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Comment Proximity To Matter? (Score 2) 27

Following the big bag wouldn't there have been a lot higher density of matter for a black hole to consume? It seems obvious that in order for a black hole to grow it needs access to matter and presumably as it consumes all of the matter close to it - it would slow down over time. I'm not an astrophysicist, so I am just going to assume I am just missing something obvious that would make an astrophysicist roll their eyes and chuckle politely.

Comment Quality? (Score 1) 61

Are they also measuring the quality of the output? Sure, you can replace a customer service call center with chatbots, and that may be a cheaper option for the bottom line, but in terms of the experience you are delivering to your customers - it will be much worse. Every time I have to go through several rounds of trying to convince a chatbot that they are not going to be able to help me with my problem and no I don't want to check my balance and that I need to speak to a human, by the time I get to speak to the human I am already incensed.

Comment Robots? (Score 1) 106

"Robot" seems like kind of poor choice of words here IMO. When I think of robots, I think of hardware performing physical tasks in the real world like a roomba or a spot welder on an assembly line, not software "agents"... and putting a scanner in the stock room, having people scan barcodes when they remove items from stock and having it update an inventory database is not exactly a new concept and doesn't require AI or a "robot".

Comment Re:Intolerable state of affairs (Score 1) 159

I didn't say that the government should silence anyone. unixisc said "...it would be nice if companies reverted from virtue signaling to becoming amoral i.e. not making value judgements and having just one mission - selling/popularizing their products." and I said I would be fine with that as long as it doesn't just apply to mom & pop software companies like Notepad++ and also applies to giant corporations and the billionaire oligarchs that own them.

Comment The actual reasons I'll never go to Starbucks? (Score 1) 106

1. They are anti-union / treat their workers poorly.

2. There are non-corporate, local options that are higher quality and that treat their workers better.

3. Their coffee sucks. Starbucks was "good" coffee in the 2000s because I was coming from drinking Maxwell House.

It's also hilarious that they cite the CEO as responsible for "turning around Chipotle" when Chipotle fucking sucks now.

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