He explored that solution, and it turned out to be a huge pain in the neck. Quoting Consmerist (first link in the OP):

Then there’s XO, which provides connectivity solutions for business. We confirmed with an XO sales rep that the company could, in theory, provide T1 broadband service (through CenturyLink). However, it would require that either Seth’s employer purchase the service or that Seth have a business license of his own. But even if that were possible, the cost would be exorbitant, starting at nearly $600/month with a three-year contract.

I could see his employer saying "no," and $600/month for 1.5 mbps is highway robbery.

You may be afflicted with Christianity, but you should not seek to afflict others with it.

>I really wish people would stop trying to compare gays to black people. They are not the same.

Are you saying there are no gay black people?

I have friends who would be surprised to find that they are not what they think they are. You should let them know quickly. Don't delay. You are in possession of special new knowledge.

NASA is displeased to find that TSMC's 20nm process is actually a planar 28nm process with the name changed. Elon Musk is upset that NASA didn't select his far superior 14nm trigate process that is superior in every metric.

Depends on how broad the question is: given that not every potentially violent extremist will react in the same way, the answer to 'are potentially violent extremists better defused by coddling or by needling?' is likely to be something statistical, rather than "yes" or "no"; but that would be the right answer.

I don't mean to pretend that the right answer will necessarily fit neatly on a bumper sticker(indeed, it'd be quite a shock if it did); but a potentially complex answer is by no means the same as some sort of intersubjective mush of multiple valid viewpoints.

Do you suspect that this is a product of ineptitude, or an exploration of the theory that degradation enhances compliance?

Even if you can get the pesky feds away, and pay them less than minimum wage, lazy, entitled, human workers still tend to waste 4-8 hours/day 'sleeping' and engaging in rudimentary grooming behaviors; and their lack of work ethic means that if you try to pay them starvation wages they may just decide to go starve somewhere else, and at least work fewer hours while doing so.

The effect is most obvious in places where automation is ridiculously efficient(it's pretty tricky for even your most downtrodden human to be cheap enough to stuff PCBs more efficiently than a pick-and-place, for instance); but it's true across the board that no matter how hard you beat them down, humans still have a price floor. Even slaves aren't necessarily cheaper than robots.

American aerospace contractors are displeased to note that NASA plans to have the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle fabbed on a 20nm process by TSMC, rather than more traditional launch partners...

No they didn't. Pearl harbor was bombed by the pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy, most of whom died at Midway. The civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not bomb Pearl Harbor. Indirect collective revenge is not a good reason to kill 200,000 people.