Using Google services and being concerned about privacy is like asking an arsonist to guard your property from fires.

IDK. Sounds like a problem for Cisco to figure out.

It's been feeling like energy, technology, and defense companies run the entire country for a while, it's just becoming more apparent over time.

Siri/Spotlight (now that they're combined) are horribly broken in MacOS 27. I need to reboot my laptop daily or it just spins and can't pull up any results, it just spins. It used to work flawlessly.

Hagrid may have been a peaceful person, but I'm pretty sure he would beat her ass if he could.

Isn't that all entertainment so some degree? Television/movies, video games, amusement parks...It's all just escapism from the daily grind.

This really is Biden's fault if you get down to the basic facts...

/s

If this gets any traction expect insurance companies to start getting religious real quick.

I feel for Valve that they are launching in the middle of the AI bullshit that is bringing costs up, but ~$1,200 for the base model + ergonomic kit + tax. They might charge another $200-300 for this kit just to give people more than 90 minutes of playtime and more immersive audio. This doesn’t include the cost of a gaming PC, which can be $1,500+. And the best VR game is a 6+ year old game I already played on my HTC Vive. I don't know who these are for with these prices and in this market, but I wish them the best.

They don't need a boogeyman. They get 100% of what they want 100% of the time. They will likely stay in power regardless of the midterm results. No one has pushed back in any significant way to cause change, so why would it change?

Heretic!

You may be surprised to learn that the elderly still have bills. Social Security doesn't necessarily cover all of those bills. Medicare does not cover all medical expenses in their entirety, and many times require a part B private insurance plan and a monthly premium payment and co-pays to go along with it. And medication expenses. For someone that just had a major medical issue, they could be looking at thousands, or tens of thousands, or more, to pay for the medical treatment they just received. They can be indebted to medical debt for life.

Source: My parents worked their entire lives and put money into retirement savings. It did not last them their expected lifetime so they ran out of retirement savings. Their social security checks do not cover all of their expenses. They pay over $200 a month OOP in medications, pay ~$800/month for a Medicare part B premium, ~$100/month for medication insurance, and still have to go to doctors/specialists multiple times a month with co-pays/OOP expenses.

This isn't an elderly-specific issue. My brother had cancer and was in and out of hospitals for 3 years. He died owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in OOP medical debt (total bills were well over $1 million). His widow, my sister-in-law, will be paying those expenses for the rest of her life, even though she is remarried and my brother died 25 years ago. He had insurance. He was a teacher.

TLDR: Our medical system is barbaric and should be torn to shreds and rebuilt as a universally-paid, non-profit social service.