I really should stop responding, as you’re clearly angry I don’t agree you’re any sort of expert.

>WHAT FUCKING 5 MINUTES TIMELINE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!

The 5 min you keep stating repeatedly.

>These are untrained socialites in the goddamn 1920's

No, the 1st class passengers were prioritised to lifeboats. The 2nd and 3rd class passengers were left in the water.

And human physiology hasn’t changed over the past 100 years.

>So you went in controlled conditions into some Arctic water, wow, so impressive.

It wasn’t controlled conditions. And it’s not so much impressive as direct personal experience. In fact, glacial run off water is 2 degrees colder than the open Arctic Ocean.

The key takeaway is I have more experience than you. Yet you continue to argue you’re the expert.

>Still haven't given me an approximate number for how long.

Depends. Up to 15min, I suppose.

>Have you ever had hypothermia? In the water?

No, I am not a fool. I’m not giving myself hypothermia in water just to find out what it feels like to die.

>Then I'd take your first-hand account.

Stop gatekeeping. Stop acting like you’re the expert here. That’s all I’m saying.

>And you just fucking admitted it! It was possible for them to go back and pick people up, without being swarmed by near frozen passengers.

I specifically said I had no opinion. It’s you that’s claiming the expert knowledge.

Read the accounts of the sinking, if you read the descriptions from the lifeboats, if you had any knowledge or experience at all I wouldn’t be calling you out.

You’re very confident that you know better than someone who has direct experience of Arctic water immersion.

But you don’t have any experience or knowledge. Just opinion.

It’s not a specific hypothetical. The Titanic did sink. Pitman, and many others, gave first hand accounts of the situation.

And some lifeboats did return to pick up survivors. It’s one of the reasons Pitman deeply regretted not returning. The passengers that had life jackets, or floating debris, survived for quite a lot longer than your 5min timeline.

But you’re more fond of your opinions that any actual experiences.

Yeah. Probably.

However the other guy is arrogantly stating his opinion as fact.

I just didn’t recognise they had any subject matter expertise.

Full immersion means head below the water, so no I wasn’t doing that for 30min or 4 hours. You keep the back of your neck, and more importantly the vagus nerve within it, out of the water as it can trigger a parasympathetic response in your heart causing an aneurysm.

I was mildly making fun of your statements, as while I have swum, waded and washed in Arctic glacial water it was pretty clear you haven’t and put a ridiculous demand of period specific clothing as a qualifier.

I have no opinion on how long a person can last in the open ocean before death, it’s not something I have any experience of. And, probably more importantly, neither do you.

So I guess my point is perhaps don’t confidently state you know about a subject that you don’t have any experience in? Leave a little room for discussion.

>Have you ever been in cold water before?

I have, yes.

>I mean freezing water.

Yes. In glacial flows on the coast of Greenland and Svalbard. Full immersion, multiple times.

>Have you been in it in 1912 clothes?

Fuck. No. I only had my underwear on. Guess that rules me out from commenting further on the physiological impacts of prolonged submersion in arctic water.

Dammit.

More companies are becoming savvy to Salesforce, and wary of placing the company testicles into the vice.

So sales are slipping away to competitors who are easier to control costs with. Which is impacting forecasts.

I had a meeting with Salesforce. I wanted a price on one specific piece of software. I sat in the hugely expensive office, and listened to the pitch. The add ons. The upsell. They wanted $5m pa more that the competition, and when I didn’t purchase they chased my VP’s for a meeting to sell the ‘opportunity’. I shut that entire conversation down with the cost, two messages on teams, and they were done.

They are not cost effective, nor unique, nor trusted anymore.

This has been the credible rumour for at least 6 months, prior to even the EU announcement on USB-C mandated by 2025.

Mr Kuo seems to save his predictions for things that are very obvious, and already widely discussed.

Glue a gun on it, call it a constitutional right.

I literally don’t understand how the OP got so many upvotes for suggesting manufacturers use non standard ports.

It’s like arguing to make life difficult. It’s a fucking plug, I don’t want a different plug for every EV, that’s just dumb.

Best I can do is get you wasted, and send you to space as a sex doll for xenomorphs to implant.

The general feeling on China is that they are not building an offensive military, it’s designed as a deterrent, force projection and status symbol:

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/chinas-hollow-military/

That’s largely born out of the fact that, aside from some border conflicts, China doesn’t involve itself in wars. China is only interested in what it perceives as Chinese territory, and that would be the land and waters historically under control of China. That has been true of China for over a thousand years.

The US, as a comparison, is almost wholly offensive in nature. It’s built to win wars, and often engages in them. The US is not involved in border disputes, but wars on the other side of the world.

China does not appear to be interested in a war, it has no reason to. And the military reflects that, all show and little substance.

So while China absolutely has the ability to create a powerful military, what it’s actually created isn’t all that effective for a modern conflict.

But it makes good news to play up the China threat. They certainly talk the talk, even if in reality they show no sign of offence military plans.

This isn’t 1899.

It’s not Carl Benz knocking together 10 horseless carriages a year from a shed, trying to work out if his electric engine or petrol engine was better.

Trillions of dollars have already gone into electric vehicles, development, infrastructure, technology, manufacturing plants. There has to be a fucking serious reason to write off that investment in favour of hydrogen vehicles.

And what is that seriously compelling reason? Hydrogen vehicles are both more expensive and less efficient, so there is literally no reason to switch.

It’s a simple choice, and the choice was made 20 years ago.

Maybe in 30/40 years when electric vehicles run out of key metals for battery production. But not today, hydrogen is a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

The previous 20 years already decided their fate.

It’s the Betamax vs VHS debate all over again. Yes, Betamax was the better format, but they were too late to the table and VHS took the lead.

If hydrogen vehicles were going to take a market share, the time was 20 years ago and we’re laughably far past that now.

To make any inroads now, hydrogen would need to be both more efficient and significantly cheaper than either electric or gas vehicles. It’s neither.

You can’t use the existence of the internal combustion engine to say all automotive inventions are going to take off in the same way.

Hydrogen engines are inefficient. It is more efficient to use them to generate electricity, and run electric cars.

The physics isn’t going to change.

As electric cars exist and are more efficient, Hydrogen engines are completely redundant technology. The time for Hydrogen vehicles was 20 years ago, before electric was really viable, it’s far too late to propose then today.

Do YoUR oWN ReseArCh.

Classic.

You think first hand experience isn’t as valid as some meme on social media you class as ‘research’.

Yes. The magic talking bear better have chronologically correct pop culture references or it’ll shatter the realism.

That’s because you made the mistake of thinking this is a sub about technology.

It isn’t. People don’t discuss the technology and are largely technologically illiterate.

It’s about the high level potential impact of technology, and generally a focus on specific dislikable individuals with high profiles. Cause that’s easy karma points.

Are you personally planning not to age?

Princess Anne is 72, if she still looked like this she’d have to be a vampire.

I would assume that too.

For instance, they also build huge Salesforce skyscrapers around the world and rent out all but a couple of floors to other businesses. That’s a fixed asset that offsets gross profit and gives an enduring income.

>Wait, can I get a yearly checkup

Not really, you can’t have physical checks done remotely. You can have a partial checkup.

>Also referrals?

Yes, of course.

>What can I not get using telemed?

Broadly? Musculoskeletal, physical exams, audiology and optical exams.

However it’s possible to pair services, if you have a clinical report from an audiologist for example, that can be used as part of a telehealth exam.

It’s also possible, though not ideal, to use your own telehealth equipment (for instance an Apple Watch has health data that can be used during a telehealth appointment)