Just because climate skeptics are desperate, doesn't mean rational scientists should also be desperate. The reality is that, despite the current US administration, cooler heads *are* prevailing. Those calls for "drill baby drill" today are viewed as absurd by the vast majority of people, and even the oil companies themselves aren't rushing to the Gulf (what was the name of that body of water again???) to set up new rigs. Solar and wind power are increasing *fastest* in Texas, which is now by far the leading state when it comes to clean energy, despite resistance from the state's government.

There will always be those who resist, but this is a long game.

It's going to come out that the camera's view area doesn't just include the contents of the toilet bowl.

No, I really, really *don't* want to imagine the leaks!

Should we sue human drivers that hit dogs or cats? Why not?

Waymo cars have fewer collisions of any kind, than human drivers. https://waymo.com/blog/2024/12...

Seriously. Prepaid cell service is to traditional plans, what streaming is to cable TV.

You can stop any time you want, switch whenever you want, no penalties, no commitments. Plus, prices for prepaid plans are much lower, like $20-35 per month, depending on the type of plan you have. Of course, you do have to buy your own phone, so if you want that $1,200 premium Samsung or Apple phone, that's on you. But there are a whole lot of great phones for $200 or less, such as Moto G.

I started doing prepaid back in the early 2000s and never looked back.

The definition isn't really arbitrary. It's "You can only have our data if you pay us for it." That's about it. T-Mobile didn't pay for the data, therefore it's a privacy breach.

Is that what it was? They were given the wrong file and it's their fault?

They're supposed to watch every video before airing it? Okay....... yeah, that's reality..

CAFE standards and testing have a shoddy basis in science. The standards need more than a rollback, but a complete rewrite.

That's great and makes logical sense, but it will never be enacted by politicians, who literally derive their power from the current voting system. They will not suddenly become altruistic and vote for a system that dilutes their power.

This proposed use of AI to find districts that might elect a third-party candidate, is much more possible.

The problem it solves, is that if there are enough independent or third-party politicians, it *forces* the big parties to negotiate.

The strength of a democracy or republic is not in the rightness or wrongness of one party or the other, but in the need to debate, negotiate, and compromise.

It's not as simple as you suggest.

I live in a district that is about 90% Republican. It makes no sense for me to vote in Democrat primaries because it's a lost vote. So I vote for Republican candidates who are the least like Trump (a challenge, but not impossible).

Your method would not find voters like me, who would gladly welcome a third-party candidate.

You have to look at the details of what is being proposed. The proposal is not to somehow turn over government to AI. Rather, it's to assist with data analytics to find areas where a third-party candidate could be successful.

And he is more narcissist than populist.

I've certainly fed blood test results into AI. Have you tried to read the report the clinic gave you? AI was actually very helpful in deciphering it.

Years ago, I got a call from the IT team at 3 am.

"Tony, we made a mistake. We accidentally deleted the entire POS drive. Can you help?"

I kind of have mixed feelings about this incident. People do sometimes accidentally delete folders, even a root folder. The risk is not new to AI. Does AI really make the risk higher? I'm not sure that it does. I'd be interested to see the exact sequence of prompts that led to this.

And...keep backups, AI or not.