CarbyAu

Curious, why the downvotes?

Cool! And I think at least 30 minutes of my day is now going to be spent looking this up and seeing what models etc etc.

Thank you.

If they can do this for one highly complex, many moving parts, integrated product.... do it for phones.

And standardise recycling while you're at it.

I am inclined to agree with you.

Removable batteries for cars has a LOT of bulk and weight to deal with. More a "service interval" like action rather than a daily event. Still handy to have but not nearly so much incentive in the market.

But for motorbikes and scooters, maybe it could work. Especially small city scooter(125cc equivalent) work.

Mind you, I am picturing a dystopian future whereby all the UberEats-like delivery scooter people keep getting their batteries stolen...

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We all know it is about motivation, money and economies of scale.

Motivation - make money for rentiers, otherwise get sued.

Economies of scale - many low paid employees means differences in how you treat them can add up to millions.

Result - employ people to reduce those millions in costs.

Don't blame the man, blame the game.

I also disagree with hereditary titles.

But in a practical sense, I also don't think the next generation of Bezo's are going to be anything but obscenely wealthy. And the generation after that. And after that.

While the hereditary title was a bad idea, they also had turnover too.

So I think it is much of a muchness.

Your second sentence, what's the difference?

Isn't he likely going to be the next trillionaire anyway, with or without the title of Lord?

Absolutely a fun read!

Curiously, it doesn't answer the question.

I have a 2 year old. I can't wait for this wild journey!

A while back I liked the idea of visiting the US, buying a motorbike and travelling around a bit.

But since Trump I really feel on balance that I'd much rather go to many other places in the world instead.

Maybe not China/Russia though...

Humans gotta humanate.

Every now and again I think a "Windowing/Compositing" desktop experience replacement in the form of an Unreal Engine based "game" would be cool.

Even supports VR. '80s Cyberpunk matrix here I come!

pulls out a virtual gun to kill a process dead

What I don't get is:

- The police need social capital. It helps enormously if they can be take at face value for "just doing their job". And this would help in the minor day-to-day interactions that makes up the majority of their working lives.

- Not only is it blatant corruption, the very existence of such cards harms the whole police forces social relationship! It is a "associate infraction with a cop!" card!

If I were a true friend of the police, I would:

- let them do their job fairly (while not letting them get away with unfair)

- not try to associate a cop buddy of mine with my poor decisions!

This echoes my concerns about the ephemeral nature of trust.

Be as positive as you can about it right now. Assume they don't sell and trade. Assume they don't have data breaches. Assume they don't directly try to use it for evil.

Well I could trust them now. But the future?

Do I trust every employee they could hire for the length of time(forever?) they hold my information?

For private industry, do I trust whoever could buy their company in the future? (FB login for VR anyone?)

We have been lucky enough that no one is obviously directly using this information to kill/incarcerate people.

Well, outside of China anyway but that is somebodies else's problem....

Which is my point. For many people, if it doesn't affect you, it isn't an issue.

Until it does.