I used to do Gov contracting and FFRDCs are very common. The #1 problem with them is cost growth over time. A recompete is healthy. It forces the contractor to review everything and see how they can reduce costs. They rarely lose. They have way too much knowledge about the job requirements that others don't. That means their bid will be more realistic and the bid price will be low risk. By that I mean another company may assume certain requirements not explicit in the RFP and bid low on those tasks. The actual cost, once a contract starts, will be renegotiated and it isn't unusual for the new negotiated price to be higher than the incumbent. Therefore risk. Even if the incumbent does lose, the vast majority of the staff usually rotates onto the new contract - usually with a modest pay cut.

This is easily solved. They can build their own. Problem solved. I have no doubt that some of the AI vendors would be happy to bid on setting one up.

People still watch TV? I quit nearly 10 years ago. Broadcast TV is utterly useless.

Not True. Most toll roads are interstates. In MD, I-95, in Indiana I-80, in PA I-70 plus many others

Charge by the pound for transportation such as airfare.

if you said at a lower salary than what an american would make, I'd agree. It was never about talent and always about lower wages

of course this is a very limited sample size, but every one of my friends who had sleep apnea were overweight. Their apnea went away after they lost weight.

Of course that solution doesn't play well with pharmaceutical companies nor medical equipment manufacturers.

This should have been address when the Contracts were advertised - the contracting officer should have required all the repair manuals and supplies be available. Easy fix.

The A pillar has gotten huge over time primarily for roll over protection. The dang thing is a big obstruction. I've been driving since 1969 and I now have to move my head sideways to see around those pillars when pulling out onto a road. I frequently get surprised by a car obscured by that pillar.

Make the A pillar thinner and increase the size of the B pillar with added strength in the roof!

I just did a 1000 mile round trip. I had to refill every 250 miles or so. I estimate the throughput of vehicles refilling their car was about 1 every 5 minutes or so. I'll be liberal and say 6 minutes to get out, refill, get back in and drive off. At a station with 12-pumps that would be 120 cars per hour max. Likely less on average. Assuming 20 minutes to recharge an EV (and that is being liberal), that would be 36 cars per hour max.

It isn't only charge time that is the problem. You have to increase the number of charging stations threefold or more to achieve similar throughput. Will the EV station have the same hourly cash flow? How big of a facility must be built to handle 12 families waiting for their vehicle to recharge? What about those kids traveling? what will they do for 20 minutes?

All Google needs to do is make a serious of large contributions to tRump and his cronies and this whole thing will go away.

isn't that how politicians are created?

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bravo - Long Live critical thinking! Sadly, it is a lost ability. You nailed it.

Musk is extremely well paid and Tesla shareholders would benefit greatly by cutting his job. As a tech leader, I'm sure he'll embrace this idea willingly.