8 GB is also not enough to play some games like Counter Strike 2.

For instance it's not enough to play Counter Strike 2.

8GB clearly is not enough to play some games, specifically Counter-Strike 2. Whether that's an issue depends on your use case obviously.

Walkmans had no lock in: they played the same tapes as every other device, you could plug the same headphones, etc. Same goes with every shoes or clothes brand.

It's totally different with iPhones: they have their own group discussion app, proprietary AirDrop file transfer, their own apps, etc. This enables lock in via the network effect.

It does not matter who is responsible. In the coming years Boeing will systematically get blamed in the press and public opinion. That's what skimping on quality earned them and it's probably well deserved.

Here's another concrete proposal: eliminate inheritance. Instead everything goes to the state and is distributed to every kid that reaches the age of majority either as a lump sum to buy a house, start a business or whatever; or as a pension over a decade or so. By some calculations this would amount to about $300,000 per kid reaching the age of majority. This would prevent the accumulation of wealth but also solve the issue that with the increase in longevity people get their inheritance later and later in life, at a time when they just don't need it anymore.

I know it's way out of the box but it's an interesting thought...

And yet we regularly solve cold cases by analyzing decades old DNA samples. We even sometimes manage to get our hands on thousands year old DNA samples of long extinct species and and sequence them. So why do you assume that DNA deteriorates after weeks or even just a handful of years?

Heat pumps use different refrigerants depending on the climate of the place where they will be installed. The cold climate heat pumps typically have a refrigerant with a lower boiling point that ones for warmer places.

If Americans are stuck on the idea that heat pumps just don't work in cold places maybe there is no market for importing the cold climate models. There are a lot of things that are not available or really hard to procure in the USA like small hatchbacks, proper vans, dark chocolate, etc.

What is your source for this?

You don't need battery swap infrastructure. You can just pull a range extender like the EP Tender. Bonus points: car manufacturers don't need to completely redesign their cars to accommodate a standardized swappable battery; and when unused the range extenders can be used as a grid battery.

The prices I have seen for a Paris - New-York flight in Concorde in the 1990s are north of $10K. The flight NY - LA flight seems to be of similar duration so $3K seems like a low estimate. Also the decarbonation of air travel is all the rage these days. So right after they manage to scale up to a plane with room for more than a couple of passengers the question is going to be: can they make an electric version? With a useful range?

I see the infringement on the moral rights as a potential additional charge (among probably others), not as something that precludes suing on the basis of identity theft.

So I'm going to assume you meant "do a bad job of learning how to separate their professional lives from their private lives" otherwise your comment makes no sense at all. The question then is does your employer know whether you're a man or a woman? If they do (*) then you're doing just as bad of a job as 'these fragile people'.

(*) Remember your employer also has your social security information, including official first name, and they can cross check that against your appearance.

So what you're saying is that an NMC battery retains 80% of its capacity after 2000 cycles (the standard definition of a battery lifespan), but that it will have only have 60% of its capacity after half those cycles. Make up your mind.

So lets see what this means for a small-battery Tesla Model 3 that has an EPA-rated range of about 220 miles. Front-loading the capacity loss and multiplying by 3000 cycles gives us a total car mileage of 220 miles * 70% * 3000 = 462 000 miles. Americans have an average yearly mileage of 13476 miles. That means the battery should be good for 34 years of driving! So even when using your own numbers and very pessimistic estimates the battery has a good chance of outliving the car.

Not necessarily ;-) Also it really depends if you are talking about glued structural batteries (Tesla) or blade-style structural batteries which can be dismantled without trouble.