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Of course they do. Apple Intelligence.

But even more broadly you can assume Apple is working on it if:

1. It is in any way tech-related.
2. It has the possibility of marketing existing technology as “magical” and easy to use.

Not sure why they’re complaining. It’s a brand new gated community.

NIMBYs are the entire MAGA base. That Venn diagram is a damn near circle for sure.

It also seems that the more specific a person’s education gets, it replaces general knowledge and thinking. For many it seems their entire thought process changes to focus on that specific thing, to the detriment of anything else. Doctorates seem to be less capable of working outside their specific focused niche compared to those with lower degrees. They’ve spent so much time focusing that they can’t unfocus very well.

The court should be increased to the current number of federal districts like it was intended, before Congress started fucking with it for political reasons. That would be 12.

Not sure that’s even particularly the case.

I’m looking at it more like a CEO that’s hired specifically to come in and do the shit the board wants but users don’t want, take the blame, and leave with a paycheck while the same board continues on like normal.

Just with less planning for the timing of events, because Trump’s team is obviously shit at that.

And I’m in a city with multiple Amazon distribution centers all around it. I haven’t seen an Amazon vehicle other than these Rivian ones in years.

That’s how anecdotal evidence works, it’s useless in reality, but it’s what we’ve experienced so it must be true, just from our small perspective.

This conversation did get me to do a basic search though for some hard numbers, albeit generic and round. Amazon placed the original order for 100,000 vehicles in 2020 and started receiving them in July 2022, with a goal for complete fulfillment and apparently a net-zero carbon goal by 2030. So if we take 100,000 vehicles in 8 years that comes to 12,500 per year. Let’s round down to 1,000 per month to account for initial production ramp and just math simplicity… That would give us about 44,000 as of March 2026, roughly. Granted… That’s presumably worldwide as well, at least internationally somewhat, I know they’re also used in at least Canada.

I don’t know that I am wrong given what I was talking about. For last mile usage where these are relevant, Amazon has effectively abandoned all but electric themselves. Shoved costs off to contracting and gig workers using their own vehicles.

Unless you have actual numbers to cite from somewhere, there’s no telling really with how little Amazon actually breaks things down publicly. You have as much “proof” that I’m wrong as I do that I’m right… just anecdotal evidence.

Absolutely 0% of that surcharge will go to them.

These motherfuckers primarily use electric vehicles made by Rivian now. Fuel cost makes no difference for most of their deliveries.

Not much different than the US… Except the first still costs you thousands, while the second costs you tens of thousands. And in both cases the insurance you pay for will automatically deny every claim and force you to argue that what your doctor ordered is actually necessary while the insurance company effectively practices medicine with an accounting degree.