AI is great for watching us and they don't care about the false positives. It's also a blanket excuse for layoffs. Stockholders are also spoofed as expenses now look like investments. Management just has to fake productivity gains while they pad their resume with AI experience.

"It's all BS and lies by folks in power" paid for by wealthy donors. That is what has changed and now it is expected and people are resigned to accept it.

Fishing is their primary industry and that would collapse. They might stay warm, but have no income nor food.

Nothing happens to Sheriff Chad Leonard and the taxpayers pay.

If it's a good investment use your own money. Just don't ask taxpayers for loans, insurance, zoning grants, and disposal.

Air pollution is a hoax perpetrated by scientist trying to get rich.

Most Mazda models have tactile controls. We've got 3 of them and the no-touch display is my favorite feature. They also have a very reliable drive train.

Bans are just paperwork posturing and only serve to rile up anti-EV folks. The real work is building out battery production and developing advanced battery chemistries. Everything else is relatively easy.

This is more about the obsolete SK-On NMC batteries than the eF-150. Dumping NMC for LFP is a necessary move for Ford. It was a costly mistake to invest in NMC in the first place, but that decision was made before Maga crushed new battery plants in the USA. The decision was made because it was hard to believe Maga would make a comeback and cause mass destruction. Selling NMC batteries to data centers is just a way to recoup some of the losses. We didn't see the data center craze coming back then either.

It's not just subsidies; it's the batteries. CATL and BYD have engineered affordable LFP batteries. The USA has not been able to develop better batteries. The only option is to license battery tech from China for production in the USA. Until then the USA will be stuck with outdated ICE vehicles.

Don't use antiquated terms like socialism. If you have to define it you've already lost. Instead say private sector and public sector. They don't have the baggage associated with capitalism, socialism, and communism. Those are from the 1800s have been reduced to name calling labels.

Our library system allow you to browse and reserve materials statewide. They use a van to shuttle material between libraries. Librarians in general would like to offer this level of automation and service. They just need funding to set up the web sites. If your state does not have this kind of service you might want to talk to your state reps.

DJB is more than just competent. If you want to learn crypto math his works are the go to source. His group also posts most useful code for encryption and elliptic curve factorization.

Microsoft has plenty of $Bs to loan these guys for the plant. This makes no other sense other than corporate welfare.

The surveillance state is ever so convenient. Would you like a DNA sample, too?