Reminds me of the Robot Operating System https://www.ros.org/

It's really a bunch of utilities that let you route sensor data through pipes and sockets.

Direct result of letting AT&T buy them.

PG&E thanks you for your loyalty.

That said, I'm not seriously challenging your assertion - Rather, if we presume you're primarily correct, that's been the case absent financial motivation up until now. Pyros aren't in it for the money, they're in it for the show.

If nothing else, I'm sure investigators would love the short list of who bet on fire-X.

Let's ignore for now the obvious issue of how you solve a problem with an app that requires the very device you have a problem with.

How do they expect people to become new customers in the first place? The #1 reason I go to a cell provider's physical stores is to pick out a new phone, have it activated, and my current phone (if still functional) cloned to it. Are they seriously expecting 100% of new customers to be BYOD Verizon defectors?

I have to suspect this is the "anchoring" opening bid in trying to sneak through a far less obnoxious change, hoping we'll all thank them rather than reaching for the tar and feathers when they announce whatever real change they're aiming for.

This isn't about gambling in general, or even the risk of arsonists making good on their bets.

This is about not making the geriatric scientophobic morons in charge of the country look bad. Their go-to response is always that disasters are unpredictable and there's nothing to be done for it. Meanwhile, the actual experts can all predict wildfire patterns pretty well.

Tough for the degenerates in congress to keep feigning ignorance if the experts are allowed to start raking in $$$ calling their bluff.

If you like littering on the moon, then sure. Why not aim for the sun?

I too could crash rockets on the moon with hundreds of billions in disposable income.

You're riding his dick for free.

Surely they're not going to cut off the data centers just so ordinary people can have electricity?

Rules of law are for the poor. Any troubles and you just buy a pardon.

Is the person who ignored Pelosi in the room with you right now?

You voted for it. No complaining.

Both sides, am I right guys?

Moron.

If Obama did this. There would have been an impeachment hearing that same day.

No doubt it's the rounded corners on their standalone pocket-GPT appliance.

And given the explicit mention of Jony Ive, that's most likely in the right ballpark rather than purely a joke.

The FCC is powerless to regulate net neutrality yet powerful enough to ban random products over unfounded claims.