Already starting to see it with the Cobol codebase. Hardly anyone goes into that area because it's seen as a dead end. Yet vast portions of the economy still run on Cobol, it's very expensive to replace it, all the grey beards that can maintain it are retiring, and there is a no replacement pool for those folks. I still know folks that miss the days when if you needed a custom accounting process or report change, you just took the lead programmer a batch of fresh baked cookies, cause that got you to the top of his work pile, it just got done and it always worked right cause he knew what he was doing. Somehow I don't think that will work with AI run by a kid that doesn't understand the business side nor the code, in fact I know it won't cause it already doesn't. Instead the business has flat had to change how they do business because the replacement software can't be modified to do the same thing the same way the old custom in house Cobol code did it. So now the business has to change to meet the limitations of the software, instead of just adjusting the code to do what the business wanted.

Could also be you have to get over the hurdle of when you mention AI people starting thinking HAL 9000, WOPR, SkyNet, ULTRON, etc. AI is almost always the 'bad guy' in entertainment. Even in Science Fiction it's a mixed bag with AI like Cylons tending to be the bad guys, And people have seen it there, long before it became an option for them to use AI. And even when it's not 'evil', there are examples like the holodeck episode in Star Trek where they said to make an adversary that could defeat 'Data' instead of 'Sherlock', so the the ship AI followed instructions. In the entertainment most people follow AI is almost universally a bad idea. So makes sense they wouldn't trust it.

110 TWh of wind and 65 TWh of solar power produced annually in TX (the highest renewable energy production of any US State). Believe they already understand. They are energy companies, they don't care how the energy is produced whether it be oil wells, solar panels, or wind turbines, as long as they can make a profit on it. Though they still need the oil wells, as solar panels require oil to make, so do wind turbines not to mention the massive amount of lubricating oil/grease they use.

12 million head of cattle, averaging 100 lbs of manure per day per cow, is around 219 million tons of manure a year. 1 ton burned is around 45 KWh of power. So that's 9.8 GWh of power per year. A single datacenter depending on the build needs anywhere from 87 GWh to 8.76 TWh annually. So not remotely close to enough bullshit to handle it. The 110 TWh of wind and 65 TWh of solar power produced annually in TX (the highest renewable energy production of any US State) does make for a great start though, and especially in West Texas where they are LOTS of places to build it with no one around to care other than those 12 million cow and associated cowboys.

Considering Congress has a history of doing nothing but a slap on the wrist going all the way back to the Crédit Mobilier scandal in 1872, I wouldn't expect them to be any better at dealing with it now, 154 years later. This is very much an all parties issue, rooted more in corruption of politicians than any specific party, as there are plenty of examples of corruptions, embezzlement, and insider trading on both sides of isle. Need look no further than the increase in net worth that is totally out of step with the income of a congressman to find plenty of examples.

Very much so, I've been full work from home for around 15 years now. They tried the whole 'return to the office after COVID with no work from home allowed' and it failed the first week because something broke right after they announced that change, and I didn't even look at it until 8 am the following Monday. When they asked why I didn't respond to the page - "You told me I'm no longer allowed to work from home. Answering pages and remoting in to fix things, is working, and I can't do that from home anymore. I also can't even get into my office after hours or on a weekend, so it's impossible now for me to work on anything other than during office hours. I can either work from home, or I can't, pick one." Didn't take long for them to decide having after hours maintenance work and support available after hours and on weekends was much more important than an office. Especially since I support systems in dozens of facilities in 24 different States, I'm always going to be working remotely either way, with none of my co-workers nor management even located in the same State I'm in, so I'm not even going to see anyone I know in an office, it will still all be remote work.

Which oddly enough it almost exactly the same percent that voted the same way in 1996. And while gas has come up, it's still 25% cheaper than it was 3 years ago, high prices which have a lot more to do with the inability of Congress to balance a checkbook than who is in the White House - because as Congress loves to remind everyone - they control the purse. But same old crap, just a different day, and different people complaining about it / doing it. We really need a viable third party (or more), cause as that 36% shows there are a lot of folks that find they don't like either party, know they both suck, and that it really doesn't matter that much which one they vote for because they are both going to screw you over at the end of the day, as they are all owned by the same corporate masters. We screwed up and let the federal government have way more power than it was ever intended to have.

Yep, and that's exactly what happened the last time we stopped DST. The most notable instance was in 1974 during the energy crisis, when Congress enacted year-round DST. However, the change was highly unpopular due to dark, dangerous early morning commutes, prompting Congress to repeal it less than a year later in the fall of 1974. Some of us are old enough to remember that, and how much it sucked in the winter. So it very much has been tried before.

No need to be terrified, this is how it's supposed to work. Different States trying different things as the incubators of Democracy. Competing for resources like citizens and businesses. If NYC's mayor pulls it off they will attract more resources. If he doesn't well then those resources will move to other States and NYC will have a bad time. I've read history, and considering how horribly things like price controls have worked in the past, instead of terrified, I'm mostly thankful to NYC and CA for sending those huge piles of 'other people's money' to my State's tax base, I'll be even more thankful if all those refuges from blue States stop voting blue after they move to a red state. Cause I have a LOT of new retired neighbors that fled a blue state as they couldn't afford to retire there, getting 5 to 10 calls a week for people making cash offers on my house which isn't for sale because they have driven up demand so much.

Likely just bad writting by CNN. Checked multiple other sources and they state "result in the production of at least 15 billion chips".

Yes it's horrible, they are treating your computer the same way Google, Apple, Samsung, etc treat your phone or tablet. Where they make it easy to replace the hardware while having all your important settings/apps automatically brought over and configured, plus if you keep your data in cloud storage of choice, the hardware becomes very easy to replace without interrupting your life or job. Damn them all, we want it to be hard, where we have to clone hard drives, manually copy data, track down softwarwe installs, and remember how we had everything configured. Oddly enough the average person that's not a nerd, finds that very user friendly and might actually appreciate it, as do those of us they call to replace their hardware.

Agree, the bigger issue is we are past the point we need a good way to verify who you are on the Internet. As it's not like in physical world we don't have all kinds of products that are age limited and/or require ID to get access to them. Try doing almost anything important other than vote without an ID, like check into a hotel, rent a car, open a bank account, get a job, rent an apartment, buy alcohol, enter a federal building, board a plane, etc. Nothing wrong with anonymous for some stuff, but it would actually be useful to have a good secure way to verify to my bank for example that I'm actually the person accessing my banking account.

Pretty sure Jason Momoa solidy coverd the 'buff dude' required part, to go with the attrative woman. Could just be that we just thought it was a weak script with bad effects. Much like even Halle Berry couldn't save that mess that was Catwomen. Same thing here. Now you might have had a point on the new Snow White, where yep, the lead actress's very public and outspoken 'woke' agenda sank a timeless classic, driving home 'Go woke, go broke', as adopting a stance that alienates half your perspective audience is a horrible business decision. Doesn't matter really what the stance is, any stance that runs off half your potential customers is good for nothing but loosing you money.

And at the same time a much larger than either, France, hit 70% green power via nuclear in the 80's, and has reached 95% today with a combination of nuclear and renewable energy. So yes, so you can in fact do the majority of your power with nuclear if you decide to spend the money and do it. Adding solar/wind is a good add, as nuclear is great for base power, not so good for the variable part, which is where wind/solar/batteries fit in very well.

Aye my favorite is when they want proof I'm over 16. And somehow the fact that I've had an active account with them for over 20 years doesn't automatically cover that.