I would say it’s worse than that. Read Plato’s “Republic” and you may come to appreciate a much more expansive appropriateness of Comic Sans, beyond just the current administration.

Asking "cui bono?" is always a sound question to ask in a political or commercial context, but it should not be the only one. Don't fall prey to appeal to motive. Even if the motivation is self-serving, it need not be bad per se.

> "laws of war"

What you want to appeal to are just war principles.

The heights seem all over the place. Look at the WTC, for example.

How do you figure this? Russia's buildings aren't being demolished.

Many are abandoned, many lack the even most basic features, like plumbing. Hell, there is not even paved roads once you leave the bigger cities.

Some are. There is a war on.

> Having 20 different 3-second thoughts transcribed to notes that I have to process every day sounds more like added complications than problem solving.

Frankly, I'm surprised this is a selling point, because I think it attaches too much importance to our "ideas". If it's a good idea that you'll pursue in earnest, you'll come across it again. And if you don't, so what?

I say this as someone who does quite a bit of reflection throughout the day. I jot down things I find interesting, which can be, paradoxically, a way to move past the musing and onto other things instead of having it nag and pull my attention from other things. So, in all likelihood, this product would likely lead to a bunch of crap being stored in memory that you'll never return to.

Some people have serious memory issues, such as myself (I recently took a test from a neurologist and scored in the bottom 2%). I see this as being a lifesaver.

It's not just for "ideas", it's for reminders. Most of my remembering happens when I'm driving on the highway, and I don't want to text and drive.

For me it's more observations than ideas - "check out new restaurant/bookstore I saw while driving in Arlington" while not getting distracted from the actual driving...

i would also see this as being super useful for things you need to buy. i often notice halfway through cooking something that i'm running low on an ingredient. that's one of the worst times to have to stop and pull out a phone haha, but if i don't write it down i won't remember to get this random niche ingredient later

I don't see anything "sexist", not by any stretch. You may want to consider that you're projecting.

I assume they thought the person on top of the mountain is a man instead of the same woman with her hair tied back.

because it's AI and badly drawn, it's difficult to tell. A real artist with intent to state it one way or the other would make sure it was unambiguous. which is my point

you may want to consider my use of the word "ambiguous" and consider what you're projecting by ignoring it

Being an engineer and being contextually intelligent are not mutually exclusive. Understanding context is necessary for being an effective lead engineer, for instance. Without sufficient context, you cannot make effective technical decisions.

The purpose of a technology is not inherent to the technology itself, but externally determined, and without knowing context, you cannot know the purpose, and if you don't know the purpose, you won't know which way to go, and without knowing the terrain you have to navigate, you won't know how to get to your destination or how to prioritize your work. Strategy and tactics become impossible.

You wouldn’t have prevented it. You would have maybe unknowingly created a condition that would have postponed it. And then you would never have known that you had done so.

In any case, obesity is the result of a lifestyle and going on the hike was a choice that he made and that his daughter accepted when she chose to go on the hike with her father knowing his condition.

Tragic, but there it is. The clock is ticking for us all. Any day now.

If Lem was there, he would likely have agreed to dedicate his books to "the best third-rate scifi writers", given his generally critical view of American/Western scifi as naive, "commercial trash", and shallow entertainment.

Not all Western sci-fi are gadget dangling spaceship displays. That might have appeared as the trend to Lem, and I don't blame him. I have only Solaris that's by him, and gotta admit- it's on another level.

Too bad that I wouldn't be able to read Lem in the original. It's not an easy language to learn, is what I hear.