4. Cost to build/distribute the testing systems [which wasn't mentioned in the article.]

But if the test/system works as well as the as the study indicates, there is a massive market and demand to support a real-world roll-out.

Is there a good non-paywalled copy of this article? I searched recent news for other sources but only found the same half-assed AP summary. Although, I did search for the article on Google....

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From the summary: "Rinsing heat-damaged pipes can also work, but some plastic pipes require more than 100 days of nonstop water rinsing to be safe to use. If that's the case, the pipes may need to be replaced instead."
If flushing pipes is effective then a relatively inexpensive home carbon filtration system could easily treat the water for period of time to bridge the gap the water is at safe levels again.

The first FPS was a Imlac PDS-1 game, no mouse was needed.*
That fact does not negate that a mouse is a superior and preferred means of controlling FPS games today.

* - Maze War, 1973 https://www.pcmag.com/news/the...

This seems like the kind of collection the MoPOP museum in Seattle ( https://www.mopop.org/ ) would like to have. MoPOP has a video game wing, but it only has indie games to demonstrate game types. It's not terrible, but I was disappointed by that exhibit. There's so much video game history I was hoping to see showcased at MoPOP, and now it's in a warehouse looking for a home....

Minor addition to the timeline: Lead was replaced by methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in the mid-80's until ethanol was mandated by Congress in 2005. MTBE and ethanol both reduce tailpipe emissions.

I see this being a goldmine for making knock-offs of simple mobile games...Flappy Bird, Farmville, fruit ninja, runners, Candy Crush, tower defense, etc. Use AI to get a knock-off 90% complete, polish, update images and menus...then dump on the market free with ads and/or in-game purchases. Do that enough times and the sheer quantity will make money, just like the shitty mobile game developers do already, with less programming.

Agree with your points and I want to add to this... The internet helps keep the public calm in stressful times, which is invaluable to the nation as a whole during a crisis. People can get information, work/go to school, shop for essentials, communicate with family/friends, and distract themselves with TV and games. Cut people off from that and stress, fear, rumor-mills, and/or boredom quickly drive people to do crazy things that will make it far far harder to handle a pandemic [or other emergency]. It's in the public interest to make the internet available to all and running well.

Honestly, my biggest fear now is while we're in the midst of COVID-19 a major area will also get hit by a big snowstorm, flood, earthquake, wildfire, terrorist attack, etc. that knocks out power and/or internet and things descend into chaos. At least we're not in hurricane season.

So much talk of "outgassing" dangers... folks do realize that as a GAS most or all of the worrying compounds would go to the air, not the food. Not to say none would go into food, but it's not a 1:1 ratio outgas to food, and the rate of outgassing is very very low anyway. Also, the amount of gas will also relate to temperature and a container in a refrigerator or freezer will have little to no outgassing... maybe just don't microwave your food in a plastic container if you're worried?

Furthermore, for post-pubescent adults the potential health risks are very very low for many of the compounds, like BPA. Potential risks are more significant for children, so parents with an abundance of caution for their kids may justify removing all plastic containers. However, for the rest of us, and maybe cautious parents too, I think there are well-documented bigger risks around us that are better to focus on, but often ignored because they are common risks normalized by society (e.g. the flu, parents who share their bed with an infant/SIDS, lead or asbestos in older homes, keeping up with vaccinations, poor diet, lack of exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, cholesterol, sanitary food prep, safe/undistracted driving, etc. etc.) I don't mean to make "whataboutism" argument here, my point is more that reducing risk in our lives can have time, effort, and monetary costs, that may be better spent reducing the well-known risks than uncertain risks.

I think 5 years someone was arguing to standardize chargers and said, "microUSB isn't perfect... but it is good enough." Good thing no one listened to them then. I just don't understand why anyone would listen to them now.

If someone is so smart they can predict exactly what technology is needed now and into the future, there are far more lucrative career paths than government regulator.

First, Let's not assume one must be on a social media platform. To use the restaurant analogy, if there is only one restaurant in town people can still eat at home and invite their family and friends over.

Second, I know many friends and family who moved all their activity to Instagram because of the nonsense on Facebook. And, yes, everyone is aware Instagram is owned by Facebook, but the platform/interface is different and doesn't lend itself to to be used [or abused] in the way Facebook is.

Yeah except Facebook needs to at least keep their space pleasant and inviting enough for people to stay in and that may require some moderation. If I went to a restaurant to have a nice time with my family and friends and someone came over to our table uninvited to tell us their deep-state-black-jews-orchestrated-9/11-to-distract-the-world-from-a-chemtrail-poisoning-operation-and-only-Trump-can-save-us manifesto, and I can no longer enjoy my time with my family and friends, then I would expect the restaurant to do something about that creep. If the restaurant says sorry, but our policy is not to limit anyone's free speech here, then I'm walking out without paying the check and never coming back. I'm certainly not the only one who would do that, and pretty soon the policy creates a financial burden on the restaurant. Facebook is like a restaurant in that people go to privately-owned space to be with friends and family, but if they get too annoyed by stuff going on around them, they will leave, and that becomes a problem for Facebook.

In addition, many Linux users who are gamers will opt to dual-boot for gaming for obvious reasons. So, of the tiny percentage of Linux users not all are even fully committed to Linux.

According to Consumer Reports 2019 car owner polling Tesla owners are the more satisfied with their cars than owners of any other manufacturer. Oddly, at the same time Consumer Reports dropped the Model 3 from their recommended list because of some reliability issues, but regardless the owners are happy.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/...

On resale, Tesla resale values are staying relatively high because there is demand for them... when thousands of buyers are on waiting lists for a new Tesla, some will choose to buy used instead of waiting. Also a large number of used Teslas are resold by Tesla, which probably helps them influence the used prices some. If you look at any other EVs the depreciation is much much worse than Tesla. (There are some amazing deals on non-Tesla used EVs if you look for them).

For the record I'm pro-EVs and I own one (a Nissan Leaf I bought used a few years ago), however I don't hold have any particular love for Tesla. I think the cultish reverence for Tesla and Elon is pretty silly actually.