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In the USA at least, you can walk into nearly any public library and sit down at a desktop with an internet connection for free.

You can pay for ubi by taxing the robots, both physical and digital.

This suggestion is raised frequently, and quickly falls apart under scrutiny.

Give you me your definition of a “digital robot”.

This may be your lucky day then! You can likely use that lifetime sub now!

I did the Sirius lifetime deal a few years offered before the one you did (in 2003 I think?). At the time they called it the “Friends and Family” promotion. It was only $300 at the time for lifetime sub, and they gave you the hardware for free. I’m still using that same lifetime sub today.

I was told that was the last time I would be able to do that and in the future I’d be paying a $75 transfer fee and be forced into a monthly subscription.

This was absolutely true this was the rules at one point. However there was a rule change (via lawsuit maybe?) that allows UNLIMITED TRANSFERS and the fee is only $35/transfer. Its even on the SiriusXM website FAQ:

“Please note: You may transfer an active Lifetime Subscription to another radio an unlimited number of times. For each permitted transfer of a Lifetime Subscription, you will be charged a $35 transfer fee, and the transfer must be effectuated through your Online Account.” source

Your account is likely still alive with your name on it! Contact them and get back into it!

Further, back when you and I bought our lifetime subs the SiriusXM streaming service didn’t exist. It is actually pretty robust now. With your lifetime sub (even without it being on a vehicle), you have full access to unlimited commercial free streaming in their best quality bitrate (there was a time that they offered reduced bitrates for lifetime users but that’s gone now too).

For me, because of a further discount I only paid $230 for my lifetime sub because I got a credit for my previous monthly service and I’ve now had it for over 22 years. So if you do the math, I’m paying 87 cents per month for full in-car and streaming SiriusXM. Lifetime deal was SO worth it!

My power company charges triple rates from 2pm-7pm weekdays.

Holy crap! Triple for those hours?!

I have a western facing home solar array, for me that is most of my prime power generating hours (besides winter months, of course). 2:30pm to 3pm is my peak generation of the day. I just checked my numbers and I’m still generating more than my house consumes until about 8pm. This will change a bit when it gets hotter and the AC is running more.

The USA was actually on a survivable path with our low domestic birth rate because of the large immigration was compensating. Well, now we’ve fucked that up royally by kicking out our immigrants, and also made ourselves a pariah on the global stage so no new immigrants will want to come here.

Either there would be some sort of UBI program in place for workers that get replaced by robots

UBI wouldn’t be just for workers that get replace by robots. The “U” in “UBI” is Universal, meaning everyone gets the Basic Income. From the guy with untreated mental illness that hangs out in the park to the richest billionaire.

Now, the company says it imagines an “Uber-type of setup” to fill their ranks, with gig workers logging in remotely to argue with customers from the comfort of their own homes.

Alternate headline: “Identity thieves salivating at prospects of gain unvetted positions at consumer financial company”

Agreed. No AI voice changer please. Hopefully every one of us at one point in our lives has been read a story by someone else. Never once did the fact that all the different characters dialog was coming from one voice did that detract from the story or the immersion.

I’ve listened to audiobooks recorded with extremely deep masculine voices (think James Earl Jones) and when the voice actor was doing the voice of a 5 year old girl, (in only a slightly higher whiny timbre which matched the character traits) it was never immersion breaking. However, AI voice would. If I want different actors for different characters I’ll listen to radio dramas.

I believe a majority of Americans are too disconnected from the process and from history to understand why calling someone a king is bad. It’s simply not a message that resonates with most Americans.

I disagree with you, but you’re welcome to your own opinion.

The fact that Trump and his supporters will turn it into lube for jerking off is just further proof it’s not the right message,

Again with focusing on what trump and his deep MAGA folk will think. I don’t care what they think on this. This isn’t a message for them. There may be other messages at another time, but this isn’t for them. Not every message is for MAGA folk.

and the fact that you don’t care what he or they think is further proof how far out of your depth you are in this fight. You still think you can win by making the better argument and gathering a larger group of supporters.

If we are truly in the minority of political opinion, then making a better argument and gathering larger group of supporters is our only path out of this. If we are actually in the majority opinion, then we only need to convince a much smaller group which is currently apathetic and/or sitting on the sidelines. Either way, trying to appeal directly to trump or pure MAGA folks is a dead end.

