Is there some experimental mode for Siri that can utilize an AI model? Despite the higher error rate I would expect that the LLM is going to give more interesting (engaging) results for certain types of interactions.

The important thing to remember with Starship is that the last two flights incorporated an entirely new design.with multiple experiments. These were fundamentally new rockets largely unlike their largely successful prior versions. Rather than a tweak of a nearly successful version to fix a few things we saw major changes one or two of which unfortunately is causing some catastrophic problems. They never got this far, but even just the tile system included probably a hundred different experiments.

Unfortunately since they didn't get that far it is also possible some of those tile experiments will cause catastrophic failure on re-entry if they try them all again. The thing about experiments is you need to to survive long enough to get to them. Hopefully some of those experiments were more about manufacturing rather than survivability so they can down select the most promising alternatives next ship in production. Regardless, we are still seeing a lot of changes each flight and those changes have the potential to not work.

AI is like paying a toddler to be your CEO and paying them double.

Amazing progress doesn't mean AI is ready to take our jobs.

The order renamed the area bounded by the US and the Continental shelf "extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico"

That area is recognized by both countries to be under US jurisdiction by treaty. Mexico could retain the Gulf of Mexico name in their waters without conflicting names.

Greater Distance, low power, simplicity make AM still a very effective communications protocol. Keep it. And go ahead and mandate it.

Romneycare still has onerous penalties on Massachusetts for lack of insurance above a certain income

How can you fix what government broke without government to at least unwind all the mistakes they(we) made? Yes, when government micromanages a free market it is bad, but putting in place simple regulations and then policing things like fraud is why we have government. You can't have a free market if the people can steal from one another without systematic use of violence to punish transgressors.

No one would knowingly choose a health insurance that denies twice as many claims as their competitors. Give people choice and the bad actors get squeezed out of the market.

I am ok with an option out model for health like you can opt out of a 401k. But some minimum being required is probably more preferable overall. Most people need retirement savings beyond Social Security and will get sick before Medicare. Health Savings accounts should absolutely be an option to get whatever money the employer would have spent subsidizing the insurance plan.

It's a bit mind boggling that insurance is required by law to cover gender affirming care, but not limb affirming care? I identity as wanting to have hands and feet.

Yes, we need employers to stop forcing us into crappy plans. The government can play a role here. Make the market for health insurance work better and give people better options for using those employer funds to save up money tax free in health savings accounts. Don't require minimum withdrawals under a certain age so people can save up while they are healthier.

The employer's HR benefits administrators choosing the cheapest plan or the one with the best sales team isn't a free market and doesn't put the decision making into the hands of the people actually using the health insurance.

I believe Musk has said that internally they will charge the Starlink business unit the same launch rates as they would Starlink competitors. Of course that is a balance sheet exercise when it is under one roof.

Yes using primarily Starship for launches is the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise launching on Ariane rockets exclusively would mean a 50% at least more expensive system from a launch perspective just comparing to the Falcon 9 launched Starlink. It would need massive subsidies to become competitive even if they could catch up.

Once Starship starts launching many more satellites at once via Starship then Starlink is going to be much more economical and more capable.

To be economical they will have to launch via SpaceX rockets. Actually they could take advantage of SpaceX sunk R&D costs and launch much more economically on Starship and catch up to Starlink faster.

Developing a more economical launch capability would just set them back several years at least.

Layoffs look bad for management. Shows they hired more people than their revenue could support or more people than they actually needed. If they simply don't replace the people they drove out with their toxic workplace then they can just kinda quietly weasel their way out of it... Or so they think. Might get them a few years even.