No need to be in denial, friend. That's literally how capitalism works. Did you think either "control" or "the means of production" was hyperbole?

It all but eliminated draftsmen, the drawing is done by the architects and engineers in the CAD software. The draftsmen mostly didn't become architects and engineers. Now take into account that everything becomes more complicated over time and yet also changes faster, and you can see where the problems are. Humans cannot keep up.

I suspect they were all correct. Most people have to experience life for a while before they learn the value of doing things in a way proven to be effective. The only thing they were wrong about is that the current youth were much more annoying than the youth of when they were a youth. They might even be right that they were different, and in denial about the value of their experience.

On one hand, you're right. You are absolutely describing the dominant paradigm. This is reality for most humans, and has been for most of history.

On the other hand, that's shit. If we continue to accept that, then that's what we will continue to have.

On the gripping hand, allowing the dickheads at the top of the ziggurat to eat all of our resources is unsustainable, so it won't continue indefinitely. At some point the whole thing collapses and goes full cannibal. And all we have to change to get there is nothing, so if you're tired of this, just wait!

You're right, and on top of that, we usually don't call hematite "rust" colloquially. We either call it hematite, or we call it a rock. If it's not crumbly and at least reddish people don't usually call it rust.

A lot of that shit is just excuses. Some people really do believe that stuff, most of the people who matter don't. And they know everyone would have to pay for it, which is why they don't want to do anything about it. If they could all get rich solving AGW then they would do that. It's only about being in charge. They are stupid enough to think that they can ride the top of the flaming empire down and wind up standing on the ground.

I don't think it can be overstated just how dull the people in charge are. They cannot even conceive of them being affected significantly by anything until it is happening to them.

Yes.

No, they aren't. Going to a delivery vehicle is dramatically less work than going to a pizza place, in every sense of the word.

"Most taxi drivers and many truck drivers own their own rigs, and although they may eventually replace themselves with robot rigs, they would continue to earn the revenue after doing so. They certainly have no incentive to fire themselves."

They won't be able to afford to replace themselves and will be outcompeted by a company that can afford a fleet.

Try living in the real world. Anodizing gets scratched off all the time because aluminum is soft and it deforms.

Long haul, local delivery, taxi, bus, you name a driving job and the ruling class will want to automate it.

People have different experiences and different infections are also different. I've had it at least three times (once before there was available testing but I had textbook symptoms, twice more confirmed by tests) and while the first time kicked my ass, the second time was not too bad and the third time I wouldn't have known it was COVID without a test, it was so mild.

If it doesn't move your icons, or the task bar etc., then it won't help with burn in.

Do they have a rationale for making the clock font smaller and harder to read on Windows 11? I can't read it without my glasses, and I got "upgraded" only about a week ago so aging isn't the cause.

xscreensaver has toasters, what more do you want?

"The video shows that everyday objects, like a coin or house key carried in the same pocket as the iPhone 17 Pro, can chip away at the anodized coating"

What kind of clown thinks keys won't scratch their phone? I am well known to disdain apple, but this is nonsense.

China has technical superiority in a number of areas. Not across the board, but in enough things that we should care. Battery technology is the primary example. Solar panel technology, they may not lead the world, but they certainly lead the US. Manufacturing of small items, they are years out ahead of us, we gave that up, we can only cost effectively build large items now.

That's how they became the #1 place to make those things, which in turn is how they became #1 in technology to make those things. They copied their way to understanding the tech. That saved them a lot of time and money. Now they lead in several areas. Pretending otherwise is foolish. A lot of goods sold around the world are now not only manufactured in China, they are designed there as well. Corporations in other countries are buying complete goods, not just parts, and having their logos put on them.