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Not only that but also somehow failed to find a full sized pistol and silencer while searching the bag for explosives, which is pretty alarming.

They went with their instincts and tried to frame a guy who just happened to actually be guilty, and it backfired on them.

But who is paying a million a year for this? The only conceivable benefit is that it just kills Americans. So who profits from that?

This is one of the more puzzling Trump/MAGA positions because I can't see that it even makes anyone money.

And if they don't then they REALLY need to change that ASAP because there is no reason why a unified Europe should not be able to stand against a version of Russia that is struggling to invade Ukraine.

Yes, lots of them. Most adult men have no interest in sex with children regardless of the presence of consequences.

I guess that might work for military leaders that are planning to evaporate in the years when this administration is out of office. For others that intend to continue existing outside of a prison cell, it doesn't seem like it's going to be a big incentive.

A viable product is something with a customer. This doesn't have one.

Its not though. They have had robots that can mirror humans for more than a decade. They don't use them for hazardous work for one REALLY simple reason:

They are worth more than humans.

Seriously. Anything that is so dangerous that it is prohibitively expensive to safely do with humans just gets exported to the third world where humans aren't worth anything. Why use million dollar robots when you can can just use brown guys in sandals for a nickel an hour instead?

Take auto battery recycling. That is a dangerous job that requires a lot of PPE and a ton of environmental mitigation efforts for the factory doing it. You have tons of vent hoods and lots of training and tons of inspections and oversight. Of course, that is only if you want to recycle batteries in a country that has workers rights, which is why no one recycles batteries in those countries. Instead, those batteries all get shipped to Africa where dudes break them apart with hammers in a field and cook out the metals in open pits and dump the acid into their water supply. Sure, those dudes are going to be dead in a 3 years, but who cares? Battery companies make a ton by getting the cheap recycled materials back and selling new "recycled" batteries.

First thing I noticed. This is like standing next to a manufacturing robot, except without the black and yellow safety square that tells you how far its reach is.

He actually just gave you a chance to see the world through his eyes. This is what they see when they see people who aren't like them.

You might be surprised by how capable linux gaming has gotten. The only thing really missing is AAA FPS type games. That doesn't matter at all to me, but its something to consider. Just about everything else plays right out of the box.