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The range is reduced when used to haul things around or when the AC/heat are used. With charging being significantly slower compared to filling up a gas vehicle and without the option to use a gas can if it runs out, there are unknowns and people don’t like unknowns.

I think the range is fine for regular light use personally, but being concerned about a fairly short range isn’t completely baseless. Or would be if the people buying it actually used it as a work truck.

The issue isn’t that there are zero jobs. The issue is that there are far, far fewer jobs after automation and there are not other options.

We have massively reduced farm labor through automation, but people moved to industrial manufacturing. Manufacturing automation moved labor to office work and service jobs. In both there are still some people who design, build, and maintain the machinery, but they are a small fraction of what came before. We don’t have additional jobs waiting to be filled, and with big increases in automation it will be easier to automate any new potential source of labor.

This could be avoided by universal income and health care and other approaches where the general public benefits from all this automation, but the environment that pushes the automation gives them the power to keep that from happening.

The Gabe cube is roughly 6x6x6 inches.

That case is nearly 15x16x4 which is far, far larger. I already have a case that size which is how I know the 6" cube form factor would be much better for my setup.

Yes, a completely different setup than I have would allow for other options.

You asked who would intentionally broadcast this. It is a feature that some people would want, and I provided an example. That example person might want it on all the time because they don’t know when they will be harassed.

I personally would not want it either.

I have a steam deck and have it hooked up to the TV. The machine is a little bit beefier and the cube format would be more convenient for my TV setup.

It will most likely sell out constantly for the next year, they will be fine.

But you are limited to that consoles game library and a steam machine can play any game ever purchased on steam or added to steam via keys. Plus adding games on sale saves money in the long run.

There is a significant cost savings on the games sideways for those with a large steam library. Not enough at these prices, but it would have been if it was around $800.

I wanted the tiny box format for playing my steam library on the TV without needing to run a cable from the PC. Wasn’t sure I could build one this small so I waited to see how much this was.

Around $800 for the 2TB model was my hope when it was announced. Stupid AI data centers screwing over memory prices.

It would be a great feature for someone who is being harassed by authorities like ICE and wants a public record to be available even if they are abducted or killed.

“Happy birthday to Carol/Caroline/Slut/Mom!”

Yeah, that checks out.

The singers could be staff at a restaurant who are not familiar with her…

Depending on whether Tu or Youyou is her “first” name for the song it will be:

“Happy birthday to Tu”

Or

“Happy birthday to Youyou”

Both have repetition that is likely to trip up a lot of people.

You guys can see your wallpapers?

If they track all that other stuff then they are not ‘license plate cameras’.

Probably banned you for not being a bot.

Agreed! A better title would be:

AI and brain-computer interface allow speechless ALS patient to speak with 92% accuracy in daily use

I look forward to everyone being shown as located in the major city where our VPN is listed instead of where we actually are. That’s how it works for browsers and other location based functionality now.

Long ago, companies hired new people and professionals took on apprentices knowing they were bot going to be productive initially, but thst over time they would be trained and loyal.

Then companies decided that they could poach the people other trained instead of spending money on training their own employees in the interest of short term profits. Then a lack of training meant they didn’t need to increase pay for their own employees to increase shirt term profits, so people started job hopping as it was the only way to increase pay. This of course required personal training outside of working hours or just being good at interviewing, not necessarily the job. That is also why we have entry level positions that require a decade of experience and pay minimum wage.

We have the current culture because of short term profits being the sole driver of business.

The only reason it is currently better is that it is comparatively smaller than the mainstream apps. The more successful and mainstream it becomes the more it with enshittify.