Nope. But digging through a massive pile of rubbish in search of money seems like a rather apt metaphor for the job market after AI gets through with it.

We get it. You don't like Beyonce. Neither do I, but I'm not making a scene over that fact.

I hope they both lose.

Around 1990, I worked for a couple months on an embedded device that had an 80186 and a megabyte of RAM. At one point, I had access to a huge pile of 1MB SIMMs and took a stack home for the evening and using memory boards that allowed you to stack up to 8 of them into one SIMM slot in your computer to figure out just how little RAM Windows NT 3.5 really needed to boot. It booted successfully with 12MB of RAM. It really wasn't usable, but it did boot up. Nowadays, Windows is probably only marginally usable with 12GB of RAM.

If you're an adult who understands the risks and still wants a cigar, why not? I've never understood this obsession some people have with forcing others to be virtuous in spite of themselves. If your religion and/or personal code of beliefs says you can't partake in $VICE, that's entirely on you.

The average new car price in the US is $49k. There are several EVs on the market that come in below that (even including Tesla).

There's other issues (such as lack of home charging at apartments and condos) at play here.

My brother rented one and it absolutely refused to connect to any DC fast charger that he'd tried using. He ended up bringing it back to the rental company and swapping it for an ICE car. Apparently, this is a somewhat common problem with the car.

Some people don't even like changing their own oil, and you just drop an EV conversion as if were as simple as changing the lock screen background on your phone. Anyone who has all the tools, know-how and inclination to take on such a product probably doesn't need the suggestion in the first place.

I think a more realistic answer would be along the lines of "cross your fingers that the Slate Truck isn't vaporware, then buy that."

The opposite style of adapter (connecting a NACS charger to a CCS vehicle) works fine, at least in my experience.

You say that now. Obligatory The Oatmeal comic.

They work for Meta. I would expect them to be miserable.

The company has been dumping 10 figures a year into trying to build a VR world no one wants, with nothing to show for it after the better part of a decade. At some point, you expect morale to decrease.

They'll use the same excuse when AI perfects the Torment Nexus, I'm sure.

For some odd reason, K-12 students are not discount eligible unless they're homeschooled or are a high school student with a college acceptance letter. I think lower education used to be eligible under the previous pinky promise terms, but it was moot back then as they never verified anyway.

Also, there are purchase limits, which kind of puts a bit of a damper on trying the same scheme, but with college students.

You must have an EV that has the charging port on either the rear left (as Teslas do) or front right, otherwise you would've mentioned those damned short cords too.

I drive an EV with the charging port on the front left, so I've run into both the situations where there's no spots available that I can charge, and confrontations with confused Tesla drivers who don't understand why I'm not plugged into the charger I'm parked in front of.

Assuming responsible usage, having more credit cards actually helps your credit score (up to a point anyway, it's still possible to have too many credit cards). As for being a potential fraud target, most credit cards in the USA offer zero liability for fraud that is promptly reported.

What signing up for a new credit card does do however, is trigger a hard pull on your credit report.