Particularly since the sun doesn't shine there.

Set it down right on top of MH370.

Well, R&D fits into that category. Who benefits from JPL's work currently? Pretty much anyone in the space biz. Turn its management over to a private company to manage and the ownership of the intellectual property produced becomes blurred. Pretty soon, you've got contractors that won't let you fix the stuff you've bought because of company IP. And now you've got to pay again to buy that as a service. From an outfit that has monopoly power over that knowledge.

Turn JPL management over to another public institution, with a duty to propagate knowledge would be a better idea.

Nuclear is just around the corner. Particularly for data centers and AI. Cost is no object, so the "Reeee! Nucular is expensive!" doesn't matter.

... was a spectogram published in the report PDF? What value would that add beyond transcribed audio with time stamps?

On the other hand, when I worked for Boeing, we would produce thick certification documents chock full data of questionable value. To impress the FAA, I suppose. And to keep them from actually bothering to read the interesting bits.

Someone ordered a Trump phone delivered to something other than a dead drop?

Welcome to Netflix's new streaming channel: Bob and Doug McKenzie , 24 hours per day.

Well, there's the problem. We need less efficiency, not more. A cop on every street corner. Who will be available to hassle the POC in the "wrong" neighborhood and conduct stop and frisks when things get a bit slow.

People need to do what our local miscreants do when they don't want to be surveilled: take the bus. There are far too many people driving anyway. Think of the environment!

This.

Our state (Washington) is pursuing road usage charges based on GPS data in place of gas taxes. Capturing EV usage as well. Don't have a GPS? Just report your annual odometer readings. Didn't drive all those miles within the state? You should have bought a reporting GPS receiver. We already have a "GoodToGo" system for bridge tolls, express lanes and the like. But we have far more readers along our roads than is necessary to collect charges. Effectively, a giant tracking network.

And then there's urban area vehicular access charges (like congestion charges in London and NYC).

More like half an hour. But then I don't sit on a bench and fiddle with my phone.

Cook up one big batch a week. Freeze it in daily portion sizes. Toss one in the microwave, hit the "frozen food" button. Chow in 5 minutes.

The alternative is to allow you to partake of your little enjoyments. But then when they wreck your health, the governments should be expected to pick up the tab for your extended care. Nope.

I'm all for legalizing fentanyl. But then outlaw Narcan.

Interesting. You know who used that N word a few years ago (and then promptly shut up)?

Trump.

Some AT&T exec got one bar of signal in your town once. Good enough. Rip down all the wire.

Honestly, I don't care if it's fiber to the property line. I've got FTTH and it works just fine. But numerous traditional telecoms (like AT&T) abandoned our neighborhood as fiber drew nigh. So, I'm not buying that B.S. AT&T is just trying to monopolize r.f. bandwidth* and is using telephone service revenue to do so.

*Meanwhile, business, utility and public service bandwith holders are running away from the offers, screaming. At being screwed over by the last wireless protocol switch.

Those habits are your responsibility. You fix them.

And it's Oxford, not Harvard. Other side of the pond.

... to bear ARMs!