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FWIW the answer to all of the questions you ask in the first paragraph is "yes, but come on, that level of skepticism is a waste of time and money". It's like demanding proof that …

> What recourse does Oracle have now Your parent already answered that question (although I don't blame you for not noticing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_notwithstandin…

I don't think it's fair to call this law suit frivolous. From a developer perspective, the ideal and just end result has always seemed rather obvious. However, the multi-year histo…

> (or don't goto any college) I don't remember that being part of the conclusions. Also, it's hard for me to take that study seriously. Good state schools can be as good as or bett…

Sorry, I wasn't implying that anyone cares. I even state a few times in this thread that people specifically don't care in aggregate. And even if people did care, it wouldn't have …

I'm not sure why you're being down-voted. People driving their own truck for a living are probably not swimming in capital, and outfitting a truck with self-driving capabilities (o…

Right, but that's a captive market. No one goes to Sheetz for food; they stop there for gas and grab something to eat while they're stopped. So making the food ordering process a b…

The choice between NK/Iranian levels of isolation and complete free trade is a false choice. Plenty of countries have high tariffs for certain types of goods and do just fine. Even…

> Why on earth... 1. Security 2. Friends 3. Family 4. Security

> but it does sound from your checklist that a lot of those qualities could eventually be automated Totally. But the current generation of dead-reckoning-and-maybe-a-bit-of-very-si…

Actually, Marx foresaw exactly "a renewing demand for labor" (although foresaw is kind of the wrong word; directly observed would be more accurate.) See "Capital". He also foresaw …

> brewing the coffee and even foaming milk is something that a machine can do easily, and arguably better than most people, heck even latte drawing can probably be better done with…

A good barista pays attention to their work: * A good barista will notice when they screw up the shot and pull pull another. * A good barista will not burn or under-steam milk. * A…

And then I'll introduce tariffs on goods produced using your robots. These are, fundamentally, political-economic questions. Not merely one or the other.

IMO self-driving trucks won't displace humans behind the wheel. Trucks on public roads will be self-driving in the same way that planes are self-flying.

Automating good baristas in a cost-effective way is actually a pretty hard problem, but automating your typical Starbucks espresso machine button pusher is trivial -- machines that…

Yes, the entire institution's purpose is to help the FBI. There isn't a single biologist, computer scientist, chemist, or neuroscientist in the entire institution who isn't hell-be…

> Another model is UBI and government as employer of last resort (or a equivalent strong labour movement). Exactly. It's amazing to me that people claim there just isn't enough wor…

Successful researchers are almost by definition under-paid when their research (area) reaches the top of a hype curve; the success of their research (area) directly causes a massiv…

Then why not just fingerprint everyone at birth (or shortly there-after)? Because that would be an blatantly unconstitutional violation of privacy. Disincentivizing people from vol…

And I can sympathize with that. But those prints should be destroyed -- with a verifiable chain of evidence witnessing their destruction -- immediately after the background check. …

> Aside from criminals, suspects and detainees, the system includes data from people fingerprinted for jobs... or volunteer service, background checks, ... Gotta make sure we keep …

TL;DR: Don't send email to people unless they specifically solicit email from you and confirm their identity. I.e., don't send unsolicited email. I.e., don't send spam.

The land lord I use allows paying with plastic. There is a ~2% fee. It's better than a wash financially, but just barely. But it's net win for me even when it's a wash because I do…