Perhaps with the current EPA leaders it could be done, they don't care if people around the factory lose their teeth and hair and livers, but if you do it so that the environment isn't poisoned, it can't be done at a profit.
"I would vastly rather have this than half hour waits. And what is the difference between this and hiring a few hundred thousand people from India or Africa to do the same job other than cost"
Sure. It should be a piece of cake to fake an Indian or African accent, so you wouldn't even notice the difference.
They could do it like Ireland, Luxembourg or The Netherlands, just tax them only 1% and they'll come, then the other countries around sue you and as punishment, you'll get sentenced to have to accept billions from those companies. That will teach you.
"Is that a consequence of biology or the result of a mathematical oddity arising as a result of so few people living that long and those who do being exceptional cases? The results seem somewhat counter-intuitive, so I'm inclined to think it's the latter case"
No genetics or the right food can save you from being run over by a bus.
In a couple of years all the malls and shopping centers will have closed, because Amazon brings us everything home (No real reason to fly to London anymore) and it will be nice weather in most cold places from where people fly to the south, so no problem there either.
"long-distance transportation and shipping,"
In a couple of years the North-West passage will be open and China is building a railway from China to Europe right now.
"steel and cement manufacturing,"
In Europe most Steel is melted electrically since many years, also scientists are working to replace Portland cement with the Roman variant, which lasts 2500 years instead of 25 and not reinforced on top.
"and remaining parts of the power sector "
Germany is talking on how to stop coal power right now as I'm typing this, the rest of the world will follow, China and India are also hard at work.
Sports clothes manufacturers have produced silver based bug killing garments for years, albeit their only interest was to kill the bacteria eating your sweat and creating the ominous BO stink.
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How's his status on the most-hated person list?
I'm sure they can be fooled by playback, when the musicians only fake the playing.
Perhaps with the current EPA leaders it could be done, they don't care if people around the factory lose their teeth and hair and livers, but if you do it so that the environment isn't poisoned, it can't be done at a profit.
Nothing helps the schools better than the Internet being litterally supported by a 'stable genius'.
"I would vastly rather have this than half hour waits. And what is the difference between this and hiring a few hundred thousand people from India or Africa to do the same job other than cost"
Sure. It should be a piece of cake to fake an Indian or African accent, so you wouldn't even notice the difference.
You share your income with the state (taxes) and the state gives you free or very cheap universities.
The system also works for roads, highways, bridges, healthcare, pensions ...
You should try it some time.
Because you never read the fucking manual, they have to do it in hardware.
Also you must be new here to use train analogies in a car analogy forum.
Take away something we've enjoyed for generations, “
Fireworks are a Chinese invention, can‘t have that during avtrade war.
They could do it like Ireland, Luxembourg or The Netherlands, just tax them only 1% and they'll come, then the other countries around sue you and as punishment, you'll get sentenced to have to accept billions from those companies.
That will teach you.
...and maybe also deaf.
"Al ain't no Chinese name I ever heard of."
You need to come out from under your bridge sometimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"This is really amazing. It is like computers are good at image recognition. I see a lot of potential in this AI."
Indeed. It will replace all those doctors pretty soon.
Better still, and I can't wait, its cousin will replace all those lawyers, who did nothing but 'read the book'.
"However, everyone has done something stupid whilst driving at some point. Everyone has done something illegal, either on purpose or by accident."
So what? Pay the fine and try to do it better next time.
If you don't learn, then perhaps you don't deserve the privilege to drive.
All sorts of technology is used to select the fake refugees from the real ones.
So if you claim you come from Neverwereistan, your phone data should not indicate that you really come from Somewherelsistan.
Also, they really compare the photo on the passport with your face, so be sure they match as well.
"The fucking Harlan Ellisons of Lawsuit Land."
Alas not, Harlan died last week, the photographers are still alive.
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I still despise Amazon and avoid it!"
Nobody does that.
"What saleable item does [a small town high in the Himalayas] produce? Just wondering."
They produced children and grand-children, who work in New Delhi and send money back too peepaw and meemaw.
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
Oscar Wilde
Until we really have perfect VR-Goggles.
I want to VR-experience a great rock concert in a stadium with 250.000 people and don't want to be a spectator, I want to be Mick Jagger.
That would instantly kill all the Karaoke bars.
I guess these people are not fit for the online business.
Can it color B&W movies better than the ludicrous methods used til now?
"Is that a consequence of biology or the result of a mathematical oddity arising as a result of so few people living that long and those who do being exceptional cases? The results seem somewhat counter-intuitive, so I'm inclined to think it's the latter case"
No genetics or the right food can save you from being run over by a bus.
"Air travel, "
In a couple of years all the malls and shopping centers will have closed, because Amazon brings us everything home (No real reason to fly to London anymore) and it will be nice weather in most cold places from where people fly to the south, so no problem there either.
"long-distance transportation and shipping,"
In a couple of years the North-West passage will be open and China is building a railway from China to Europe right now.
"steel and cement manufacturing,"
In Europe most Steel is melted electrically since many years, also scientists are working to replace Portland cement with the Roman variant, which lasts 2500 years instead of 25 and not reinforced on top.
"and remaining parts of the power sector "
Germany is talking on how to stop coal power right now as I'm typing this, the rest of the world will follow, China and India are also hard at work.
"All technology is dangerous at first. "
Sure, but Windmills make a dent in the shrubbery in a big accident while nukes make whole parts of land uninhabitable for thousands of years.
Come back when you can get insurance for your nukes.
Sports clothes manufacturers have produced silver based bug killing garments for years, albeit their only interest was to kill the bacteria eating your sweat and creating the ominous BO stink.