Part of the problem is that there's no way to pay "journalists" as a whole. Because of electronic payment networks' fees per transaction, online newspapers have to sell a monthly subscription, not a single issue they way they would with cash in a vending machine. And a subscription to NYT includes zero articles from WaPo or WSJ. This means readers get sucked into the ideological bubble of the one publication that happens to be part of their subscription plan.

Really? AFAIK it was a joke phrase some individual came up with to gently mock the idea of "coding" without actually knowing what you're doing... and then (some) people somehow went ahead and adopted it as a serious idea anyway. (I wish those people luck, they are going to need it)

Stopping distance for a fully loaded semi at 55 miles per hour is 133 yards. If you step out in front of that truck 15 yards ahead, there's nothing the truck can do about it -- well, it could try to swerve, but it's anyone guess whether that would help or just makes things worse.

I'd go a little further, and say that any single sensor technology alone is inadequate, due to the amount of damage that occur after an unmitigated sensor failure. Multiple sensor technologies should be active at once, so that if (when!) any one type of sensor gets fooled, the others can override it and nobody dies.

My friend's cousin got rear-ended by a semi truck that didn't see the red light at the end of the off-ramp, or the car that was stopped at it. He was instantly killed, his car was crushed like a can.

It turned out the semi's driver had been on the road for 14 hours straight, and was not, shall we say, in a fully lucid state.

Would a self-driving truck have avoided this death? It's hard to say for sure, but we can probably at least say that its cognitive abilities wouldn't degrade over the course of a long day, due to lack of sleep.

Since we're not taking about infinitesimals, I fail to see the relevance.

OK I won't disagree. What do you call it when something can be reliably predicted based on observation and testing?

I concede that I have not viewed incest-themed video games, as sexually explicit works do not appeal to me. However, US law classifies a video game as an audiovisual work, little different from a motion picture. I'm aware of more than one film adaptation of Lolita, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov depicting sexual abuse of a minor. I'm not aware of any statute or regulation that disqualifies a work of authorship from having "artistic value" solely because it is interactive. Could you give me something to cite about categorical exclusion of interactive audiovisual works from having "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" per the Miller test?

The conviction was reversed and remanded. From Wikipedia's article "Miller v. California, section "Opinion of the Court":

The result of the ruling was that the Supreme Court overturned Miller's criminal conviction and remanded the case back to the California Superior Court for reconsideration of whether Miller had committed a misdemeanor.[5]

[5] Beverly G. Miller, Miller v. California: A Cold Shower for the First Amendment , 48 St. John's L. Rev. 568 (1974).

From the opinion of the Court, 413 U.S. 15 (1973):

The judgment of the Appellate Department of the Superior Court, Orange County, California, is vacated and the case remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with the First Amendment standards established by this opinion.

Could you give me something to cite about Miller's conviction having been upheld on remand?

I quoted the part of the Miller test on which authors and publishers would most likely rely in a defense. The Miller test is not like the fair use test in the copyright statute (17 USC 107), in which the judge is expected to weigh the factors against one another. A work has to meet all three parts of the Miller test to be obscene.

This is where we disagree on how the opinion of the Court ought to be interpreted.

We all know eventually these updates will include a 'Terms of Service' update and nothing to do do with safety or performance. I suspect this will eventually go to court.

If you have no connectivity to the mother ship then how can they prompt you to install the update? Some folks will disconnect the radios to disable this 'feature'.

You don't have to. 'Science' is built upon proving and disproving theories. The community shares the proofs so others can repeat the proof or disprove it. This is how 'science' is constantly improving, refining, expanding, etc. Religions, not so much.

The main benefit to Maggot-Land is it makes the Nazi Fascist state just that much closer. Thiel is right-wingnut who supports Nazi parties in other countries. He doesn't have to look at himself in the mirror because he has no reflection in one.

The GP is referring to el Bunko's new.support for heathcare records that will follow you wherever you go, as long as they are kept in an Oracle database, accessed with Oracle crapware, etc. For which, el Bunko will get paid handsomely.

G-d picks up iPhone and dials.

St. Peter: (A dinka dink, a dinka doo) Yo, Dear Leader!!

G-d: Watch it, little man! Could you get Jesus up here? Got a big job for him.

St. Peter: Sure thing, B-ss.

St. Peter dials Jesus.

Jesus: (You can ring my bell-ell-ell, ring my bell) Whaddya want?

St. Peter: The B-g G-y wants to see you, pronto!

Jesus: Sigh....damn, and I had such a good hand.

Jesus approaches the B-g G-y

Jesus: You called?

G-d: Yup, it is time for your Second Coming!!

Jesus: Uh....awww, c'mon, I was in the middle of card game.

G-d: Card game?

Jesus: Yeah, errr....poker....we....uh.just got some new nuns...I thought I'd....show them.....how things are done....up here.you know, so they'll feel wanted....

G-d, eyes narrowed: How come they were so scantily clad?

Jesus.looking shifty: Errrmmm....they don't come that way?

G-d: Well, you'll have to leave for a bit, the Christian Nation is requesting your Second Coming.

Jesus: Have they solved the BO problem yet?

G-d: They aren't Romans, get yer ass down there.

G-d pulls out magic wand....FOOM....and disapparates Jesus to the Christian Nation...Jesus floats down amidst much roiling of clouds and blaring of trumpets.

Jesus: How y'all are? Jesus Christ here, I've returned!!

Christian Nationalist: Huh? No, no, no, this will not do. You gotta dress the part!!

Jesus: What?

CN: See here, you just attend our Introduction to Christianity Minicamp first, they you'll be ready to Come Again.

Jesus attends the Minicamp....5 months later.he begins his Second Ministry.

