Except they've already been caught doing exactly this...and at the highest levels. I believe one of the law firms representing Trump (or maybe opposing him...I can't recall) got caught when it turned out the judge realized some of the cases being quoted were made up.
AI can't fix stupid
Take a look at US Mobile. That is where I'm Moving to from T-Mobile already. T-Mobile has FUCKED its customers and all former Sprint customers repeatedly.
Unfortunately no overseas free text ad data. That tie sme to Tmob fo rnow.
If the alternatives weren't worse in terms of costs and features I used, I'd have dumped them years ago.
Mint Mobile. Same phone, same cell towers, no contract, way cheaper. Probably cheaper even than your grandfathered plan.
Except it doesn't offer the international data and texting, something I use.
One of the advantages for actual stores is that the reps can attempt to up-sell a customer with a higher cost phone, or a higher cost plan, or additional services ("Would you like fries with that burger?"). Will the app be able to convince the customer they need to send T-Mobile more money?
Ten million nag screens. An app doesn't care if you close a popup over and over.
T-Mobile is on one hell of a downward spiral. It's actually impressive.
Exactly. If the alternatives weren't worse in terms of costs and features I used, I'd have dumped them years ago. I had been on an ultra cheap grandfathered plan so no other carrier comes close, even with their price increase.
If you're measuring token use, you're encouraging token use to game the stats.
Reminds of the Dilbert cartoon where the PHB announces they will reward staff for each bug they find and Wally announces "I'm off to write a mini-van..."
So you're saying that a US$212 replacement display that costs more than an entire Chromebook is going to be somehow better for these public schools over some period of time?
Right.
Do you think there's a world where Apple suddenly offers inexpensive replacement parts for anything? Sometimes the screens on Chromebooks are as low as $30. I'm sure they're third party panels, but they work and return the device to useful life. How likely is it that Apple offers screen replacements under $100, even to institutional buyers?
That is repairable by the standards of Apple computers, not the standards of open hardware.
My experience dealing with a Chromebook deployment mirrors one of the grandparent commenters: 90% of the problems are broken screens, Screens are quick and easy to replace if you have the part, but screens cost money and you'll never had as many as you'll eventually need. You'll have extra parts for everything else because of the staggering number of broken screens.
I have an occasional side job dealing with PC/laptop/Chromebook repairs at a local weirdo private Christian Academy. Given that the place definitely seems to have a "go pick the stick I'm going to beat you with"-vibe, I suspect there's actually fewer broken systems than I might see from a similar deployment at a public school. Chromebook screens are still the biggest problem. One of the reasons I got this side gig is that an acquaintance saw the number of devices being written off and just assumed their day-to-day IT person couldn't possibly know what they're doing.
Anything else Apple does, unless their screens are indestructible or only cost $20 to replace, isn't going to help with that.
I understand your sentiment, but that'd a lot like claiming UNIX has X percent because the Mac is a certified UNIX system. ChromeOS is pretty far from Linux in terms of how it is presented to the user and most of the users have no idea it's Linux:Inside.
Respectfully disagree. The only way to get to the average user (and therefore, to mass adoption) is to present a functional, consistent UI. Once that is achieved, then and only then will the user appreciate the stability, privacy, and flexibility that the underlying Linux OS provides. Given the diversity of distributions and Linux-based products, for communication purposes I would root for something similar to the "Intel inside" logo. The average user didn't need to know anything about processor design and manufacturing, but the logo was, for some time, a very effective marketing strategy.
What about "Linux inside" or something similar to define this category? It would also work for a smart marketing campaign...
Good points. The challenge is, given Linux' fragmented nature, presenting
a functional, consistent UI
Companies selling boxes don't want to have to mess with OS UI design, they want one that user' can use out of the box and runs the programs their customers want on their boxen. Linux' strength is a san open source software people are free to adapt it to their needs, but that is also a weakness when it comes to marketing because it fragments the market and their isn't a consistent desktop GUI or interface standards. A lot of the stuff just isn't polished, even though it works fine, which is a challenge when it comes to mass marketting. People want shiney.
This isn't going to stop at call centres. If not today, then very soon, there will be nothing an experienced legal secretary and AI can't do that a junior lawyer can do...at a fraction of the cost. All that's needed (at least for now) is a mid-level lawyer to scan their output and sign off on it. If I were a couple of years away from a bar exam, I'd be wondering about my career choice.
Ecxept lawyers have been pretty good at ensuring only lawyers can practice law and give legal advice; and while they will no doubt adopt AI to automate tasks low level staff do now, I doubt AI will be a big threat to them like it will for other occupations; rather it will be a tool to be more efficient whithout billing less.
We're going to need a law that customers have the right to talk to a person because the AI isn't going to be reliable.
Most human call centers I have had to contact aren't much better, just some person making a tiny wage reading from a script. Not there fault, it's just companies want the lowest price so that's what they get.
but that's going to have to run on a motor spinning 25fps in the other direction. It could work if frictionless was possible though. I wonder if gyroscopes, low friction and a counter prop like a helicopter would make that feasible.
Yea, or maybe some sort of induction motor to create a counter rotation?
If it's spinning at that rate couldn't you have the camera synchronized to the spins so it's capturing a frame when it's turned to the same position? Kinda like the mechanism that allowed fighter planes to have machine guns mounted in front of the pilot and shooting between the propeller blades. Motion picture cameras are 24 fps.
An axially mounted camera would not ned to spin. Not invisible, but a much smaller thing to spot.
Designing a drone using this technique that could do anything useful would appear to be a considerable challenge. You would have to add the equipment to do whatever you wanted without unbalancing the drone and also make it work despite the spin. Probably not impossible, but would it be worth the effort?
If it can be made large enough to carry explosive charges it would be useful on the battlefield. You might hear it but have a hard time spottig it until it goes boom.
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.
