying but replaceable over 5-10 years)"

Is this some Trumpist unreality propaganda? Hello solar panels, just for a start.