Gravitational pull, lack of atmosphere, and moon dust is a hell of a thing.

But is it really that ‘radical’ of an approach given the technology already in play? Instead of vertical takeoff and landing here on Earth — which SpaceX has nailed so many times, we’ve stopped keeping track — it’ll be vertical landing and takeoff on the Moon. How much really changes? It’s not as if the vehicle has to…

The legacy of ‘sundown towns’ -- Americans being proud of their hate.

Police? Lying? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you! [/s]

Yup. For all the flack Carter got as president, he was DECADES ahead of the curve in being socially and environmentally responsible. And to be clear, being environmentally responsible IS being socially responsible. You can’t have one without the other.

Note the non-denial response: “However, this report is not based on any announcement by Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.”

You presume that was his intention. He owes them all a debt he can never repay. He was fighting defensively, not offensively. People like Bucky don’t go bashing in the heads of the people they respect.

Welcome to what we should have been doing over THIRTY YEARS AGO. One of the major reasons why renewables took this long to really catch on is because the US government was tilting the market (at the behest of powerful lobbyists groups) in favor of fossil fuels. It was ‘cheaper’ (for the billionaires) to stall progress…

Exactly. If you expect the same level of commitment and hard work, they should be co-owners of the business they’re helping you build/run. Otherwise, they’re simply employees and should be treated and compensated as such.

It’s become abundantly clear that Republicans are incapable of, well, acting civilized. They’ll find a way to warp this law to protect one another and harm everyone else. As they have always done.

Never. It’s not a symptom. Cruelty is the whole point.

While there’s nothing inherently wrong with tools like these, the lack of oversight, transparency, and accountability on the part of the people *USING THEM* is where most things go sideways. And given the repeated thug-like attitude and behavior of law enforcement in many regions of the country, giving them these…

Living around toxic waste dumps has a deleterious effect on a person’s health? Who could have possible predicted?

This issue has already gone before the courts in the US. People were imitating the voices of Tom Waites and Bette Middler without permission. They lost. The method used to create those imitations is entirely irrelevant. People’s voices are *NOT* fair use. They are covered under Right of Publicity.

The people providing the tools aren’t responsible for how those tools are used (see: Sony v Universal). It’s the people using those tools who are liable for how they use them. And we’ve seen cases move through the courts that involve modding and mods, so this isn’t exactly a new legal area (though certainly not…

I suspect there will be legal wrangling over this issue in the semi-near future. The Right of Publicity includes an individual’s voice, and yes, this has gone to court and been upheld. It’s the same legal doctrine that protects a person’s likeness from usage without that person’s permission.

I would counter this with a question about how much some of the big tech companies spend on PR and advertisement.

Well, no, but it sure felt like it! Missed opportunities, I suppose.

...Q can turn Picard into a real boy!

Don’t forget the call out in said Bible about the path-to-hell reminder about hypocrisy, which those same people practice in abundance.