Don't worry, they can all get new jobs servicing the self-driving vehicles that replaced them. That's how it works, or so Slashdot tells me.

This. And I think this is one reason the Apple Watch was so underwhelming in the sensor department when it was announced. If Apple, or anyone for that matter, wants to really make their smart watches useful for medical applications they are going to have to navigate the FDA. That's a very expensive, slow, and cumbersome route to navigate.

Man, where were you during the magnetic bracelet craze? Or the copper bracelet craze? Or the (and this is my favorite) plastic bracelet with hologram sticker craze? Hrm.. Come to think of it most of these sham devices are work on the wrist...

Sometimes it's not about the destination, but the journey. If I was back in my late teens or early 20's this would make for an epic road trip. However I think the bigger potential is for international shipping and not really long commutes. I'm sure this (like all of his past plans for this link) includes a rail line as well. Add in some "road-trains" like they use in Australia and it would make a decent alternative to ship based transport for goods coming out of China.

Still though, this is all just talk. This guy throws this idea out every couple of years and nothing ever comes of it.

As cool as this would be, this guy throws this idea out in one form or another every few years and it never goes beyond some pie-in-the-sky "plan". Call me when the construction begins on the bridge.

Hopefully NVIDIA ha s a bit more clout (can chash) and can convince (bribe) devs to port over their games.

Congratulations, you want a computer. Go build yourself one.

Now let them rest a bit then send them to Arizona

I had the same experience. Kind of jarring isn't it? I had even saved a copy of the image when I first saw it (to play with in photoshop) and checked that to be sure someone wasn't messing with me and everyone else and swapping out the image.

We as a species always seem to be of the "believe it when I see it" persuasion but something like this happens and it is a pretty in-your-face example of just how much our own brains manipulate our sensory input before presenting it to us a reality.

Something is wrong. You said "pretty good explanation" but you then linked to Gizmodo. These two things are mutually exclusive.

Corn Syrup, increasing portion sizes, a shift to low fat, high carb diets, labeling bad fats as good and good fats as bad.... The past 50 years has not been a good period for nutritional science.

Probably one of the better hubs on the market. Bulbs have been solid for me too. I also use the GE Wink bulbs with the Philips Hue hub (they are compatible) where I just need lights without the color changing ability. The Wink bulbs run about $15 retail. The Wink bulbs are good if not perfect, they sometimes miss a command from the hub, the philips bulbs never do. The Wink Hub, while a crazy piece of hardware (so many radios) is, at the moment, a bit lacking in the software department.

On the ROI front I'm a bit of an outlier: my system is saving me enough money to pay for itself. I used to leave the 4 lights in my garage on pretty much 24/7 with 24w CFLs. My garage door opener light is pretty much useless and I wasn't fond of coming home to a pitch black garage at night. Swapped the 4 bulbs out with 4 GE Wink bulbs, and I now use the geofence feature of the Philips Hue software along with its timers. Lights come on in the morning at a set time, turn off when I leave, and come back on when I get home, turning off at a preset time a little later in the evening. The power savings from the wattage difference (9 vs 24w) and not having them run constantly comes out to around $28/mo for me doing it this way. Yes, it's my fault leaving the lights on all the time, And yes I could have added a traditional timer or motion detector, but the issue there was the damn CLFs sucked in winter. These days I could get Cree LED bulbs for about $10, but for $5 more I can get the smart bulbs that work with a system I already have so.... The 4 bulbs have literally paid for themselves in a little over two months. Again though, I imagine I'm a bit of an outlier when it comes to this. Most of these systems will never save the homeowner money.

If you are looking for a dumb 4K display that is above PC monitor size and cheaper or even the same price as a comparable "smart" tv, then the answer is probably no. The only real options you have are A) get the smart TV and never connect it to your network or B) buy a commercial grade display. Option B is going to be much more expensive than Option A. Well I guess there is always option C) Contract with a manufacturer to create a private brand line of your own. Pretty sure option C is not going to scale down to a production run of 1 very well cost wise though.

That's actually a pretty good guess. Microsoft hosted VDI would not be outside the realm of possibility.

It's set to be released in the year of the Linux desktop.