This is a boon for Boise. I haven't been there in almost a decade, I can only image how much it has changed since then. If that place had a respectable airport with direct flights to most of the country, I think it would have surpassed the SLC metro area some time ago. Better laws. The city itself has outgrown SLC proper. But it has no pro major sports teams, a tiny airport, and no real mass transit. A beautiful area over all though. Especially north and northwest of there. Micron has been good for that town.

I mean, technologically it doesn't even really have to have a stationary staging area. The drones could take off and then catch back up with the drone carrier on its route as it makes it way back to the warehouse. It just depends what the FAA and the public decide to allow.

I imagine sooner or later instead of vans, in some areas there will be actual land yachts ---er aircraft carri----er drone carriers that are preloaded at the warehouse and then driven to a staging area where the drones will go forth like robotic flying monkeys to do Amazon's bidding.

Because everyone who disagrees with you must be in this country illegally? Were the cops beaten to at the US capitol on January 6th illegal immigrants too?

A digital ID is the backup. It is like tap payments when they first came out. There were a few times I forgot my wallet that I knew I could stop by the 7-11 on the way home if I needed something. They were basically the only place near me that accepted apple payments when they first came out.

Now, most place accept Apple Pay. Most conveniently, public transportation. Just tap my watch and I am through. Yet, you do still need your wallet because lots of place don't accept tapping to pay. And in that wallet you should probably also still carry cash. Because there are also places that don't accept digital payment of any form. And even the ones that do, sometimes the internet or power goes out. The Digital ID is likely to be niche for the foreseeable future. So unless you know the place you are going accepts it and you are not one to ever change plans or be spontanious; it is wise to have your wallet when you go out.

The only time I purposely leave home without my wallet is when I am going for a run. But I do have my phone and smartwatch on me.

I assume it was likely deliberate you chose two languages as different as English and Japanese. However, English to German and back, would very likely give you much better results.

There is no AI in the traditional sense, it is just marketing speak. The boosters have moved the goal post for what they think the world should call AI. What has historically thought of AI has been renamed as AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). What they are now calling AI are complicated logic based if/then scripts that work on defined sets of probability based outcomes. That isn't to say it isn't useful when used in specific ways. Those language models can turn someone who is good at something into a master. But actual Intelligence a la a singularity of sorts with some form of sentience and a will of its own, no it is not. That is what AI means to most people over the age of around 35.

This technique is far from new. It’s been around for well over a decade. If there is any innovation, it’s in the algorithms that identify individuals with a better accuracy.

Just another example why you should keep your system up to date.

Even with right against self incrimination in the constitution, that line has already been blurred. For example: You are not required to give someone your password. However you can be forced to unlock a device with biometric data link a finder print, iris, palm, or facial scan. You can also be jailed for not giving them your password. Which is why we need laws to explicitly prevent such things.

I think that misses the point. What if the cops or some judge orders you to wear one in order to extract information or control behavior? We should have laws to explicitly protect people from such things. Right now if you don't want to help the government the worst thing they can legally do is temporarily jail you for contempt. This would take things to a whole other level.

Maybe..? I mean it certainly doesn't sounds healthy, but without meanful studies, they are just guesses.

It is also true that overall life expectancies are at an all time high overall. That all by itself could also account for higher cancer rates. As people age they are less likely to avoid illness, cancers, and other diseases. But your hypothesis does seem like a reasonable one.

To be clear I am not saying I want our world covered in micro plastics. I don't want it in my food or water. It just doesn't seem like a good idea. I am also inclined to conclude that the dangers are probably a bit overblown.

I am far more worried about our changing climates and the possibility of World War III than I am about environmental plastics. But if someone can find a way to safely remove plastics from our environment, I certainly wouldn't be upset about it.

Well since most of them are from bot farms located in foreign countries this should have no effect whatsoever. What I wish I could do is white list it so that if the phone call doesn't come from the list it is automatically blocked. Not forwarded to VM. Just blocked. Some with text messages. I wouldn't leave that setting on at all times, but I definitely would outside of regular work hours. The chance that some I want to talk to isn't on my contact list is exceedingly low.

It is precisely actions like this why the Ellisons cannot be allowed to buy out a rival and consolidate more power. It is like they don't understand why the majority of people don't like or trust them. Money can insulate you from a lot of things. What it can't do is get people to trust and like you. Sure some will pretend to like you in the hopes some of your proverbial pocket change falls where they can pick it up. But like and respect you, no. You need to actually need to behave in a way worthy of those things.

Go back to your island with your sycophantic yes men. Live out what is left of your life. Maybe build some hospitals and feed the hungry with the time you have left. You don't need any new toys to play with.

This may be a case of the best of bad choices. I have to imagine plastics are not the only thing they are removing from the water and soil. But the with how contaminated everything seems to be, maybe it is still worth it. Though other than being alarmed, if plastics are as bad as the for us as we imagine wouldn't more people be suffering from the contamination?

I guess, as with everything, the devil is in the details.