nomadpete

In your example, Octave, the driver still has to focus on the screen popup temp. Certainly not something that a non BYD driver could accomplish easily. Unlike conventional controls, there is no tactile feedback to confirm the desired action has occurred.

Announced Policies are generally not believed anyway. The public has lost trust in what politicians and speechwriters say.

That's just a comforting distraction. Compare: Generally people knew DJT was a liar, a cheat, etc... but there he is, at the top. Because people voted for him because they hoped he will drain their swamp and punish the over entitled partys. Generally ON Pauline has a poor record, has trouble keeping party members, and no concrete policy.... but people still vote for her because they hope she will drain their swamp and give the over entitled partys a drumming. Still a problem for us.

If I recall correctly (I often don't), Morris Minors and Austins had their instruments and switches halfway across the dashboard. Drivers seemed to cope with it. Seriously, though, Old style switches seem to last half a century, and are easily replaced if they break. I have had a Subaru with electronic dashboard. When the speedo failed, no replacements were available, and the car was instantly unroadworthy. I know that touch screens don't have a great longevity. I'm a fan of steam gauges in planes for the same reason.

I didn't think that JerryA said 'its better'. Sure. But not just USofA. It's a first step toward starting to address the sorry state of affairs in all our various democracies. All the world should be cleaning up their (our) own back yatd. More importantly for us, along with rising the ire of the voters, it brings the whole issue of corruption into the public awareness. Politicians must be aware of the groundswell of discontent. The polls have been showing it for years. We are tired of turning a blind eye to corruption whilst hoping for crumbs of integrity. It should be seen by the political parties as a big warning that the voters want a better deal - one where the wellbeing of the public is served better than the corrupting moneyed minorities (such as tax avoiding business entities)

Well there's a job that won't be stolen by A.I.

We see a lot of normal cars and bikes with historic rego. Yeah, it makes me feel old. Worse still my bike, a model which I recall lusting after back when first seen in showrooms, is now on historic rego, same as it's owner. Not 'collectable' like OME's though. I cannot understand the logic behind spending maybe $20k and a thousand hours 'restoring' an old car that was never desirable even when new. But it seems many do. Nostalgia is an expensive thing to keep in the garage.

Wille, you have just described my worst fears. Although I am not alone, that path of losses and degraded quality of life is my worst dread of all. And not just for myself. I feel badly for my wife having to go through that on her own if I lose my marbles. But for now, we take each day - one at a time - and find something positive to offset the gripes - of - the - day. Last night we went out to the local historic theatre (run by volunteers fighting the boredom of ageing). Watched an engaging but forgotten old movie. Today is the first sunny day for weeks. And I have good reason to get out of bed; It's my turn to put croissants in the oven for breakfast.

It's been a long, long time since I could wake up on saturday morning and wonder idly, 'I wonder what I'll do today?'.

Meanwhile, at the site of Kushner's mediterannean island elite mega resort, bulldozers have appeared and are reportedly clearing land. Nobody seems to know who owns them and no plans are known.

That watchdog report revealed that more than half of the publicly identified donors coincidentally got big contracts....... Sixteen of those 27 donors have watched their federal enforcement actions get dropped, scaled back, or suspended...... At the very least, I'd say 'suspicious coincidence'. But nobody is looking closely anyway.

Maybe I'm just a cynic, but.... The very first task that AI should complete successfully is to redesign itself to use far less electricity and no water. If it can't solve that problem, why should we trust it to do anything else?

I'm writing a book. It's all about things I should do. It's called 'Oughtobiography'

My scarey random thought for today.... I just realised that 1972 and 2026 are as far apart as 1972 and 1918....... Pause for mind boggle.

Is this bloke a personal friend? He seems to know you.... Another recent headline:- "Perth man still not going to concede that was a storm"