I'd happily sit under their watchful eyes if it was a nice place to work, but it isn't. Any of the "it's better to mingle" is lost in the audible/ visual/ cognitive noise of open-concept office design. Last time I went into the office, my co-worker had to shout to ask me a question because of the four simultaneous conversations around us, who in turn had to raise their voices to be heard over each-other. This went on for hours, and our office had only a small fraction of the 100+ people in one room we had before covid.

I see nine paragraphs talking about how great and wonderful the ranking report is... but I don't see the actual ranking report.

Older films used a boom mic; you had to project to the mic. Stage actors also projected their voice to the audio sensors (human ears) that were outside the 'room' they were in.

"stage actors could never get away with this." I just saw "Spamalot" at the Stratford Festival and two of the stage actors had microphones visibly glued to their faces, not in their collar nor in their wigs. If they "projected" we'd hear their voice twice, or what the mic picked up would be clipped.

so instead of a password string, we scan your eyeball and convert the scan into a sequence of bytes --

Stop.

but this will be different! We use proprietary technology to obfuscate the message sent --

Please stop.

Ten years ago you could've asked "what if every programmer subcontracted their work to cheap overseas labour?". I expect the answers and outcome would be the same.

"The FDA spokesperson said the classification of aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" does not mean the sugar substitute is actually linked to cancer."

That's in agreement with the WHO statement. Why are you framing this as a disagreement?

"the WHO classification of aspartame as a possible carcinogen is based on limited evidence..."

Yeah, that's why it's a class 2b substance, along with coffee, pickled vegetables, and celphones, instead of a class 2a substance. Does CNBC intentionally misread things, not even bothering to read the wikipedia page? Do YOU not do any reading before appending your headlines to these?

Aspartame is a class 2b substance, along with aloe vera, ginkgo biloba plants, acetaldehyde (found in bread, coffee and ripe fruits), pickled vegetables, magenta dyes, bitumens (aka paved roads), photocopier and (some?) laser printer inks, and "radio frequency electromagnetic fields" eg celphones and wifi, among many other substances.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

But don't let me stop you from freaking out and declaring you were "right all along."

What I want from a car is a responsive gas pedal

Same, but I also like a responsive brake pedal.

Well, that and because they're accurate enough for the average person.

"One of the main benefits of using AI in the drive-thru is that it upsells relentlessly..." So now it's nobody's fault when my order is mistaken, the prices are mistaken, or it won't let me continue unless I agree to purchase something I didn't want. Jesus wept.

"If you want a say in how a product is developed, you have to be willing to pay for it."

If you'd read about the "enshitification" that you're replying to, you'd learn that isn't always true -- you can pay for it and still get screwed.

ChatGPT isn't taking a damn thing; humans are taking the jobs away, ChatGPT is the excuse. Blaming the spooky new thing is a misdirection, and it's letting the humans get away with bad behaviour.

And your sensationalist headline is helping the humans get away with it. Please stop.

So Google Search is in the business of providing answers to questions, yes? And sure, they depend on others to supply those answers, and the others are often liars, SEO forgeries, or just plain mistaken. Then came the "sponsored links" which was bribery. And now Google will add straight-up guesswork and hallucinations from uncomprehending and uncomprehensible clockwork to dilute their product without even the benefit of bribery income.

This isn't just enshitification, this is suicide.

what's with preferring trucks over vans in America

Towing capacity, off-road capabilities, and easier maintenance would be the big ones. In North America trucks have vans beat on those categories hands down. And that's not even getting into the cab-chassis options.

Don't get me wrong, vans are awesome and not that unpopular (I have a full-size van, my farmer neighbour has one, and my contractor neighbour runs an EV van), but you have to live with some limitations.

but I just tolerate them because YouTube creators deserve something for the effort of making videos

I tried. I really did. But the sheer amount of outright junk or scam ads and the inability to flag/block them made it just unbearable.