This is the entire problem with modern research. The funding model has evolved such that if a researcher wants to remain employed, he or she had better damn well come up with the desired results. Research used to be "here's some money to go find out what is going on." Today it's, "here's some money to prove my conclusion."
The confirmation bias is built into the funding model.
More speed has not been what the market has wanted in a great number of years. Lowering power consumption has taken a front seat to CPUs being faster.
That having been said, CPUs ARE getting faster, if you want to pay for it. Outside of that, a core 2 quad from SEVEN YEARS AGO is still about EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH computer power as the average Internet user needs.
Dice is desperate and will take money from anyone, including Russian hackers.
There is no such thing as "legal" pot. States do not have the legal authority to declare federal contraband to be legal. Despite the fact that this administration has no desire to enforce any laws, the fact remains that pot is still illegal in all states, territories, and possessions of the United States.
I have a 125% failure rate for Seagate drives (i.e. 100% of the 12 I bought for my home server and 25% of the warranty replacements have failed). Model number ST3000DM001
... would he have done ANY of it had the FBI not goaded him into it in their attempt to create a terrorist from whole cloth?
Sadly that is often true. I can't remember the exact number but in the midterms, 65% of voters in my state voted party line. That is despicable.
Yeah let's shut all of those big evil pharma companies down. That'll show them! Nevermind those few pesky billions of people who will die without them.
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.