Can they live off the interest to their investment portfolio hedges?

What pesticides, cleaning agents, microplastics, etc. that we happily consider miraculous materials today will prove to be as harmful to us as lead was to the Romans? Can I tell a plausible story of your brain being as full of microplastics as the Romans were of lead, such that you dismiss as a toy something that may prove to be revolutionary for human civilizations?

Can I see AI as evil and degenerate because slashdot commenters who fancy themselves more important than Torvalds say so?

Remember when the Romans thought the same about steam engines?

You really think your vote matters? It doesn't.

You really think the average person should have a say in the economy? The average person is an idiot.

You really think the bad guys are on the other side? Every side is filled with sociopaths seeking more power. (yes, even "my side" for whatever that means).

Ever notice how meat eaters have their minds in the gutter so much?

How much of your pink slime is actual meat?

"Laser light at that wavelength has only recently become possible."

Lolwut? We've been able to run multiple frequency-doubling passes on various laser sources to reach most any range of UV laser for well over a decade. The problem is you get not a whole lot of radiant output - less than half a watt output at gobs of watts input.

Also, 148nm is not deep UV, that is flat-out Vacuum UV.

Daemon Spawn at that.

we need to regulate speech then, exactly the same way we want to regulate firearms.

Only those authorized by the state ought to have speech. Safety First!

(this is largely sarcastic in nature)

You could have made a graphical powerhouse but nooooo you made a useless fucking waste of AI compute.

Given I almost NEVER see a Surface device in the wild, I'm guessing this is just another shoddy attempt at trying to lock people into AI-only shit.

The bigger you are, the harder it is to turn the ship in an emergency. See Titanic.

At some point the inertia of change isn't worth it, as you suggested. It is possible, but is it worth it?

The last way to look at this is a way to start the process of diversifying our Tech holdings. Windows, Office, Adobe, VMWare etc. But here is my take, STEAM is showing the way out. We're not there yet, but the tide appears to be turning (to keep the nautical terms going).

Broken clocks are still broken, even when they occasionally tell the time correctly.

"Those of us who worry about our safety are less concerned."

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

Yeah, I've become the old greybeard I used to make fun of. The Tech version of a hero living long enough to become the villain.

Now, get off my lawn! ;-)