I haven’t heard you propose any alternative. Are you going right to suggesting an immediate armed uprising or do you have an alternative approach besides “not king message”?

by stroking his ego and chasing his laser pointer around.

You keep focusing on what trump might feel about this protest. I don’t give a shit what he feels about it.

And you’re not going to reach them

Do you believe the majority of Americans (not just people who voted in the last election) want to abandon our power to elect our leaders and instead have an unelected king?

I’m saying a narcissist doesn’t care about things like perception or truth, and his followers won’t, either.

I already replied to that: No one is expecting to change trump’s mind or his full red hat wearing folks. However, there are lots and lots of folks that either didn’t vote, or voted apathetically for trump that wouldn’t want the USA to be ruled by an absolute monarchy (by trump or anyone else for that matter). Those are the folks we need to reach.

He’s not styling himself as a king

trump’s apartment:

Opinion piece by trump’s former National Security Advisor:

trump tells Christians they won’t have to vote anymore after this election:

His actions certainly fit my definition of “styling himself as a king”. What is your definition of that phrase?

There’s no shame or logic or reasoning that will convince him or his followers to abandon their power.

No one is expecting to change trump’s mind or his full red hat wearing folks. However, there are lots and lots of folks that either didn’t vote, or voted apathetically for trump that wouldn’t want the USA to be ruled by an absolute monarchy (by trump or anyone else for that matter). Those are the folks we need to reach.

Yes I do, but not neither I nor the meme is claiming “both sides are the same”

The very first sentence in your meme literally has these words in this order:

“Democrats like Joe Biden are the same as Republicans”

The article specifically points out Biden.

Can you link the cited article? OP didn’t.

Kamala Harris would undoutable be accepting open bribes for the Qatari government of a 747 jumbo jet which she’d still own personally after her term in office. I’m sure we’d also be stocked up on KAMALACOIN too. The HARRIS GOLD CARD for immigration preferential treatment would certainly have happened. Canada, Europe, and our other allies around the world would absolutely still be citing and recognizing the end of American leadership around the world. Tim Walz would have demanded Zelensky say “thank you” to Harris during their White House meeting. Yeah, certainly both sides are the same. /s

it’s just as likely to read that as assuming Microsoft will block all content in order to ensure the safety of sensitive data.

Hang on. If you’re rejecting rational use cases that companies use Teams for, then your assumption must be that Microsoft will block ALL screen capture when a teams meeting is occurring whether its of the Teams meeting content being shared or not. As in, even the presenter would be blocked from doing screen captures of their own system. Why isn’t that your conclusion?

Why are you, again, from the headline only, assuming that screen capture would mandatory for just content shared to you by a Teams presenter? You chose a middle ground, but why didn’t you choose full blocking?

Sniff tests have to be adapted when things tend to stink in general, or companies regularly try to cover up their smell.

So are you adapting yours back now because yours was proven wrong?

What part of the headline suggests the feature is mandatory? Assuming its mandatory doesn’t pass the critical thinking “sniff test” because what is sensitive is purely subjective. Microsoft has no way of knowing what data you consider sensitive. As in, there’s no way Microsoft could make it mandatory on only “sensitive” data.

If one product manager gets added to a call, I hear about it from the other PMs. A good day for me is when I have 8 straight hours of coding to do and I don’t speak to a single soul at work.

Unless you’re coding for yourself, you’re not going to escape PMs in any other org you would go to. Your situation is where soft skills come into play. Identify a PM you like, and route all your communication through them. If others want updates, point them to your chosen PM. If others want invites to meetings tell them “no problem, reach out to [favorite PM] to get added”. If Favorite PM doesn’t invite them to the meeting then its an argument between Favorite and the other person and you’re out of the loop.

The best engineers aren’t just good at their technology, but also communicating with others effectively.

Also, in case you’ve forgotten. Jem is truly, truly, outrageous

We here don’t give a fuck a say “Nike” like Mike.

The single syllable “Nike” pronunciation was introducing in the late 1980s or early 1990s with the advertising campaign for “Nike Air” shoes. Sometimes pop culture name shortening sticks. Another example of this would be the brand Porsche has two syllables, but has been shortened by most to a single syllable name.