I reread 1984 a few years ago and the thing that really struck me is what Orwell got wrong: the notion that you need to erase evidence of factual data (at great effort/expense) in order to propagate lies. It turns out that you just need to shout a little louder and a lot of folks will eat it up.

Which should have been obvious by then, but which was not even obvious to me when I read it the first time (in HS - around '84). But at this point we've all very much lived through it (and continue to).

The number of people who care about what's factual or actual isn't enough.

So my partner (who irrationally worries about such things) will consent to buying one.

That's it.

The reasons don't need to be good. The arguments don't matter at all. 600 mile range is what some people expect/require from their vehicle.

The C-Suite is filled with ignorant people who have made a career out taking credit for other people's work.

Now they want to pretend that the "AI is writing the code" just because a developer is making use of it.

All AI is doing is giving CEOs an excuse to called yet another group of workers, "unskilled."

Teachers are paid for 40 hours per week. And not well. Current starting salaries are enough to afford to live in a ditch.

They teach 5 classes per day. They get 1 period free when students cannot come into their classroom. Plus 1 hour before school and 1 hour after school when students can come in.

The system thinks grading papers and preparing lessons are free services that teachers provide.

The system will do anything but hire more teachers so that they each can have 3 periods per day and spend the rest of the time grading, prepping, and helping students during their paid hours.

Don't worry, the skilled trades will be devalued as well. They already are.

Companies just don't want to pay proper wages and will make every lame excuse they can to justify it.

Most people who work full time struggle just to pay rent.

I'm pretty sure that parades help, too. Let's not leave those out.

No.

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) plays a significant role in global family planning and reproductive health, providing contraceptive supplies and support to developing countries.

I've got news: atoms are not 2 dimensional. I can't help but think any publication that prints this stuff isn't worth the paper it's no longer printed on.

They aren't "irresponsible."

They have to pay their rent and put food on the table. If business owners paid living wages, people wouldn't be playing games just to survive.

There are no shortage of stores you can go into today where these "job creators" have one poverty wage employee working.

Now that's good thinking.

Dude. Did you see the poster's name who you were responding to? 'nuff said.

You could have gone with the short answer: "no".

While it is true that there seem to be 11 launch capable countries, now, that has not been the case for decades. And certainly not the "China, India, Japan and a dozen other..." that you claimed.

Rocket science continues to be as hard as rocket science.

AI: "how many rocket launch failures have there been in the past year"
In 2024, there were 8 orbital launch failures out of 259 attempts. This resulted in a failure rate of 3%, which is lower than the previous year's 6%.

Pissing on a company whose first attempt was not a complete success says more about you than it does about that company.

A dozen other countries? For decades? Really? Care to name 'em?

That's all this is about. Skilled labor thinks they're worth money. Unskilled labor can be paid minimum wage.

It's long past time for developers to unionize and stop playing the game of letting rich people oppress workers by demeaning them to justify poverty wages.

I'm not up on my AI jargon. How should I feel about 20 tokens/second? What does that mean to me as some kind of user?