Carriers are irrelevant now. It's the OEMs (especially Samsung) who have the power. Samsung would kick Google to the curb if Google tried to take over.

Why is it so important to you that he gets credit for the vaccine when he was more than happy to disavow his administration's botching of other aspects of the pandemic response like testing. His exact words were "I don't take responsibility at all" and blamed (of course) Obama of all people. He only takes credit for successes and blames anyone but himself for failures. Our country is screwed because millions of people like you cannot acknowledge that, let alone call it a character flaw.

Why would you think the Trump administration's program for developing a COVID vaccine has anything valid to compare with the Biden administration? Were you expecting Biden to make them start over so he could try to do it faster? That's actually the kind of petty, self-sabotaging, ego-driven thing Trump would have done.

To the extent that the situation you refer to is a problem, it's a problem of market share and the resulting funding for ongoing development of an open source OS. Google's ability to enforce requirements on Android OEMs is limited because the big players or any significant consortium of the smaller players can simply choose to cut ties with Google if Google is too pushy.

Yes, Chrome established a different business model from the outset. Android went a different direction because, rightly or wrongly, it was believed at the time that it was necessary in order to fend off other participants in the smartphone ecosystem, and over time it has gotten harder to change the model, not easier. In particular, one major Android OEM has amassed so much market dominance that they can and often do simply refuse Google's requests. Legally, Google could cut ties, but that would be bad for Google and i think it would be bad for Android users, since it would instantly fragment the ecosystem. IMO, Android users (and I am one) are better off with a slower-moving but relatively unified ecosystem.

No, this is about the merger of the platforms. It probably will eventually result in some reduction in staffing, but it's not happening now, and hasn't happened in any significant way. Both Android and ChromeOS have been relatively untouched by layoffs.

The goal is to reduce engineering effort. Even Google has to consider costs.

This was announced on June 12, 2024.

It doesn't mean Android and ChromeOS will share a common UI. Android already supports several distinct user interfaces for different platforms (mobile, wearable, auto, TV), and there's lots of customization even within those spaces. I expect that once the transition is complete, ChromeOS will still look and act much like it does now. It may run Android apps a little better than it does now (though it already runs them fairly well). It'll just share a lot of infrastructure with Android underneath the surface.

From what I find online, microdoses of psilocybin are generally 0.1-0.3 g of psilocybe cubensis, which would give a dose of about 1-4 mg of psilocybin, not 15 mg.

And the data that makes this a "fact" and not your opinion is.... where?

... Are the modern equivalent of medieval indulgences "pay me money and you can go ahead and keep sinning".

And just as likely to be effective in a) stopping sinning an/or b) making you innocent.

Haven't you complained repeatedly about shit-wage jobs and Amazon as a soulless employer?

What do you think will compel them to meaningfully pay more and treat workers better than throttling away their legions of low wage no-questions-really-asked workers?

Maybe Amazon (and their ancestors in big box retail) will even start costing more and spur a renaissance in local retail? Yeah I know that's getting into fantasy...

I'm in my 60's...I remember as a kid they were looking for her. She's been gone for over 80's years. Give it up already. Everyone knows that she & Elvis left the planet and went home.

There will be a LOT of able bodied people being TAKEN OFF medicad that will be needing jobs! If someone has a mental/physical disability, that is one thing, but there are a TON of people on medicad, that have been scamming the system!

I'm an ICE user, who just bought a new car and after carefully considering an ev or hybrid, chose ICE again because of a long litany of EV shortcomings for my context.
Nevertheless this range accomplishment is great news. I think that's really great.

Is it constructive to immediately assume anyone who disagrees with you is a zealot? Do you think that's convincing anyone to be more open minded?

Did anyone say that?