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Comment No problem (Score 1) 245

Canada stopped producing the penny over a decade ago and life went on. By ditching the penny, it saved the government millions of dollars a year. If something is $3.99 and you pay via debit, you pay $3.99. If you pay with cash the price is rounded up to the nearest .05, so $4.00. If that price variation is rage inducing, you have bigger problems, for everybody else it was a non-event.

Comment Censored (Score 1) 52

This isn't a fair study for AI because it only looks at LLM's that have been neutered in order to have safe answers. LLM's will only be as creative as their training data and/or limitations put in place by the controlling company. When guardrails are put in place, the LLM will filter out any possible ideas considered radical or fringe. Some of the best ideas don't even get a spot at the starting line with current LLM's because they may be considered too "outside of the box". This isn't a problem with AI, but the people who are creating it.

Comment Re:Facebook is at best ... (Score 1) 54

If we would replace email, Usenet, IRC and a few others with a fresh unified protocol with full on Ident/Auth/Auth/Signature/Crypto and build useable clients for regular people for it, Facebooks business case would instantly vanish into thin air.

This already existed, it was called Google Wave.

Comment Re: Drinking is good for your health. (Score -1, Flamebait) 130

If that's what liberals do, why did you list off a bunch of communists? Liberalism and communism are NOT the same. I bet you consider fascism and the republican party to be one in the same as well.
Maybe try doing a search for "Political Spectrum chart". Or maybe just start here with good ol' Wikipedia and make use of that grey matter in your skull.

Comment Re:Drinking is good for your health. (Score 1) 130

It's like saying drinking bleach is good for the digestive track. Sure it will flush you out... but it will probably also kill you. Alcohol may thin the blood which can benefit those with high cholesterol from having a heart attack. But drink enough alcohol for a long enough period of time and it will wreak havoc on your liver, heart, kidneys, brain, throat, teeth, stomach, colon, or pretty much anything alcohol comes in contact with... but hey, it's helped with my cholesterol, that's a win right?

Comment Re:No they won't (Score 1) 28

I realize that. The lyrics describe everything wrong with the music labels with saying things like having a deep respect for the artist and their talent, yet doesn't even know the members names. Doesn't even realize that "Pink Floyd" isn't a person. They are all just coat tail riders, latching onto whatever they can to get a quick buck. They call it riding the gravy train.

Comment Re:No they won't (Score 1) 28

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high
You're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try
They're gonna love you
Well, I've always had a deep respect
And I mean that most sincerely
The band is just fantastic
That is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train

Comment Re:Utterly wrong and misleading. Fail. (Score 4, Insightful) 184

The production of fossil fuels is a very messy business, corporations don't just pull the oil from the ground and then ship it to gas stations. The refining process produces all sorts of emissions. Take the oil sands in Canada, if production of fossil fuels doesn't create emissions and pollution like you said, where is all the pollution/emissions coming from in that area? Why have I read about water table contamination in the area, multiple times over the years?

Let's say the governments of the world went ahead (they won't) and shutdown those 36 companies. Would global emissions drop? Of course they would. Eventually the fuel supply would run out and ALL OF US won't be able to produce said emissions. So yes, it is the company that should be held responsiblefor they are providing the product. Remove the product, remove the problem. If a drug dealer and a drug user are arrested, who ends up paying more in jail time? Exactly. Hold these companies responsible for the damage they are doing.

Most consumers don't have a choice... It is not a matter of "convincing" them to change. The average person drives the car available to them which is the one they can afford. If I had a choice to fuel my car in other ways that wouldn't financially ruin me, I would. The average Canadian brings in $60 000/year. The base Telsa model in Canada sells for $60 000 before taxes/fees. Whereas I can buy a decent used ICE car for $15 000. I don't know many people who are willing to buy a car at a 400% price increase and force them to struggle financially. The average person would help reduce emissions if they could afford it. My point is, until a financially feasible alternative is available, people are not going to switch. In addition, it doesn't help convince me to change when the public see politicians and celebrities flying around the world in private jets in order to attend lavish parties with other millionaires. Which produce more emissions in one day than I will produce in a single year. But it is mission critical that I change... not them.

Comment Ignorance (Score 1, Insightful) 98

What percentage of mobile users in the UK use an iPhone? In my experience, MOST Apple users don't care about tech, they just want a status accessory. So if that is the case in the UK as well, perhaps users just don't understand what is occurring living the "ignorance is bliss" model. In Canada for example, I would say iPhone represent about 10-15% of active devices. So it wouldn't be fair to say that the population as a whole doesn't care about security when the change only effects 1 in 10 people.

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