My mom used to be awesome with our Windows 95 Packard Bell […] Now she struggles and panics to do the most basic thing if it’s not 1-step on her iPhone.

Hey, pardon me if I’m overstepping, but I’m going through the evaluation process with my mom right now and this could be an early sign of dementia (one that we initially dismissed). It could be nothing, but it might be a good idea to get her checked out if you have any other reason to be concerned.

Individually, the average American generated 4.9 pounds of waste per day in 2018

4.9 lb/day x 4 people x 30 days = 588 lbs, so really not that far off.

https://govfacts.org/housing-infrastructure/solid-waste-management/waste-collection-disposal/where-americas-waste-goes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_tympani_muscle

Just wanna say I’ve had similar experiences. I don’t think I’d put the number as high as 25% for myself, but my workplace’s internal sites and some local/utility sites are also broken on non-Chromium browsers.

It doesn’t work on everyone. These systems have trouble with certain eye shapes, eye makeup, etc.

There actually is a problem with the technology in this case. It sounds like what they’re proposing is eye tracking, which is not reliable with some eye shapes, eye makeup, dry eye, etc. and any markers they use to try to detect drunkenness would also trip for people with legitimate eye problems. Anecdotally, I once drove a Tesla and it locked me out of cruise control because the tracker thought I was falling asleep. Imagine if the car refused to start at all!