Strange article. Can someone point me to a reference that says HawkEye Live uses AI? I don't believe it does, at least I can't find reference to it (For example this article https://www.independent.co.uk/...). It uses a bunch of cameras to track the trajectory of the ball and calculates whether it was out or not. I can't see an AI use case there. The problem seems to be some goon had turned it off, not the technology itself.

Neither Italy nor Germany were the dominant political, economic or cultural force when they turned to fascism. I don't think we have a template for what happens when the most powerful nation state in the world goes rogue.

I live almost in the centre of a reasonably large UK conurbation and mobile coverage is garbage. The infrastructure is a bin fire fuelled by grasping companies overpromising and underdelivering. Still. At least it's not railways, or water companies or...

Exactly!

My standing desk* takes 1–2 seconds to shift between different heights, so it's very easy to switch between standing and sitting. I've been standing for 1½–2 hours each day (not always consecutively) — which by an amazing coincidence seems about the optimum according to that survey.

There are other benefits, though. I first got it after hurting my back, and found that standing really helps with that. (Disclaimer: back problems vary, this is not medical advice, etc.) And standing encourages you to move more, which also seems beneficial.

(* Actually, a ‘standing desk converter’, an adjustable spring-loaded platform that sits atop my existing desk — much cheaper and less disruptive than a full desk replacement.)

I'm in the UK where AM is barely a thing, at least I've not heard of it in years but it was always muffled super low quality so why would anyone want it in this day and age?

How on earth is this marked insightful? I remember when this was a site for smart people. At least those with an ounce of empathy.

Firms have done this for decades. Back in the 90's when I was last job hunting I was warned by bureaus that many of the jobs were fake to draw in CVs or analyse the market.

America is amazing. People give all their money to billionaires because of some sort of cult worship.

It's the side effect of believing the American Dream. They hope that with hard work they'll become the next billionaire and don't want to jinx their income when they get there,

So they'd rather promote someone doing an OK job but showing their face than someone doing an awesome job but from home? Well, that's one way to end up with some seriously bad management in a few years, not that the current ones sound that great if this was deemed a good idea.

You stopped reading after the first 10 words, didn't you?

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I actually said communism. Bernie is a communist. Keep up.

Way to go, showing the world you haven't a clue on what terms mean.

Many countries have trialled 4 day weeks and found if anything it increased productivity. Your suggested 4 day 10 hour shifts are common too and have been for years. Most grown up economies allow workers to choose work patterns that work for them as long as it doesn't adversely impact the job. I'm left pretty much to my own devices as to whether I work in the office or at home and what hours. If I need a few hours off for something, I do that then catch up in the evening. Works for everyone.

How on Earth is this marked troll? Are you all so conditioned in the US to working every working hour that any attempt at balancing things out is seen as bad? This post is bang on the money.

Yeah, it's easy to forget just how freaking EXPENSIVE computer stuff was back then.

My Atari 400 was GBP350 and the 48K upgrade another GBP100 then GBP350 again for the disk drive back when my take home pay was GBP150 a month. I had multiple loans running in parallel to buy all the stuff.