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Comment Re:Luddites would want to half advances (Score 1) 97

I'm not a fan of AI at this time because it has too much 'artificial' and not enough 'intelligence' to be of use to me. Other than changing the tone on an email, I'd found it to be less efficient at daily tasks than simply doing it on my own.

Robotaxis - honestly most of the places they would operate efficiently, society would be better off with increased investment in mass transportation.

Comment Re:The Republican party has been sabotaging educat (Score 1) 118

It should be obvious why private/charter schools do better with less funding, they can be selective about who is enrolled.

When I was in high school in the 90s, the top football teams in the state were all patriarchal schools because they could actively recruit and give out scholarships. While these schools may not be very expensive, they are far more expensive than the $50-$100 in fees a family would pay for this child to be in a public school.

When private/charter schools cherry pick from the best applicants, it simply leaves the public schools with the leftovers.

Comment Re:Parents removed the last ban in 1974 (Score 1) 191

I'm more active when there's more sun in the evening.

At this point it's basically dark at 8pm and I'm on the western portion of the time zone. It would make me sad to lose all daylight after dinner for 6 months of the year.
I'm all for eliminating the time change, I'd simply prefer to have the extra hour of sun later in the day when I'd get a chance to enjoy it.

Comment Re:Self centered (Score 1) 91

Yes - quite aware. And as someone who has taken a reasonable amount of flights over the past few years, I've never seen someone openly listening to music or taking a phone call while the plane was in the air.

Just calling out BS when I see it. "We Canadians would NEVER be impolite but we'll definitely pretend we're better than everyone else"

Comment Re:Self centered (Score 1) 91

Yikes - the arrogance is hard to avoid.

So it doesn't happen in Canada but immediately you say that you witnessed it once. *eye roll*

I've been on dozens of flights in the US over the past couple years, not once did I encounter a person playing music without the use of headphones. Once the flight lands, some will start making calls at that point but I've seen that happen in Japan and in Germany during international travel. I'm sure if I flew into Canada there would be Canadians getting on their phones after landing.

Comment Not a fan of the comparisons (Score 1) 66

30 years ago the technology was ramping up much quicker than today meaning the next gen consoles from the competition was looked and played far superior.

Then you take into account the inflation adjusted cost for those new units, of course they had much more "room" to drop the price.. components probably got much cheaper and production efficiency gained. I use to manage component procurement for mass production, we'd expect our suppliers to get better cost efficiency each year after production began due to process improvement and asset depreciation. Now I'm just talking 1-2% cost reduction each year but electronics in the 80s were probably seeing 10x the improvement year of year.

I don't normally poo-poo on other folks statistical analysis but the writer doesn't sound like someone who grew up during the console wars eras. There will always be early adopters but the technology improvements aren't advancing as quickly anymore and there's less pressure to upgrade.

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