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  1. Re:The best pushers are not users on Almost a Third of New Cars Sold In Norway Last Year Were Pure Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes there are electric half-ton pickup truck EVs with a great range, but all of the 2017 models got bought by the French farmers happily switching to EV. You will have to wait your turn to get one.

  2. That would go against their goal of scanning everything.

  3. Is there any other free mail client that works (better)? Web clients just suck. Nothing like entering an entire email and then losing focus when you backspace at the end, thus triggering browser back-history.

  4. Re:Automated Driving to the Aussies on Australian Autonomous Train is Being Called The 'World's Largest Robot' (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. A train has a reasonably digestible subset of basic AI that a car would need. Get that right first and you're well on your way to going onto, maybe a bus on a closed track, then a bus on an open track, then self driving cars.

    Putting it another way, painting the Mona Lisa won't make you Leonardo Di Vinci. You have to start with the basics and work up.

  5. Automated Driving to the Aussies on Australian Autonomous Train is Being Called The 'World's Largest Robot' (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's kind of funny. While American companies fuss with the uphill battle and endless stream of edge cases that self-driving represents, the Australians will be collecting reams of useful test data because it is a case that is fully realizable and profitable. Seems they are more interested in building on top of demonstrable successes rather than making empty promises.

  6. Exactly... I've never had any of this happen, going on 10 Android devices now in the whole family.

  7. Re:Latest phones aren't what I want. on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah FaceID just seems like a bad idea. Fingerprint readers work fine.

  8. Maybe this is the cost of having "courage".

  9. Re:Longtime fan, about to get off the train on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Then don't buy a mac pro.. I'm ready to get my worn out USB-C ports replaced for a second time, with a laptop going on 2 years old. Also my keyboard had to be replaced. Once I got paranoid about blowing the keyboard out pretty much every time I use it, the keyboard seems ok.... but it's still an Albatross around my neck because i might blow it out, only to have it fail a month after the Applecare is over.

  10. And still no custom launcher, or widgets on the home screen.

  11. Re:demand elasticity on Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I've had to migrate data from iOS to Android before. I can completely understand why people stay with iPhones. Very difficult to migrate all your data, especially notes.

  12. Re:Now for some actual data on Hospital Prices Are About To Go Public in the US (ajc.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, some people have to wait in Canada. People who are uncomfortable but are not dying from their conditions. As long as the people who need critical care get critical care, the balance is met.

  13. If someone pays for it, then it's useful to them.

  14. Re:It's housing stupid..... on In Some Bay Area Counties, College Grads Have Higher Unemployment (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Most ereaders don't have a good search function. Search on the 'main character name' and you're bound to find a lot of hits, and how do you set a bookmark if you don't know what you'll want to go back to?

  15. You won't feel that way when those people find out that it is a lot easier to rob you.

  16. Re: Only one question on Is a Lack of Data Holding Back Universal Basic Income Programs? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The same people that pay for welfare now.

  17. Had it coming on 'My Airbnb Guests Threw a New Year's Party For 300 People' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like this guy asked for it by opening an Air BnB. He's lucky if his neighbors didn't sue him.

  18. Re:It's housing stupid..... on In Some Bay Area Counties, College Grads Have Higher Unemployment (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I know a lot of book readers.. and I don't read books. I noticed a lot of them weren't using e-readers despite the fact that they had them. Including my own family, who continued to buy real books. The explanation I got is that an e-reader makes it too difficult to leaf through the pages to find a previous spot... say you know Tom talked to Alice somewhere around chapter 5 but you need to read the conversation over again.... Too hard with an e-reader to find that, so most readers I know go with the real book.

  19. It's not art when you're spending 6 hours a day lying on the floor with someone's sink goo dripping on your forehead. That's just hard work. Yes, the type you do is art. I don't imagine you will be plumbing that hard.

  20. Re:Business Model on Sears, the 125-Year-Old Iconic Retailer, Has 24 Hours To Survive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That is a true statement, but Sears had problems with inventory and prices too. They wanted to sell premium stuff and premium prices; and some lines were great such as the Craftsman line. But the quality in clothing and electronics was never really there to warrant the prices.

  21. less dense*

  22. Well, my 'ill prepared brats' are certified life guards, and are already finding ways to support themselves on the youtube economy and they aren't even out of grade school. I call that job well done; since there won't be much else left. What the world doesn't need is people who are bitter and commit suicide, or even worse, take out people around them because they are miserable in their lives. Also what the world doesn't need is less sense housing; nothing wrong with the kids living in the family home like they do in much of the world.

  23. Re:It's housing stupid..... on In Some Bay Area Counties, College Grads Have Higher Unemployment (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Like I said, they aren't a substitute for being able to turn pages.

  24. Re:There is a reason for it on In Some Bay Area Counties, College Grads Have Higher Unemployment (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    No, but I don't see them driving new vehicles around either.

  25. Re:There is a reason for it on In Some Bay Area Counties, College Grads Have Higher Unemployment (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone I know who was in the trades had their bodies give out on them around 55 or so. So sure, go into the trades, but don't plan on a healthy and vibrant retirement.