That's kinda wild and really counter-intuitive. From the article:
NHTSA’s research suggests that throughout the national public health emergency and associated lockdowns, driving patterns and behaviors changed significantly, and that drivers who remained on the roads engaged in more risky behavior, including speeding, failing to wear seat belts, and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
It wasn't a particularly cheap stunt then, but it ended up being worth the publicity. I think a similar stunt now, in a world of highly reliable machines and always-on media, just wouldn't gather enough attention to make the cost worth it. Basically, I think they were on the tail end of people caring about this kind of thing.
It seems insane to you because you have a very valuable skill and the means to easily shop around. It's less insane when the job market is restricted to a single employer in an area, employees lack the means to relocate, or really anytime there's a massive power imbalance between employer and employee. See the company store on wikipedia.
Minimum wage basically states "A human's time is worth at least this"
I read a quote from one of the Sandy Hook parents: Anytime you put a machine between people, the person at the other end of the machine is dehumanized. I'm paraphrasing here, and they were talking about a gun, but I think it holds true for cars and computers as well.
Contrast that with all the complaining about how bad the roads are. Yea, the construction is a pain, but at least I connect that with better roads in a few relatively short months.
I'm always amazed at the amount of engineering that goes into, well, everything. Like how each transmission line tower is designed by someone for that specific location, even though the overall design looks the same from tower to tower. There's just so much to modern life that we take for granted these days.
I'm very skeptical that anyone would think through this scenario and arrive at boycotting an entire payment network. Not just PornHubs bank, or payment processor, but an entire credit card network. And of those that did, I doubt it would be a big enough group for Mastercard to even notice. Unless that 'someone' is a major institution like Bank of America, or the federal government.
Would they though? I very rarely consider which credit card processor I'm using - it's what card has the best interest/rewards/whatever, or what logo does my personal bank use on their debit cards. It's not like I can go to my bank and say "I'm done with the mastercard debit card, give me your visa debit card please"
I don't even know if you can buy new off-road toys that don't have chips - four wheelers, side-by-sides, snowmobiles and the like. Pretty sure they all use electronic fuel injection these days, and that requires at least one chip.
Yup! And really, the highly, highly automated processes in car manufacturing are in the stamping, body construction and painting phases. Almost no humans involved in those three major phases. Final Assembly is the most labor intensive, because it involves lots of fiddly little parts going into hard to reach places. Even then, it's usually robot-assisted tasks, so one person is installing a seat, where it would usually take two, or something like that.
I've toured this plant. They don't show it in this video, but in the stamping and body areas of the plant, they don't even have the lights on at task levels - it's a dusk-level lighting until a human enters the space. This plant was built circa 2006, and is pretty amazing. Bring steel coils into one side of the factory, get a fully assembled car from the other side.
Those mid 90s Japanese sedans were awesome. Relatively compact overall, zippy little 4 cylinders engines and manual transmissions. I had an Accord from that era, and loved driving my dads nerdy-as-hell Nissan Sentra. That car was shockingly fun to drive.
I'm pretty sure the TJ-era wranglers (1997-2006), and the Cherokee of the same period hit a sweet spot. Dead simple, no frills, durable as hell, utilitarian but not uncomfortable. Everything after that is continual bloat - bigger overall size, more luxury options, more technology in general. But that's what people want - luxury, comfort, safety... I get it, but I love the experience of my TJ.
Living in a college-adjacent town (Lansing, next to Michigan State University in East Lansing) has been pretty ideal. Somehow, students tend to stay in East Lansing for the obnoxious benders, but grad students and professors live in Lansing and the scene tends to be calmer, with nicer/cooler restaurants and bars. I never expected to stay around here for an extended time, but I have yet to be bored, and the small size means I have a lot of connections in the community.
Graphic design yes - that covers print design, print, digitla and television advertising and many other mediums - but among those designing software applications Figma seems to be kicking ass: https://uxtools.co/survey-2020/
I don't think you -could- wakeboard behind this, right? The whole point of wakeboard boats is to displace as much water as possible in a controlled way. Skiing would be interesting though.
I'm sure the dog washing business wasn't trying to be a poster child, more likely it was the one business that the reporter could find on deadline that wasn't a huge manufacturer, was impacted, and was willing to talk about it. More like a bit of color to show the breadth of the problem - this isn't just GM and Apple or whoever in a lurch.
This seems like a great marketing technique for up starts trying to compete in the quality/price space. In the chicken soup example, for instance, cost to produce is a strong indicator that the soup has quality ingredients, and isn't just a big markup on some generic condensed soup.
It's a similar thing with the backpack, but in the other direction - this price isn't low because we cheaped out on manufacturing and materials, it's cheaper than J. Crew because they spend too much on marketing.
The line item cost breakdown is an indicator of honesty and product quality, which of course increase trust. That's not going to work if you're selling $10 shirts for $120
>a ruthless agency that will remove corruption from politics once and for all.
Used to be called a free press, until we allowed massive mergers creating single companies with control of a massive media market share, and journalism trade unions to be eliminated, leaving journalists no choice but to cover what they're told.
Not an article, a press release from Apple. Of course their PR team is going to spin it as positive as possible, that's their job. Used to be, reporters would pick this up and do their best to take the spin off, do a few interviews and provide additional context.
But I don't think they're suggesting getting rid of the entire executive team, or carte-blanche implementing whatever iCEO says to do. They're saying replace the most expensive position with some AI, and let the executive team debate that.
Seems like we could figure out a way to find accountability in that model by assigning it to whoever is best aligned with the decision - and could provide an interesting balance for the board to debate: Why did you decide to go against the machines recommendation?
We're in an RV, so the dish wouldn't be a huge burden. Wouldn't want to do that at a hotel, but I also assume wifi is easier to manage at hotels or airbnbs.
I was just looking at them this morning. I'd love to hear of anyone that has actual experience with them. With skyroam, it seemed like many of the reviews and blog posts I came across were paid reviews.