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  1. Not if you have thrown away all those tax breaks in benefits to Amazon. Also how many local people will really be employed?

  2. Re:The State of Homeless on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying you have to be happy at your work. I'm saying you will be happier working and more productive on average if you are healthier. Under UBI you won't have to work unless you want more than UBI can afford to be happy in your personal life.

  3. Re:Wow, well I'm shocked! on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They didn't take the year off, they just didn't work more. The point of UBI is to make people happier not have them work more. The problem is that there isn't enough work.

  4. Re:Still better than current policies on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In a society there will always be people that you need to pay a bit of money so they don't come take your stuff. It's that simple.

  5. Re:The State of Homeless on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I would say the goal should be healthiness and fitness for work, which is closely related to hapiness.

  6. You're saying a millionaire is going to quit his job so he can live on $651 a month? Wow you're a special kind of dense.

  7. Re:How many went back to school or similar? on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Why does it matter? The point is for people to be happier, not more educated.

  8. Re:Happier on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Then there miserable bastards, but at least they'll eat.

  9. UBI on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No one says that UBI makes people work more, just that it is not an impediment to people working. I'd say the result they found is completely what would be expected for a successful test.

  10. Any city that offers tax cuts to a large corporation and than hosts that corporation should at least get money out of the deal for a top-notch and modern transit system.

  11. My view on AI on AI Hears Your Anger in 1.2 Seconds (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Here is my new view on AI: I think there are a bunch of people out there in industries that did not previously work with computers. Now they are applying common programming tests to variables that mean something in their world and it seems so magical that they call it AI.

  12. I can code AI on AI Hears Your Anger in 1.2 Seconds (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I can write AI:

    If volume_before * 1.5 < volume_now:
    then ANGRY!

  13. Don't forget ground unicorn horns.... oh wait, that's magic also.

  14. It just works.. If someone wants to know your password.

  15. So they're going to get done with the pictures and then they'll realize how much information about the world is in *movement.*

  16. Well, maybe I'm poor folk, but the people I know tend to spend around $5K for their "second car", or it was once a first car and is no longer reliable enough to take on long trips so it becomes the second car.

  17. I just find the concept of being tethered to my house as kind of depressing and dystopic. Having two vehicles is a solution to that but then how well are you doing for the environment anyway? Also, electric cars are best as second cars and are priced above what most people pay for their primary car.

  18. Have fun if there are a few people ahead of you.

  19. Oh, and some of us don't like getting food all over the interiors of our cars.

    And some of us don't want to be babysitting an EV capacity level.

  20. My whole family eats in the car. My wife and I stop and switch driving every so often.

  21. You've never been anywhere without buildings or streetlights? Wow. Also, just because there is a plug, say, in front of a hotel doesn't mean they want you to use it to charge your car all night. How will the despute be resolved when there are more people with EVs than plugs on exteriors of buildings? Is it even allowed to have your cord dangling across the sidewalk like that?

  22. This guy is a thief, no doubt about that; but if I was going to invest millions into something I would make sure it wasn't something that a college kid could steal with a "SIM hack". Just saying. A fool and his money are soon parted.

  23. Re:Fascinating on Online Videos Shame Two Sleeping Tesla Drivers (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    You introduce a technology that invites them to sleep at the wheel and then you flog them for it.

  24. MacOS on Homebrew 2.0 is Here With Official Support For Linux and Windows (brew.sh) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Brew is a hacked solution that was created because MacOS sucks. What is the point of bringing it to other OSes that already solved these problems a long time ago.

  25. Re:Like Jeopardy, but still impressive on Can DeepMind's AI Really Beat Human Starcraft II Champions? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that Watson was connected to the internet during the Jeopardy game. The humans weren't.