2 weeks ago my large company you've heard of had a townhall meeting where the CEO, who had hitherto been quite levelheaded and sensible about the AI stuff, finally threw all-in with the AI boosters and encouraged everyone to use as much AI as we could, for every possibly use we could think of.

3 days later we were out of tokens and even the useful stuff like support ticket summaries were unavailable.

These are the same lazy dolts that call them selves "Software Engineer" yet don't know shit on how software actual works beyond an ID, don't understand software developer ethics, and think the can be sloppy because "computers have a lot of RAM" completely blind to the idea there janky ass software isn't the only thing running on a computer.

Modern IDEs have lead to this industry being full undisciplined half wits.

I literally do. Stop being bad at your job.

"I know it is counter to modern coding practices"
it is not. It's literally best practice. Coders not doing this are bad at their job, and should be fired.

Please look up what 3rd world means.

Data centers need to pay for their own energy increase, be closed cooling systems, and not allow withing 5 miles of a residential area, and residence can't be built within 5 miles of a data center.

A contagion tube that slower and vastly more inconvenient. Plus a bigger polluter.
People pushing for everyone to get on the bus have no clue about buses.

It's just a matter of time. You aren't going to ae a car that receives less then 1 percent of sales. For example.

OH no, did the EV boogie man make an EV model of a car you like? tell, is this EV boogie man in the room with you right now?
Electric mustang concept is fine. There implementation was poor.

wow. Did no take like for sexist douches to post.

" Standards made your mind more limber and aware. "
lol, no.

lol, no. You watch too many youtube vidoes.

lol, no. don't be daft. Manual transmission is an unneeded skill, not a hard skill.
Do you think in the 70s and 80s there wasn't traffic?

Incorrect, 70+% of crime is committed by people over 25. Nice try.

No. This has nothing to do with EVs. It's an unneeded task anymore. People buying stick these day only do it for the attention of having stick.
Manual transmission cars sales have declined every years since 1980. In 1980 it was only 35% of sales.