Cool, now that Putin is openly threatening war with Europe they will of course stop buying his oil…right???

Don’t worry consumers will pay for all their poor decisions.

Too hard to make up bullshit for report so we will have AI make up the bullshit for us.

Trust me, I have been eyeing a heat pump for awhile now.

The house is close to 4k square feet, but I do have 10 people living there so it is being well utilized. I also live in Alaska so we get entire months of sub 20 temperatures.

It is still hard to deal with when you get that fuel bill.

Oof that is a hard one. She was just starting kindergarten when he was finishing his third unrelated PHD?

You praise them when they make better choices and encourage them by building rapport while always being supportive.

Pretty much how you deal with all humans.

Of all the machines an Emachine. Those were the cheapest and worst built computers ever. They were often obsolete the moment they were sold.

I guess that makes the irony even more delicious.

You will accept AI has “feelings” or the Tech Bros will get mad that you are dehumanizing their dehumanizing machine.

This guy politics.

I know your intentions are good, but this reads as a rather damning list of why a bunch of people are going to fight tooth and nail to keep the status quo.

The average for the whole US during the winter is just under $1,000. That is around $250 a month. This is also not a “few” hours.

Central air can easily run +$200 a month during the summer.

I will admit I have a big house that is heated with diesel. My bill would be half that if I had a heat pump.

Considering most Americans were living paycheck to paycheck before this recent bout of inflation, I don’t think most have any extra money to play around with anymore. It is time for tough decisions like keeping the house warm or eating things other than ramen.

My heating bills runs close to $800 a month in the Winter. That is more than a few hours of labor.

If I were you, I would get out of Venezuela! - Our President.

Then shuts down their airspace and starts blowing up boats.

No escape from the christofascist murderers.

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Automated systems have existed for a long time that can react much faster than visual stimulation.

Even our own body does this to prevent us from getting burned. If you touch something hot your pain receptors fire off much fast than it would take for you to see your hand getting burned. You pull away your hand quickly, which is another body reaction, preventing further injury.

We should be using multiple system just like the human body does to prevent injury. Any system we design should also be redundant just like the human body as well. We should not be relying solely on vision for autonomous vehicles.

So sorry to hear. I have worked with many cases similar to yours. First things first, as most have said you need to find someone you trust to be you power of attorney. Depending on where you live in the world this can look different so I would consult with a expert to make sure you are doing it correctly.

This disease is scary because you slowly lose yourself. Depending on how it progresses you may eventually forget everyone you know. You may maintain long term memories but likely your short term memory will be completely shot.

This means you will often be on a short loop of 5-15 minutes as it progresses. Quality of life is highly dependent on very patient, kind, and understanding caregivers. It extremely exhaustive taking care of a person on this short loop.

Hearing the same story thousands of times. Constantly correcting behavior and a lot of supervision is needed. Often your emotional state is completely dependent on those around you. If everyone else is happy, you will be.

The good news is you may have a long time before this happens. Enjoy life and prepare for the worst. They could find some new treatment soon so you are not without hope. Definitely time for a bucket list.

I remember that year, it was the same year Biden cancelled Christmas. After black lives matter burned all the cities to the ground there was not much left for the holidays. A lot of people forget what really happened!

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Anyone has a fair shot at being a wage slave

People who defended capitalism at this point in time are in constant denial. Capitalism only works well for everyone in highly competitive new fields/markets.

Once the monopoly sets in it no longer serves a useful function to the rest of society but does enrich a minority.

An awful lot of capitalistic practice is rent seeking nowadays. It doesn’t add any value and instead creates it out of thin air.

There has never been an effective small businesses capitalism economy that every capitalists uses to justify capitalism. It always ends up as game of monopoly.

As it has gotten worse my whole life. Adam Smith could have never have conceptualized mega corporations. In fact, corporate law at that time would have never allowed for them to exist.