St. Peter picks up iPhone and calls G-d: Ummmm....I think Y-u made a mistake sending Jesus down there again.

G-d: Excuse me, you do know to Wh-m you are speaking?

St. Peter: Excuse me....EINSTEIN !!! Y-u made a mistake....trust me.Y-u really want to recall him!!

G-d: Oh. OK, Damnit.

G-d dials up Beelzebub....Bong....Bong....Bong....Hells Bells....You got me ringing, Hells Bells....Beelz picks up.

G-d: Yo, Hot Stuff, how are they hanging?

Beelz: Like two squirrels in a sack after their third cup of coffee. What's up?

G-d: Got a capt-and-carry job for you.

Beelz: Not another goddamn evangelical. I hate those guys.

G-d: Nope, Jesus is down there again, I need you to bring him back.

An hour later, Beelz shows up at the Pearly Gates dragging Jesus by the collar.

St. Peter: Got'im? Good! The B-g G-y wants you to take him Down There for a bit, wisen him up.

Beelz: Jose' no way, is no my yob, Mon. I'm not having him Down There....Beelz pulls out magic wand....FOOM....he disapparates to Down There.

Jesus pulls out an assault weapon.....BLAM, BLAM, BLAMMITY-BLAM....BLAM!!! The Pearly Gates are in ruins. St. Peter ducks down behind the entry kiosk.

Jesus kicks open what's left of the Pearly Gates and runs up the palm lined street until he sees the Throne and G-d sitting there.

G-d: Jesus Christ, who the Hell are you?

Jesus: I am your Son. Say, Y-u got any Jews around here? I want to kill Jews!!!

G-d: Bouncing Beelzebubs, YOU ARE JEWISH, Ace!!

Jesus: If I am Jewish, then Y-u must be....BLAM, BLAM, BLAMMITY-BLAM....BLAM!!!!

G-d: Nah, nah, nanna, nah, nah....ya missed me, DeadEye....G-d pulls out magic wand....FOOM....Jesus' assault rifle disappears.

Jesus: Why Y-u....Y-u....Y-u must be one of those LGBQTs....pulls a grenade off his belt, pulls pin, and lobs it at G-d.

FOOM...G-d turns the grenade into a dove....FOOM, FOOM....two doves fly off Jesus' chest.

Jesus pulls out two pistols....BLAM, BLAM....etc....FOOM, FOOM....etc..G-d turns the bullets into multicolored beach balls that float like helium balloons.FOOM, FOOM....Jesus' pistols disappear....FOOM, FOOM...Jesus' bandoliier belts disappear...FOOM, FOOM, FOOM...Jesus' hunting knives disappear, FOOM....Jesus' combat boots disappear....FOOM...Jesus' faux combat fatigues disappear.

G-d's eyes narrow as he looks Jesus up and down.FOOM...Jesus' combat helmet disappears as well as his face paint.

G-d: Shazzam!! A two-for, I've never done that before!!!

Jesus: I feel....I feel.I feel like a new person.I want to love everybody...Jews and LBGQTs and little brown people!!!

G-d: And you will not be needing any more wacky weed....FOOM....

Jesus: Damnit, way to kill my buzz!!!

G-d: That's it! No more Second Comings for you, Bucko!!

Oh? You trust el Bunko to spawn anything without a trail of dollars leading to his pockets? How daft must you be to trust him with anything, especially health information. Regardless of how he's packaged the plan, he'll get his cut.

El Bunko’s Bunks

1. Sneakers
2. NFTs with him doing stupid shit
3. Watches
4. Fragrances
5. Cabinet positions: he promises “cabinet advisory positions” to the Maggots in emails, all you need to get one is contribute to him.
6. Bibles
7. His "media company".....just announced they "lost" $400 million in the last year. That's $400 million of other people's money he and his cronies have made off with.
8. The el Bunko guitar
9. Shirts with he and Elmo on them
10. Gold one dollar bills
11. Gold Bars
12. Siphoning money from criminal seizures into a National “Strategic” Bitcoin Reserve thereby increasing money into the shitcoin industry and his own shitcoins.
13. Cabinet positions for his billionaire “contributors”
14. Advertising Teslas on the White House lawn. The Bunk: Elmo announced he’s putting another $100 million into el Bunko’s political operation.
15. $447,000 Birken Crocodile Handbag.
16. Golf “tournaments” at his golf course fueled by Saudi money; the Saudis are above corruption in the same way a brick is above the Sargasso Tea (thanx Douglas Adams)
17. Don Jr. has a millionaires club to rich to get inside scoop on new Bunks.
18. Eric has crypt company merging with another so they’ll be listed on Nasdaq.
19. el Bunko’s own crypto so foreign governments and “friends” can contribute directly. United Arab Emirates put $2 billion into the Trump family’s new cryptocurrency outfit, World Liberty Financial.
20. Qatar’s 450 million dollar airplane “gifted” to DoD but he gets to keep it when he leaves office.after DoD tricks it out to make it secure.which they’ll do by first stripping it down and putting it back together again.
21. Auction to dine with el Bunko.
22. Qatar chipped in to help finance a Trump-branded beachside golf and luxury villa project in the country worth $5.5 billion.
23. el Bunko hotels for housing foreign “dignitaries”.
24. Selling pardons, sort of like the Catholic Church selling “Indulgences”.
25. A “gold-plated” phone ostensibly made in the U.S.

1. Value so far to el Bunko Crime family from Jan. 20, 2025: $2.8 Billion. This is an old figure from last May. Now it is quite a bit more, and he'll gets his own jet which will be tricked out with the latest in security before he runs off with it to Maggot-Land.

All of his tat is made in China. And he is hawking it now from the Oval Orifice.