Not by asking Alexa to do it anymore, that's for sure.

You aren't paying for seniors. You are partying the government to replace the money the government stole from seniors.

The difference is that if you pay people to monkey around with things, you get a non-revocable perpetual license to the result. With license rental, you get a perpetual bill. It's the same rent trap as individuals get stuck in but with less excuses.

Yes, and the reason is that they stupidly painted themselves into a corner and never thought about an exit strategy. Had they been thinking about the possibility that they might one day need to migrate from the beginning, it would be much cheaper to do so now.

That's the thing about painting yourself into a corner, a little better planning at the start can always avoid it with little to no additional effort.

Why wouldn't I say it may cure cancer? You are obviously painfully unaware of the many benefits AI has already afforded and have no understanding of it at all. This is not to say that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, because nobody knows if that will turn out to be true or not at this point, but if you really think AI is all downside and zero benefits you are woefully ignorant. I personally believe it *might* destroy the human race, but I've been reading a lot of Slashdot comments today so I'm having a hard time deciding if that is a plus or a minus.

That number pales in comparison to the crimes commited by the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, et. Al. Learn some history bootlicker.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again for those who arrived lete: If you give an AI agency of any kind, imagine everything you ask of it to be appended with "by any means necessary", because that' how it will interpret it. Slander, doxxing, and murder will definitely NOT be off the table even if you explicitly forbid them. That's the problem.

Honestly it should be called string toolbag. It contains some math that might (or might not) one day be useful in constructing a theory but it honestly has never actually been predictive enough to call it a theory.

A little of each. Banks in the U.S. actually maximized inconvenience by being closed any time most people actually had a decent opportunity to go to the bank, but it worked out somehow.

We already have string theory for that:-)

While the line of reasoning is sound, it's more or less a non-theory of exclusion.

I was in the 2nd grade when that happened. From my perspective, it was a great novelty and meant we got to take (mostly unnecessary) flashlights to school that we used in the morning walking to our bus stop. It was a hit with the kids I knew. We were disappointed that the "experiment" was stopped.

Meanwhile, in the northern-most states, the kids go to school in the dark now part of the year.

U.S. Banks have managed OK opening after "business hours" start and closing before they end for pretty much the history of the U.S.

Even a few places where it doesn't actually rise in June because it didn't set in the first place and won't for another month or so.

Understanding C well would be a reason to learn and use Rust, not a reason to use C. You clearly don't understand software development very well. The right tool for the right job. In 2026 C is sometimes the right tool for some jobs, but certainly not for this job.