Early/frequent payment terms are always good to have but you may not always have the leverage for it depending on where you’re at as a contractor.

Takes getting ripped off a times before insisting on better terms I guess. It’s like bombing your first job interview… you can prepare but it just needs to happen.

Not impossible but many times more expensive than the drone

Also there's the issue of how to identify systems-interface problems and posting those tasks for completion as well. No guarantee that a totally federated system will not solve interfacial issues faster than they generate them without feedback and oversight.

If our groceries and cars were priced the same people would be protesting in the streets… the author notes how much the drug manufacturers and the pharmacy groups make, but there’s also all of the costs from the intentional inefficiencies of the system that drive up costs for consumers.

I think Elon's taken one too many puffs of hopium

At least, that way you know it’s not the remote work portion that’s keeping you from a job.

I’m in the US and everyone I’ve talked to who wants to move have been discussing the challenges of getting a foot in the door anywhere.

Not to mention on long haul!

Google’s Gemini integration from a consumer standpoint seems to be doing it right, even though Gemini on the developer side could mean many things.

We’ve probably been on the cusp of the transition from the exponential exuberance on LLM hype towards building products that make money. Still going up, but the hype is slowing.

That being said, probably ~10kW/m^2 is enough to overheat or disable a UAV

When you compare round trip efficiencies and economics it makes sense to just not burn the hydrocarbons to begin with.

Capturing CO2 at the source (power plant, etc) would be simpler to reach economic viability but without incentives it’s dead on arrival. I believe the IRA infra bill had put a price ~$50/ton of CO2 captured.

100kW laser is nothing to joke about, but seems a good application for anti drone tasks. Fiber lasers are pretty snazzy.

Regular folks filing taxes don’t have particularly difficult returns, but if the government already knows what you owe/get back, why waste everyone’s time? Obviously deductions exist for a reason, but standard deduction folks shouldn’t have to file to confirm that their number matches what the IRS already calculated.