I am reminded of the (anecdotal?) story how Henry Ford sent people to the junk yards to find which parts of the discarded model T did not show enough wear, so that the company could make them worse and save money.

Also, I came here to post this, only to be told that I can't post anonymously and need to log in. I did that, and the system gladly trashed the message. I don't think I'll bother posting here ever again. It's sad to see slashdot succumb to the common denominator and stifle normal discourse despite having had probably one of the most effective moderation systems around. It's been good knowing you over the decades.

What part of "peer-to-peer supply chain of software vendors" wasn't clear?

Isn't their whole business model - we'll build a nice app (done) and take a substantial cut from the driver's revenue? How can you be *losing* money with that?

My understanding that the transmissions over modern fibers use all sorts of tricks to pack more information into it, including frequency modulation, multiple polarization states, etc. I wonder how this new frequency comb technique plays with those.

Leave the link for the discussion where it belongs - after the summary! No one gives a damn about the "share" button!

Man! If even Underwood thinks the law is unpatriotic, it must be indeed horrible. I mean, we all saw what he had to do to become the President.

When Toyota or BMW makes a nice electric sedan that can outrace Porcshe 911, than we'll give Tesla a break :)

I sympathize with your view, but I hope you're not fooling yourself that someone who actually wants to stand up for the little guy has any chance of being nominated. Warren is demonized as a left-wing nut, and the most extreme thing she tried to do was to lower the student loan rate to match that the Fed is giving to the banks. Someone should import a few real left-wing nuts, put them up in some reality TV show, just so people get some sense as to what that really means.

One of my favorite aviation stories!

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Yes, if there's any activity that promotes critical thinking it's painstaking and systematic reproduction and of pre-defined letter shapes.

Will they have a linux client?

Yes, like keeping a fellow who illegally downloaded your copyrighted work locked up in jail for 10 years. Sure as hell will cost taxpayer a pretty penny.

I never understood the whole 'take your passport' thing. I was under impression that if I show up at the US embassy, say that I am a US citizen, that my passport was forcefully taken from me, and I want to go home, they'll go through some checks and give me the documents I need to go back. No?

Glad you're keeping things in perspective!

Remind me again, why doing this crazy rocket landing is better than using a parachute recovery like the shuttle boosters did?