Espiritdescali

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There is a tsunami coming in the workplace, you can already buy a humanoid robot for $16k (1), which is less than the cost of an employee. When these robots can become actually useful (instead of marketing material) businesses who use labour will not think twice about swapping over. What do we do when unemployment goes up to 25%, 50% etc

(1) https://www.unitree.com/mobile/g1

I’ve seen more and more concern about the AMOC slowdown. Wouldn’t be good if that goes away. Talking a change of -10c in Europe

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We should aim for 1.6 next, every fraction of a degree makes a difference

Although the report also says they expect us to hit 3.1 based on current trends

Looks like its been removed!

640k should be enough for anyone too

Warmer air can hold more water, so humidity increases. It also drives stronger winds...

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The IPCC has always been thought of as being conservative in its estimates of climate change, so to hear Jim Skea, the Chair of the IPCC, say it’s too late is sobering

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Instead we'll build something that needs a subscription, and you can only get the filters from 1st party sources and the filters have a chip that requires you to swap them even if they are not full

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unless the set top box (apple or whoever) has an aerial/satellite /Cable input you still need to use the normal TV to watch standard channels, exposing you to the UI adverts.

I had considered buying an Apple TV, but my Samsung TV does everything I want just with stupid adverts, which I won't be able to get away from if I have to swap sources to Apple TV and back to live TV

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How do you stream TV or watch catch up?

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 13 points 2 months ago

Ford are wrong, and history will prove it.

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