The funny thing is AI is not really mentioned in the rest of the article. I don't think any of the new technology being introduced has anything to do with AI.

I guess "AI" is just a synonym for "new stuff" now.

The "to dispense" instructions are interesting. Put a tube 3/4 of the way into the water, pinch it, and then "pull downward 12 to 18 inches"... good way to create a vacuum and start the siphon action without putting your mouth on the tube.

Right! They used to have a commercial airliner that broke the sound barrier.

I was confused about how the article kept saying "hypersonic" without defining it. Looks like hypersonic means 5x the speed of sound.

https://www.dictionary.com/compare-words/hypersonic-vs-supersonic

This thing is huge, it does 0-60 in under 3 seconds, has sharp angles, and its styling does not seem to target the sensible end of the market... It's like an industrial strength pedestrian destroyer.

I would think it would also increase costs on the agency.

This is pure old-person "butts in seats == productivity" mentality.

This quote from Posobiec is amazing:

"Republicans still haven't internalized that the Left promotes abortion as a pro-feminism issue. They aren't voting to kill babies, they're voting bc of feminist movies like Barbie and pop stars like Taylor Swift influencing an army of voters," Posobiec wrote.

If they are surprised about the connection between the abortion issue and women's rights... wow. Are they really racking their brains to figure out why "killing babies" is a popular position? How stupid are these people?

At the risk of sounding like a hopeless optimist... Wouldn't it make sense for the Republicans to nominate more of a centrist with promises to work on common ground with the Democrats (whatever narrow terrain that may consist of now) and thereby sideline the MAGA crew to irrelevancy?

Yeah they would take a lot of heat from Trump & co., but maybe they could actually pass something for their constituents.

Could all YouTubers everywhere please emulate this guy's style... no obnoxious edits, no "destroying" someone else's point of view.... he just calmly and methodically explains what he's done and what the issues are.

You're right, but you could say the same about the National Park GIS lookup.

Maybe the thing to do here, when web sites start enforcing this, is to swamp them with support requests. Don't write a screed or manifesto with ethical or technical reasons why this is wrong. Pretend to be a non-technically-inclined user and tell them you've spent hours trying to get it to work and your browser keeps throwing up errors you don't understand. They will ignore the principles, but if they think the technology is "too hard" for their "dumb users," that might carry more weight.

There are involved parents who still want to use parental controls. It's not like everyone who uses the controls is relying solely on them. It's not an all-or-nothing proposition.

The other frustrating thing about Apple's parental controls is that you need another Apple device to use them. Good old fashioned brand lock-in. No good reason you couldn't manage this in a browser.