Maybe next they'll get rid of their turn signal subscription service and allow all BMW drivers to use them.

In some parts of Maryland, people think they're in Texas.

Only if the D11s are permanently disabled after. They can have the steel cable, as long as it's made of a standard steel.

That robot just really didn't want to lose that rook. Lucky the robot was stopped before someone had checkmate on it, they might have had their arm broken!

Maybe they don't feel they can run their data center securely for less than it costs to rent server space/security/etc. So they're running their software on someone else's computer (the 'cloud') and letting someone else manage it all. Will probably cost them more per year, but also show some nice first quarter savings/profit, and might be better for them in the long run. It looks like they have recognized a weakness and responded to it.

Having personally used a cell phone GPS while in an airplane, I can say that everything you said is wrong. GPS signals have absolutely no connection to cell phone towers or signals. The GPS signal comes directly from the orbiting satellites to your phone. If you have a window seat you should have no problem receiving a GPS signal at any altitude or speed. The only problem you may have is if you haven't downloaded maps for the area you're in, but that's not a GPS problem.

You're thinking of Heilium-3. (stupid moon nazis...)

They can sell their shares to Musk for ~$60/share, and buy it back in a few weeks for $2/share. Sounds like quite a bargain!

Many community colleges have STEM programs designed to transfer students into a 4 year university program. They may have similar focused programs for other areas of study, but that was my focus. I went to a community college for the first two years, had small classes taught by a professor (not a TA), and transferred to a top 5 engineering school for the last two years. The quality of the education at the community college was at least as good as that at the university for the first two years, based my observations. So this point of yours is already enacted, even if not enough people think of it as a good option.

My very basic Dell laptop has just under 310000 files and 131000 folders in c:\windows, consuming 23.4 GB (about 10%) of my tiny SSD.

I would suspect this is because of the lower percentage of patients over 65 who survived the initial infection and hospitalization. The weak ones in that demographic didn't survive to be included in this study.

This assumes the probability of hitting a target is linear with time. If the probability decreases at a higher rate, there may be minimal benefit to using a higher density particle.

They should start preparing the site for fusion power generation, it seems to be on the same timetable as their project management and construction capabilities.

I thought this xkcd would also be here somewhere.

I thought the funny part was 'before it was cool' but I guess Mr. Petzold and Edge have many fans here...