Good news everyone! The taxpayers don't have to pay that money. She will die penniless, cold, and hungry.

I agree. It should be forever. Just because some time passed, that doesn't mean I didn't work to create it. It is mine and I will only share it with you temporarily if you give me money. If I die, I should be able to have it written into my will that all of my creations die with me. Letting immortal corporations profit indefinitely off of my work is not something that I want.

(this is a thought exercise)

In other words, not really liable at all, but there is a chance they could be held liable. Whatever.

You speak as if objective reality is more important than subjective reality. Depending on the circumstances and who stands to benefit, the City will be found responsible some of the time and found not responsible at other times. It all depends... which is why humans and their social systems are so fucked up. "Who benefits" decides what reality will be for everyone else.

While there are bazillions of atoms smashing against the seawall at any one time, the seawall stands fast for decades and centuries.

And they shouldn't. That is not the issue. The issue is that people do not want to pay for what they ask for.

Several years ago, (4?) I was outside talking with some folks with the business out back. They were Verizon employees. One guy had 19 years, less than a year until retirement. Verizon sold that portion of their business to Frontier, who then vacated all of the pensions, and now, are in the process of selling that business unit back to Verizon, but without the requirements to pay for the promised pensions.

This kind of bullshit shellgame is happening all the time, not just where I can personally see. It is this theft which brings upon the call of "socialism" so that the other poors can pay the poors that were robbed by the over-privileged. Notice how the overprivileged NEVER want to pay their debts or obligations? Notice how they are continuously stealing? Fuck the "aristrocracy" They are sheltered cowards who bring up the bogeyman of "socialism" to distract us from taking back what was stolen from us: our labor (which costs us our lives).

It is easier to buy yachts and mansions when the thing you are selling have extra costs built in. I can see why you are not a captain of industry.

Excuse you? The entire reason for the Second Amendment was that the government could NOT equip enough militia. Your premise is extremely flawed.

If the government isn't regulated, then why should the population be regulated?

Fair is fair

There will be no more significant technological challenges defeated until the parasites are lifted from our shoulders. It looks like the parasites will ride us into death, so we are at the zenith of human technological advancement. It is all downhill from here if we are unable to get rid of the parasites who are so desperate for control.

Those are just words on paper. There is no objective law anymore. Legal and illegal are purely in the eyes of the beholder who has a very big gun.

You already know they are going to alter the deal again, I am unsure why you want to play that game.

Lots of people. I am sorry that you were lead astray by marketers, but people have always loved tools that do one thing and do it very well. A car is a tool. It is mostly used to get a person from here to there. The more stuff you add to that, the more expensive each trip is to make. In this particular instance, the cost is my attention. I do not want to pay. I want to get from here to there without any other issues nagging at me.

I frequently drive with no audio stimulation whatsoever. The act of driving itself is a pleasure that needs no distractions. I also do not need ANY navigation at all. I do like having maps so that I can know where I am, but *I* am the one who decides how to get there. I very rarely need to use a map.

AI didn't "learn" anything. AI has examples from which it can pull its next token from. No examples? No tokens. AI can not infer the unknown from the known. There is no learning, only training.

(CAPTCHA is descry... perfect)

America has millions, but only 150k currently under orders. Let me know which country has solved the drunk driving problem. America could then model its programs after that country's programs to achieve higher compliance. Humans are the same everywhere.

Because revoking a license essentially revokes a person's ability to support themselves. Do you want to dump 150k onto the welfare roles in one shot? How about the year over year count of people getting convicted of DWI/DUI? Do you REALLY want that many people to be unable to support themselves in your society? We have plenty of homeless folks already, do we really need to add to that population?

There are plenty of things going on right now that are unconstitutional. Why would this situation be handled any differently? Asses need paper to wipe with. Feel free to give them more paper for that purpose.

(bidets are more civilized)