Sodium ion is certainly promising, particularly for large vehicles that have more space for the batteries. I definitely look forward to how that tech progresses and possible becomes even more optimized over time.

I don’t think drilling/burning oil is the optimal path. I just don’t see another way forward that drastically reduces emissions within a short span of time. Hybrids may not be the answer, but they could certainly be part of the effort.

Additionally, cars are only a few drops in the overall CO2 bucket. We need to fully go into renewables and/or nuclear energy. It is also absolutely critical to figure out how to drastically reduce or fully eliminate emissions from cargo ships and airplanes, as they account for far more emissions than cars do. Lastly, we need to drastically reduce or fully eliminate meat farming, as they produce a fuckton of methane, not to mention the intensive amount of water and other resources it takes.

Anyway, yeah, it’s a cluster fuck of crises.

Being an asshole isn’t conducive to constructive discussion, either. So, ironic for you to dismiss my opinion in such a haphazard way while ignoring what I’m actually saying.

Of course I am aware of the global effort to find better battery technologies. Yet, outside of sodium ion, everything is largely dependent on lithium ion. Lithium is extremely destructive to the local ecosystems it’s mined from.

Lastly, where the fuck do you think the majority of electricity is being produced from in large swathes of the planet? Cars absolutely need to have zero emissions. But, transitioning literal billions of vehicles to EV in a short span of time (~10 years) would require an unfathomable amount of batteries.

The most ideal solution, of course, would invest much more effort into zero emissions mass public transit. But, again, where is all that money going to come from?

The obvious answer is that there is no obvious solution that the public will leap to embrace. And even if the masses do embrace it, they’re still handicapped by their income.

So tell me, how the fuck are EVs going to solve the overall crisis that is climate change in a realistic time span at the current conversion rates, that also doesn’t destroy ecosystems? Not to mention all the toxic battery waste when tens of thousands of EVs start being totaled/decommissioned once they’re mass adopted.

These problems are nuanced and complicated, so I guess I grow tired of people like you finger wagging and acting like they fucking have all the answers.

And we’re going to continue ignoring the extreme environmental damage that mining for lithium causes?

I guess my main argument is we either make mass producing EVs far more environmentally friendly or we find a better alternative to lithium.

Yes, because car manufacturers have already been producing them for over 20 years at this point and already have factories that can do it. It’s “simpler” in that new factories all over the world aren’t required to mass produce.

I mean, he’s not fully wrong. You either fucking stick with your goals or you don’t. Personally, I think full EV within the next decade is a pipe dream and doesn’t actually resolve the fundamental problem. Hybrids are much simpler to manufacture, require far less toxic lithium mining and production, and have a very notable reduction in emissions in the short and long-term.

Why the fuck aren’t we pushing hybrids?? It’s such a better gateway transition until we get better fucking battery technology than is lithium ion.

And of course the medical treatment will be very expensive without having very expensive health insurance.

100% this. The guy was literally a consultant and a developer. It’d just be bad business for him to outright dismiss AI without having actual hands on experience with said product. Clients want that type of experience and knowledge when paying a business to give them advice and develop a product for them.

What about it do you not trust, out of curiosity? And how do you ensure OS integrity if not using TPM?

McNamara was truly one of the most cold-blooded sociopaths in US history.

Um, having direct access to pull my government photo ID is a huge deal. Lots of online services require photo ID or other more in-depth verification to pull loans and stuff. So yes, this new vector IS a serious concern.

And paying someone $50 at any DMV? C’mon, man, that sounds like some unfounded bullshit. Hardly anyone is going to risk a cushy government job with solid benefits and great hours for fucking $50, let alone the potential risk of going to jail.

Yeah, people already browse porn with zero privacy precautions, so linking their fetishes to them would be trivial. The main concern is having yet another privacy vulnerability vector for identity theft.

Stardew Valley is already on iOS and Android. But yeah, I do think there are a lot of modern indie games with simpler graphics that would be completely fine. Hell, they just ported Dredge to Android (not sure if they did on iOS or not and too lazy to Google).

Oh for sure, but I don’t think phones that have Snapdragon 865 or higher/equivalent aren’t exactly the norm for older phones people just have lying around in a drawer. Regardless, ARM support for SteamOS is great news, IMO. Really opens up a lot of possibilities for stronger phones.

I have doubts that it would work well on the majority of older phones. I would think that the lack of a sizable memory pool would really be a hindrance to performance, let alone performing well for games. Hell, even on the Steam Deck, I have had to use Cryo tools to increase the page file to expand available memory in a couple of games to avoid crashing problems.

As for retro gaming, there are countless emulators already available on Android that work quite well. I can even play PS2 games on my phone surprisingly well.

Oh 100%, completely agree with you there.

To be fair, ingredients have continued to climb in price, especially beef. The fast food model was always unsustainable without sacrificing quality even further and raising prices.

More context needed. Sometimes my kids are savages, so yelling does occur on occasion. They’re usually pretty great, though.

Edit: yikes, people took my comment way too seriously. I don’t literally think my kids are savages, jfc. No shit, you shouldn’t yell at your kids. I typically don’t. But, I am not perfect, and neither is literally every single parent. We’re humans and there are days where we have shorter breaking points and our feelings get the best of us, especially when your kids are being super energetic, chaotic, and not listening to anyone. The important thing isn’t NOT yelling 100% of the time, it’s apologizing and explaining what happened to them afterwards when it does get the better of you.

I really tried to enjoy RDR2. It’s got some great qualities, and the acting, writing, and cutscenes are phenomenal. But… The gameplay… I’m all for slowburn walking simulator type games (e.g. I loved Detroit Become Human, among others).

But with RDR2, the world is so massive and yet there was no sense of excitement when finding stuff. You get just about all your upgrades fairly early in the game. There’s no sense of character gameplay progression. And after just a few hours of traveling around, it felt like I quickly had seen all the random event variations on the roads/trails (e.g. stop bandits hijacking a wagon, robberies, etc). I don’t know, it just felt like a hyper realistic GTA5: Western, but without all the plethora of goofy shenanigans that game has.

Tbf, those types of jobs have a higher degree of turnover and thus need slots backfilled more frequently. Trades jobs can be pretty fuckin miserable, especially ones that are incredibly physically demanding as you age.

Gotcha, that’s what I was thinking as well. I haven’t done any software development in a long time (I have a degree in it, but professional career sent me down another path in tech), so my memory on input sanitization is very rusty. Thanks for the response!