Friday, June 28
Optimus Robots Will be Selling Next Year
Elon Musk announced that Tesla may start selling its Optimus humanoid robot next year. The automaker plans to use the robot in its own factory by the end of the year.
A few months ago, Tesla unveiled “Optimus Gen 2”, a new generation of its humanoid robot that should be able to take over repetitive tasks from humans.
The new prototype showed a lot of improvements compared to previously underwhelming versions of the robot, and it gave some credibility to the project, which was laughed off by many when first announced with a dancer disguised as a robot for visual aid a few years ago.
Tesla believed it to be possible by leveraging its AI work on its self-driving vehicle program and expertise in batteries and electric motors. It argued that its vehicles are already robots on wheels. Now, it just needs to make them in humanoid forms to be able to replace humans in some tasks – primarily repetitive and dangerous tasks. READ MORE...
Thursday, June 27
Debate Tonight
So, we begin with an unfair advantage for the Democrats...
Sounds like to me they are really concerned about what might happen to them in November, otherwise they would have agreed to moderators that were unbiased...
Will Biden appear on stage jacked up on drugs?
Will Trump appear on stage full of anger?
Will this debate actually change any minds?
Biden says the border is closed to illegal immigrants crossing over into the USA...
The data says otherwise.
Biden says that prices have come down substantially so there is not inflation in the USA...
The data says otherwise...
Biden says that inflation was at 9% before he assumed the office of POTUS...
The data says otherwise...
On the other side of the coin, Donald Trump is a convicted FELON based upon ridiculous charges that will be appeals and probably reversed after the election...
The data says he is a convicted felon nonetheless...
The real question is:
Were you better off during the Trump administration or during the Biden administration?
Neither candidate in my opinion is a great candidate for President, so if I vote at all, it will be for the LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS.
Right now... Currently... this is what I see:
- Insane increasing of illegal immigrants crossing into the USA
- An enormously divided/polarized country
- High gasoline and food prices
- Rampant crime and violence in our cities
- A two-tiered justice system
- A DOJ that has been weaponized to go against its political opponents
- A WOKE movement that is out of control
- A failing educational system
- Social media platforms that are biased toward liberals
- A mainstream media that censors information from the public
- A weak, pathetic military that is unprepared for war
- A global lack of respect for the USA
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 NBA Draft kicks off tonight (8 pm ET, ABC/ESPN) with Round 1 from Brooklyn, New York; see full preview and mock draft (More)
> Shifty Shellshock, frontman for rock band Crazy Town, dies at 49 (More) | Gena Rowlands, "The Notebook" star and two-time Oscar nominee, has Alzheimer's disease (More)
> Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organizers of the Oscars, invites nearly 500 new members, including Jessica Alba, Catherine O'Hara, and Lily Gladstone (More)
Science & Technology
> Waymo fully opens its self-driving robotaxis in San Francisco to the general public; service has been offered in Phoenix—a flatter and more grid-like environment—since October 2020 (More)
> Researchers pinpoint cellular mutation responsible for a rare condition known as Ondine's curse, where patients lack the ability to regulate breathing while unconscious (More)
> Scientists discover bacteria that produce antifreeze-like proteins; species of marine worms use the bacteria to survive in polar waters (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.8%, Nasdaq +1.3%) as Nvidia shares rebound following Monday sell-off (More)
> European Union regulators charge Microsoft with violating antitrust regulations by bundling Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions; Microsoft could face a fine of up to 10% of its annual global revenue (More)
> Rivian shares rise over 50% in after-hours trading after Volkswagen announces up to $5B investment in the electric vehicle maker by 2026 as part of new joint venture (More) | Tesla recalls most of its Cybertrucks over issues with the windshield wipers and loose trim, impacting an estimated 11,000 vehicles (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks what would have been the first religious charter school in the US; Catholic school likely to appeal (More) | US surgeon general issues advisory declaring gun violence a public health crisis; US gun-linked deaths surpassed 48,000 people in 2022, over half by suicide (More) | See advisory (More)
> Kenyan police open fire on protesters storming and setting fire to the country's parliament, killing at least five people while lawmakers flee in underground tunnels; group had been protesting a proposed bill to raise taxes (More) | Kenyan police officers arrive in Haiti as part of international mission to quell violence (More)
> Ukraine and Moldova begin membership talks with the European Union in process expected to take years (More) | International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia's former defense minister and another senior leader over alleged war crimes in Ukraine (More)
Rethinking College
In 1972, I was awarded a BA degree and in 1981, I was awarded an MBA degree. Both of those degrees were paid for by the GI BILL because I was in the military during the Vietnam War.
However, even though the GI Bill paid for books and tuition, I still worked full-time while attending college full-time.
While both the degrees helped me secure employment, I very seldom used the knowledge that I had acquired from both those degrees and NEVER during my 45 years of employment did my employer care about my frigging grades.
I had to earn 60 hours of credit in order to get my MBA. Today, students only have to earn 30 hours to get an MBA.
To me, they have watered down the education process making it easier for students to earn a higher degree. If it is easier to earn a degree, then these graduate students don't know as much as did previous students.
This tells me that a college degree in many cases is simply BULLSHIT and not necessary. This also tells me that employers are going to stop hiring grad students once they determine they don't know that much.
Aside from that, if I had it to do over, I would have never gone to college in the first place UNLESS I was planning to be a CPA, a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer, or a dentist.
You do not have to go to college to learn about computers, programming, or information technology or how to construct algorithms. All that stuff can be learned in trade schools or specialized training. While specialized training is expensive, it is cheaper than a college education at $35,000 a year on average.
Most specialized education classes only cost $1,500 to $3,000 each. Usually, a half dozen is all you need in a particular area to be employable.
Another idea is to go to a community college for your first two years since it is lots cheaper. It is a hell of a lot easier to get into an IVY LEAGUE school as a junior than it is as a freshman, if that's what you really want.
PAY YOUR DUES - go to work at a restaurant as a busboy while you are in high school. After graduation, ask to be a cook and work at that for a few years. Then ask to be a waiter/server for a couple of years. The turnover at restaurants is high so if you are willing to hang in, in about 8 years, you will be promoted to assistant manager and after 12-15 years you will be manager. After twenty years of experience at that same restaurant, you will be offered franchise ownership. After twenty years, you're making over $150K a year plus bonuses.
Think about what you want to do in life and how you want to end up when you finally turn 70. Be smart about your future and use the internet to do research. Don't just go to college because your parents want you to, or your friends are going. College is not for everyone.