I thought about this. It's a terrible waste of space. It would make more sense to have a square city which is built somewhat vertically. This actually minimizes the outside surface area which is important for energy efficiency with regard to climate control. It also makes it far easier to navigate.

The pandemic really didn't help in this regard either. By mandating that everyone wear masks, or at least by making it acceptable to wear a mask because, you know, the science, we neutered the utility of facial recognition technology for a time. Criminals figured this out really quickly. It seems that many of these cases just have a bunch of hoodlums blowing into the place with hoods up and masks on, taking whatever they want. I doubt facial recognition is actually going to be much of a deterrent. And are the places like California, New York, etc. really now going to reverse course and discourage people from using masks? Because, you know, that would be kind of contradictory. In fact, wear gloves, a full facemask, and hoodie and terrorize the place. Good luck finding any actual evidence.

I suggest we roll this out in California and maybe New York where this kind of crime is rampant for the last few years, and then we can see how much of a mess it makes of things. We've all read the stories of people accused of shoplifting jewelry or whatever it was and the facial recognition system disproportionately misidentifies darker-skinned people. At the rate these crimes seem to be happening, it won't be but a few days before we get a pretty good sample size of mass swarming shoplifting mobs to see how poorly it works.

Ignore the screams as the #2 engine catches fire, parts fall off the plane, an Impala is flattened by a rapidly and independently descending tire shortly after takeoff, doors blow out, rapid depressurization ensues, the oxygen system fails, the lavatory backs up and overflows, the hydraulics spring a leak, and the plane suddenly pitches absurdly to the surprise of the pilots. That's just some of the exciting new features we're introducing here at Boeing.

Probably not. Knowing Disney these days, they'll concentrate on weird alien cross-species tail-sex with some kind of psychedelic experience. They probably spike your kid's Pepsi with GHB, LSD, and Ketamine and charge a "resort fee" for the experience.

Especially if the Creator joins with Vygr.

On the other hand, if you want to buy massively overpriced USB cables it's the best spot in town.

Or you can just burn out your retinas for the hell of it. I personally recommend that for my liberal colleagues.

Since most VPN outlets are known, it makes no sense to even use one for Netflix or whatever else because they'll block them anyway. I use the things in hotels (in my job I often spend >200 days in hotels a year) and that kind of thing because it confounds some asshole (like me) from sniffing your wireless traffic. Admittedly, with the shift towards most sites using HTTPS it's far less of an issue than it used to be. One notable exception is if you're going to be running torrents and having to dodge the mentally deficient "sue everyone in sight" and "file DMCAs against everyone" morons. Or if you're using a "public" WiFi where your employer or whomever else is going to theoretically log your activities.

That's why you get your friends and strangers and neighbors to throw their loyalty cards in a big pot, then pull them randomly out. Repeat about once a month. Make their data utterly useless.

I remember prescribing ivermectin for a scabies outbreak and having to basically tear a pharmacist's head off to get him to dispense it. IIRC it was a CVS.

Slashdot committed suicide when they turned off new subscriptions. Think about it.

One thing that can always be counted on with Slashdot is that whenever there is an article on gas of any kind, someone will inevitably invoke a fart joke. Then someone will try to one-up the respondent by detailing their recent flatulent exploits, and, at least in the last few years, someone will mention Kamala Harris. It's like a law of nature. Kind of like "even-numbered Trek movies don't suck.'

Typically, such home entertainment devices are a little thicker and they aren't very good for playing music though they do usually vibrate.

UnitedHealth and every other insurance company usually sucks hairy goat balls, but for once it's nice that one of them is actually doing the right thing.