I was hoping that blocking access to space due to space junk was 100 years away. I'm glad to see that it will happen in my own lifetime.

I've never seen a link to a Thread/String or whatever the hell they call it.

LLMs are not AGI, for sure.

Perhaps. I prefer to think of this response as a lack of imagination.

Quantum entanglement and teleportation are two distinct and separate things but not many are capable of distinguishing the two.

I'm sure you agree with me, Jim. The amount of knowledge that is abandoned daily is terrible.

I grew up with Encyclopedia Britannica, the full, physical book set. This is a travesty.

I'd agree, but the "system" has progressed beyond what "watchdog groups" can cope with. Where were the watchdog groups - which you purport to be capable of protecting us - during the 10+yrs of domestic spying abuses leading up to Snowden's disclosure on '13?

Once a system like this is built, it will be turned on all sorts of "undesirables" - terrorists just happen to be the undesirable de jour.

WOW, just.... wow.

While I have to admit, having so many miss my point entirely when it comes to alternative forms of capitalism I didn't see much point in engaging in debate (though, admittedly, not surprisingly)... but to debate you would be like, well, it reminds me of this quote form GOTG as I misread your handle has LordClueless and thought you were just trolling on first take.

Drax: *Nothing* goes over my head...! My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.

Just sticking to the first part on Uber so as to not drift. No, there should be extra drivers and there will be because they'll get their extra "surge" monies. My sole point is that Uber that should make up that difference, not the customer.

No, my solution is for Uber to *not* keep their profits stable on these types of fairs. They would/should take a fractional loss on this subset of fairs with Uber "footing the bill" on any deviation from a standard fair in these situations

They'll make up any loss, and likely more, in the long run from all the benefits to both drivers and customers - and ultimately Uber - that it yields.

Have Uber shoulder the burden, not their customers. Raising prices on customers during emergency situations - like Sandy - is disgusting and reeks of "price gouging" which, IIRC, is illegal in FL for supplies around tropical storms (though I may be wrong, I just recall there being talks of enshrinimg "don't be a d-bag when times are at their worst" in law) - if not, it should be.

Uber should just raise the % the driver gets during these peak times, it's stupid they don't already do that because everyone wins.

Customer: has good experience with über when they may not have used it before.

Driver: incentive to work during emergency / high demand time.

Uber: increases the likelihood of attracting new / more regular users by acting like a Good Samaritan not a corporate greed machine.

... and for a previous comment I noticed around "that's capitalism" well actually that's "unregulated capitalism" which is also what gives us snake oil salesmen. As soon as regulations are withdrawn, bad things happen - the market *cannot* regulate itself. Have you forgetten the kessons of this past recession already?!?!

Anyone know what the law is there, or in their area - would one be within their rights to have a flip down cover or flip up license plate for when your vehicle is parked? I could see there being potential legal issues (though to be fair, it's not being "operated") while it's on a public street - but what if it's in your driveway, are you within your rights to shield your license plate form view? How do these readers work, is there a detectable signal or anything that could be used to trigger your license plate to become covered when scanners are near? Garbage trucks are easier, set it to dB levels and you'll be covered when they're banging around at 5AM and banging around on a predictable schedule at that. Do we know what camera's they use? Is there a film that one could put over the plate to render it obscured from view of the camera but not the naked eye? What about a transparent cover that changes your plate to be 8888888 or even just by one digit - granted in the reality of aggregated data, you would need to change what you change your plate to on a semi-regular basis. It's not only that it identifies you it's that it remains a constant identifier for you. There is a distinction. Just throwing ideas out.

I wonder if this just set a new legal precedent that can be used by the defense the next time a security researcher finds her/him-self on the wrong side of a legal team for exploring a service that was open to the web. As according to this ruling if you leave it open, it's your fault if someone else gets access to it. So, basic example, you should have "no expectation of privacy" if you leave directory browsing turned on as per the judges reasoning/analogy, it's the exact same thing as leaving your blinds open and a passer by gets a peek.