... that a device called a "fuse" has been available to prevent this kind of thing for about 200 years.

And the people who signed off the Chromebook for production without a fuse in its power supply need to be jailed for "Reckless endangerment".

I doubt the average bot would want to be his friend.

Millions of bots are probably unfriending him as I post this.

Google's results are getting less and less relevant

^^^^ This! A thousand times this!

Aught to be a crime, punishable by a fine of ten years annual turnover.

Yes, I do mean "bankrupt the damn company!"

If they want a new UI, let them start a competitive company and see if anyone buys the product.

AI-generated code is a mess that *superficially looks right* but isn't fit to purpose.

Sounds like a perfectly good description of Windows code to me!

Never forget AI also stands for Actual Idiocy - and a lot of people can't tell the difference (eg trump voters).

My car. It has a button instead of a key

This was discovered to be a stupid idea in the 1930's.

Since about Y2K, they stopped putting lead in petrol, and all the lead addicts in the auto industry have been unable to function mentally - hence numerous insane design decisions.

... their commitment to slapping customers in the face with wet fish (or "ads" as you Americans like to call them).

Using "generative AI to create "proof of life" images of a person holding a sign with a username and date written on it in pen."

can now be relabelled "proof of gullibility" (on behalf of the person setting the challenge).

But Americans have the constitutional rights:

• The right to be lied to
• The right to very expensive speech
• The right to be cheated when shopping
• The right to a blow in the head with a blunt object
• The right to remain dead

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You are never alone with a dead parrot

When we need a new TV, we know not to buy LG.

Surely 8 days would be massively more convenient because you could do it every week, and still have a day to fix any problems. (Actually, fixing LetsEncrypt problems typically takes me 3 months of Googling. Acme-client is the most infuriating piece of software ever written!)

... Now sits unused, as the adverts are so unpleasant that we cant bear to turn it on.

at the cost of millions of visitors.

Probably not. My sites are of no use to anyone outside the UK.

Probably the same people who buy EFTs.