Isn’t this exactly how the patriots beat the Broncos? Although at that time the Broncos had some fight in them. Against the chiefs they looked... resigned?

Used GT350 ‘16

In reality, I don’t think writers in the 70s were necessarily considering the consequences of digital infrastructure aiding an AI takeover and the requirement for an air gap but maybe I’m not giving them enough credit.

For the record, I don’t think the theory posited in my post above is intentional nor am I confident it would hold up under further scrutiny of the film. It is the definition of a half-cocked, speculative, unresearched theory.

Im sure they will. It’s cost reduction, not cost elimination. Just like every automated assembly line has a human staff as well.

Perhaps all the above is a concerted effort to prevent droids from having instantaneous access to all the data in the universe. By not creating the infrastructure for easy data transmissions and by keeping mass storage facilities analog droids remain subservient.

You’re confusing capital expense and operating expense. Sure Uber will have to pay for cars and the investment in technology, but they don’t have to pay drivers whose payment - as the article notes - is a majority of Uber’s expense.  

Absolutely SHOCKING that it’s expensive to run a livery service and that undercutting your competition whose costs are the same (or less!) is not sustainable. I’m sure all the traditional taxi drivers are blown away by this revelation.

You’re not wrong. At all. But this blog is a direct contradiction of Denton and Co’s whole stance on privacy vs newsworthiness, which is the hypocracy I was lamenting. To be clear, I don’t disagree with Stef’s blog’s take on this issue. It’s just funny to see rigid stances on both sides of an issue within the same…

But what if the photo is newsworthy?

Right but is the photo NEWSWORTHY?!?!

Best possible way from a value perspective would be to take out a loan with no penalty for paying early and then largely pay it off on the front end. Helps boost your credit while avoiding the interest.

As a starting point, why wouldn’t we just apply the SEC’s bank compliance requirements to all government officials? It would actually be quite simple to implement and enforce. The guidelines are very clear and the monitoring is maybe a little invasive but not overly (they monitor any account under your name or for…

They should build urinals into the seats.

That’s not precisely true. The regulations you cite (or the regulations the site you cited cites) are much like up in Canada: you can use them during certain date ranges unless they will damage the road (which they do). You can’t use them because at low speed you get ticketed as a hazardous driver and at high speed…

Out of curiosity in what region do you live? Long story short, other than Tahoe in California I do not know any places where chains are legal. This has been a burning question for some time: where are they allowed??

Not when 1 cm, 10 cm, 100cm or1m of snow falls. Nor 5 ft, I presume. Still not following you. People in snowy places do not need chains. This is not a hot take, just a fact.

Okay but Ontarians don’t use tire chains! Except truckers, perhaps. I don’t even think they’re legal! They’re not allowed in N.S., N.B. Or Quebec.

Those are all revolving interest loans. The banks actually make more money if the pipeline falls behind.

Actually “north of the wall” would be Canada (near Halifax). I think we are the North American authority on snow/driving in the snow.