This is not 'best of both worlds' - it's the best of 1 world: The online world. Now if you could also convert online-only games to physical media, then yes, it would be the best of both worlds.

Which doesnt “fix” the underlying issue - the browser is leaking data about you against your knowledge and permission.

That sounds like a flaw in the browser. That should probably be fixed.

He has. For a long time. The problem is, apparently he doesn't like to pay them, and they're not aware of that before the fact.

Calculus 1 pretty much is the lowest-level math class at Berkeley. There's a math fundamentals refresher class, which is for people who are pretty much at pre-calculus level. But if they're saying students really don't understand fractions, it's a mystery how they even got into Berkeley. California has an amazing community college system that will teach you all the way down to basic algebra if you need it, and once you spend a couple of years there, there are easy avenues to transfer to the many high-quality California four-year schools. I sense the op-ed author has an axe of some kind to grind, because even without the SAT, it's not like admissions to Berkeley aren't competitive.

Dude, Robert, drink some raw milk, relax, and go back to filming the Real Food Show. Everything will be fine, friend. And if it's not, why not try to eat some roadkill bear? It'll undoubtedly make you feel better.

I've been an armchair fan of quantum mechanics for decades. I read the nerd magazines when I was young, and continue to this day. I can even spell quantum chromodynamics, but I've never heard of quantum memory. Lost in translation, or drowning bs?

I like your perspective overall, but you're fundamentally wrong about the use of a driver's license during a traffic stop -- it's used to identify you, so they can also run you for warrants. It's not just about whether or not you're currently licensed to drive.

Well, technically, per international treaty, nobody can "have the best spots." Legally speaking, there is no real estate that can be owned on the Moon.

MMmmm, I understand the sentiment. But I think you'll find that's not true. The Oracle database, alone, has a long history of engineering behind it that has not truly been replicated by other products. Of course, this is really only relevant for corner cases, but these exist, and they're usually folks who have big budgets (like governments, or large enterprises). And at that level, what they're paying for is not the technology as-shipped, but the support ... which means you have a "throat to choke" in terms of lawsuits, but could also mean building something that's proprietary for your business.

No one in their right mind would start a business hoping that a protectionary 25% tariff would be permanent. Right objective, stupid plan.

And that is a good phone.

You can piggy back on the civilian infrastructure without ever exposing devices - just require all devices to access anything beyond the local network via a specific router, which pushes all traffic over a VPN, and nothing goes out over the naked internet as its all dropped if its not going over the VPN. Then all you need to ensure are thoroughly audted and hardened are those routers - everything else cant hit the internet.

Zuckerberg has finally realized his shop doesn't have the AI muscle to compete with the top dogs, so instead he's emulating the Chinese model of releasing open models in an effort to undercut OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.

The Ellisons are a very litigious family. I'd be checking those 'commitments' very carefully for escape hatches. And 3 years of good behavior is clearly a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things. I think they could do (much) better.

Microsoft has done a pretty thorough job of locking companies in like this, particularly through authentication and authorization systems (Active Directory) and the locked-down IT management infrastructure around them.