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Comment Re:It's a good thing customer service reps (Score 1) 72

T-Mobile should solve the problem.

They should do tests like this periodically and see if anyone responds, and give a small payout to those that report.

If they don't randomly and hit the vulnerable employees approximately once a year it would be very little cost (give them a small gift card less than $50).

Employees that fail to report get extra training, employees that buy in get fired.

Now the calculous isn't $300 for a potential jobloss/criminal situation vs nothing.

It's $50 for if it's a test, vs certain jobloss if it isn't.

$50/employee/year probably costs them far less than past fast and loose with numbers have cost them in the past.

Comment Re:Just let them use AI (Score 2) 115

I don't think that the point of writing assignments is to produce documents as a product. It's to have the student go through the process of gathering, analyzing and understanding the material, in order for them to learn it. If they skip that work, they learn little or nothing.

In the real world, being effective in directing a computer to produce a bunch of text that you know nothing about is not a worthwhile skill. If someone comes back with issues related to the AI-generated content, how would you address the problems if you're mostly ignorant about the topic at hand?

Comment Re:Worse than Nothing (Score 1) 81

Why isn't 10 bit useful on the web? Reasonably priced displays are catching up, especially on mobile.

This is like the amb64 replacement for x86, it's backwards compatible. It seems to me it could likely take off where the "better" solutions have failed the same way amd64 eventually became the standard for 64 bit home computers.

There doesn't seem to be much not to like about this (except for the lack of alpha channel).

Comment Re:Are they really that stupid? (Score 1) 47

Because they paid me for 9 months and got me a better job after I drank the Kool aid.

There's a shocking number of people that drink the Kool aid, that's why companies do that stupid team building stuff.

If I'm in a place in life where I don't want to work as much, and the company I work for gets me an easier job. When something comes up, I can maintain the stay easy by hiring said company. Seems like I'd do it.

Comment Re:To Make Beer Taste Even Better.... (Score 2) 80

Taste is subjective.

Obviously, you personally ought to stick to drinking Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers. Meanwhile, you should let the hundreds of millions of people who think beer tastes just fine (hops and all) enjoy their beverage of choice.

Pro tip: Most beers balance the bitterness with an appropriate amount of malt sweetness to create a pleasing overall effect for the average taster. This is similar to the way many mixed drinks balance sourness (another evolutionary poison alarm bell, OMG!) with sweetness.

Comment Re:Stop listening to customers, start losing them. (Score 1) 55

Well, perhaps start making some hardware people could like or get excited about besides the bland crap that keeps coming out. Even Alienware got boring after being bought by Dell.

Given that the one big "exciting" thing that all the PC makers are touting these days is adding some kind of AI chip, I'll stick with cheap and boring.

Comment Re:Looks slow to me. (Score 1) 78

Two modern techniques for building are SIPs (structural insulated panels) and ICFs (insulated concrete forms). Both methods involve foam insulation and also reduce the time to build. They're both just as costly, though. SIPs are constructed in a factory and the panels are trucked to the jobsite but exterior siding and interior drywall still need to be done on site. Stone and brick are great materials for longevity but are less energy efficient.

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