They would not even need "university level" training, just the normal on-the-job training thing that companies naturally did for decades, before it became fashionable to demand "Fabs need a ready supply of skilled workers", which translates to "our shareholders want tax payers to pay for training people for exactly the skill profile we need right now (and probably no longer than for a few years)".

There were plenty of news on examples, like https://www.businessinsider.co...

Of course, once this year's test questions have become part of the training data, it will likely not fail them again.

I guess US Robotics and Research In Motion, as both wanted to integrate them on their thriving PalmPilot and Blackberry platforms.

I for one am just picky. Have not played a lot of time recently, because I'm waiting for some next game release that actually tickles my interest. Cyberpunk 2077 (as of "patch 1.5") was the last new game I enjoyed playing through, and "Starfield" was a boring let down after all. Maybe GTA 6 or Witcher 4 will see me video-game again - once they have matured to a point where I am not a beta-tester. I am completely uninterested in anything "online" or "multiplayer". If I want to play with other humans, I prefer physically meeting them.

And can even buy another company? Apparently, I forgot about that company too soon, when its diminishing relevance made it disappear from the headlines. Maybe I should also have a look what Compuserve does these days...

There is nothing wrong about being an "early adopter" if you spend money on new things that you are so interested in that the risk of them turning out not-so-great is outweighed by your desire to get the thing. But in the case of "smart devices", there was no conceivable outcome different from what the author experienced, as everyone with a basic understanding of the IT industry easily foretold. So yes, don't be a sucker, but don't let that keep you from becoming an early adopter of things that have a realistic chance of turning out being great. So certainly not "smart" devices, or stuff that depends on some company running some cloud service.

There are lots of non-pretty people who dislike that more-pretty people can make an easy living by marrying wealthy partners. Understandable that those feel better if pictures of pretty people are banned.

... what a dream team for malicious actors! Both on their own are already a guarantee for all kinds of security disasters, but combining the two is truly peak incompetence.

Russia can make "its own gaming consoles" from chips manufactured by China just as much as the US makes "its own gaming consoles" from chips manufactured in China or Taiwan. Whom the video games promote in terms of propaganda depends on the makers of the games, not on the chip manufacturers.

... or they could endorse fellow Democrats candidate Philips: https://www.washingtonpost.com...

If by that you mean that the not-haves will stage some sort of uprising... you will see that police men and soldiers will be replaced long before janitors and kitchen helpers will.

Sounds like students are about as absent from school as employees are absent from work. Why learn social skills if you are not planning on using them at any point later in your life anyway? Since a majority (me not included) thinks that working together in on place is obsolete, it seems only plausible that students learn to not meet their peers in person from early on. Also solves the problem that other humans are increasingly only seen as risk to meet (for becoming infected, offended, violated, robbed etc.), so learning to stay away from all these threats sounds like the modern agenda of today.

Especially true since McKinsey's former only other selling point, "being able to turn some already-decided-upon bullet point into a lengthy prose text that claims to blazon MBA wisdom", is now easily replaced with a simple ChatGPT prompt to do the same.

... then inevitably some people will think of a new Utopia where everybody gets everything needed from the AI/Robots work for free, while in reality none of the owners of AI or Robots will see an incentive to give the products of those away for free. Quite on the contrary, while lowly workers are currently accepted as a necessary nuisance to those employing them, in a world where every required product or service can be provided by electronic servants, the mere presence of not-haves will be considered just a disturbance to the peace and quiet. Too many people seeking enjoyment results in competition for nice uncrowded places and natural resources.

Therefore I am pretty sure that long before the last human job is replaced by some AI/Robot, a pretty high ratio of AI and Robots will be utilized to fend off the now expendable former workforce.

"No-hall-effect-here joysticks" are an "industry standard" only in the sense that multiple large corporations are currently using them on purpose to implement planned obsolescence. Hall effect sensors cost few cents in normal quantities, and even if you as a consumer need to buy single pieces along with joystick mechanics and an IC that emulates variable resistors, those are still sold for about one dollar.

If you want to educate yourself on the farce that this planned obsolescence is, here is some comprehensive video.