The skeptics love to point out how this or that area had record low temperatures "proving" that global warming is a hoax. That is cherry picked data, and therefore a load of crap. It's the same thing when global warming believers cherry pick data.

It's not just Japan, the underpopulation crises is hitting many nations. It is even used as an excuse to flood nations with immigrants who have values antithetical to those of the current population.

When the popular book "The Population Bomb" came out, over 55 years ago, the world population was about 3.5 billion and we were way overpopulated. Now the world population is about 8 billion and we are underpopulated. Care to do the math?

I am old enough to remember public service commercials that had messages like: "the easiest way to fight the population crises, is to have smaller families." It was about that time that China started their "one child per family" policy.

It's my understanding that, before 1945, Japan was desperate to acquire new territories because they believed their island nation to be overpopulated. I wonder what Japan's population was then, as compared to today?

The price for Amazon streaming service is all over the map. Unlike most models, where you a pay a fee and watch what you want, Amazon charges different rates for different videos. Sometimes you can only watch it within a 24 hour period. Sometimes there are different rates to "rent" or "own." The content is not great. HBO and Netflix at least some great shows.

Call me a preachy vegan if you want, but it's true: most of the Amazon is being slashed and burned for the benefit of the animal agriculture industry.

Not as if Netflix is any better. Netflix is pushing the LGBTQ agenda to children. Lots of parents unhappy with recent episodes of Cocomellon.

Recent episodes of children's show Cocomellon. Gay dads have their young son wear a tutu and tiara and dance around.

Why can't they just let children be children and drop all the LGBTQ advocacy? This bothers a lot of parents.

Children are not cancelling Netflix, parents are.

Everything he said that i saw was about being more decisive, not working longer hours. In principle, being more decisive should save time, not take more. I'm not predicting specifically how this plays out, but it could be he is trying to maintain work life balance, staff appropriately, make quick decisions, and win. If that's true, I hope he does. For what it's worth, I've worked with people from both Amazon and tesla, and on the balance, it's night and day in terms of culture. Amazon ain't perfect, but a lot better than tesla. I would at least give bezos a chance, because he is a lot better than musk. If those are the two options, and it may be, I know who I want to win.

I hate to ask, but how many predictions have been made about the catastrophic effects of climate change, and how many have actually come to pass?
By my count these doomsday scenarios have been proved wrong 100% of the time.

The CEO in this case is the renowned James Dolan. His main claim to fame is inheriting his father's fortune derived from Cablevision in the 70s and 80s and running businesses badly. He bought the New York Knicks and has made them a laughingstock for 20 years. He also owns Madison Square Garden and other venues and cable properties (again, daddy's money). He is in a "band" in which he essentially gets gigs by controlling the arenas ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...) and seems to have few, if any, actual fans. He is also well known for having his venues use facial recognition to ban his enemies from events, including people critical of him on social media, low-level staffers working at law firms that are involved in litigation with him, etc). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/1... So, in this case, if an executive is claiming abuse by James Dolan, given his resume, I'm tempted to believe it. He is petty as hell and hasn't done anything in my view to distinguish himself as a CEO other than being born to wealthy parents.

Awesome! I have long felt that Red Hat is making Linux just another corporate OS, the freedom does not seem to be what it used to be.
I like FreeBSD much better, but it seems that nobody uses it.

Which regulation specifically? It's a reg to have friction brakes, but I'm pretty sure they have not banned brake by wire, or there are a lot of illegal EVs on the road. Take a look at that Bosch link I sent, it's pretty explicit how it works. Also, just think about it - unless there were independent pedals for brake regeneration and friction brake application, how would it work if it were NOT brake by wire?

I would be interested in a citation for that. EVs I'm familiar with tend to brake by wire and have an integrated brake controller that blends regen with friction brakes based on demand from driver, but driver doesnt have direct mechanical control. Example from Bosch below. Given that the vehicle lost brake control and torque control at the same time that the dash lit up like a Christmas tree, my money is on software. That said, this should never happen, and I would consider it a gross failure of engineering principles including functional safety and ISO26262 standards. I would hope this isn't indicative of what we can expect from China-based EVs like SAIC-owned MG. https://www.bosch-mobility.com...

I think there is crypto-copper, and probably crypto-gold. Some crypto is backed by something tangible.
But, I also think you have to pay about 15% a year for that.