My wife doesn't have, or want, a smartphone (she does have a cheap flip phone that just does phone calls - no text, data, apps, etc.). She gives out our home phone number (a landline) as her phone number. I cannot tell you how many times people have complained that she didn't respond to their texts. Then when she explains that we have a landline which doesn't accept texts (why don't they get a "text not received" message instead of the text going into a black hole that makes it appear that it was received?) they inevitably ask for her cell number. When she says she doesn't have one (she doesn't give out her cell number, so I and the kids are the only ones with it) they often respond with disbelief and even anger. It really blows my mind that people have come to assume that everyone is instantly accessible via text messaging.
I'm imaging a comic where first we see a bodega box, then a redbox is put next to it in case people want to get a movie while getting their bodego stuff, then a porta potty is put next to those two in case people need to use the restroom while using the bodega box and redbox, etc. Slowly more and more boxes are added and then a person is hired to manage all the boxes. Finally a building is built around all the boxes and the person to protect them from the weather. And now a bodega store is shown.
Please no. In my opinion the best part of the WWW is that I can look at the source (even if it has been obfuscated) in plain text in my browser. Moving to binary formats is a terrible idea.
I probably spend 50 hours on my phone for every 10 minutes I use it to talk or text. I don't think it should even be called a phone anymore since it is so rarely used for that purpose. I consider the fact that my pocket computer can make phone calls and text to be an added bonus and not the primary feature.
Has anyone ever actually used Picture-in-Picture? I've had a number of different devices that have this feature, but I've never found a use case for it. If I'm watching something I want to concentrate on watching it. If I'm working on something I want to concentrate on that without some extraneous video distracting me.
I don't understand where the money for UBI will come from. I don't have many needs other than food (cereal and milk or p&j sandwiches would be just fine), a bed, and a library card. I'd gladly quit my 6 figure salary job to get paid to lay around and read all day every day. I'm sure I'm not the only one. If far fewer people are paying taxes - who will provide the funds for my UBI?
Fortunately he can just retrieve his files from his Git repository, right? Or... he just learned a painful lesson of why you always use a code repository.
Not OP, but I wouldn't. I don't even subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Video, cell service, cable, etc. The only "subscriptions" I have are water, natural gas, electricity, FIOS internet, and garbage. I consider those to be needs. Everything else is a want that I have found a want for yet.
I wonder if this has to do with the Vid Angel/Disney lawsuit and the recent workaround that allows Vid Angel to filter Disney movies on Netflix. By moving their movies off of Netflix, they effectively block Vid Angel again.
Why? I have an amazing boss, terrific benefits, great coworkers, tons of vacation time, I can show up and leave whenever I want, I can work out for 2 hours during the work day at one of the on-campus gyms (I typically show up at 9, work out from 11:30 to 1:30, then go home at around 5), enjoy my work, have top of the line hardware and can purchase anything else I need, and they pay me a hefty six figure salary. I seriously can't find any downsides to this job that would cause me to ever leave unless forced to do so. Plus the housing is fairly cheap, I live just 2 miles from campus, and the area is just a great place to live.
My work requires us to change our passwords every 90 days. I've had the same password for the last 15 years with the exception of one letter of the alphabet that goes from a to b to c... I'm on letter g right now. I've rotated through the alphabet a number of times and still get a thrill when I rotate from z back to a.
But, the tunnel has to connect to the surface so vehicles can enter and exit, wouldn't what you are describing just rip the tunnel away from it's surface buildings?
I'm sure this isn't an issue since they must have smart engineers working on the project, but the first thing that comes to my mind are the earthquakes that plague California. Is this not an issue?
Between climate change and overpopulation isn't this just a way to cull the herd? People survived before antibiotics, and the genetically strong will survive the loss of antibiotics. It won't be pretty though.
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My thought exactly.
Not mentioned in the article, but Denver is a lot more central to the rest of the country.
My wife doesn't have, or want, a smartphone (she does have a cheap flip phone that just does phone calls - no text, data, apps, etc.). She gives out our home phone number (a landline) as her phone number. I cannot tell you how many times people have complained that she didn't respond to their texts. Then when she explains that we have a landline which doesn't accept texts (why don't they get a "text not received" message instead of the text going into a black hole that makes it appear that it was received?) they inevitably ask for her cell number. When she says she doesn't have one (she doesn't give out her cell number, so I and the kids are the only ones with it) they often respond with disbelief and even anger. It really blows my mind that people have come to assume that everyone is instantly accessible via text messaging.
