You can also spot mimics because they breathe, their model gets bigger and smaller on a cycle.
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The speed of light thing makes me laugh so hard, as it's referenced to the speed of light in METRIC! To be specific the 1983 definition.
But hey, if ancient Egyptians were using a unit defined in 1983 aliens must have been involved right? No way they figured that out themselves.
Not only do they want the product to die, they also make it really hard to repair. Not offering spare parts, except through official repair centers which charge so much you might as well buy a new unit. Not providing any kind of documentation or schematics. Using chips with custom firmware you can't download anywhere, so even if you were to replace the hardware, without the software it's useless. Locking off communication/programming ports behind passwords and custom programming software.
This is why right to repair is so important. It isn't just phones, it's all consumer electronics. With proper care, maintenance and repair, a lot of devices could easily double their lifespan. This reduces e-waste and saves consumers money, it's like a win for everyone except for the people trying to sell you new shit.
Because search engines are much more complicated than you seem to think. The reason the operators worked back in the day (probably later than 1997 though), was because the search engines actually searched through the contents of the pages they indexed. They used a lot of tricks to make it work, but basically they were matching keywords directly to the index.
Modern search engines are much more complex than that, using a lot more abstraction and interesting techniques to both index and search. The amount of data being indexed has exploded since then, the number of users has exploded and the way people use the internet has changed. To keep costs down and search times low, search engines needed to change drastically. And because most people using search engines won't know how to use those features, they didn't get preserved.
I do wonder what kind of search engines you are talking about though. I assume you mean the big ones like Google and Bing (or sites using those engines) and not like a simple product search on a small webshop. Because as frustrating as using Google and Bing have gotten, they are still amazing tech and not bare-bones at all. The reasons for their failings are only partly in their control and not even really their fault. (Except for the AI thing Google tried, that was 100% their fault and just dumb).
Questions how people on remote islands use the same symbol as in other places, doesn't question how the people got there.
Logic? Just say no!
I think the Germanic influence of adding land at the end should have been a different color. It's still based in Latin, but still a significant difference imho.
They are not. Tesla cars are level 2 autonomous, which is basically advanced cruise control. A feature found in many luxery cars before Tesla was even founded. With this level the driver needs to be aware of everything around the car and the car itself. Keep a hand on the steering wheel and be prepared to take over at a moments notice.
Tesla is currently facing lawsuits because they have branded one of their systems as Full Self Driving, implying level 5, but in reality only being level 2. There are also lawsuits involving the selling of an upgrade package with the car, which promised a higher level of autonomous control. Even though Tesla full and well knew that they weren't even remotely close to being able to do so. Since it was highly unlikely, borderline impossible, for the purchaser to actually obtain said upgrade, selling such a thing would be illegal. They also faked many demos and promotional material. A prominent example of this was a video of the car driving around a city, with Tesla claiming the car drove itself and the driver didn't do anything. Later footage leaked showing the car behaving erratically, veering into a cyclist, before the driver performing an emergency stop. Both occupants were shocked and nervously laughed off the incident. This was one of many incidents on that trip which didn't make it into the final video, but was leaked later.
Other brands are well ahead of what Tesla can do. But when we look at for example the Waymo cars or the stuff Toyota has been trying out, you can see the thing has sensors all over the place. Along with a roof mounted array of equipment. Our current level of technology requires this to be able to drive safely. Tesla cars don't have any of this, they even cut back on the number of high tech sensors in order to cut costs. Especially during the chip shortages caused by logistical pipeline failures due to covid. A lot of brands can actually produce self driving cars. The problem is costs, the equipment needed would double the price of the car, pricing itself out of the market. They could add it to fancy vehicles, but to be honest, once you can afford a Rolls Royce, the price of a human driver becomes a rounding error. But many brands offer and have offered level 2 for some time now. I personally have had experience with the excellent system Volvo has been using for years.
The only unique thing Tesla ever did was lie about what their products were capable off. And to the shock of the industry, they got away with it, with their market value exploding. It makes no real world sense to value Tesla above other big car manufacturers, even if their claims were true. It's a bubble about to go pop.
Plus he lied about what his company could actually do from the beginning, leading to an inflated stock price. The idea was Tesla was streets ahead of the rest of the industry, in reality they weren't all that far ahead and other brands surpassed them quickly.
Our tunnels are earthquake-proof TODAY. This is something we can do TODAY. It can beat rail in being earthquake-proof, TODAY!
Still waiting on those self-driving cars Elon. How is this man not in jail yet? The stock value of his companies are based on pure lies and he has been lying for years now. Every promise has been broken, no deadline has ever been realistic. And he's beta testing deadly machines on public roads.
Fuck Elon, me and my homies all hate Elon.
Robots that dress up in a maids uniform, but are actually only used to fuck: Check
The people pushing this don't care, they will be rich enough for the short term effects to not affect them. After that they will be dead from old age. They just want to extract the max before they leave this place, as is their tradition as the boomer generation.
It's our children and our children's children who are in big trouble and they have proven many times not to give a fuck about children.