Rhaedas

Yes.

Thanks. I recall seeing this info before, and I questioned the same thing before. While any depletion is bad, is 17 tons the windmill to attack when other emissions affecting ozone and other effects are far, far greater? I get that it’s saying a larger increase means more residuals left, but can we possibly pump out satellites anywhere close to what’s done from the ground?

I can’t find any very recent numbers, but here’s an example of what I’ve found both in emissions and potential emission sources. https://news.mit.edu/2020/emissions-ozone-cfc-chemicals-0317. I just don’t see satellite reentry as the headline it’s made out to be, plus we can find alternates that reduce it further.

Paywall, got a summary?

And assuming the topic from the link, is even very active commercial launching comparable to the rest of the emissions we’re doing?

They can also, with varying success rates, use a sample of a person’s speech to resurrect a dead person’s voice to say things. Which can be used for good or bad purposes, like any tool. I do think recreating someone’s handwriting a lot more balanced on the bad uses than on the good…

I think that while current LLMs don’t have the greatest context memories, they will remember certain things long from now.

I’m not voting for him now, definitely.

If the bottom line is bigger than last quarter, yes. It’s getting companies to try things that they see as riskier that’s hard, when cutting costs is always easier and gets some results faster than any progressive ideas.

Do not boo. Stay focused. Vote.

The Coke commercial was the first thing that came to mind even after all these years. I never knew as a kid I was watching a mass murder/suicide.

True, if they make it that far. What about the mail in/drop off ballots where the husband fills out both?

True of many things, probably. Peer pressure is as bad as brainwashing, or maybe a form of it.

Then there’s the ones who would vote in their own best interest, but can’t.

Shorten the work week, give better pay per hour for when you’re there, allow remote working wherever it makes sense, lots of other things to make an employee feel better about their work and also give them the opportunity to live life outside the job. Amazingly it’s been found that companies that do things like that not only have better production results, they retain people longer. I know, who would have guessed?

By default Trump should have all woman voters voting against him, no matter who it is. I can’t understand how any woman could look at him or his ideas and think, yes, that’s best for me. Then again, I could say that about a lot of things and yet some women support them.

I don’t doubt some of this is optimization in the middle. But they (as with so many companies) have expressed interest in reducing the working force with AI and robotics too. Mechanical workers show up for work, don’t have HR or other issues to deal with, and can work when you need them. I.e. cheaper in even the short run. Now with UPS being union there’s going to be a bit of friction there, but they’ll figure it out. Maybe give a bit more to the workers who are allowed to stay (which is good for them I suppose). Other companies that don’t have that protection, well…there’s other jobs, right?

Opinions on the policies aside, I agree with your point, votes are the only way she can win. That we have such low turnouts in a country founded on the idea of voting in representation is a travesty, no matter what party you prefer.

I disagree that not voting is a valid option, as there are plenty of ways to vote even if you hate both main Presidential candidates. At least the Green/Communist party voters are trying to make a statement, even if it’s not going to change anything (my opinion). And down ticket you can vote for local people that will affect you more directly, so not voting at all is a loss of your voice.

As for voting being a burden, you can thank Republicans for that. It’s their best way of ensuring seats and power.

A good debate is where both sides have some points to try and establish evidence for. That’s a rarity in today’s political election cycles. Here, Harris just had to show who was the adult in the room and maybe get some talking points out to anyone who hadn’t heard them yet. It could have been a town hall or campaign rally with a screaming toddler in the background, same effect.

“Generated by AI”

Me? I’m a planner. You know? I make plans.

You’ve already made the plan, so what value do you have now?

If, uh, the plan fails… the existing plan… I make a new plan.

So you make plans that fail.

Others have given good explanations, so let me just follow them and say voter ID laws are a fix to a non-issue that has the convenient effect of making certain demographics unable to vote where they could and did before without a problem, legally.

It’s classism and racism all wrapped up in a made up problem to solve, designed to maintain power that would be lost if everyone eligible to vote could vote.