I'm going to chime in with getting to university in Europe is a lot harder than in the United States. I know the schools in Switzerland have high stakes exams regularly that *do* filter the majority towards what we could consider trade-schools.
Those who do get in, as you said, their university education is essentially free.

I worked for a HMO from 2000s to 2010s. During my time there, we consolidated to a single building and were issued new badges that contained a RDIF that could be read remotely.
Every couple of minutes security would 'ping' the building and see where everyone was in the name of safety and security.
One day I had a gastro-issue and spent a lot of time in the restroom, and to my horror, there was a knock on my stall's door from security to see if I was okay.
After that, I would leave my badge at my desk while in the office.

So, basically not new technology, just using WiFi to do the checks vs RF.

And you'd be wrong - Cameron's sub had a sphere for the pilot.
Nice diagram and photos at Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Judging from the British new papers, I'm not surprised at all.
I've noticed the butchering of acronyms (NASA as Nasa or even nasa) for a very long time, and other 'dumbing down' of their language.
It's as if they've taken ee cumming's style to a new extreme.

It's intentionally placed.
Bluetooth circuits are usually licensed for pennies per million by the same companies that sold you the EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, etc).
So then why?
Sell at a loss, get placed in all the cheap phones, tablets, PCs in Asia, have instant backdoor access with a simple "knock-knock' packet.

Bonuses are completely discretionary on the part of the business and as others have pointed out, can be easily gamed.
Just wondering if the captains of industry ever bothered to read up the lessons from the French Revolution.

If by DIE you mean the McDonnell Douglass who ran the company into the ground, literally twice, then yeah, sure.
If you that some Black woman got the job because, well, she's a she, and her skin color is Black, etc., etc., etc., then I suggest you watch "Hidden Figures" and learn that perhaps the smartest person in the while fucking room is the one you'd over look cause of your personal biases and insecurities.

This.
AI could not and would not know how to satisfy a single person's wants in running a company, let alone any larger group with competing views, wants, and goals.
Put a Carl Icahn, a greenmailer, or some other disputer on the board and watch the AI's computers melt.

Portable Cell Towers have existed for a while, *ahem* Stingray.
Definitely a better use of the technology, but it's been around for a while.

Since the code is created by an AI, is it copyrightable?
The case of the monkey that took a selfie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute), has some interesting takes on non-human creations; basic answer is no.

Allow me to add my favorite book on programming, which sits on the shelf next to Mr. Knuth's opus.
the dot, by Peter H. Reynolds. ISBN 0-7636-1961-2.

If you fail to comprehend the lessons in Mr. Reynolds book, then perhaps programming isn't for you.

The tub spins ultra-fast and thus can be used to purify uranium.

Not really. If I worked at Apple and Meta wanted to really hire me, RSUs are just a negotiation point.

Right now Meta does have a problem with people leaving since their RSUs and grants in particular being underwater, new hires are coming in cause they're buying in on the dip.

Certainly ideal for the maker community, but for the commercial community, me thinks a contract will be required.

I see a lot of comments here saying why it wouldn't work, and they're correct that the people in a house could not scale to the needs of the home.
However, there are spaces / places where this technology would scale - think a train station, airport, theater, sports arena, nightclub, etc.
That's where the question becomes interesting to explore, and does offer possible solutions to the needs of the space.