Of course it's a joke. Because it's nowhere close to a free market - all utilities use public "rights"-of-way to make a profit. That legitimately exposes them to regulation. If a real free market is desired, then they would all have to negotiate rights-of-way with every property owner along their routes. And that includes the public (government), from which the price is regulation.

Even under a system similar to that in place (access in exchange for regulation), unless those rights-of-way are made available to all providers, there is no free market competition. There is no "free market" unless all competitors can compete in every market (location).

Will the US need to get warrants to take satellite photos of Phoenix? What about taking an aerial photo of my neighborhood from a real plane (say, 2500 feet up)? A helicopter from 1000 feet?

What makes a drone unique, other than the presumed better resolution provided by presumed shorter distances?

...no mention there of "aggregated/em)" (your words) data. You continue to try to change the premises to match your pre-determined conclusion. I'm done. You're just not worth any further effort.

Logic fail. You're begging the question.

1. There's a huge amount of research on fusion power.

2. There's a lot of profit to be made from low cost energy.

From that, your logic would claim that fusion reactors are providing power worldwide.

The claim was "knowing who has herpes..."

That doesn't fit with "aggregated and anonymized" regardless of your unsupported claim that such info is easily de-anonymized.

It's rip what you sew. :-)

"the pharmaceutical companies have already gleaned that [personal info on who uses what drugs] information by paying your local pharmacist to tell them (legal and lucrative)."

Prima facie, that seems to be a HIIPA violation. Cite supporting your statement?

But this one goes to 11.

You simply need to click on the "Show details" button. It's the round-cornered rectangle with the words "Show details" in it. This is a common user interface element on many web sites, so learning to recognize such things may come in handy for you in the future. Not that the "(2012 estimate)" doesn't provide a major clue as to when the population was measured. I suppose they could have been clearer, and said "estimate from the year 2012" so you wouldn't get confused whether the population was an actual 3232 or an estimated 2012.

Abraham Lincoln | place of birth | Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States
Hodgenville, Kentucky | city population | 3232 people (2012 estimate)

You mean... it might actually learn? AI? Like this whole thread is about? W3ird!

Seriously? archive.org? The direct link works fine for me.

Google has some catching up to do.

An asshole at least has a useful purpose. An idiot like you, not so much.

You're trying too hard.

"Injecting Liquid Metal Into Blood Vessels Could Help Kill Tumors"

A large enough dose of cyanide is guaranteed to kill all tumors someone may have. The health of the patient is, of course, not guaranteed.

"Why?"

Because that's what it means, perhaps? Are you in the habit of embarrassing yourself so forcefully?