Aside from the whole organic-3D-printing-of-entire-humans angle, this isn't a new idea. Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth features an extraterrestrial colony of humans descended from machine-grown progenitors.

While Sacramento's metropolitan area is certainly bigger, the city of Fresno now has a greater population.
Silly point though, as pretty much all of the Central Valley is frequently shit upon by the rest of the state.

Part of that lag is the ridiculously long travel time of the left/right triggers.

I wonder if the abuse would be mitigated if the software were released publicly while under the open source license. Evade taxes, taxpayers get access to your product.

Not just Quake. A little over a decade ago I worked on a vehicle-based total conversion for the original Unreal Tournament that centered on air combat.

I have a pair of 22" monitors mounted in a vertical configuration using the DS-100 Vertical. It's a bit pricey (I did get it on sale at NewEgg), but it's ridiculously strong and sturdy. You can just install one of the monitor brackets at the top of the pole and have plenty of room for a laptop below. As an alternative, you can try their cheaper single monitor arms.

The technology for the semi-autonomous fighters I described exists today, though politics and cost currently preclude the deployment of said systems.