You no longer hear a skipping record as the needle hits a scratch and bounces out of the track. Or pops and clicks from dust. Or the pop of the needle jumping the groove every other second when you've reached the end of the record.

Transferring an ice moon across Earth's orbit is something I'd rather avoid for the next 50 years or so. You are welcome to play planetary billiards when I'm gone. Thanks.

Test it against people with fake brains.

Marxism is a religion? If that is the case then Capitalism is a religion.

OK, I see your point.

Well, they are not languages that you will be paid to program in either. The are domain-specific knowledge that a programmer in a common language (C++, Java) may need to know for a specific job. Companies may be looking for a "C++ programmer for network development that preferably knows ASN.1". If they are hiring an "ASN.1 programmer for network development that preferably knows C++", run away fast.

If it were autonomous, you'd be free and clear. But this "semi-autonomous" bit leads me to believe you were semi-involved.

I would love to see you fix a board with a bad QFP with only a soldering iron. A hot-air rework station is a far more appropriate tool for removing said QFP if it is in need of replacement. We are talking about fixing broken electronics after all.

We call it "graffiti" these days. And, yes, I agree it is terrible.

A soldering iron? You are using the wrong tool. We have new tools for handling surface mount components that work just as well as a soldering iron does for through-hole work. Real humans can and do fix surface mount electronics.

Take it up with my lawyers: Dewey, Cheetham and Howe.

This is "the boat payment is due" theory of medical and automotive malpractice first postulated by Click and Clack, the Tappet Bros. This was later bolstered in a recent landmark article in JAMA. The upshot is when the doctor is away and unable to schedule unneeded costly procedures, the patient is more likely to survive. The corollary is that the doctors have their best interest in mind, not the patient's.

We need the global equivalent of a police force. We no longer live in a world divided by borders. We need an elected (not appointed) global government, with global laws, and with a world police force that can go after people whose crimes cross international boundaries.

OK.. now tell me one reason why this is a really bad idea. And then tell me how you would address that specific problem.

If you can't make a drinking game out of it, it's not worth playing.