That makes sense.

Article is paywalled, so I can't read the whole thing. But the summary talks about a bunch of dystopian fantasies, but doesn't relate those to things happening in real life. It mentions the partnership between a charter school and 23andMe, but how does that relate to eugenics? They are looking for genetic correlations, but that's a long way from eugenics. The summary doesn't even list the real-life copies of the movie fantasies. Maybe I just don't watch enough TV I guess.

If cost savings is the goal, they could save a lot more by switching to Windows, or better yet, Linux.

This seems weird, I've never heard of a company using Macs as servers. Desktops, yes, but servers?

If that's true, you certainly don't live in a place that requires air conditioning.

Your estimates are rather rosy. Zillow says on average, your solar panel installation will net you about $10,000 when you sell, certainly not $30,000. https://money.com/home-value-s....

Oh look, electricity use is declining in the US too! https://energyathaas.wordpress...

A single refrigerator can use up to 800 watts, so your 800 Wp system is *not* going to power your house. My house in the southern US, for example, requires a 20kW generator. You're not going to get that for $300 and mount it yourself. And your system also doesn't consider the need for a battery to keep things going at night or when the sun isn't shining.

https://www.energysage.com/sol...

A 4.1 kW system will not run an entire home, just a few appliances, lights, and fans. If you live in the south where air conditioning is mandatory, you need at least a 20 kW system for a typical home, plus you need battery storage for nights and cloudy days, that will run you at least another $10K.

I think your numbers omit the required battery to run off the grid at night or on cloudy days.

In Texas, where power prices are 12-14 cents per kWh, it would take more than 15 years to pay for even your $30K price tag.

Huh? Incandescents have been banned in the US since 2023, and were phasing out long before that. And lighting is only about 10-12% of a typical home's energy usage. https://mygreenmontgomery.org/... If you want to drive down electricity usage, focus on air conditioning and heating, which uses almost half of the power consumed in an average home.

Sure, if you've got an extra $50K sitting around!

Interesting!

I would think technical texts would be *harder* for an AI tool to get right, not easier. This is because technical texts contain many words that *should not* be translated, even if there is a translation. For example, the word "Windows" as in the Microsoft product, should not be translated, even if the rest of the document is translated.

Also, Donald Trump renegotiated and extended NAFTA in his first term.

Automatic Inc. does *not* have a registered trademark for the word "Automatic", nor can they. The word is a common English word and is therefore not trademarkable. Rather, they have claimed an *unregistered* trademark (TM) for the word, and they can and do sue to back up their right to use the word.

In the same way, Microsoft has never been able to register a trademark for the word "Windows" because it is a common word. You can therefore call the panels in your app, "Windows" without fear of being sued by Microsoft.