Same here. I use an engineering workstation to drive my TV's display. 'Haven't watched commercial TV in about 40 years. I use a wireless keyboard and mouse to control it. If it craps out, I'll drive it with either a Raspberry Pi or a small form factor box running Linux.

I'm no fan of Zuck and Meta. However, the parent allowed their child to have the phone and allowed them to become obsessed with social media most of her awake hours. Where is the accountability with the parent?

It's been over a year since I've been to a theater. Maybe over two.
How about a movie worth watching instead of "kid movies"? I also don't want to endure a half hour of ads before the movie starts.
I'm staying home and watching movies in my living room. I don't know how Hollywood stays in business with so many crap movies.

Most of this crap comes from management, not workers. If I hear "we're working on the headwinds" again, I'm going to barf. Also "now is not the time to rest on our laurels" gains notable mention. We had THREE CEOs in a row that spouted this bullshit.

ChatGPT is on the verge of bankruptcy. They must still secure literally billions of dollars to keep from going bankrupt and that is unlikely to happen. Google is going to eat their lunch with their AI offering and Google is definitely financially-secure. Altman mentioned that eventually, they'll "ask ChatGPT how to turn a profit" some time in the future. It's going to be interesting.

My son's teachers each loaded him with so much homework he didn't have enough time to sleep. The teachers were too lazy to grade the homework because "they'd have to stay up too late". Often they'd have classmates grade the homework.

It would be better to actually teach the subject in class and discuss and exercise what is being taught in class.

Most politicians are technologically illiterate.
Nothing will come of this.

Rivian's profits are from their software that VW purchased.
Their cars are ranked as the most unreliable cars in the United States, unfortunately.

That's a stupid generalization.

I can't stand start/stop. When I rent a car with it, I immediately disable it. It's "jerky-ness" varies with manufacturers. I'll be glad to see it go.

A car made for douche bags manufactured by douche bags.

We're talking about ONE CITY here.

No company is going to redesign a printer or printer cartridge solely for sale in Los Angeles.

They built one out here and it was finished but not stocked for several months. When it was operational, we visited the store. The prices were expensive and the selection was limited.
I don't know whose "brain fart" these stores were but the basic execution of the store was flawed. It allowed no perceptible value.

Tuition at a California State University is running about $5K/semester.
These universities are severely overpriced.