Few than 80,000 votes swung the 2016 election. Al Gore (who probably did win), would have been recognized as winning with just a few thousand more votes in the right districts.

Yes, superheroes solve problems by killing people. How long has it taken you to work that out?

Because in a tightly divided country, Biden needs all the Republican support he can get. We need Republicans to vote against Trump. We need to dispel the lie that Biden is an extreme left candidate (he is so not) being used by Trump to scare Republicans in to turning out of election day.

The only thing democracy promises is the ability to remove would-be dictators. It never promises to provide the perfect candidate. Freedom from tyranny. That’s it.

I suspect that a typical handheld games console creates more environmental damage from its manufacture than its usage. If they want to help the planet, focusing on making the manufacturing processes more energy efficient and polluting; or increasing the product life (before being scrapped), would make a bigger…

Yes, that was my original point. Ugly and impossible to clean. Gauche trash for the (tasteless) nouveau riche is spot on.

Yes, Los Altos is pretty expensive. My old orthodontist’s office was there, and my old boss lives there. 

Because it pumps out so much heat you can cook on it?

He’s only worth $5.8 billion. I don’t know what you’re talking about. ;-)

Not all of us would want that. Some of us have taste.

I can’t even see the graphics card. WTF is that hideous, baroque thing above the stove and how would anyone keep that thing clean?

There’s also the iReader C6, which has a Chinese-only UI, but features fast refresh (with some image ghosting). From what I can see, it’s inferior to the PocketBook in all other regards.

Computer vision is not a form of AI. Computer vision may use AI, but it also can use classical algorithms like edge detection, image segmentation, template matching, and so on.

Pizza is not a pie. Americans just sound stupid every time they say “pizza pie”.

I disagree, the best pizzas don’t need pepperoni to hide the low quality ingredients. I’ve started making my own pizza. They are so good when kept simple.

Not all products are aimed at consumers. This is clearly aimed at businesses.

Ah! Thank you, and the others, for the correction. Of course it’s Panasonic. Stay at home is messing with my mind! LOL

Toshiba Toughbooks used to be very popular in Japan when I’d go there on business 6-10 years ago. It’s not surprising to hear this news given the change in markets these days; but at the same time, when I think of all those Toughbooks in the meetings I was in, it is surprising.

I’m reminded of this for 2008:

I was talking about this 3+ months ago. My idea was to infect everyone with an alpha coronavirus to reduce the mortality rates from COVID-19.