Here in Silicon Valley, I used to notice plenty of surfaces, but as many now. Perhaps they are keeping them indoors?

One you get used to it--it will be eating off your hand.

Wait! Instead of you all running your appliances--we can just put in some data centers!

Ironically, gunmakers do not want you printing your own guns, either. Many 3D printers are home-built, as mine was, Such a bill is just a bad idea.

These rudimentary chips have been a available in Silicon over Sapphire, and have been used in several spacecraft and satellites--including the Hubble. Oddly, it was the first CMOS chip, and can be clocked down to almost nothing.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
IPS: https://github.com/amsat-dl/IP...

AI is a programmed problem for society.

Rust has been very successful at programing--people.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/...

Windows has been thoroughly enshitified. Before, it was no longer your computer; then it was no longer your privacy; now, it's no longer your data.

Adding it as a "feature" was just a means of normalizing spyware on your computer. They likely don't care if you see it, as long as it serves them.

...and browser performance statistics are nothing compared to the quality of your connection.

Work for Elon Musk?

I think that rebuilding NASA is a good idea. I do not think that the United States space program should go to any one company.

When I saw the flown heat-shield with missing bits, I am surprised they went ahead and marked the second one human-qualified.

Only an idiot would critical infrastructure controls online

Google putting end-to-end encryption is like putting a pillow on top of the hand-grenade you're sitting on.

I'm imagining private jets leaving Redmond, with Microsoft employees briefcases handcuffed to their wrists, stuffed with payola and money for hookers. Meanwhile, back at Redmond, nastygrams are being written by lawyers. [Oddly, enough there is a seed of the truth; here in the valley, I once talked to an retired-corporate exec, who used to travel with with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.]