This is the reason I refuse to use Hulu; they showed ads after I had paid for an ad-free tier. That was > 5 years ago, and I will still never use them because of it. I'm currently paying for ad-free with Amazon. If I am presented with an ad when I've been paying for ad-free, I will cancel immediately.

Grade the student on their use of AI. If they present content that isn't relevant, that doesn't exist, or is patently false...grade it as such. There is a certain minimum proficiency with language that is required for skillful curation of AI-generated content. They'll need to learn the rules of grammar and how to validate resources; these are the core skills that a student demonstrates when they write for themselves. They should learn to treat the AI-generated content as their rough draft, or their outline - not as their final draft. This is seemingly the best course of action as it accomplishes the goal of teaching the important life skills while also accommodating advances in technology.

since we're footing the bill in the form of rate hikes and subsidies approved by our politicians. The economic benefit to the area in the form of more advanced employment opportunities might be a boon, but we keep getting shafted. As long as it doesn't somehow result in even more rate hikes, I'm for it.

US technological advancements sold to a Japanese company for $100B, except it's not actually $100B and not wholly achieved by Trump because, from the article "Some of the money will not necessarily be newly raised, but could include some funding already announced". Only this time, instead of the US stumbling on vast troves of resources, Softbank, and by extension Japan, will prosper from our advancements.

As a prior US Marine - which service fostered my liberal views - this is correct.

I can't help but wonder how long it will be before that dev disappears to an undisclosed location. This excuse is MUCH better than "Hackers stole it!"

with useless, annoying UI changes, why not have them focus on ensuring that the experience is functional and efficient and unified?

This should change somewhat quickly with the advent of Starlink.

98% of them are referencing the same Reuters article.

You mean those times were never there for you. I mean, it might have helped that I started gaming back when all you needed for multiplayer was to live near another kid...or to know their phone number.

The comparison is between social networks with similar numbers of monthly active users...perhaps you missed the multiple references to MAUs.

Given that it burns a condensed greenhouse gas and burning methane only produces carbon dioxide and water...yeah, you might be right.

https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.e... Paragraph 1 of the introduction: "In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), the United States Supreme Court ruled that government could not limit corporate political spending in elections arguing that such limitations would violate the free speech rights of corporations. With this ruling, the Court has set a new standard for corporate First Amendment rights. " Long story short, the court chose to err on the side of caution, which is understandable...but it doesn't change the fact that the brand power of a corporation can have a disproportionate impact on the political process. There's no easy way to solve the problem, and I have no suggestions. I just know that it's wrong to give a company effectively unlimited voice in elections.

People only vote that way because corporations are given a platform. Stupid fucking Citizens United bullshit.

You have a VERY limited scope of focus...I mean, if all you care about is superhero shows, that's fine. There is a LOT more content on Netflix.