Never mind that this is a statistically irrelevant proportion of the stars in our galaxy. I mean, 60 million down, 99.94 BILLION left to go.

The larger the population a disease has access to, the quicker it mutates, and the quicker a more virulent variant can emerge. And given the versatility and adaptability of the covid virus, the ‘chance’ of something like that happening was effectively 100%. We lost the opportunity to stop it in its tracks roughly a…

I still say it would have been awesome to see Robbie Reyes -- who would definitely have something to say about that book -- show up during the end cabin scene.

E-ink displays makes most of that largely immaterial. They draw almost no power while in use, and very little when changing the screen. They have really low refresh rates, but can hold an image on screen, without further power input, almost indefinitely. So while it still requires some power to operate them, the…

You’re more optimistic than me -- I see this as being a “Kinda but not really” sort of thing. Because who gets to decide which protesters are ‘peaceful’ and which ones aren’t? Yeah, exactly. The same police officers.

I doubt it would be removed, but if the ‘provider’ allowing you access to it closes their doors, you’re SOL.

Three factors are at play: price, longevity, and ownership.

Adobe did something similar through the education system, turning it into the software powerhouse that it is now. Granted, that took at least a decade to really get its root in so deep that its products were intertwined with every industry remotely related to its software.

I suspect Sweeney is thinking longer-term than a year or five. He looks like he’s building a community hub for creativity-driven individuals...all of it centered on how it can all feed back into Unreal engine. And if that’s the case, this purchase makes a whole lot of sense.

I’ll leave virtue signaling out of this, but Musk’s company has gotten shut out of other bid contracts before. He complains publicly, but his company only SOMETIMES files official complaints — notably when there’s what appears to be obvious favoritism towards established providers...which there often was, because at…

Given the clear and massive disparity in both cost and what’s to be delivered? Yes, absolutely. SpaceX would definitely be in the right to challenge such an odious and dubious choice to refuse them.

That’s not relevant. Everything the military procures gets ‘field tested.’ That doesn’t mean the device they field test ends up being the device that gets delivered.

To those who are accustomed to oppressing others, forcing equality upon them seems like oppression.

Ideally, yes, but these rules aren’t new, and they haven’t stopped this exact same issue from popping many, many times. The contractor schmoozes the right generals/admirals, they greenlight the inferior version, and the troops on the ground are the ones who end up paying for it.

Uhm, nope, you’re mistaken. The FCC ceded its regulatory authority over internet, which means it automatically reverts to the STATE. The State of New York has total authority to regulate any and all businesses operating within its borders to the extent that it at least meets the minimum applicable federal regulations a…

The stupid is spreading. We need to have a coconut check on politicians. If you thump their skull and it echoes, they’re not eligible for political appointments or elections. Or voting. Clearly their brains never matured enough to handle or understand such things.

And since this is blatantly unconstitutional, I’m sure there will be due punishment for all parties involved in passing this farce of a bill, right? RIGHT??

Are these the prototypes being tested for the Army to issue a contract to have produced, or what the Army is actually getting delivered from manufacturers, because there have often been some substantial discrepancies between those two. And not in a good way. Pitch ‘all the bells and whistles’ version, but ship …

Maybe because China isn’t the only one being reckless and expecting everyone else to deal with the consequences?? Do not expect of others what you’re not willing to do yourself.

Okay, but why (other than the obvious)? It’s clearly cheaper not to bother, and that’s been the SOP for western nations for centuries — do what’s cheapest, not what’s best or right. It’s only pretty recently that there’s been a semi-gradual shift away from ‘cheap and fast, let the public deal with the fallout’…