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Older histories detailing the decline of the Roman Empire describe the Empire being torn to pieces by greedy decadent men who consistently grabbed at wealth and power at the expense of Rome. Betrayal, backstabbing, and opportunism was rampant. I don’t know if this is exactly how Rome fell...

Really happy to be a longstanding Ars subscriber today. Thank you!

I’ve never quite understood the reason for chatbots in the first place. It’s basically like having a computer program mask itself as a human. Because the user views a chatbot as humanlike, I wonder if the law should too. What would happen if a human employee were to talk a child into committing...

“AI” always seems to actually stand for “absent Indians” not “artificial intelligence”.

I know a million people have already said this, but this update has addressed all my concerns. Thank you Ars, staff! Side note: I really support having subscriber only ad free formats.

Most of the people targeted by revenge porn would be women, right? So 1 in 8 adults would be 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 women? This is a crazy high number for something that isn’t discussed all that often (outside of Ars).

Accidentally double posted, so I figured I‘d contribute something useful. The Acolyte is controversial not because it is particularly badly written but because it has non-white, non-straight, and non-male actors and writers. Better shows with minority actors and staff also get attacked but those...

I think an aspect of the Acolyte that isn’t discussed much is that the show really didn’t play it safe. Let’s break it down. 1. It was set in a completely new time period with no pre-existing characters except Vernestra. (Who isn’t much like her High Republic depiction.) 2. They killed one of...

Just a thought for discussion: A person employed full time at an assembly line should be able to afford a one bedroom apartment without being rent burdened. A one bedroom apartment costs about $1200 a month in my city. Rent burdened means you spend more than 30% of your income on rent. So a...

I think it’s worthwhile to consider why people are so resistant to these UI revisions. I grew up in the era where we’d get a new Windows release every few years and the changes were exciting. There were many noticeable improvements between Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and XP. Yes, each new iteration...

I’d tend to agree with you on this. Quality journalism is the most important thing. I’m worried though, that I’ll find myself visiting Ars gradually less often as the lack of information density is painful.

I really like the customizability that is being added. At the same time there’s way too much wasted space. List view on my iPad shows me 3 headlines, while grid view shows me 4 plus the featured story. Both list and grid view only show me two headlines on my iPhone. I only see one story when...

Please note: I do pay Ars. This kind of article is not helpful especially when many of the items listed here are fake sales and not deals. This kind of thing does make me rethink my subscription.

I‘ve been subscribed to Disney+ since 2019 on the yearly plan. I don’t watch a lot of stuff, really just Star Wars. My sister‘s kids watch Disney movies occasionally, but not super often. I can sometimes get my other sister to watch some of the Star Wars shows. All of this combined is enough...

You don’t live in Wisconsin, I guess. We had a supreme court election this year where the conservative candidate was soundly defeated with an 11 point margin in a state where statewide candidates usually win with razor thin margins. Abortion was seen as the deciding factor by both Democrat and...

Actually there’s nothing from the prequel trilogy or the Clone Wars here either. There’s a bit from Jedi Survivor and a little from Mandalorian and the rest is all original trilogy.

This article really bothers me. I don’t mind the Dealmaster articles, because I buy stuff and it’s nice to know when something is heavily discounted. If Ars tells me when an iPad is $100 off that‘s a useful service and I don’t mind if they take a commission. So when reading the article, I...

I think the blame goes to public health officials and scientists. The CDC only reluctantly began to differentiate between masks and respirators in January of 2022. I listened to This Week in Virology religiously which is a podcast hosted by well-known virology professors and the chief of...

A major issue with this analysis is that the mandates were relaxed in the early autumn — right when you would expect cases to rise anyway. In addition, mandates are likely to be relaxed when authorities are less worried about Covid. It seems likely that the general public would also be less...

Did you start masking before the pandemic? Covid arrived three years ago, not four. I also work in retail and also got relatively few illnesses winter of 2020 and 2021. That said, everyone got Covid at the end of 2021 even though we all wore masks and had a mandate. However, masks were not the...