I'm imaging a comic where first we see a bodega box, then a redbox is put next to it in case people want to get a movie while getting their bodego stuff, then a porta potty is put next to those two in case people need to use the restroom while using the bodega box and redbox, etc. Slowly more and more boxes are added and then a person is hired to manage all the boxes. Finally a building is built around all the boxes and the person to protect them from the weather. And now a bodega store is shown.
And the cereal is coated in some sort of sugar coating.
Please no. In my opinion the best part of the WWW is that I can look at the source (even if it has been obfuscated) in plain text in my browser. Moving to binary formats is a terrible idea.
According to the github page it has been forked 7,663 times. This seems to be much ado about nothing.
First they came for Zappos, and I did not speak out—
Because I rarely buy shoes, and definitely not online.
Then they came for Audible, and I did not speak out—
Because I don't listen to audio books.
Then they came for Whole Foods, and I did not speak out—
Because I do not buy overpriced food.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
I probably spend 50 hours on my phone for every 10 minutes I use it to talk or text. I don't think it should even be called a phone anymore since it is so rarely used for that purpose. I consider the fact that my pocket computer can make phone calls and text to be an added bonus and not the primary feature.
Has anyone ever actually used Picture-in-Picture? I've had a number of different devices that have this feature, but I've never found a use case for it. If I'm watching something I want to concentrate on watching it. If I'm working on something I want to concentrate on that without some extraneous video distracting me.
I don't understand where the money for UBI will come from. I don't have many needs other than food (cereal and milk or p&j sandwiches would be just fine), a bed, and a library card. I'd gladly quit my 6 figure salary job to get paid to lay around and read all day every day. I'm sure I'm not the only one. If far fewer people are paying taxes - who will provide the funds for my UBI?
Fortunately he can just retrieve his files from his Git repository, right? Or... he just learned a painful lesson of why you always use a code repository.
All it takes is money.
You misspelled rich.
So I must be out of it. I'm assuming from context that a Halo phone is a flagship smartphone. Is this a new term or one you just made up?
Not OP, but I wouldn't. I don't even subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Video, cell service, cable, etc. The only "subscriptions" I have are water, natural gas, electricity, FIOS internet, and garbage. I consider those to be needs. Everything else is a want that I have found a want for yet.
I wonder if this has to do with the Vid Angel/Disney lawsuit and the recent workaround that allows Vid Angel to filter Disney movies on Netflix. By moving their movies off of Netflix, they effectively block Vid Angel again.
Why? I have an amazing boss, terrific benefits, great coworkers, tons of vacation time, I can show up and leave whenever I want, I can work out for 2 hours during the work day at one of the on-campus gyms (I typically show up at 9, work out from 11:30 to 1:30, then go home at around 5), enjoy my work, have top of the line hardware and can purchase anything else I need, and they pay me a hefty six figure salary. I seriously can't find any downsides to this job that would cause me to ever leave unless forced to do so. Plus the housing is fairly cheap, I live just 2 miles from campus, and the area is just a great place to live.
My work requires us to change our passwords every 90 days. I've had the same password for the last 15 years with the exception of one letter of the alphabet that goes from a to b to c... I'm on letter g right now. I've rotated through the alphabet a number of times and still get a thrill when I rotate from z back to a.
That is my question too. How could a stay-at-home parent be considered unemployed?
But, the tunnel has to connect to the surface so vehicles can enter and exit, wouldn't what you are describing just rip the tunnel away from it's surface buildings?
I'm sure this isn't an issue since they must have smart engineers working on the project, but the first thing that comes to my mind are the earthquakes that plague California. Is this not an issue?
Between climate change and overpopulation isn't this just a way to cull the herd? People survived before antibiotics, and the genetically strong will survive the loss of antibiotics. It won't be pretty though.
10.8 to 12.1 is only a 1.3 difference. That seems like a lot better odds than my odds with no doctor.
The world is eaten by software
Software is eaten by AI
AI eats humans (or at least converts them into an energy source)