US GDP is around $21 trillion annually. Apple's revenue in 2019 was $260 billion. That is more like 1%, not 10%. While not a perfect comparison, revenue is much closer to GDP than market capitalization is. So yeah, still a big company, but not quite on the level implied above.

"Try checking the dictionary: https://www.britannica.com/top... [britannica.com]"

First of all, that's an encyclopedia, which isn't really the best source for word definitions.

But ignoring that for a minute, the page you linked has a video captioned "Developing alternatives to livestock meat, including growing meat in the lab." literally before the 'definition' that they give for meat. So you basically just disproved your own argument.

I have no skin in the game, so I don't care, but if CE couldn't certify it without first getting UL approval, I think you just disproved your own argument about which is more important.

The main difference is that a DVD/VHS/movie rental is a luxury good, not required for someone to stay alive. Groceries, water, things like that, are quite a bit more important, and everyone should be able to purchase the things that they absolutely need in order to live. Besides, no one is mandating what stores must sell, only that everyone is able to have access to whatever goods they do choose to sell.

Except for those plants in Missouri, and Kansas, and Kentucky, and Tennessee, and Alabama, and Texas, and Georgia, and Ohio, etc.

It is kind of the opposite situation, though.
Windows comes on the majority of PCs, and it takes effort to switch to Linux, effort that most people don't want to bother with. So Linux numbers remain low
On the other hand, Edge is standard on most PCs, and it takes extra work to switch to Chrome or Firefox. Granted, it is easier than installing a new OS, but people are willing to put in the time and effort to get away from Edge, that's how bad it is.

If you are working inside a machine or cabinet, then yes, you'd power it down. Doing routine programming and maintenance in a robotic cell is different though. The robots typically have to be powered up in order to teach or operate them. So when you enter a live cell, you have a lockout mechanism on the safety gate. A properly locked out cell will not let the robots or other equipment in the cell operate in automatic mode, but they are still able to function manually when you allow them to. In this case, either she screwed up and failed to lock out, or someone else screwed up and let a robot in a different zone enter her locked out zone without a safety check.

1. Perspective is a funny thing. https://www.theatlantic.com/po... You can see that the tents were located just past the Smithsonian Castle, which is more like 2/3 of the way to the Washington Monument. https://www.google.com/maps/@3... You can also see in CNN's gigapixel http://www.cnn.com/interactive... that the section between the tents and the first row of green barriers is almost empty, and the section after that has very few people standing on the north side, matching very closely with photographs taken from behind. I'm not arguing numbers, but in this case at least, the evidence seems to match statements published elsewhere.

You can watch the timelapse video and decide for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

On the other hand, I play in a band because I enjoy doing it. It has never been about making money. It is a hobby that I find fun. I have no expectation of becoming rich, or even of making it into a full time job. Very few artists, writers, painters, whatever, should ever get rich from their hobby. Especially with so many creative people out there, there just isn't enough money in the market for everyone. If you enjoy doing something, do it for fun. If you happen to make some money, cool, but it should never be an expectation.

Disney, etc are only able to package all the channels together because the cable companies agree to it. If customers weren't willing to pay for their package deal, they'd have to sell individual channels or go out of business. But as long as enough people keep paying for crap they don't want to watch, the media companies are happy to keep bundling it.

No...it is the second quarter, EVER, in which Tesla reported a profit. They don't mean second "most" profitable, they mean the second with any profit at all.

I've never seen a drive-through that won't take credit cards. Unless their machines or network are down, but then they wouldn't be able to take cards inside, either.

Exactly how us Americans feel about Brits' pluralizing of Math, into Maths :D

Because one arrived at the conclusion, and the second tried to dispute it, but unknowingly arrived at the same result and never realized it. So the second 'lost' his argument, by the fact that he ended up arguing against his original point.