This is like comic books. People know what it is, but the popularity is very niche. 2017 numbers put 8.6 million US players in past twelve months. 18 months sales ending in 2018 for Wizard of Coast were $31 million. this is like comic books. People know what they are and the idea is popular, but the most popular comic in January shipped 116k units.

That's not how it works though. Deciding whether or not to provide a drug is based upon how much you get out of it and how much it costs. Most of these cancer drugs are complementary therapies added to existing routine treatments. You are looking at incremental gains, but basing decisions on how much better someone is and how much extra you need to spend to do it. Quality of life and "life expectancy" are combined as quality adjusted life years. If you live one extra year at half the normal quality of life, you get 0.5 quality adjusted life years. Deciding on providing that treatment comes down to what it costs. $50,000-$100,000 are the usual ranges you see for one QALY. If the acceptable cost is $50,000, the drug can cost your $25,000 and be considered a good use of health care money. If it costs $200,000, it is not a good use of money.

Well, if 55% is good enough for a student to get a high school diploma, then it is certainly good enough for an AI system.

I am not opposed to more computer education, but I think it would be best handled in a more community centered learning experience for students who want the knowledge than it would be something thrown into curriculum. Computers were democratized when you didn't need to be a nerd to use one. Knowing how computers operate and being able to write commands in the language of the little men doing the operations isn't necessary for the majority of people. Some knowledge can help, but those who want computer education will seek it out. Focus on the math and logic part of it in school. Make it possible for students to understand computers. After the get the basics, the internet can teach them rest. It is how sex education works, so it is bound to work for techmologies.

Not everyone lives in a city. Cities could ban car ownership. Transportation could become centralized through computer apps. Need to go to the store with with your two children? Computer finds nearby vehicle, creates route that includes picking up others, and robot car drives you to where you need to go. Great idea for places that have thousands of people living on a single block. That doesn't work so well when you only have 100 people on a half-mile long street.

Electric cars are still too expensive and not enough like regular cars. Society cannot regress. We wouldn't stand for a new type of computer that was slower or only worked for 30 minutes per battery charge. We won't stand for cars that have limited range and issues with climates that are too hot or too cold. Not everyone can garage their vehicle. Some people will have to deal with cars covered in snow and ice, which will require plugged in heating or battery draining, which reduces range. On particularly snowy or foul weather days, commute times in the northeast can increase up to 400%. That is a long time to be drawing heating during inefficient stop-and-go driving. Auxiliary battery swaps could help alleviate this, but they would be limited as the batteries of EVs are based on vehicle design. The main battery is largely unswappable. The bigger problem is the focus on luxury cars. Electric vehicle companies should be focusing on pickup trucks and fleet vehicles. Even regional semis. There is more demand and buyers are willing to pay for the technology because it can result in savings across an entire fleet.

Norway sells lots of Teslsa because... the new vehicle tax isn't levied on them. I understand that you don't know anything about the rest of the world, but some countries, including Norway and Vietnam, levy very high taxes on vehicle purchases. When Tesla was released, the equivalent value of tax savings was approximately US$125,000. Plus Norway also extended free parking and free charging to electric vehicles. It wasn't about them being good. It was about the government paying buyers a shitload to get them

Emotion is the worst part of humanity. It isn't just nice and pleasant, but angry and upset. It leads to irrational behaviors. Why would anyone want a mental machine with strong grasping claws to be irrational? Robots should be cold and logical. They are not there to be friends. Not even the pleasure models.

European states and the EU have backward ideas that are unworkable in modern world. Worse, they wouldn't stand for a truly powerful state, like the US or China, determining their laws for them. Do French media companies ban discussion of the Tiananmen protests in 1989? Do they abide by the laws of other states, say like prohibitions against blasphemy and apostasy? This could almost work if France and Europe would agree to abide by the laws of other assholes, but they don't. They want to force their ways on others. I wouldn't expect more from filthy failed imperialists.

We cannot trust anyone to be responsible when it comes to alcohol. Everyone will just abuse it. and kids will drink it. And it looks like candy! The government needs to step in to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of all intoxicating liquors. I don't know why no one has thought of this before. It cannot fail.

Extortion is bad. It should be illegal. Rebroadcasting/republishing videos or images is a civil matter. It shouldn't a crime because hoohas and peepees are involved. Keep in mind that this all happened before legislatures rushed to push through possibly unconstitutional "revenge porn' laws.

Price is only part of the problem. Electric cars (the ones you can get right now) are terrible when it is really cold or really hot. In either condition, you need to run cooling or heating, which eats up power. Electric vehicles only work in a few parts of the country. Now, you can bring a blanket when it gets, but that will not help when windows get all foggy, unless you also bring a towel. Hot weather can be averted with a cooler full of ice and a low power fan, or perhaps open windows. Most people don't want to do that though.

It failed because it was a dumb idea. The companies/sites that would honor it would probably not be problematic in the first place as they would have decent policies regarding user data. The sites that would choose to ignore it don't care what you want. Do not track is going to be about as effective as asking that Indian guy who calls your cellphone to sell you dick pills to stop calling.

Immoral isn't necessarily illegal. Nor should it be. Why are only intimate or nude photos at issue? What about revenge non-porn? What if a Muslim or the Jewish person secretly eats pork or is an atheist, and I publish photos of this to harm familial relationships after a bad breakup? Shouldn't this also be protected? Or if someone uses the "n-word", "c-word", or "f-word"? It is the same thing. It is using knowledge of a person to cause distress for the purposes of revenge. Or say a lad or lass decides to tell the world about how tiny my---err, um... some guy who isn't me has a tiny penis to humiliate him after a breakup? Implying someone is a slut is no better or worse than any other attempt to humiliate. Hell, even simple shit like mocking inability to spell (which could be due to a person being differently advantaged) really should be prohibited as it could cause distress. Nudity and sex require no special protection. 97% of adults have sex. Not having sex makes you weird and worthy of scorn. Extortion is already illegal. (We also have to consider legitimate things that cause distress. Reporting accusations of crimes should not receive protection unless the individual is convicted.)