NAND storage is also nontrivial to remove/replace on recent MacBooks (iirc). Sadly, used MacBooks are quite expensive.

What actions did Greenspan take that would have "popped" the dotcom bubble?

Eventually alternative platforms will be pressured to provide the same age verification as Discord. What then?

Complete systems maybe, but if they're refurbs then good luck. The secondhand market is falling apart for machines that have been stripped of RAM and/or storage. You will not find replacements at prices that make any sense. Perfectly good, working machines that have been repaired and restored to working condition can't be sold if they were stripped of RAM/storage prior to sale on the secondhand market.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28...

Battlebots was more interesting.

Auto start/stop systems can be buggy. I had a 2019 Jetta that had a bug associated with the windshield wipers and auto start/stop. If you had the wipers on in rain, they'd freeze up if the start/stop system engaged and stopped the engine at a red light (for example). Then when the engine started back up, it would throw an error on the dash and the wipers wouldn't function until fully cycling the engine. The car was still drivable, but driving in the rain with stuck wipers is not safe. . .

It wears out the starter. Basically. It can do other bad things.

Ignorant judges can still hold you in contempt of court for failing to appear and/or following a direct order.

That ties in with what I already said. They definitely won't obey the laws of another country.

If a clueless judge issues an order, it's still the law that you must obey the order until you've had your day in court to (for example) argue that metadata alone doesn't constitute piracy. Ignoring such an order is unlawful, assuming the court has any jurisdiction.

Of course a "shadow library" ignored a direct order from a judge. They aren't interested in following any laws.

The irony being that if they stayed true to their original mission/charter, they would welcome researchers training their AI models against OpenAI's.

Correct. Xi is already hyperparanoid. Nobody in the PLA command structure is truly safe. Sowing a little discord could be advantageous.

Nine years is a long time for law enforcement to find his stash.