If a simple rejection of particular sequences of characters for a business name reduces security risks for possibly millions of people, then I'm all for that. Or we just could force all those thousands of unemployed software engineers everyone is always talking about into slavery to shore up security in the local library's database and web interface, free of charge.

This is a great initiative, obviously. But it also helps to properly assess its impact. At 2019 CO2 emission levels (36bn tonnes), we need 1.5 trillion fully grown trees to be carbon neutral. This is based on a tree extracting about 48 pounds of CO2 from the air annually.

Nothing to add besides the title.

Yeah, we can't have that.

I didn't get good headphones. I got decent bluetooth headphones that look good too. And finally no more cable mess!

I didn't get a big TV. I got a modest one with a good screen that you don't really see when I'm not using it. It's not the trophy possession of my household.

I don't care so much about iWatches, but I'm not getting one until they stop looking so dorky.

Walkmans were pig disgusting to look at, but they embodied a freedom to listen to you own music. It's selling point was functionality. That's what made them beautiful!

For the first time in history a 5 year PC old still performs really well in everyday things. For computing at home, I just want something quiet and neat-looking.

If your algorithm is unstable at single precision floating point, it's going to be unstable at double precision as well.

I think there's only very small niche of applications for GPGPU cards where double precision is absolutely necessary.

You see that string of 16 digits? Yeah, that's not going to happen. Also, one mistake, and that version is lost.

"The public" has a fixed amount of scientific knowledge when there's a fixed amount of time dedicated to it during our education. Total human knowledge, however, steadily increases. Hence, the gap widens. End of story.

...said the guy who's obviously never worked in a production environment.

In the mid-60s, we were in the middle of the Cold War, so there was an enormous amount of prestige at stake.

Nowadays, there are no obvious returns on investment. And past results are no guarantee, mind you, before everyone starts pointing towards Teflon, navigation and pens that write upside-down.

The next space wave will start when we find a definite candidate for habitable planet.

...and I don't think processing power wasn't a problem, at all.

Where does it say that citing sources is required for credibility on internet fora?

This is such small potatoes. Russian olicharchs are paying millions to mostly American law firms to scourge the internet and write cease and dissist letters to any sites hosting negative articles about themselves and their allies.
Really, a single pianist is *not* the issue here.

Yes, I too believe I can make a better estimation of the value of Mojang in 3 seconds than an entire specialized Microsoft department over the course of a few months.

Why in a year or two, and not a decade? What you suggest sounds like the technology push of TV manufacturers with their 3D, curved screens, 4k resolution TVs that nobody seems to be waiting for.
Maybe we've arrived at a situation where the technology to do anything you could reasonably want is simply here, and gaming is going back to providing a unique experience and captivating story lines.