I'd prefer my self driving car to have a "Please don't kill" switch . . . most of the time ;-)

Maybe all the pharmacists and techs are busy learning to code

Apparently the esteemed UN secretary general has never heard the old cliche' "Corporations aren't tax payers, they're tax collectors". Slap any kind of significant tax or other burden (see: tobacco settlement) on corporations and see who ends up footing the bill. Hint: It's not the shareholders.

They're paying quality prices for programming but getting crap. Cut the crap (even if it means a smaller catalog of programming), control costs for the quality stuff, and you'll see a rise in streaming services that people might actually be willing to pay for.

RE: WVU's 2020 53% dropped pass rate - that was the COVID year, and while I don't follow WVU football, it's very possible they had receivers from very low on the depth chart in the games.

I agree totally on finding a more productive use for the heat being generated. After all, we have a large group of scientists and engineers trying to figure out ways to produce energy from solar/wind/unicorn farts/whatever - and meanwhile we have this group of scientists and engineers trying to figure out what to do with this energy already being produced. No idea about the practicality though . . .

BTW, for those not a familiar with American football stats, a dropped pass is not the same as an incomplete pass. Dropped means the receiver had a reasonable chance to catch the ball - usually by making contact with some part of his body such as his hands. An incomplete pass could be for any reason - the ball was thrown 2 meters over the receivers head, out of bounds, etc. and is usually a reflection on the QB. And yes, I butchered the abbreviation for West Virginia University - it should have been WVU.

Using a robot to provide passing reps is depriving the QBs down on the depth chart and the scout/practice squads opportunities to improve their throwing skills. If the receivers aren't getting enough practice reps, that sounds more like a coaching problem (not utilizing enough QBs that are not first or second string in practice drills). Hell, even the the improvement mentioned at UVW - from 53% down to 4% dropped passes - seems too incredible to make me believe this was solved just by more practice reps. (i.e. if your receivers sucked that bad at holding onto the ball, why were they receivers in the first place?)

One of the more common and familiar uses of bentonite is cat litter. Hopefully, their nuclear waste dump won't require daily cleaning with a giant pooper scooper.

You're about to get a bill from Oracle for unexplained support services . . . and it's going to be at least 5x what any reasonable organization would expect.

Existing Roombas (J7 series) are doing this today . . .

And that ain't a compliment anymore: overpriced, unimaginative and resting on it's laurels for far too long.

I just bought a Roborock S7 last week and nothing from the iRobot lineup made my short list in my comparison shopping (taking price into consideration also). Amazon's purchase of iRobot only reinforces my belief that I made the right choice.

. . . suggest these precious little snowflakes do some actual work!

Or at least better enforcement. The US has many great laws (not necessarily privacy-related) that are never enforced.

For non-CVS shoppers and those who have no idea what "CVS" is, CVS is a large pharmacy chain in the US - notorious for printing ridiculously long cash register receipts. It's not uncommon to receive a 60cm+ receipt after purchasing a SINGLE item.