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Mercurionio t1_jdgjbie wrote

Because most of the stuff isn't in the public due to being impractical.

I mean, lots of revolutionary tech is good only on paper. There are fuckton of problems that will appear alongside with that tech. So why not solve the problem completely, with all the secondary stuff (or most of them) first, BEFORE hyping stuff and creating a false hope?

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totpot t1_jdghf0f wrote

A big difference between Apple and Google is that Google tests all it's stuff publically and Apple tests all it's stuff internally. Apple probably has a product graveyard as large as Google's. The difference is that they killed them before they had a chance to disappoint the public.
The thing about innovation is that they have to be pie in the sky ideas. Because if the idea isn't at least a little crazy then it means it makes sense. And if it makes sense, then it means that everyone else is already working on it and you're too late.

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Jasrek t1_jdgftd5 wrote

Reminds me of the scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Programmer: Gentlemen, I know how anxious you've all been during these last few days. But now I think I can safely say that your time and money have been well-spent. We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the machine age. Based on the revolutionary Computonian Law of Probability, this machine will tell us the precise location of the three remaining Golden Tickets.

[He pushes buttons on the machine, which prints out a response]

Programmer: It says, "I won't tell. That would be cheating."

[He pushes more buttons on the machine again]

Programmer: I am now telling the computer that if it will tell me the correct answer, I will gladly share with it the grand prize.

[the machine prints out another response]

Programmer: He says: "What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?" [getting increasingly agitated, he begins mashing the buttons] I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what he can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate.

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justingod99 t1_jdg7njz wrote

I’m sorry you can’t understand my comment. After reading your “wEAlthY FaMilY” comment, I tried to make my response as simple as possible.

How about this…Your dad gives you a sports car. Are you now automatically a nascar or F1 champion? Simple enough for ya bud?

Errrrr…..I mean: “Elon sucks because he’s rich!!!! Upvote me!”

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LouSanous t1_jdg68c8 wrote

I agree. I would only consider nuclear in the event that there was some new reactor that could burn spent waste, reducing the half life of it, used no water for cooling and had minimal or no meltdown risk. We have solutions now to these problems that don't involve nuclear

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LouSanous t1_jdg46sw wrote

>2+ decades

7+ decades.

>supply of office furniture, toilet paper, mass produced meat etc are all very efficient and affordable

All of that stuff is significantly cheaper in China. Whatever perceived efficiency the US has is due primarily to unequal exchange.

The US is a failed state. See the TikTok debacle from today for all you need to know about how useless our regulators are.

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