You'll probably save $50 per year or more in electricity costs by switching to a Pi.

Moltbook is going to institute a "Prove you're a Robot" requirement.

Yes and no...

I would love to have seen the footage of the two humanoid robots meeting.

I suggest you visit Toronto some time if you think Canada is homogeneous...

Not all AI. Some is good, like image-recognition, audio transcription, etc. But these LLMs and GPT bullshitters need to die.

I want my car (or any other form of transportation) to get me from A to B as cheaply and reliably as possible and in reasonable comfort. I don't want "infotainment". I don't want the car to be "smart". I don't want anyone tracking me. Just A to B, cheaply, reliably and comfortably.

WTF is wrong with corporations nowadays?

I am singling out American auto-makers because they are the worst. They exploit the "light truck" rule. And when Trump decided to destroy our car manufacturing industry here in Canada, the American automakers didn't even give a whimper of protest. They just said to Canada: "Thanks for all the tax breaks over the years, but we're outta here!"

Fuck 'em.

I will never buy an American car again.

What with oil heading for $200/bbl, now couldn't be a better time to abandon renewables! What a masterful move!

Sure, but I live in Canada and the Trump has threatened us economically as well as threatened to annex us, and the USA could equally shut down American cars here, so... *shrug*

Yes, I know that part of the problem is misguided government incentives with the "light truck" loophole. It would be much better to close that loophole and specify realistic efficiencies for gas-powered cars.

The greedy, lazy American car manufacturers who give you a choice of stupidly-large gas-guzzlers or stupidly-large EVs need to die.

Tariffs are going to make Americans be a captive market to these rapacious corporations, who will pretty quickly discover they are unable to sell their expensive and crappy products anywhere outside the USA. The rest of us, in freer markets, will have more choice and better value.

The CCP is disgusting. But if cheap Chinese cars is what it takes to make other manufacturers more competitive, I say bring them on.

The problem is that most of that oil was destined for a few countries, mostly in Asia. So when they can't get their oil, they offer higher prices for oil from elsewhere. And of course, that raises the price for everyone because oil producers are going to sell to the highest bidder.

Another problem is that about one-third of the world's agricultural fertilizer passes through the strait. That's going to cause enormous food production problems and make food prices spike even higher than they would have if the problem had only been energy.

It is impossible to regain control of the strait of Hormuz without a ground invasion of Iran.

No matter how many patrols you have, it just takes one lucky missile or drone to scare commercial ships from traversing the strait. I'm sure the US military has known this for ages, and I'm also sure Trump didn't listen.

How attractive do you think your gas-guzzling SUVs and "light trucks" are going to be with the era of $5/gallon gas approaching?