I'd pay SpaceX three times what I pay for internet, even if it didn't work as well, just because I hate Comcast.

I'll definitely be one of the early adopters. Xfinity and AT&T can eat my ass.

This shouldn't be a surprise. It's out in the middle of nowhere, weather is consistent, and traveling the same roads between transit points. This is, literally, self-driving t-ball.

Everyone thinks self-driving vehicles have to be better than humans in every circumstance that can arise on the road. The next surprise will be trucks making this trip remotely monitored rather than having a safety spotter in the cab. Or one spotter at the lead of a convoy.

This is really bad news for truck drivers.

The poll shows that consumers are willing to pay much more for their cable TV package than they are for streaming,

I take issue with the word "willing" in that sentence. Consumers don't have any real competition in that space. I'm willing to bet that if you gave people the option to get local channels over the air, there would be many more unwilling to pay for a cable TV package.

In 3...2...1.

Boeing spent the first couple days with zero orders for new planes at the Paris Air Show. Way to give customers even more reasons to doubt your commitment to safety.

I just don't get corporate thinking sometimes.

Sounds good but even a billion won't translate into much.

I actually kind of side with one point: You do have to be prepared for people and cars to do unexpected things. But the liability was a crock. A person doing something wacky shouldn't make you liable for damages.

Would be a tool to show when video has been edited and the speaker's words changed.

So imagine you have automated vehicles that take you to a location, you hop out, then it just drives down the block and picks up the next person and takes them where they're going.

Uber made the exact same argument. That it would eliminate cars on the road but none of the traffic promises held true. In fact, Uber increased traffic in congested areas.

It's goofy to think self-driving cars will do what Uber could not.

My fear with Netflix isn't Disney+, I can live without Disney content. What concerns me more is how much time I spend scrolling on Netflix, trying to find something decent to watch. They're spending billions on content, most of which is crap. Netflix has an interface that keeps throwing up things I've already seen in multiple categories. And there's no way to get rid of things I'm never going to watch. We've been loyal Netflix customers since before streaming was a thing. But if they don't get their shit together, we're going to bail. Or switch back to DVD only.

Pax are the worst part of driving, the slave wages are another. So Uber is going to take the number one problem with driving and make it worse. All the while drivers are shuttling around the public transportation unwashed, crazy, and criminal, Uber will be looking for new ways to dick them on compensation.

Death spiral, bankruptcy.

If it wasn't for the serious downside of getting caught, I would totally pay a "consultant" to raise my book rankings. I used ReviewTargeter and endured the rejection of dozens of pleas for reader reviews. It was miserable, thankless work...worse than thankless, apparently seeking a book review is an invitation for abuse. Doing things by the terms and conditions sucks ass.

The worst part was seeing products that were clearly inferior getting hundreds and thousands of reviews. They're not better writers, just better marketers.

I'm seeing a BlackMirror episode IRL.

The 737 design change positioned the engines so the plane needed a software fix to keep the nose down. Anyone who designs hardware knows that's a poor shortcut. The bottom line is Boeing rushed a duct tape software solution that used data from a single sensor, poor design in a software system. That sensor had a long history of failures, which means whoever developed the MCAS software was either inexperienced...very inexperienced...or was getting pressure from management to get it out the door. There is no way this comes out good for Boeing. Southwest just gave millions of customers a reason to choose a different airline.

The cable industry lost four quarts of blood over the last two years but next year they're only going to lose another pint.

Wooo! Pop the champagne.