I was in a car with one of them there blu-ray players, and it turned out there was actually disc in, so we tried to use it. After 15 minutes of unskippable content, we finally got to the start of the film and wanted to select language/subtitles - and it wouldn’t let us. 20 mins wasted.

DVDs and BlueRay were crap, we just forgot.

OP didn’t indicate their gender.

Is this an attempt at an ad for Las Vegas?

One word: miryoku

Can I recommend watching Vlad Vexler (u-tube). Vlad talks about the deterioration of democratic institutions with a larger historical context.

Vlad’s interpretation of the current US situation is that it is a minor crisis for which there are still chances. He expects a real crisis over the next 10 years, when an authoritarian arrives who isn’t a moron.

There are problems, and risks - but still hope.

I didn’t realize that HN is career had ended.

Seriously though, if he is up to chrping about Epstein, why not chirp about programs that help people, about restoring democratic institutions so that they help people again. As a former mayor and Transport minister, can he not talk about infra that helps people and describe escape making moralism the basis of his platform.

How 'bout you just do something good for people. All this “he’s a scumbag” noise is going to get nothing done, and isn’t going to win the midterms. Everybody who doesn’t already know he’s a scumbag is not going to learn it now.

Mine isn’t on the list.

Are we looking at the physical universe, or are looking at psychology, or philosophy contexts?

In physics, we can’t really consider the universe to be deterministic at the quantum scale. We only think it must be when we try to look at particle interactions as a scaled down billards game.

If you use KDE & karousel, then Niri is the same, except it works

This conversation often gets us to R. Penrose’s “consciousness is not computational”, from which we can retrace our steps with a separation of algorithmic processes. Is GenAI similar to the “stream-of-thought”? Perhaps, but does that lead to intelligence?

BYD is already facing scrutiny for running Evergrande like accounting, and a lot of political pressures from other Chinese manufacturers. The risk is that they collapse like Evergrande, and that they drag public debt into it. The CCP might prop them up, so it light be safe. A car is different from a book, because you need lifetime service for it. If they go under, you might lose access to parts.

Getting to deprecate legacy support… Yes please, let me get my eraser.

I find most tech debt resolution adds code though.

Germany can still be an input as it is more recent, even if it isn’t the original source.

This sounds like an absolute nightmare. Listen to the techbro leaders talk about the general population, and imagine them owning what manages your brain… Ieam electrically, as opposed to indirectly.

Maaam… MAAAAAM!

The opposite is also true

Cheech and Chong can make a new movie

There is no “deserves a boyfriend”. If you want one, then you should try to get one.