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None taken or meant either. I just see it a lot, and I guess this morning it triggered a response. :D

I don’t know what to call myself, I just know what ideas and values I believe in, and the ones I hate.

That actually helps, at least with your post. All the more why I hate labels, when they totally flip around depending on the perspective of the person using them. This isn’t just a US/Europe thing, it’s true of history too. Hence the “Party of Lincoln” trope that Republicans like to wave around, ignoring that the party names shifted and flipped over time.

Socialists and other US extreme left ideas merge in with the Democrats because when they first materialized as political movements and a third party, thanks to our political system they either had to die out or pick a side to stay alive.

I always thought I was liberal. Why am I here? Maybe the labels have shifted around and I’ve held on to the same ideas?

I just find it weird when people group liberal and conservative in the same bucket. Labels are about as dangerous as parties, they muddy the discussion.

More importantly, look how no one is getting into trouble for endangering children.

I agree it can be used fallaciously, often found in the business world. My point was to include both good and bad honestly and not hide it, and people won’t shut down if they get the good first. It also depends on the subject - if they’re on the right track and your suggestion leads to better results, that’s not as negative as telling someone they’re doing something incorrectly and offering a different way.

In the end, how you say things is just as important as what is said.

On constructive criticism - definitely rule one is make sure that it’s invited first, but second, the best way to “sweeten” a critique and make it more appealing is to put it between compliments. Don’t have a bare remark about the problems or suggestions, tell them what you like first, then how they might change things, and then close with something else positive or simply thanking them for sharing it. Even if someone says they want to hear what people think, it’s normal to be defensive, so help lower that reaction first, and then leave them feeling appreciated even though you pointed out issues you saw.

searching Walmart website

Not yet.

The real market if this does hit actual shelves is whoever creates adapters for existing products.

There’s lettuce on his Big Mac!

You’re going to get tired of winning tariffs.

Humans are terrible. The human eyes and brain are good at detecting certain things though that allow a reaction where computer vision, especially only using one method of detection, fails often. There are times when an automated system will prevent a problem before a human could even see it. So far neither is the clear winner, human driving just has a legacy that automation has to beat by a great length and not just be good enough.

On the topic of human drivers, I think most on the road drive reactively and not based on prediction and anticipation. Given the speed and possible detection methods, a well designed automated system should be excelling at this. It costs more and it more complex to design such a thing, so we’re getting the bare bones of the best minimum tech can give us right now, which again is not a replacement for all cases.

Actually it does. It doesn’t put it out, but it does give somewhere for the heat to go until the reaction is finished. It just takes a ton of water, i.e. immersion if possible. Which is very similar to other large fires, where the water used isn’t to try and put the fire out as it’s too hot, but to just control spread to other areas.

Immunity from crimes. Always has been. Although the lust for power is bigly too.

Truly random. I would have never guessed that one.