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Comment Re:Only if valuable work is virtual (Score 1) 126

And why not? Construct the deck automatically in a factory, roll out a bot to dig some holes for the posts, attach the deck. Done.

Plumbing? The robot won't care about the stench so can really get in there.

Pave a road? Why not? A robot slowly rolling along dropping asphalt, another rolling slowly behind it to smoothe the asphalt.

If you think hard physical labor is the only thing that can't be replaced by robots I've got news for ya.

Said by someone who never fixed a sewer leak (or any plumbing for that matter), or installed more than one deck at an actual home. The road asphalt - sure, so long as it's akin to tilling farmland or harvesting crops.

Comment Re:He's right... and classy to boot (Score 1) 62

Agree it's classy, but do you have examples where a chairman of a big international company would have harsh words in a similar situation? I imagine when there is an issue with a self-driving car model, the competitor CEO doesn't go publicly "what a bunch of idiots". Or if say Google is hacked by bad actors and Microsoft is asked about it (or the opposite), I also expect classy words.

Yes!

I can imagine Musk would not follow the rule but he's really an exception.

Oh, well... you took one of them away.

Back in the day, Walt Disney pretty specifically spoke out about Pacific Ocean Park and Knott's Berry Farm. He never publicly called them idiots, and operationally they coordinated their calendars, but he was unabashedly willing to point out publicly how Disneyland was better especially when they weren't keeping up. I don't have a google link to share, however....

Comment Re:This is sad. (Score 1) 98

You made an interesting attempt, but I still think you don't understand the question asked of the OP.

Asbestos, as found in brake pads, is friable.
Brake dust, on the road, will not sink to the ground as if it's magnetically charged and attracted to asphalt. Vehicles and the turbulence of their wheels will stir this stuff up and it will be inhaled by the many drivers that come after. Not to mention homes that live near freeways... but I digress.

Your post suggests I don't consider asbestos to be a problem - I never suggested asbestos lacked problems.

I'm merely curious why the abundance of it on American roadways hasn't led to cases. It's not the wrong question, and it has nothing to do with use cases.
After all, the giant fund set up to pay victims is far from exhausted -- back in the day, it was feared it was way too little.

Comment Re:This is sad. (Score 1) 98

Speaking an an ex-Industrial Hygienist with 10 years in the profession: you are so very very wrong. Look up the word "friable"

I'd appreciate yours thoughts/opinion on why it is the billions of stop and go freeway miles throughout the 70s and 80s didn't lead to an epidemic of mesothelioma.

Comment Re:Incidents (Score 1) 64

The issue is that it's failing while flying, and you seem to be suggesting this wasn't important enough to maintain or inspect.

I'm implying that, if this was an Airbus, it wouldn't have made the news at all. But this stuff happens to Airbus planes as well. And, absolutely, the airlines need to do a much better job of maintaining and inspecting their airplanes. They have been slacking, and the FAA has been slacking in their oversight.

I gather from your post that Airbus is slacking too, given things fall off their planes as well?

Comment Re:Incidents (Score 1) 64

This is a 20 year old plane. It's either a maintenance or inspection issue, or it's just a 20 year old piece of hardware that's been used tens of thousands of hours, and it's simply failing.

Yes yes, things fall from the sky so often that it makes the news. You cite several odd issues as if they are the same as an exterior panel falling off. The issue is that it's failing while flying, and you seem to be suggesting this wasn't important enough to maintain or inspect. If I can't count on ground crews to inspect the visible stuff, what _can_ I count on? How many funerals need planning before we decide that 20 year old airplanes should be inspected and maintained correctly?

Comment Re:Feminist Wokist Bollocks (Score 1) 147

Agreed regarding culture wars.
Not sure I agree regarding visionaries - anyone can have a crazy dream, fewer can execute, and even fewer understand what _could_ work. We remember the winners because the winners can do all three....

As to your cost workup, it is interesting that Disney attracts so many in spite of being expensive. They must be doing something right, I suppose.

An anecdote - I've been on an actual safari, as well as on the safari ride at their Animal Kingdom park, I must express how well Disney did. I saw more in 2 hours (including waiting in the queue) than I saw in a full day in Nakuru or Hlane or Mhkaya. I wholeheartedly recommend the real safaris, but I found Disneys's version to be amazing.

Less jet lag too.

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