Then keep doing C. Many companies are hiring C developers these days, the mobile processor vendors are grabbing as many C folks as they can to support Linux device drivers (Linux is the basis for Android and ChromeOS).

If you don't like C, then find something you do like. There are even jobs out there for people who are into SmallTalk (mostly to do business logic in European markets). The new programming languages that get most of the media attention are interesting as well, but aren't the only jobs out there. And honestly if you haven't picked up on them now, you might find yourself a bit behind the competition when you go to apply for that dream job in Haskell, OCaml, Go or Rust. (or Python, Erlang, ...)

Sure, I doubt there will be any way for the automobile industry to stop freewheeling hackers from getting free stuff. It's not like we're dealing with an industry with government lobbies powerful enough to force tax payers to back one of the largest loans in history.

If you include extra costs into each car, then charge some subset of the total number of customers for those extra materials. Then that cost is going to be relatively high, and in nearly every case higher than simply customizing each car and paying the cost up front. So yes, consumers who want features get screwed or automakers stand to lose a substantial amount of money. Since we assume automakers aren't going to tolerate losing money, we can bet on us paying for it in the end.

Capitalism is all about finding ways to pass your costs on to the end user.

today? no.
eventually? yes.

quorn is not a grain, it's a fungus!

And I'm not sure why people have to be so literal when it comes to the predictions of a futurist. A selection of food protein derived from non-animal sources, generally processed heavily to provide it with a meat like texture. If you were in the 1960s you would probably assume algae was the future. But the core idea is about taking something that isn't meat and turning it into a trendy meat substitute.

Am I the only one who prefers Soylent Red over Soylent Green ?

you never been to whole foods? they have a hot deli bar and salad bar.

I counted it as a single license as well. Non-commercial drivers license + Class M1 endorsement.

Ever been to Whole Foods?

Tofu, Quinoa, Quorn, Seitan, Tempeh, ...
 

that's fine. I don't really care about the content of the call. i just want the big bad business to pay a tech support worker 80 cents an hour to answer the calls.

Netflix should encourage every customer to call Comcast tech support. which ought to cost the company more money than it's worth. But it would still result in Netflix going out of business, Amazon shutting down their video on demand services, and Comcast finally being the only option available. We can go back to cable company monopolies like in the good old days!

caches installed at Comcast locations would be a great idea, and honestly big ISPs ought to pay Netflix for hosting such things because it reduces the amount of traffic that comcast must switch outside of their network (which is part of their costs). The "pay" might be a discount for co-location that helps cover the rack space and electricity, but seems like a useful idea.

expect to pay the same rate, but get less for your money.

A proper upbringing means taking responsibility for one's actions. Given the tone of the post, I'm going to say that there were some consequences for the young man beyond what the county gave him. Grounding, chores, and other consequences seem likely to me.
After having a good upbringing and you still make bad choices, then you deserve to be called an idiot.

You're not really a Google customer, you're the product.

Bicyclists ought to pay for all the bike lanes they are forcing on us. Those are expensive to build!

The cost for sidewalks for pedestrians is hopefully already covered by a property tax.

I think we should tax home owners with a luxury tax if they have a car or boat in their driveway. As I'm sick of looking these toys on every suburban street.

Electric vehicles should pay an EV tax or agree to a GPS recorder and millage tax to pay for public roads. I would be OK with suspending the gas tax entirely and switching everyone over to a fairer mileage based system.

But sudden changes might get ugly for the trucking industry. But the trucking industry isn't really absolutely necessary for our national economy, so I don't buy the argument too big to fail. We could gradually transition back to railroads if they got to be competitive in prices for small goods. (maybe better containers for transporting). Definitely would be complicated and difficult, and some medium sized cities would wither up and die unless new rails are built. Would be really nice to double up all the rail lines to make cross country transport more efficient, but it's such a huge capital investment.