People have options, and it’s very easy to go somewhere else. If the food isn’t better the price and demand are going to be perfectly related. Every price hike matched by a corresponding drop in sales. Zero sum game.
The idea that facial recognition was just to determine if someone is in front of the machine is a diversion. A simple occupancy sensor would do the same, cheaper and more simply. The company only invested in the facial recognition because they are getting some other gain from it (presumably, data harvesting).
You’ve got to figure, if some is still driving their 20 year old Saturn or Mercury, they are a careful driver.
I don’t really find the Android notification system useful, as there are always a few apps that permanently place an icon in the tray. But I’m not really a mobile “power user” so I’m not the target market for these features.
Exactly. Mastodon supports polls so what the heck?
I think this is very true, but western media isn’t going to probe this point.
US government doesn’t grasp that sanctions will only further motivate their internal technology development, until it surpasses US tech. China isn’t North Korea. They have plenty of local talent and capabilities.
The US govt is unable to fathom that SMIC internally innovated to allow 7nm, and now 5nm process that does not need the sanctioned tech. Also, SMIC is likely stretching the truth, calling their N+1 tech 7nm, just to taunt the US.
US. I see the same scams on clients without Adblock. Only way they care is if it becomes a PR problem for them.
Looks delicious. I love homemade bread.
Naan, idli.
First car with composite wheels and a variable nozzle turbo!
(Picture I took at the 2019 Greenwich Concours)
WIP