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Comment Re:I let people cut-in for selfish reasons (Score 1) 117

Sorry, but that kind of thinking is part of the problem. Optimal traffic patterns are achieved by using all lanes until merging must occur (ie: when the lines between lanes become solid). Everybody piling up early in the non-turning lane only makes traffic worse. It's time to outgrow kindergarten and learn how to drive.

Comment Re:I'm surprised it will be that long (Score 1) 145

Ask the horses how many jobs internal combustion created for them. So far humans have stayed ahead of automation because there has always been some other job we could shift to we were better at than the machines. That will not always be true. Soon your choices may be show pony or the glue factory.

Comment Re:Machines overtook humans years ago. (Score 4, Insightful) 145

You're missing the difference between automation and tools. What you describe is a tool that make a worker more productive. Automation is more like a machine becomes available that will be twice as productive as a worker and cost half as much, with no worker needed to operate it. How many workers would you hire to work in your factory when you no longer need any? We're not there yet, but it's coming fast.

Comment Re:How remotes work + HDMI CEC (Score 1) 178

Except you're not entering a single code in a vacuum. The cable box sits there receiving codes for as long as you have it plugged in. While an individual signal may be ambiguous, several weeks or even days of interactions, when compared to known usage patterns of electronic devices, make it trivial to determine what the device or devices are. Even if you have a dozen different devices in that room with different remotes, a couple months of data should make it clear to each of those devices what all the others are, if they care to listen.

Comment Re:It's part of a general problem (Score 1) 118

The only people sanctioned to commit violence are police. Everyone else gets punished

This is exactly right. And it is exactly what is wrong with the current system.

Laws and police protect the less predatory from the predatory so that there is not anarchy.

Almost. Laws and police protect the predatory from the prey.

Comment Re:Reskilling is a horrible word (Score 1) 427

If people did ONLY what they liked, who would hang drywall or make drywall? Who would pick up garbage? Who would clean and repair sewage pumps at the treatment plant? Who would place and finish concrete? Who would clean toilets? Who would care for rude oldsters with dementia? Who would make or install wiring?

Robots, of course. Haven't you been paying attention?

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