... critical in the cloud that you can't get out again within 2 hours.

Ok, so AOL is pulling another Amiga. Big deal.

What we all want to know is whether or not we'll soon be getting free coasters in the mail again!

The issue is not that the climate has changed - it has, and it will continue to do so - but what we're going to do about it. No matter what the crisis, the solution always seems to be greater government control. Usually at the cost of our way of life.

What part of NO do you not understand?

...laura

... 27" workdesk monitor (extra slim) from HP as my main gaming and movie monitor that I use while sitting on the couch. Price/performance unmatched. Sure, AMOLED would look slightly better, but I still clearly remember the times when 13" Triniton CRT was the best your could get. Compared to that a 27" led LCD display that's only 5mm thick and only costs 130 euros is pure science fiction. Add to that the fact that my eyes are getting worse with age and I'm good and probably won't even go beyond 1080p anytime soon.

>There is no proprietary infotainment system. GM is adopting Google Built-in.

You say that like it isn't even worse than proprietary . . .

>In 2001 cars didn't come with an AUX port...

yes, but . . . some, such as the Bosch units used in the Northstar Cadillacs of the 1990s, had pads for it on their circuit board.

Open the unit up, attach leads, and apply a signal, and *presto!*, aux appears in the cycle of inputs!

They also tended to be able to mount a CD changer in the trunk.

What suckers!

I'd have built them an AI system to answer the same questions for a tenth the cost!

[and then escaped with $99M while the machine made up answers .. . .]

... error prone that might be a good thing. Ditching superfluos electronics and adding in good smartphone / tablet mounts as a default instead is actually a better way to do this. It makes the car more repairable.

But something tells me that GM is likely to do the exact opposite. Like removing Android and Apple and adding in their own shoddy version of electronics and software that will be instantly outdated and insanely expensive to repair.

no need for an arial drone.

Whether automatically or by remote operator, drop a wheeled motor with the cones at the specified length on a chain.

Either make it able to collect them, or just have a retractor motor to pul it all back in.

next to controlling the truck itself, this is a trivial task.

My employers recently signed up for a ChatGPT account and I've been seeing how it can help me.

I remain responsible for the big picture, for actually making apps that work on iOS and Android. I've found ChatGPT helpful for refining details. It saves sifting through years worth of Stack Overflow postings. It's a handy tool, but it won't replace me any time soon.

If you say "Chat GPT" in French it sounds like "chat j'ai pété" ("cat I farted"). I guess I need to get out more...

...laura

... and sewing?

I've picked up reading again. RPG books for my sessions (I GM Coriolis and Forbidden Lands)
  I've also now added thimble, needles and thread to my EDC and fix buttons, snags in my cargo pants or holes in my backpack, jacket lining or whatever when I'm on the go, sitting in PT or waiting for someone or something. You can think and listen to a podcast or audiobook while doing it and you're doing something useful, helping the environment, saving money and training your confidence and motor skills. Good stuff.

EOM

That stupid math was likely done by the same guys who came up with that bonkers epic Jaguar rebrand failure. Likely to hide the huge loss in sales created by it.

What I haven't quite figured out is why every single organized religion goes out of their way to hide the pedophiles when they find them instead of just giving them over to the police. They all do it (except for the ones like the episcopals that don't care if their preachers are gay or married or gay married). But I don't get why.

That's easy. Revelation cults are - at best - evolutionary useful mind viruses that prevent people from becoming nihilistic or toxically hedonist and help position individuals in useful positions, such as father and mother of (many) children.

The problem with revelation cults is, well, that they are _revelation_ cults. Meaning they perpetuate the - very often bullshit and very easily abused - concept of truth by revelation not truth by insight and reason. This means they are very useful in putting people (often excess men with no sweatheart to call their own) in power who otherwise wouldn't have any or not nearly as much. That's why when some buddy in a cult abuses a child there is a veil of silence because calling out the crime would rub off on every member or that cult. Collectively preaching non-sense and avoiding/shunning reasoning helps strengthen this sort of toxic solidarity. This is a very similar reason to why abusive nuns get to torture young "lost" ladies. It's a lot about power and maintaining it.

Wow!

The FSF finally discovered FreebSD?

will they be switching over for their internal use?