I have a somewhat strong expectation that poisoning the well like this will lead to a value increase of pre-AI texts.

It's about the file format. I would expect this OnlyOffice thingy supports odf, but does it default to saving in this format? Otherwise they'll be replacing the plague with cholera.

Well, you can keep your theory by saying the photo is fake. The strategy seems to be in trend.

I suppose you have very deep pockets then, because even if you are not found liable for a wreck, you should be able to withstand the lawyer fees until the judges reach a fnal and binding decision. Alternatively, you will need to persuade an insurance that this business will be profitable for them, too, so that they can sell you a policy, which will not be cheap. You may get someone to care about your priorities ("people first"), your entitlement ("I should be able to"), and what you think is necessary ("no need to involve") by showing them the money.

I wonder if the velocity vectors of these particles are all random or exhibit some order in a certain direction. A spececraft could use it to sail at relativistic speeds between galaxies.

Refinig in distillation columns just separates stuff based on the boiling point. Cracking is the step that breaks up long molecules into shorter ones, basically a supply-demand thing because there is more demand for e.g. gasoline than tar and pitch. The molecular sieve in the news will only replace the distillation column (and probably not all of them, since you need several different ones). So, the dirty part, which is cracking, will largely remain the same and the flares aren't going anywhere either. But, yeah, the process will be made a bit more energy efficient (hopefully). But on the other hand, the refineries generate their own energy by burning the heaviest molecules which are is much smaller demand and are very cheap. So those membranes better be dirt cheap, too. Another thing is that pushing stuff through membranes takes a lot of electrical energy to run the pumps, while running a distillation column just needs thermal energy. While the refinery can easily make thermal energy internally by burning the heavy fractions, it will either need to purchase the electricity externally, or install a turbine to make the electricity from steam, which is expensive. The commercial success of the membranes thus depends on cheap electricity, too.

No sane company manager will just build an expensive new refinery when upgrading an old one will do the job. That would be a waste of money.

I first thought this was going to be about a text editor, but nope, just a plain old paper notebook. With a subscription model?! Also, having 67 limited editions is not exactly keeping it limited. Even spread out over 20 years, that's more than 3 special editions per year. I write on paper, a lot, every day. I need about 3-4 DIN A4 notebooks per year. I could get a limited edition notebook every time I needed one, freaking guaranteed to make me feel special as a snowflake!

All tech is super crappy at the beginning. There is a difference between being a luddite and not wanting to be an early adopter. What you present is a false dichotomy. Maybe you're just trolling, I dunno.

The part where the OS manufacturer does not have a monopoly in all of the use cases of a smartphone.

Like the French Canada, it's the best Canada, in ze land!

If inertia is what you want, just add a flywheel. You could power it with renewables, too.

The Ferengi would have been proud...

No, what we need is the location of the transmitting chip and soldering iron.

It's called that because it's not black, not a hole and not a bomb.