the scammers are already using 'ai'
ares35
joined 2 years ago
raise your hand if you ever thought training 'ai' on the whole of the internet was a good idea.
i remember talk as far back as the 1980s about high-speed rail between the cities and chicago.
still waiting.
patents is what you're thinking of. and all (afaik) of them relating to mp3 format have expired.
most transit buses are also larger and/or heavier, with larger engines that burn more fuel.
being a convicted felon would make him eminently more qualified to be a republican candidate for office.
they also rely on those big cities they hate so much to provide some of the funding for the services and infrastructure they no-doubt take for granted.
a shift of ~ 240k people from oregon to idaho would result in oregon going back down to 5 congressional districts, and idaho gaining one for three. so one electoral vote moves from a reliably-democratic state to a republican one. that one elector could very well swing a presidential election.
iirc, changes to state boundaries requires approval of both states and congress (and also the president, who would have to sign-off on the legislation passed there). oregon would never go for it--not entirely sure idaho would be on-board, either, even with the thought of gaining a congressional seat. providing state services and funding to that region would be a perpetual net-drain on idaho's economy.
not to worry, it won't be long until "after almost 29 years..."
verizon did the same thing awhile ago, and it was more than five bucks a month.
was still cheaper for us to keep the old plan than to switch to a new "unlimited" one, though.
as real as artificial cheese.