The overwhelming majority of people are happy with the standard phones from Apple and Samsung- it's just the ultra-slim versions that aren't selling well- and they haven't stopped making one for the other.

Because it didn't actually sell very well. You may want a smaller screen size on your phone but the majority of people don't.

The iPhone and iPhone Pro are double the thickness of the iPhone Air and do give you a lot more battery life- so you do have a choice.

I do not know a single person who wishes their phone did more AI crap. Honestly, Apple could probably release a "never AI" version of the iPhone and a lot of folks would love it.

The 787 switch is slightly different from the 737 switches and there have been no known cases of them being tripped accidentally on a 787.

Additionally, the control stand on that specific 787 was supposedly replaced a couple of times over its life so it likely would have received updated switches already.

Plus defective switches would not explain why one switch was slipped and then the other.

That goes against their whole Netflix and chill binge watching campaign. Plus they want to keep people on the platform as much as possible as that gives them leverage during content negotiations and so on.

A better and simpler solution is to look at viewing habits.

If you watch episodes 1,2,3 from one location, then 4,5,6 from another, and 7,8,9 from a third- you are probably just traveling.

If you are consistently watching the same episodes from multiple locations, that's suspicious.

Or if you only watch show A from location A, but show B from location B, that's also suspicious.

Though I would be surprised if Netflix wasn't already doing that since that's just common sense.

> How would you handle the same situation if you were running Netflix?

You look at viewing habits.

If they are watching the episodes in a series once and sequentially- it's pretty obvious that's not a shared account just someone traveling.

If they are consistently watching the same shows from different locations, or only watching show A from location A and show B from location B it's pretty likely they are sharing.

Ok, I do understand. Fucking Wall Street assholes running the show and obsessed with squeezing every last ounce of profit regardless of what it does to their brand.

But the thing is- John Deere makes a pretty good product and people would continue to buy them thus ensuring a steady and long term customer base. Or at least it should- but instead they seem utterly intent on alienating all of their customers and that just seems like such a stupid long term play.

Blue Origin's New Glenn made it to orbit on January 16, 2025 so they've already made it to space. Obviously that wasn't a manned mission- but the rocket itself performed pretty well for a first flight and successfully delivered its payload.

I feel like all we hear about are shortages and backlogs for high end graphics and dedicated AI chips- so where is all this extra export capacity going to come from?

Basic economics- if the profit you generate from price hikes outweighs the money you lose from customers canceling- you keep raising prices.

And on this news Netflix will continue to raise prices- which is why I canceled my service when they announced their most recent hike. Not enough good content, they kept canceling the few good things they did have, and I simply wasn't getting value out of it.

Not to mention that the arr's have made it easy to live without Netflix in the first place.

What a stupid comment.

The return on investment for NASA is about 3 to 1 in direct economic returns and is estimated to be as high as 40 to 1 in indirect benefits- in other words for every dollar we spend, we get back $40.

That's not a waste of money, it's actually a phenomenal investment.

https://nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceresvol4/newspace3.html

"Estimates of the return on investment in the space program range from $7 for every $1 spent on the Apollo Program to $40 for every $1 spent on space development today."

Also- he has a bridge for sale...

Seriously, what would a literal Russian asset do that's different from what Trump is doing?

It doesn't matter whether he's on their payroll, just an enthusiastic supporter, or a convenient idiot, tell me what he would be doing differently? Cozying up to Russia and parroting their propaganda, talking about removing sanctions, blaming Ukraine for a war Russia started, standing down our offensive AND defensive cybersecurity programs- it's like a bad joke. And for some reason half the country is still cheering him on- it boggles the mind.

> A 200kWh battery

What car is shipping with a 200kWh battery aside from the Hummer EV?

> BYD has been making batteries much larger than that for years, it's just a question of if they can fit one to a car. My guess would be that they probably can these days.

Sure, a Hummer.

> at 1MW would only be 5C, well within the safe zone for modern chemistries.

Even the Ioniq 5 maxes out at 2.9C and averages closer to 2.3C.

You're talking double that and with a massive battery. With a much more realistic 100kWh battery you're talking 10C and that's nuts.