Comment Re: I Won't Eat GMO food... (Score 2) 49
This isn't as strange as you'd think. You are essentially petitioning for food only to be sold that's been cooked and predigested a bit.
So, a McDonald's hamburger.
This isn't as strange as you'd think. You are essentially petitioning for food only to be sold that's been cooked and predigested a bit.
So, a McDonald's hamburger.
The distinction between braking hard or not is precisely the problem with the app. Driving a Mazda CX-5 and applying the brakes in a 50kph zone the moment a light turned yellow, would still cause me to come dangerously close to the stop line if I wanted to avoid a harsh braking event.
This. In my area, there are many traffic lights where the duration of the yellow light does not provide enough time to brake without a harsh braking event when traveling within the speed limit. Fortunately, most of those intersections have cross walks with countdown timers that are easily visible from the traffic lanes, so I use those to determine if I need to start braking earlier because of an impending yellow light.
So what happens to the program if everyone acts in that same way.
Then we are all drones, sheep, etc. and get what we deserve.
Bad humor attempt aside, I also think UBI is a good idea also. I agree with previous posters about using it in place of existing social welfare programs. We already have people who use existing programs as a free lunch; I doubt UBI would change that. But I also agree that going to a UBI system creates risk for some in that the receiver of the UBI can spend it however they see fit - to the benefit or detriment of those dependent on them.
As for working/productivity, personally I wouldn't see myself changing that. I actually love my job (enough, I still stick to 40-45 hours), and I don't think the small extra income would change my outlook or work ethic. But I know people on both sides of the fence - some would work the same, some would work less and spend more time doing other things. I don't expect my little view of the world to be an exact representation of society at large, but I think it's good enough to suggest that everyone won't act the same way.
You're missing a previous attempt (I won't assume it was the first attempt at convergence): Windows XP Tablet Edition.
And there hasn't been a break between attempts at improvement (whether technical improvement or just marketing improvement, I'll leave to opnion), There are and have been any number of all-in-one touchscreen desktops as well as some touch screen laptops. I own one of the former. It's interesting, but would I buy it again because of the touch screen feature? No. Will we eventually be forced to have touch screens on all of our PCs/devices? Probably.
I think touch screen laptops (and desktops) are still too much of a niche market, and I wouldn't be too disappointed if Apple or any other vendor misses this boat. But maybe someone will make an innovative product that converges them and prove me wrong.
... but typing on tablets really sucks, especially if you are a touch typist. So electronic keyboards have along long way to go. People that type with a single finger might find a touchpad keyboard okay.
Agreed. I have a MBP with a Touch Bar. The touch interface is not a suitable replacement for mechanical keys for me; maybe years of retraining could make me as competent, but I don't see the need.
I like the Touch Bar for many of its functions, but it aggravates me that I don't have physical function keys and I have to do a 2-finger combo with a mix of mechanical key and touch bar (with a delay) to accomplish it. What I'd like to see is a touch bar, a full row of function keys, and full-size arrow keys.
no, no one forces Uber drivers to download an app or drive for Uber. The people who are paying the drivers are the riders, and Uber is a broker (not an employer). Or that is the way it is supposed to be. The real criticism is that they don't let the drivers set their own price and then let the riders pick based on price , thus providing a more fair situation for all involved.
If Uber was truly a broker, they wouldn't set the prices, they'd charge a fee. This follows the same fashion as a stock broker, a loan broker, an insurance broker, a real estate broker - they're hooking buyers up to sellers, but the sellers set the prices.
My daughter got a Chromebook issued to her for remote school. First thing she did (or maybe second, after having me put in the Netflix password) was try to play the dinosaur game. The school had disabled it. I was surprised they had management hooks built in to their Easter egg. It's literally only there when you're not connected; what do they think they're accomplishing by disabling it?
Encouraging kids to disconnect to have fun?
Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.
