And they try, but the news media doesn't give them any help, because those books don't generate fear, uncertainty and doubt, and therefore, don't sell ads.

Neuroscientists rarely have shares of stock to sell.

Or at least are using a user agent of one.

"A minor child who downloads a software application from an app store agrees to contractual terms of service, "

Which a minor cannot, legally, do. Without the parent agreeing to the terms, there's no enforceable contract.

The counterpoint is, of course, the impossibility of verifying anyone's age online without pissing off a lot of people who really shouldn't be on the internet to begin with.

No good answers, or even good questions.

Or any other tech company. Or any other company with any kind of online presence. Or any other company, period.

But it's an important lesson for children to learn early.

Well, the Orange Dragon has been President for a year and a half. No doubt he's already killed everyone, so there's no one left to die!

Japan's death rate is about half what's cited here at about 12,000 per 100,000. Eu's is about 1,000, or about 2/3 higher.

Any more questions you could answer in three seconds at your favorite search engine?

The real issue is that it would piss off the tech bro subculture, who contribute millions of dollars to reelection campaigns. Can't be having that.

Yeah, I'm sure that less than an hour's pay each at minimum wage (or, to be precise, about $3 each) will solve everyone's problems.

Steal a hundred billion dollars from evil rich people and it adds up to about $600 per worker in the US. Which is to say, less than a week's pay at minimum wage in most states.

Nowadays? What rock have you been living under for the last century?

Putting the government in charge of a bad idea is always worse than having someone, anyone, else, in charge of a bad idea.

While trying to get reelected.

So you believe that virtually everyone posting here is drunk?

Plausible, I guess, but dude, you've led a very sheltered life.

4 hours won't cover the average outage, but it's long enough to prepare for it.