... 'cause now I'm craving peanut butter and jam sandwiches.

... and cooling requirements for that.

Which still do.

Or auto-billed to a CC. People read and check their bank/CC statements - right? :-)
(I don't have anything auto-deducted from bank accounts -- deposited: yes; manual ebill: yes, auto-debited: no)

Also some continuity. I know they're adjacent model years, but my 2001 Civic Ex (135k miles) and 2002 CR-V Ex 62k miles) - both w/manual transmissions - have almost identical controls placement. But maybe that's common, idk.

Yup, just smother it with a bunch of lithium batteries. :-)

Ya, the way things seem to be going, my first thought was "nuclear datacenter" -- though getting enough water to cool it, or either, is a/the problem.

Apparently, the government giving money to U.S. companies seems to help their executives and shareholders, not their customers and consumers or even their rank-and-file employees. Go figure. /s

All newer vehicles "spy" on their owners and that capability is apparently a bitch to disable, if it even can be. So instead of Chinese auto companies, we're stuck with all the other ones doing it. I feel so much better. /s Thankfully, my 2001 Civic (135k miles) and 2002 CR-V (62k miles) - both manuals - are still in great shape and don't have that crap.

Ironically, the U.S. government seems okay with all the cellphones, tablets, etc..., many foreign made, "spying" on (almost literally) everyone.

Yup. And some charge lightning fast, or support automated battery swapping, though the U.S. doesn't have those infrastructures. I know it's anecdotal, but I've read several articles and reviews that say some Chinese EVs are way, way ahead. Of course, banning them will protect other manufacturers from having to compete. They can stick their collective heads in the sand, like domestic auto companies did when Honda and Toyota started selling in the U.S. -- that turned out so well for them. U.S. consumers will be stuck with overpriced (for sure), possibly second-rate auto tech for years. Yay! Winning! Side note: Tesla will be fine as they make about 51% of their vehicles in China.

Seriously, just no.

Asking ChatGTP questions about financial matters is one thing, giving it and OpenAI (or any of these companies), access to your financial accounts is another. You're being tracked and analyzed enough w/o also signing up (and paying) for this. Same concerns about using X as a financial platform.

As a side-rant about common financial sense... Ever see those commercials where the guy is in the store and checks the bank app on his phone to see if he can afford a new flat screen? Pro tip: If you don't know your current financial situation and have to check then and there, you can't afford it. (sigh)

Recharging Teslas in Space? :-)

Testimony from a disgruntled former Office Assistant -- who noticed they were opening an investigation, and offered to help.

I was just expanding on the original cellphone analogy, noting that the same sort of thing is older than that -- for the youngsters who never had a landline. :-) From a practical standpoint, those two examples won't destroy your life, but they're examples of the consequences letting technology do things for you - which isn't necessarily bad, just a price.

Being able to forget API information isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on how much you forget. If you forget too much and you're totally reliant on the AI to do your job, then why does a company need you? Maybe we're not at that point yet, but that seems to be the direction these AI companies and their clients want to go.

It doesn't hurt to stay sharp and exercise your brain, even woth small(er) things.

Good point, and perhaps things like that are more a matter of how imprinted they are. Some of those phone numbers you remember were very important, and presented as such, so are probably stored as such. I imagine some phone numbers, even currently used ones aren't as memorable. Assigning them to speed-dial would probably make remembering them harder as you know you don't have to.