It takes a special rsilvergun level of stupid to believe someone posting since 2009 is a bot.

You still posting from Indonesia, posing as an American?

Context is important.

A giant chunk of the Slashdot audience rages in torrents against anything ~faintly~ suggesting they go back into the office because, indeed, for them it doesn't matter where they are sitting.

Not everyone on earth is a programmer. There are vast swathes of people who do different things for work where they don't get the option of basically spending the whole day staring at a screen sitting or standing in one place. We found, for example, onboarding remote workers is MUCH harder as just the incidental learning, immediate presence & the ability to basically eavesdrop and step in when it sounds like they're struggling with something are all major contributors to new-employee success.

As the ultimate goal of eco-warriors (when they're being candid) is ultimately fewer humans on Earth, anything that weeds them out faster should be considered good news, right?

Another paid "expert" who can go fuck himself. All safe and tenured and cocooned in his little cozy ivory tower. He's safe, no matter what damage his bleating and writing cause.

The only people who are being hurt by people working remote is office real-estate owners. Now, are we really supposed to feel sorry for them?

No, of course not. Fuck 'em. May they lose their shirts.

But.... But... #Believeallwomen!

(Of course, nobody seems to discuss that the logical consequence of that is there were really witches in Salem.)

Hilarious, when you're replying to a thread that STARTED with exactly that. The op started a fact (that the app was started to doxx and slander men anonymously) and was, in turn, called an incel.

Your comment would be more persuasive if we hadn't the fresh memory of 4 years of a Democrat administration that actively suppressed free speech regarding things like COVID and chopping off children's genitals to pretend they're a different sex.

I, for one, have a lot of two-digit numbers to factor, so I'm waiting impatiently for quantum supremacy.

It's hard to not be retributive, and honestly, Trump's the last person I'd expect to be the grown-up in the room but it would have been refreshing if the current admin would have been about "just getting the trains to run on time" and weeding out the DEI bullshittery than paybacks, no matter how richly they were deserved.

It's hard being an idealistic pessimist.

...reading rates are falling everywhere. I suspect this is the internet mostly, aggravated by cell phones.
25% VAT doesn't help, sheesh.

That said, I myself used to read a LOT, alternating between fiction / non-fiction, but really don't so much anymore. Fiction has been suffused with identity politics, and I have struggled to find even non-fiction works that aren't trying to sell a "viewpoint"...

It's a six mile chunk of rock. Should this really be classified as a Moon? It's basically an asteroid in temporary orbit.

"KPMG Australia developed a 100-page prompt that transforms tax legislation and partner expertise into an agent producing comprehensive tax advice within 24 hours rather than the traditional two-week timeline."
So, certainly they're reducing their FEE for such advice proportionally, yes? I mean, aside from the initial hours (more or less a one-time input), no human time is taken so what would we be paying their $500/hourly rate on, again?

My garage is to protect my car from the elements, potential vandals, thieves, etc. It also stores gardening and yardwork implements.

I have a storage shed somewhere just for the stuff I don't need in the house right now.

The difference between most people and me, is most people see cars as an appliance, some outright see it as a threat to humanity, other see it as a status symbol (and still park said status symbol outside.)

I see it as a toy, a tool, an instrument. A thing that can deliver joy by the crateful, and also drive you straight up a wall when you're dealing with mechanical issues. It also frees you from the shackles of public transport.

I will never sully any garage or drive way of mine with an electric car. My objections are two-fold: Batteries for main power source is derp, making for 5000 lb cars and even heaver trucks, and b) the constant whine whine whine from the Left to adopt electric is having the exact opposite effect. I'll double down on petrol before I bend a knee to whatever King the Dems appoint next time.

For those of you who don't understand, one of my objections to battery-powered cars is: a 5500 pound car (Caddy Lyriq, Porsche Macan, and many others) are 2x as heavy as what I drive, which clocks in at about 2700 lbs wet with driver.

The enemy isn't lack of horsepower the enemy is mass.

Make them lighter an they will be more efficient, drive better, go better, turn better, stop better.

You want me in electric? Ditch the battery. Find some other way. And stop the government from their whole "Buy ELECTRIC! OBEY! Do what the paid, biased experts tell you to do! DO IT"

Fuck that. Virtue-signalling is all that is. Trying to score points with the tree-fuckers is what that is all about.

Gasoline still has the most power per unit of weight, more than gunpowder, more than TNT. Thank you Mythbusters for pointing that out.

"The biggest problem with EV advocacy is the self-righteousness of the people who engage in it."

Ftfy

If they're talking about permits on FEDERAL LAND, that's one thing.

But the idea that the federal gov't can have say-so over what non-emissive structures can be built within states or on private property is utterly against the foundational premises of the Constitution.