You really should ignore Israeli propaganda, I don't think their government is capable of telling the truth even if it were in their own interest.

Remember the "standoff" at the Cliven Bundy ranch? Do you know why it suddenly broke off? Someone started a rumor that the Pentagram had dispatched a couple of Predator drones and they scattered like rabbits.

Oh, carp. Posting to undo bad mod.

OK, come back when you've graduated high school and maybe we'll talk. Until then attempt to learn a little bit about history, economics, trade, and if it's not too much to comprehend maybe take a look at other cultures. It will serve you in the future.

Indeed.

As though scientists in the MIC would never have contemplated such a thing. I remember this research being under way in the '80s, and have trouble believing it doesn't continue.

The stupid is strong in this one . . .

How frelling long have you had your head in the sand?

When Israel started its project the US shipped (according to the IDF) over 25,000 tons of weapons just in the first six months, most of it at US taxpayer expense. Yes, your tax dollars and mine helped Israel kill tens or hundreds of thousands of children and those of us who complained about being made party to a genocide were derided as 'antisemitic'. The shipment of free weapons to slaughter civilians continues, by the way.

So the US imposing a blockade on Cuba and causing widespread hunger is somehow "not our doing"? I'm not really clear how that is supposed to work, care to explain?

"This one" disrupted the flow of 20% of the world oil supply because:
1) Iran controls the sea lanes necessary for its transport
2) Iran said that if it were attacked then it would close the Strait of Hormuz
3) The US/Israel gratuitously attacked Iran
4) Twenty percent of world petroleum and natural gas was bottled up in the Persian Gulf and remains there

Is that clear enough for you? Yeesh.

We are the Evil Empire.

I had one over-arching criteria during the 2024 election: I would not vote for anyone who supported genocide. Doesn't seem like a high bar to pass, does it? No one leading either major party or several of the smaller ones could bring themselves to say, "Genocide is wrong and I won't use your tax dollars to fund one."

**sigh**

In China electric trucks made up 22% of the market last year. We're not the only country on Earth (fortunately).

Just checked, and prices for similar vehicles in China are a fraction of that, they make up 22% of sales for heavy trucks last year.

Plus the jobs going unfilled are generally unutterably boring. Crap jobs paying crap wages, who wouldn't want that?

Which is the wrong metric to use. If the Unitree robot costs half as much as a human makes in a year but can work at some boring drudge job 24/7 (with battery swaps) at only 2/3 the efficiency of that human then they're still ahead, and don't have to worry about the drudge betting bored and quitting.

I have to agree with you about humanoid robots though. If the robot has generally humanoid features, even something as bizarre as Handle, people are going to expect generally humanoid capabilities and be disappointed. That's why people are so impressed with the quadruped robots, no one expects much from a dog.

Elder care is where I see robots making their mark in the next few years. Many people could stay in their homes for years longer and avoid being institutionalized with some really minimal assistance and monitoring. Home health aides are expensive and can only be available a few hours a week, and burnout is extreme in that field. If Spot or U2 could remind them of their meds, bring them with some water, pass the remote control or phone, assist the person out of the chair or bed, maybe some light clean up, people could stay out or nursing homes for years. If it cost $100,000 the insurance companies would be be lined up around the block.

Once upon a time a science journalist would have some background in science, a business journalist would have some background (or at least education) in business, a technology journalist etc. Those days are long gone, in the modern era having done any honest work for a living is seen as a 'resume stain' (the same is true of corporate executives).

They'll either buy the politicians or bribe the judges to ensure that any tort exposure is minimized if they do nothing.

FTFY