They don’t actually rip up roads but just put retractable bollards there that are lowered for emergency vehicles and cargo delivery with a permit.

And X just had to give in to the inevitable downfall everybody knows is coming and just close down already. It would be better for humanity.

Except with cloning the other twin would be a different age as with current tech the clone is back to being a baby. You’d need rapid growth tech and mind transfer tech to at least make the clone have the same age, memories and personality, although that would most likely introduce other differences.

https://youtu.be/3QF-8n1-3qI

This one goes in detail. They’re are a few floors that are just sleeping quarters.

Reminds me of this guy: https://youtu.be/bzE-IMaegzQ

The time you enjoy wasting is never wasted time.

I discovered I’m bad at growing food and glad I don’t have to live off what I grow. That would be stressful.

“I didn’t say I beamed them out in one piece, or all pieces at the same time. It was a small hole after all.”

Shorter lived species than humans should be even more widespread and rapidly developing

Great, now I have “I am the very model of a scientist Salarian” stuck in my head

in that they could eliminate traffic

That’s the question. Let’s say the roads are now exclusively self driving cars and they are so efficient they double the throughput of roads. Meanwhile commuters bought houses that are twice as far away from the city because those houses are cheaper, and now they can sleep and work in the car anyway, so twice as much traffic. Or all schoolkids not taking the schoolbus anymore and all going by individual autonomous car and all pensioners getting their robo-taxi to squeeze through rush hour every morning so they’re first at the supermarket for the freshest produce. It remains to be seen how that works out.

With Uber and other ride hailing services it became clear that cheap point to point transport replaces trips that are otherwise being made with public transportation like buses, and thereby increasing traffic. There were also more trips in total done because of the convenience than were done before, thus also increasing traffic. It’s the classic Jevons paradox.

Self driving taxis could certainly have the same effect or more if they are cheaper than ride hailing. The increase in usage can easily be greater than the number of private cars it replaces.

We have curse stacking so it forms one big word. Godverdommemiljaardenondju. It’s an ugly mix of dialect, French and Dutch, meaning something like “curse you a billion times in the name of God”. And if it’s only a mild inconvenience we only use a small part, like “dju” or “miljaar.”

“Your work was perfect and thanks to your continued efforts going above and beyond we achieved record profits. Unfortunately the budget doesn’t allow any raise this year.”

The most likely answer to get in 2 years.

There was a time where more companies held on to people and you could start and retire in the same company. That’s now decades ago. That era ended with the oil crisis and never came back, despite bosses pretending it’s still there.

Oh, how they hate the new generations doing exactly the same as they do, and only being interested in what’s in it for them in the short term and not trusting any promises.

Celebrities apparently.

There is no karma system so no people shitposting and reposting as much to pump up their score. Without this kind of gamification there is less noise.

Like if you’re writing an essay on paper. You have your desk covered with a reference book or two, your draft version, working version, assignment, additional clarifications and notes, … It would be such a hassle to put it all in one neat stack and search for whatever you need every time.

So programmers like to have the programming manual, design, notes, remarks from the customer, … spread out over the screen(s) instead of switching back and forth every time.

I use a cover anyway because cracked glass isn’t the look I go for, and use that cover to hold my cards. A millimeter less is something I won’t notice.

They even sell extra durable phones with extra padding.

Ukraine: will they actually nuke when I send a drone? No.

Multiple drones on Moscow? Still no.

Blow up a bridge? Nope.

Maybe a boat? Silence.