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Re:Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads by kosi28 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:20PM (#15340074)
pfft...Google is more bothered about putting electric thread into Levi Jackets and Lidar on top of our cars. All this shit involving real people and real problems is beneath them.

And people like you make it easier for them to stay up there in their Ivory Towers. Keep it up.

Re:Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads by leggomylibro on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:54PM (#15340441)
Well, don't scoff at wearable electronics just because they're mostly LEDs and NFC chips right now. If we can figure out how to make something both stretchy and conductive, there's a lot of practical opportunity.

What if your knee/elbow/wrist/etc brace had a small alarm to go off when you start to overextend it during recovery? What if your jacket had a button to quickly mark precise GPS spots in the field for later follow-up inspections? What if your shirt could adaptively nag people about their posture during the 4 hours they spend seated every day? Heck, you could cobble the GPS jacket together today with off-the-shelf parts; it'd just look strange and probably be fragile/uncomfortable to wear.

As for self-driving cars not involving 'real people and problems,' I just don't understand what you mean by that; could you elaborate?

Re:Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads by s73ver_ on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:14PM (#15340625)
That, and it's not like the people working on the wearable electronics could suddenly drop that and become people vetting ads.
Re:Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads by sctb on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:25PM (#15340745)
Could you please not go off on tangents, especially with personal barbs like this?