I heard a piece on NPR's "Marketplace" last month about ChargerHelp, a startup that trains people to fix software glitches that make chargers stop working. That's a great idea, since having more chargers working more of the time means less waiting as things scale and build out. But there must still be some lag from a charger breaking to it being noticed to it being reported to a tech being dispatched to the charger being fixed.

I grew up mostly in a "full-serve" state, and even in the "self-serve" state where I now live, multiple gas stations in my town offer "full-serve" - sometimes exclusively - and do so at the same price as "self-serve" stations. So why not hire folks with associate's degrees in electrical / electronic / computing fields from local community colleges as "charging station attendants" and give them the training and tools to keep the chargers functional? They might also help maintain order at busy times (which would be less busy if all the chargers were functional) and help Granny plug in her car (while explaining that no, they can't check her oil).

The other faster-than-RAID solution I'm familiar with, MIT's Mark 6 VLBI data system, only does something like 16Gbps, I think.

...and I see I need to update my signature here, since Perplexity did not say anything (this time) about my doing brain surgery while racing motorbikes.

I asked it "who is" questions about my wife and myself. It gave correct information about my wife, who's become much more visible online in the last several years.

I, on the other hand, have become less visible, and although my name isn't particularly common, there are a few other people around the world with the same name. So it decided that I was a freakishly multi-talented person who worked as a Wall Street trader, actor, astronomer, rugby player and writer. While amusing, at least 40% of this was wrong, but I didn't have the time to tell it that.

Hopefully the forces of evil will consult Perplexity on their way to my door, and be misdirected.

Given how many companies, people and things I've never heard of are mentioned in this story, I must run right out and give a vendor some of my personal info to get such a device, then bring it home and put it on my WiFi, and... er, how about no?

It was launched before data roaming plans were a thing.

While I'm sure BAE has facilities in Hamsphire as well, this particular one is in NEW Hampshire.

Mention 23andme's shenanigans to your friendly local State Attorney General.
Mention 23andme's shenanigans to your friendly local TV News investigative / problem-solving reporter.
Both of these people would probably find the shenanigans extremely interesting.
And "all publicity is good publicity" for 23andme, right?

A Zionist friend has made this same argument, which I haven't dignified with a response in our chats since it's the least defensible of his arguments.
It's right up there with Sideshow Bob's "ATTEMPTED murder? Do they award a Nobel for ATTEMPTED chemistry?"

Trust me, if "you can't charge us with genocide because it wasn't successful" were a good argument to make, we would've heard it before.

My ex used to tell me I was talking PERL in my sleep back around 1994-1999. I should've gotten some voice dictation software, who knows what I might've written.

Yes, ARPA-E is not at all a "division" of DARPA. It's totally Department of Energy, while DARPA is Department of Defense.

There's also ARPA-H under the National Institutes of Health, and IARPA under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

I may be missing / forgetting others.

Get word out that some cosmic rays reach the ground. (True)
Add that exposure to them is higher at airliner altitudes. (Also true.)
Sell "shielded" undies containing RFX1 plastic to lots of worried men.
Profit?

No, because Mars Needs Women, of course.

Oh no, losing $800 million in a year? That's bad. Maybe Spotify is in danger of going bankrupt?

"Anyway," said 99% of artists on Spotify...

My guitarist friend Chris isn't currently signed to a label, so who would you propose he take it up with?

(He has pointed out that Spotify's latest/forthcoming policies involve not paying independent artists anything at all and suggested that folks stream his songs somewhere, anywhere, else.)