By placing embargoes on technology exports, the chinese were incentivized to build their own. Sure, they run open-source software, but how are you going to embargo that?

They will make more money selling this data to Flock (et al) than off parking fees.

Ooooh! I just connect the parallel printer ports with a special cable.
Works every time!

Winches, front and rear tow hitches, truck nuts, oversize jacks, snorkels, tow ropes, Harley-Davidson plaques, it's all so cliche.

My Samsung tablets are completely flummoxed, as are my hi-fi devices that apparently get their timezone info from it. I had to set TZ to Phoenix Arizona even though I live on the BC coast.
And Washington state has moved to PST, so their TV/Radio programming starts at a different time now.
It's a shitshow.

Everyone knows America loves lawsuits. Time for a big one.

And who would read slashdot without these semi-annual debates?

And it's a useful life skill!

Won't someone think of the children?

Hiring programmers to develop software, marketing, selling, supporting - it's all over I think. MS has decided that the future is AI-powered in all respects. We'll see how that works out for them.

The end of a (short) era. Hey, we did OK, no?

Here's the problem with democracy. Even idiots like this can vote, given a crayon.

While you completely ignore corporate impunity. Are you being obtuse?

And how many times has the us military had to 'defend' itself?
Once in Hawaii, but that was only because said military existed.
The rest is adventurism.