Comment Re:Going for gold (Score 3, Informative) 261
It's easy to reject: don't put your refrigerator on the internet.
Coming soon: the fridge will not work unless it is connected to the internet.
But you need to connect to the internet in order to enable your subscription to the "keep food cold" option!
Comment If Matt Damon could grow potatoes on Mars... (Score 1) 34
...then why not try it on Earth?
Comment Annnnndddd...it's gone (Score 2) 149
What's gone?
The money in your account. All gone. Your investment didn't do so well.
Comment Voice Commands? Oh hell, no! (Score 1) 147
Search Youtube for: Scottish Elevator - Voice Recognition - ELEVEN
I go through this crap every time I try to use the voice commands with my motorcycle helmet comms unit.
It could be useful if it actually worked reliably.
Comment Re:King of the HBOs (Score 1) 57
Two things need to happen for Tesla to survive:
1. Elmo sells all of his shares, and GTFO.
2. Rebrand the company.
I think it's already too late- there are lots and lots of perfectly good alternatives available now from an array of car companies and most of them less expensive, built better, and they don't come with any Nazi/DOGE bullshit baggage.
There is a precedent for a successful mfgr with unsavory past political ties.
Read up on the history of Volkswagen, and you will find a prominent Nazi involved.
Comment Re:King of the HBOs (Score 1) 57
For example: "Tesla"
A textbook example of a brand becoming toxic and repugnant almost overnight.
But no rebranding in the world will ever redeem Tesla; that stench is built in.
Two things need to happen for Tesla to survive:
1. Elmo sells all of his shares, and GTFO.
2. Rebrand the company.
Comment Re:King of the HBOs (Score 2) 57
Rebranding is for when people hear the name of your brand and turn away in disgust or bottomless disinterest,
For example: "Tesla"
Comment Could this tech be adapted to... (Score 1) 136
...voice-controlled elevators in Scotland?
Comment Garbage in; Garbage out (Score 1) 179
When I was studying in college, this was a common expression used in software development.
It seems to have been forgotten.
As long as AI is being trained by hoovering up everything found online, it will be absorbing massive amounts of bullshit.
Show me an AI that is trained with *curated data*, verified to be correct BEFORE being put in the training data, then I might have a bit of confidence.
Comment Re:Anyone sell large dumb 4k screens? (Score 1) 83
Yes. Just search for terms like "Commercial Display", "Commercial Monitor", or "Digital SIgnage".
Companies like BHPhoto, and Newegg have vast selections.
Comment IMHO Conventional "TV" appliances are obsolete (Score 1) 28
15 years ago I bought a Westinghouse LVM-37w3. (They also made a 43" version). It is purely a monitor large enough to use for the den. It is fed by a my receiver which has a built-in video switch. All video sources, eg TV tuner, Blueray, computer, etc, connect to the receiver. I am still using this today.
For a large selection of such monitors made today, checkout BHPhoto's "Commercial Display" pages:
Comment Re:I remember (Score 1) 63
I did find out that the regional hospital had some ungodly amount of jet fuel stored in a tank under their parking lot.
Probably for their emergency generators.
Comment Re:Too small? (Score 1) 110
You don't understand the genius of Steve Jobs. Make it thinner. Make it smaller. NO BUTTONS. NO PORTS. NO CABLES. Infinite efficiency by including no processor or ram. Just a solid thin sheet of aluminum foil. It is perfection.
SNL nailed this in a skit years ago:
Comment Elaine! (Score 1) 54
"Do women know about slippage?"
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