From time to time I have seen articles about self-cleaning bathrooms. But they are very small self-contained unit type deals that blast the whole bathroom with high-pressure super hot water and so on. Almost like a car wash.

I fucking hate those things. I saw somewhere that it's almost always an alignment issue, but I feel like with today's technology it should be self-correcting if it's going to otherwise blind people. We have phones that can photograph an ant's asshole at 300 meters. they could fix this shit if they cared. They'll only care if they lose billions in a class action lawsuit.

I'm a big fan of Steam, but gog.com also exists, and people should always try to figure out how to preserve copies of their games and media in a self-hosted way wherever possible.

I know with some games it's not possible because of requiring signons, etc, but even those sometimes get cracked (people run their own WoW servers, etc).

I always download and/or sideload everything I can. My e-books, my music, and my games.

I have been negligent about shows and movies because once I watch them I tend to not watch them again. But, I have friends with extensive video libraries that they built up over the years.

It's harder now because storage is so fucking expensive. But don't accept the default mode that your shit has to live in the cloud. The cloud is just somebody else's storage.

They said the trending thing and got reflexive upvotes. That's all it was.

I know that feeling. I lost a good friend to that bullshit. You think you know a guy, then you learn he's OK with genocide.

If Secretary Nurgle ever accomplishes this, he'll spawn some horrible new STD.

For the real advice, watch this hour long video...

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Why won't she call me back!?

I'll never meet another bipedal shark like her again.

Yeah my guess is climate change, too. Mostly the 'everyone killing each other for water' part (but brought on by climate change).

ITT, people taking a cute little comic way too seriously because big feelings about pizza.

This is why I keep mine on my Commodore 64.

Don't forget air circulation is important, too. Leaks are bad. 100% airtight is bad, too. Do a bit of research if you haven't already.

Walmart is technically competent, but more pragmatic than adventurous. In the past, it has often favored proven systems that deliver reliable returns over expensive, leading-edge alternatives. That has been a smart business strategy for them for the most part, even if they are sometimes late to the party when it comes to innovation.

Amazon has made robotics a core part of its fulfillment model. Ocado designed its grocery fulfillment operation around automation from the outset. This meant major investment in infrastructure, software, and process redesign.

Walmart has invested heavily in robotics, too, but its approach has been more incremental and constrained by the need to modernize an enormous existing network. A bolt-on, if you will.

So I suspect Walmart's problems are partly about its approach and baggage, not the state of robotics. They'll figure it out eventually.

Practical use? None I can think of. But I love learning this. Thank you.

Thanks for including the "why" part of the answer.

Thank you for the in-depth answer.

If you like this sort of thing, and enjoy watching YouTube videos, I humbly recommend "Marty's Matchbox Makeovers".

Yup. Not defending AI but it will definitely be used as a shitty excuse for shitty decisions. It's the new "well, it's corporate policy" veneer.

Weirdly it's Monday. Monday through Wednesday is often the slowest part of the week for me.