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CommentRe:My Fridge Magnet... (Score 1)101

Potentially, yes. But any transient magnetic field onboard the vehicle or not accounted for in the environment is a potential problem. How does this system distinguish between the earth's magnetic field which is fairly weak from high current wiring or a motor with an armature that has it's own magnetic field and changes orientation?

CommentThat's not how layoffs work (Score 1)302

Who gets laid off doesn't come from Washington. That's a middle management decision. They are simply given a directive to reduce their headcount by a certain number or percentage. It's the middle managers who hand out the proverbial pink slips. Given that, clearly they had the choice to make. If they were rational people, then the decision hinged on which research would be the most beneficial. That may or may not be the case in this instance. On the surface, it sounds promising but so does a lot of other research. We don't know the details only the dramatic headline. However, more often than not, middle managers are not rational. They often keep people based on seniority rather than effectiveness or common ideology rather than merit or even whether or not an existing brand group is favored over new business concepts.

CommentNo more so than Adobe products replace artists (Score 1)163

Owning Adobe Creative Suite (or should I say 'renting', but I digress) doesn't make you an graphic artist, a photographer, or a videographer. It just makes mundane tasks easier. AI coding tools doesn't make you a software architect either. It just saves you hours of googling even when it gives you code that doesn't work.

CommentRe:You know how (Score 1)304

True story: when my father was first starting out as a physician, he had a meeting with the head of Chemical Bank in New York. He said to my father "You know why rich people are rich? Because they watch the pennies."

Aside from the bullshit line that the poor card holders are subsidizing the rich ones, smart wealthy people (not the trust fund babies), know every detail about their finances. Our society has become hopelessly addicted to the subscription business model. There are also staggeringly bad messages being sent such as the insane ad for Poshmark where the airhead says "That's going towards rent, that's going towards girls night, and that's going to a new bag." NO, YOU MORON! ALL OF IT GOES TO RENT!!! What the hell is the matter with you?

CommentCould have just asked me (Score 1)81

And asked this question 20 years ago. You'd still have the same answer. Good luck getting a different idea green-lit in Hollywood. The business model is broken. You don't see epic productions with a big scope and a large cast much anymore because it's too expensive to produce in the first place and then everybody and their mother wants residuals. It's almost as though they have to produce mediocre sequels to cover the cost of the original. Plus, Hollywood is no longer the taste-maker. People are sick of fringe ideology disguised as "important" films being crammed down their throats. To quote Van Ling "I could eat raw film stock and sh*t a better movie."

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