Besides this, the NYC rule seems to cover rental agreements, which the FTC rule did not cover, to my knowledge.

Indeed, but I was answering the question: "It seems like there is an obvious business opportunity for a domestic tractor manufacturer here. Anyone care to explain why nobody has moved into this market?"
European tractors would not be a domestic manufacturer. A domestic company moving into the market would be a "new manufacturer" and would have to invest quite a bit into development - design, manufacturing, etc...
It's easier for other companies, whether Chinese, Japanese, or European to move in instead with their own superior offerings.

It's simple addiction, based on a very low-entry, socially approved neural anesthesia.
Think Trainspotting writ small, played out in public where every time the family stops moving, Mom or Dad (or more often, both) pop out their phones to "just check some things".

Ah, but you may be mistaken about the point.
If you're talking about the simple physical reality it accomplishing the task of detection, well sure, it might be impossible. But if you recognize the point isn't to detect nukes but to gain nearly infinite streams of funding based on ok-perhaps-it's-implausible-but-hear-me-out -nukes-are-scary, well sir that certainly is within our reach.

"I'm a 30 second bomb! I'm a 30 second bomb! 29... 28... 27..."

From TFS, this is serving commercial flights rather than general aviation.

That would be that labor costs are too high, they wouldn't be able to compete with the established players as a new manufacturer that would have a bunch of development costs for what would, at least at the start, be more primitive offerings.
Of course, primitive is what some people are after.
Meanwhile, the Chinese have taken over on much of the innovation, or at least development. The USA and Europe have too much invested in the status quo these days.

I'm aware, but unless they're piping the input to /dev/null (which they of course are not) the data is almost certainly going to a "centralized purchase record database" which the grandparent has blithely assured us is not happening.

If that's true, why are they typing my driver's license number into the cash register?

Thanks 1977. Glad you could join us.

I understood that (we deduced) humans were generally more of a hijacker/scavenger for most of our history, only developing sophisticated cooperative hunting techniques relatively late in the process.

Wow great links, thanks!

rsilvergun is a committed socialist.
If he's not blaming Trump for (whatever), he's opining about spending other people's money for stuff.

This rsilvergun is an asian pedo. Could be a coincidence.
https://www.instagram.com/rsil...

I attribute it down to mostly the elimination of leaded gasoline. 18-20 years after use drops, crime drops as well.