Apple has long treated thier own customers with a certain level of disrespect. It is the way of luxury brands, to question if you're good enough to deserve their products.

Musk's own bombastic promises have evrything to do with how he is treatedin the media.

Which Old Testament laws do I follow and which do I ignore? The Old Testament law was given to the ancient nation of Israel, not to Christians. So if the law isn't repeated in the New Testament, then it's probably not applicable to anyone living outside of Israel.

Ugh, that's a soft science. We're doing hard science, which is the only real science.

Sit at home, with home invasions on the rise?!

Having a U2 album you need to delete is not the worst thing you will face in life. Imagine a world where your boss gave you a free ticket to his daughter's violin recital. It's a "free" ticket, but man there are so many strings attached. And your time isn't free but it's also nice to have a paying job.

A company (foreign or domestic) can, if they are large enough, apply political, economic, and social pressure on a nation in order to have their own way. This is how it works in the US, and how it works in most of the rest of the world, for better or worse.

In addition, compliance can also be done in a malicious way. To the letter of the law, but ultimately ineffective. And remember that for a business like Apple, every delay and every threat is a negotiation tactic. They've always operated this way, not just with governments but with vendors and retail channels.

There are some PD or freeware Asian fonts, more for Chinese than for Japanese, but not many of them are great or useful for every purpose. Free design fonts are rare, but that's also the case for Latin-based languages too. A good design font is usually going to cost money. If you're making a company logo that's a different set of requirements than publishing a newsletter or magazine, versus a website, versus an app or game.

Famously there is Japan's IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency) Font series. The most popular one is very institutional looking, like what you might find on information or warning sign. If you ever want to make your own version of a bathhouse notice, check out IPA Mincho, which is available as a standard package in most Linux distros. (e.g. apt-get install fonts-ipafont-mincho)

History seems to indicate that we had streets before we had cars.

That reminds me of home, in the suburbs of the Midwest

California removed it's jaywalking laws. The streets belong to pedestrians. But cars are allowed to use them as well, if they proceed carefully.

These are expensive so the cost forces you to eat them in moderation. Because an Italian cannot live on procuttio alone, there is also the wine to consider.

There should not be any room for 20 flavors of corn chips. The city is able to regulate what sort of businesses and offerings are permissable. Think of not just a liquor license, but a junk food license, and soda license.

Lose a rocket, gain a mountain of data. Work on the next rocket. Repeat

People have forgotten that this nation and its government belongs to the People, and not to the two parties. Every branch of government is under the Constitution, and the People are at the very top and in the first three words.