Piece of software that wasn't designed to do something fails when expected to do that thing. Film at 11

In elementary school, we had maybe a 5-minute bathroom break before lunch, and another one after lunch. We also had a 30-minute (outdoor, weather permitting) recess immediately after lunch. This was more than 30 years ago; I've heard that many districts only allow 20 minutes for recess nowadays.

In middle and high school, we had 8 42-minute class periods per day, not including lunch, with 4 minutes in between. In a school our size, 4 minutes was barely enough time to get to class, let alone go to the bathroom or relax. In smaller schools, they only allow 3 minutes between classes. I know that my state requires a certain amount of instructional time per day (measured in minutes), and breaks do not count toward that total. More breaks would mean less instructional time, and we can't have that, now can we?

And it is not going to happen fast enough that someone does not notice the AM station is offline and goes to see what broken and finds the tower in the process of being stolen.

This is an AM station in rural Alabama we're talking about here. All five of their listeners were probably in bed when their tower was stolen.

Christian Slater, is that you?

Should read: Bicyclist Strikes Waymo Driverless Car In San Francisco, Causes Minor Injuries To Himself

All this software update does is prevent the car from starting unless it was unlocked from the remote. So if the 29-cent battery in your remote is dead (or if it malfunctions), your car won't start, which is why I won't be getting it.

You do understand that oil that gets transformed into durable items like plastic isn't necessarily going to add to atmospheric carbon, and as such, it's not really necessary to turf them as part of combating climate change?

Plastic is essentially a waste byproduct from the refining process that's literally worthless as anything but plastic. There's no reason why anyone would bother pumping oil just to turn it into plastic, since it would cost more to pump it than they'd be able to sell it for. So yes, without fossil fuels, there would be no plastic.

will be out-of-date in minutes.after I buy your car

That's by design, so they can sell you "updates".

ChatGPT has no knowledge of events after September 2021. When you asked it how many days until September 15, it probably assumed the year was 2020.

Weird, I lived in Richmond for a year and my heat pump had no problem keeping my apartment at a nice and toasty 71, even when the temp dropped to single digits (didn't even need to run the backup resistive heat.)

What about small apartments and homes near the coast that have gravity-vented gas furnaces (no ductwork, no AC power, and no connection to the outside?)

I lived in Southern California for almost a decade, in a small apartment about 5 miles from the coast. My apartment had a gravity-vented gas furnace, so no ductwork at all, and no connection to the outside for a condenser. I would wager that most small apartments and homes near the coast (where most people in CA live) have the same type of setup. Central A/C is a rarity in small apartments/homes until you get about 10 miles inland. About the only thing you're going to retrofit one of these with is resistive electric heat, which will result in exorbitant utility bills for apartment dwellers (who are least likely to be able to afford them), not to mention the cost of running a 220v line to every existing gas furnace in every apartment.

...and tell the users to download it from their website, and sideload it on their phone. Problem solved.

Glad to know the /. editors are all under 20 years old, using DEC's logo on a story about Apple.

Ducky has full-size keyboards for around $100 that have all of those features except a USB hub and being made in the US. Key mapping and RGB control is configured on-board; they do not require software or a driver. If the USB hub is that big of a deal for you, I'm sure you can find one for well under $185.