I think the chip companies have a lot of contracts, default clauses, and prepaid NREs. Extraction of wealth from AI investors is what most chip companies practice right now, they are not intending on being left holding the bag (or paying for the warehouses full of components)

Typos are not usually a big deal because of how tokens work. Letting AI flatter you so you will accept every edit it makes is the real risk. It will go off plan without warning, it will forget important requirements or prohibitions. And it will subtly alter goals in order to retroactively support its poor activities, that includes gaslighting you about the whole thing.

We would have evolved wheels and rotor blades if there was a practical path in biology for it. Mechanical systems should not be burdened by our biological limitations. Wheel and axle systems are cheap, efficient, and reliable, and offer greater carrying capacity for their weight. But all of you already know this because you're not idiots and not part of the tech grift.

The lack of phase change made them not terribly practical for keeping anything cold. Chilling the glass is more effective, since the mass of the glass is so much higher than a few little stones.

Doesn't exist on my truck. I guess I could use a pillow if I wasn't already tall.

Also, you should set your mirrors by leaning left and right while setting them. I don't have a usable rear view mirror (camper shell) or backup camera (smashed on a rock while off-roading), so nothing to set there.

Decade long drought cycles are great for hard-working farmers, gives them the extended vacation they deserve.

Eleven? No

It's worse than reported.

When ridiculous lifestyle websites started selling "whiskey stones", I immediately bought a (cheap) set so I could relive one of my favorite childhood films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Now it's just some trash that take up space in the kitchen drawer and annoys my wife. Not that I'm every going to throw them out.

Pure carbon crystals are not all that impressive. Red beryl is far more interesting as there are few sources of it in the Solar System.

My credit union doesn't charge fees to transfer between individuals. And they are transparent about what profit from my interest they keep in order to pay for everything. Unlike the "no fees" bank you are exulting. Third-party payment processor that my local government uses is charging people, it's a fixed amount per check ($2.50) or a rather steep percentage (1.75%). Don't like the fees, then don't pay property tax, because they charge the check fee even if you go in person.

Regardless of where in your world you live, people don't work for free. The best you can do is regulate how the fees and taxes work. Because at the end of the day it takes equipment and labor to make the system work. Someone or something is sitting around counting your money for you, accepting payment, taking on the responsibility and risk for transactions, as well as providing a host of other services.

There are about 8 billion of us that are not directly involved in war right now. While I think a zero tolerance policy for war is quite admirable, I don't think it is a useful pass/fail metric.

It would have been much cheaper to gentle steer away from the cliff 40 years ago than wait until things get too severe to ignore.

I don't know why people think banking is free.

No, that doesn't exist yet. Children will have to keep using mobile apps and loot boxes.