I'm Dutch, our only option for hydro is to dam off part of the North sea, pump out water, then let the water flow back in through turbines. It's probably not cost-effective. This is a variation on the old Lievense Plan (which had a large basin filled with pumps, and drained through turbines). Interestingly, the original plan was not just for storing cheap wind power, but also for storing and balancing cheap nuclear power.
Note that some nuclear power plants can run load-following (for instance some of the French ones).

Nonsequitur.

"More Americans have been entering upper middle class" is not inconsistent with "the economy has not improved over the past few years."

It's a stretch above 120th as well.

Clearly, more research is needed... MORE!

Those techniques won't work on overeating because you need to eat to live, you can't just stop cold turkey like with smoking.

Overweight people have it constantly hammered into them that they're endangering their lives, it's not a messaging issue.

And if it's so bad, why is having the meds such a problem? Their side effects are minimal and they work better than diet and exercise and lifestyle change. Most of the arguments seem to be based on some weird puritanism, where only the "worthy" should be able to weigh less.

The current administration is focused on making it look like they're doing something.

If they really wanted to regulate microplastics they'd regulate them, not put them on a list where they'll sit and do nothing.

"We spent a ridiculous amount of effort to stop smoking in this country but have done almost nothing in regards to obesity"

I disagree strongly. We have spent as a society uncounted billions on addressing obesity, including on government programs. The problem is it's just a harder problem than smoking.

At the end of the day, just about everybody knows obesity is bad and that you have to exercise and eat healthier. Lack of knowledge isn't the problem.

"You have to admit that the majority of people are not like diligent you but are more like those bakery patrons"

So then the drugs sound like the best option? The only other argument is basically that of a sociopath -- people should be punished because they don't have the willpower you think they do.

If the game bugs up 10% of the time I am out. I'd rather play it on Windows.

Unless it's a Bethesda game, in which case only bugging up 10% of the time would be an improvement over the Windows version.

Don't be such a hater, at this rate we'll reach 95% market saturation for desktop gaming by the year 3,562

Amazon's valuation was insane back then, their potential for growth was anything but certain (or even likely) at the time. And the SpaceX valuation seems to have been inflated by buying the similarly overvalued xAI company, and doing a stock swap to cement those valuations. I'm sure plenty of people will jump at the chance of owning SpaceX stock at whatever price (I would have when it was just SpaceX), but in the long run?
Well, maybe. Maybe lower launch costs will open up new markets for launches. Maybe they'll get their space-based data centers to work. Maybe xAI's AI will amount to something some day. Maybe there's a vast market for sat based cellular service. Not something I'm going to bet my money on... $1.75T seems high even if they manage to achieve one or all of those things.

Replace them with AI as well.

I love my e-ink reader. I can read anything anywhere, and when my last book is finished, the next read is just a tap away. But that's just for linear reading. When I'm studying, I might be flipping back and forth through a syllabus, or have several of them open side by side. That works poorly on a tablet. On the plus side, with a tablet or latop, students no longer have to carry an unhealthy amount of heavy books to school.

As for using a laptop for taking notes, I find that to be way more distracting than taking notes on paper, whether it's me taking the notes or someone next to me.

Microsoft Office if Microsoft Office compatibility is what you are going for, which it seems these groups are.

At some point it just seems less exhausting to just use Office.