That’s a reasonable use of a chatbot, to my mind.

Except, consider that the user just browsed to the vacation page to find that information previously. One click. Easy peasy.

Now they must interact with it by typing commands, like they’re playing an old Infocom game: “ASK PAYROLL BOT FOR AVAILABLE VACATION HOURS.” And sometimes it’s hard for humans to know what to ask and how to ask it. It’s much more user-friendly to just have something to click.

We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

How to tell if your “manifesto” is not well thought out is if it has open-ended questions.

Everyone else sees the problem with you answering the above question. If you answer it with the answer in your heart douchebag Alexander and Nicholas - it makes you sound like a racist. Just come out and say the racist part. We know you wanna.

Pretty hard to replace weather info without internet.

Hard to tell the weather without the “Cloud.”

Upon further research, he seems hard-core apolitical.

I must have assumed he was like his character that he played on Boston Legal - who was clownishly right-wing.

Sorry about that improper assumption, and thanks for calling me out on it!

From what I’ve heard, Shatner is normally pretty right-wing about issues. Maybe fiscally, but not socially. Maybe I’m misremembering, or conflating his character on Boston Legal.

I guess it shows people can be complex.

Thanks for the suggestion!

How would I secure Navidrome, so only me and my wife have access to our music collection?

Every charity is evidence of where capitalism has failed us, and how it needs fixed.

My local Banh Mi place gives you a big ol’ sammich for under $10, and it’s a fucking masterpiece of delish.

And Brother printers.

Oh, that is definitely true in the U.S.

Also, I’ve found that rail travel is inconvenient in the U.S. I can’t confirm, but it seems like the Amtrak only comes through my (Midwest) area once a week, on Wednesdays or something like that. So, if I plan a trip, I need to plan around.

Midwest to the East Coast is so much cheaper and faster by air. I want to travel by rail - and you’d think it should be cheaper - but it’s totally not.

Part of it, I believe, is that Amtrak leases the usage of the rail lines from the shipping companies, so it must adhere to their schedules of shipping freight. The USA spends so much on upgrading its highway system; if they used a fraction of that money towards rail travel we would be set. But certain companies keep lobbying Congress to keep us locked in a model where we are totally reliant on cars and gasoline.

Instead of AOC (however much I love her and her message) I’m thinking Whitmer would be better and has a great track record. Walz would be stronger than AOC, if they let him hammer 'em with his wit. Andy Beshear would totally freak the GOP out and would be a great choice.