One thing I've learned about science articles with "could" in the headline - it's almost always science fiction and worth nobody's time to read

Agreed. Antiques Road Show needs to stop with their critical race theory attacks on white people. /s

It's funny that you're giving advice in response to something that was clearly a joke. You might consider dispensing with dispensing advice.

It's a fair point. Why not set noon to be the point at which the sun is highest on either of the solstices? That doesn't sound entirely arbitrary.

attractive young women with "vast tracts of land" playing guitar solos from my favorite classic rock songs.

This, and I wish I had downvotes to give to the guy you responded to. The idea that specs should be set according to intention rather than capability is utterly ludicrous.

"Disproportionately" has nothing to do with intention. The implication of that word being used is that games benefit more than other types of applications.

This is the comment I came for

I work for an automotive company and even we can't do what this guy did in spy-land where everything should be MORE locked down. As you say, the CIO is incompetent and should be bounced.

Women comprise 9.2% of Fortune 1000 companies. At a 9:1 ratio of men to women in such roles, you're totally right in asserting that this woman getting a high-visibility job isn't noteworthy. Thanks for helping keep things in perspective

How exactly does "space colonization" work? I mean, it's not as though it has actually been done yet.

why not speculate? The tone of replies here is disappointing but hardly surprising: toxic men playing the victim card, toxically. What gives you license to criticize somebody's rights to speculate? I pointed to an event reported on by NPR that at least superficially seems related to the story. All you brought was a shitty attitude.

maybe it had to do with events like this one where men undermined the spirit of women in technology: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05...

Herbert Kornfeld and T. Herman Zweibal were such great reads.

It's hard to tell if the accusation is accurate or not. The summary is so full of hyperbolae that I can't bring myself to read the full article.