This.

Connect a Kill A Watt and compare your energy usage under full and idle loads.
My PC consumes about 60W idle and 250W under full load.
10 years ago it would make sense to use spare clock cycles for side projects, today not so much.

With all of the FUD Microsoft lobbed towards Linux beginning in the 90's, it is fun to see the tables turned for once.

and Nintendo is seemingly unaware.

Every kid I know want's either a smartphone or tablet. From my observation the only people playing consoles anymore are teenagers and adults that grew up with consoles many of which are increasingly shifting their attention to mobile. The younger kids have ditched their DSi for iTouches over the last two years and are playing casual and social games. When I visit family I am bombarded by nephews and nieces that want to play my iPad.

Nintendo is trying with a tablet but doing it horribly wrong. Instead of focusing on their hardware they need to focus on their software on established mobile hardware and ecosystems.

Every year more mobile devices activate than all consoles sold combined. Mobile devices also iterate with a much higher frequency. Most modern mobile devices are fully capable of rendering any Nintendo title if adapted for it.

My prediction is none of the new consoles will sell as well as the prior version and all will likely flop. They will fail for the reason that they focus on a living room that has become mostly vacant.

undoing incorrect moderation.
If there is a better way to do this let me know.

I agree so long as the government doesn't choose winners and losers like they have done and still currently do.
AT&T prior to the breakup is a good example of how far this cronyism can go. Don't get me started on the industrial media complex. Right now it is cellular carriers and cable companies. Both are using public resources unfairly.
Your public road analogy is good, but if you were to accurately compare it to the telecommunication industry there would be roads that only Ford, Chevy, and Crystler vehicles were allowed to drive on. Chevy would make and agreement with Ford to allow eachother's cars on their roads but not Toyota, KIA and many others. The barrier to entry would be so high that newer better cars would not be allowed in.

When Cox bought out our local Cable America in Phoenix all they did was switch subscribers over, and charge 20% more. Did they use any of the infrastructure of the competitor that they bought out? No, they systematically dismantled it. All of those years of negotiations with various municipalities to get access to easements, poles, alley ways, etc. all gone. The millions of dollars spent to install that mostly redundant infrastructure also gone. There is no possible way now, unless you are Google, to come in and compete with them.

There are light weight portable power options available.

With retailers and governments rushing to implementing facial recognition it really doesn't matter anymore. If social media taught us anything it is that our lives are too boring to worry about anyway.

It think it has more to do with the MBA culture that has infected businesses in the US like a cancer. The environment this creates cuts out any will to perform better than what is needed to stay employed promoting mediocrity. When this goes on long enough, good talent tends to look for a better habitat.

It's not a bad idea to be prepared when a category 5 hurricane is barreling towards your city.
The storm is dynamic and may change course or fizzle out.
Yes, there are costs with boarding up windows, moving to safer areas, etc. This is preparation for the physical safety of yourself, family and property.
Why not do the same when a financial storm is looming?

This.
Just last month I picked up a 3-pack from newegg for like $130. Install took minutes and the system automatically configured and updated firmware as I deployed the APs.
I was considering Cisco mainly because I wanted something reliable, but couldn't get myself to buy their software and certainly didn't want to battle IOS just for a few WAPs.

If a portion of your building needs better coverage, add another. The Unifi software will automatically detect it and with one click 'adopt' it into your existing WAP pool.
It really doesn't get better than this.

1 mobile year = 3 earth months

Are tablets really lacking internal space that there is no room for full sized SDCard readers and USB ports?
This has been a long standing gripe I've had with my iPad over the years.
Why can't there be removable panel on the back with access to SODIMMs that can upgrade the RAM and a bank of SDCard slots to upgrade the storage?
Single full-sized USB ports aren't tall enough to make a tablet thicker either. Granted the stupid tapered edges would have to go, but I say good riddance.
My iPad is so useless now. Every time I want to take a pic or update an app there is no storage left and no easy way to manage it without connecting it to a PC.
If I had a bank of 6 SDCards slots I would just add another 128GB card.

Guns can now be 3D printed. So just like copyright laws have stopped illegal downloads anti-weapon printing laws will be just as successful?

Just like the war on drugs.