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The goal when it comes to democracies is to get PEOPLE to prioritize climate policy. Democratic governments are not just autonomous entities doing whatever they feel like. It's nice to blame someone or something for problems that we decide are more important than we thought after seeing how...

As others have noted, it's a bit strange to attack a democratic government in this way, since it is in effect an attack on all of society that elected and influenced it at an earlier time. And of course, even HAD the Swiss government over its 9 million people acted differently, it would have led...

USB-A connectors on a retro keyboard? Checks out.

My computer is used for work and has to, well, work. So I usually upgrade to the new macOS major version around this time, and that's only because that's the time the latest version of Xcode (generally required by Apple for uploading to the App Store) starts requiring it. Otherwise I'd wait for...

Why stop at WeChat? They could create AOL! Point being this has been tried before. Sure, the modern mobile app environment is different from the 1990's internet, but Western culture is different from Chinese culture as well. And if it was that easy outside China Facebook would already have done it.

Makes one wonder why he waited so long to try to do something about it.

For the love of God please just outlaw this senseless "mining" already. Let them trade gold-coated pennies or something.

I have to agree with you here. I mean, obviously Intuitive got a lot right, but no redundant systems for landing feedback, and not having tested checklists for install and setup procedures? I'm sure their funds were limited but these are basics. You do those before designing enclosures to hold...

What I find scary here is more the question being asked. So millions of people are basically asking chatGPT for all manner of advice how to live their daily lives, and doubtless are doing whatever it tells them to do. Vet: So your dog is very ill. Why did you feed him a box of cheerios again...

More or less the same boundaries the person you are replying to cited (which match with topography, land, and cultural variations), but named differently. Having lived in some of these areas and traveled through more, I'd also call "West North Central" "Great Plains". And I don't have a name for...

There seems to be a lot of underestimating China in the discussion. Comparing the chip technology sanctions now to earlier sanctions on East Germany or North Korea?! There is a massive difference in scale there. Given India is at best neutral in this fight, China is in fact bigger than the...

You are getting downvoted for some reason but this is likely correct. We saw it with Edge, it's hard to hold out against Chrome and Chromium. As iOS users shift to Chrome web sites will have diminishing incentive to support WebKit / Safari. Its days of being a viable browser on iOS or the Mac...

I hope China pointedly raises this issue at the next climate change summit. Is there some reason that makes this so hard to ban in a non-totalitarian state? There is no benefit to society, only cost.

The hardware purchase location isn't relevant, only the country association of the Apple ID. When you set up App Store access for a given Apple ID you choose a country, where your payment method and billing address must be from. The App Store country can actually be changed later (with...

Still rocking those banks of blue and black USB-A ports in 2024! Most SSDs, charging cables and such will require an adapter now.

This is ingenious. I hope side-effects are few and they can surmount the various practical, "engineering" problems that present themselves along the way to making this a viable medication. And that it doesn't get patented out of affordability for those living in the US.

Ok, I thought it was an unlit 45mph road with walls around it not a street. Basically a place you wouldn't be expecting a jaywalker and poor visibility on top of that. But you're right, not a freak accident. I just don't have a lot of faith in my fellow humans in similar situations.

This looks good so far but I hope Waymo is going to be able to react well enough if/when a freak accident occurs like took out Cruise or Uber (would a typical human driver have been paying enough attention and been able to react quickly enough there?) to keep from shutting themselves down as...

Seems each of the past few years we've had an article from Eric assessing the chances of Vulcan, New Glenn, and Ariane 6 making their debut in the next year. At long last it looks like two of those rockets will make it. I'd expect Starship to reach orbit as well. Woo-hoo for 2024!

Marginal cost. For Falcon 9 where that's often talked about in the $10-15 million range it's in the neighborhood of $1000.