Followup to the touchscreen poll: If you selected “They’re fine for some things, but certain controls should remain physical buttons/knobs/switches”, which functions should definitely remain physical controls?
Turn signals
Basic headlight functions (on/off/auto, high beam/low beam)
Advanced headlight functions (e.g. adjusting the sensitivity of the automatic headlights, setting how long they remain on after you turn off the car)
Gear selection (or it’s equivalent in an EV)
Basic audio controls (Volume, audio source, previous/next track, radio presets, radio tuning)
Generally speaking, do you consider listening to an audio book “reading”?
Yes
No
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You have listened to an audio book and you tell someone about it. Do you add the disclaimer that you actually listened, rather than literally read, the book?
You are a celebrity, former president, or some other famous figure. Assuming you must write an autobiography, would you do it yourself all in your own words, or have someone else write it for you with your input?
A wealthy benefactor offers to pay for one of the following servants, who will be available for those in your household on a full-time basis for the rest of your life. Note that the benefactor is paying only for the labour. (This means if you pick a chauffeur, you still need to supply your own car and gas; if you pick a chef, you still need to supply your own ingredients and kitchen; and so on.) Which do you choose?
You are an airplane pilot who likes to sleep in in the mornings and refuses to be roused. Your spouse approaches you one morning and wakes you up by whispering in your ear: “Ground proximity, pull up! Ground proximity, pull up!”
Your government has introduced 12 months’ mandatory civilian service, modelled roughly on the Austrian civilian service. All able-bodied adults, irrespective of age or gender, are required to enlist. (If you’re not an able-bodied adult, then pretend you are for the purpose of this poll.) Basic training will be provided. Which activity do you sign up for?
emergency medical services
social care and disability services
non-emergency hospital care
child care
youth care
geriatric care
refugee care
care for drug addicts
disaster relief
traffic safety
prison services
environmental protection
non-combat civil defence
none of the above; let them imprison me as a conscientious objector
A time machine pops into existence in your backyard, and a young woman gets out. She seems entirely credible and sincere to you. She offers you the chance to go back and save any three historically-significant people who were assassinated or died under suspicious circumstances. Who will you choose?
JFK
RFK
Lincoln
James Garfield
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
MLK
Henry IV of France
William McKinley
Spencer Perceval
Mahatma Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Jan Masaryk
Malcolm X
Shaka Zulu
Anwar Sadat
Yitzhak Rabin
Thanks, but I wouldn’t save anyone - don’t wanna mess with the timeline!
If you had to bet a sum of money from your savings/assets that Biden will win in November 2020, how much would it be? The bet is even-money; you’ll win a gain of $100 if you bet $100.