My metaphor is that Trump is like a chimp with a gun, but yours works too.

Your point seems all over the place. Can you try to make it coherent? I don't see the "simping for the ayatoliahs" at all. I don't get from where you started, to where you ended.

Is that why he did it? I've heard five or six excuses so far as for why Trump attacked Iran. Is this the one your sticking to?

I sense that in either case, the moon or Mars, in a practical sense have to have under ground bases to start with. These grand ground cities that artists render won't happen for 100's of years. If that is the case, the Moon seems like a better choice as we could re-supply in 3 days, instead of 2 years. We could learn how to possibly identify lava tubes to live in, and how to seal and pressurize it. How to set up hydroponics. How to handle energy sources. etc.... If that is the case, any advantage that Mars may have is irrelevant.

That sounds good. I understand webassembly was made for something like this too, but I never got into the nuts and bolts of that.

Or, since all microprocessors consist of registers, simple instructions, memory addresses, and push/pull, just create a very simple, generic, "language"based on that, and then compile it to any specific architecture.

I know that is a showstopper for "regular computing", but if AI is just predicting another word, or rendering a picture, I'm not certain a bit flip here or there matters in the scheme of things. I could be wrong, but that is my impression. I wouldn't do CRC or data checks in applications like this. a pixel in a picture may be red instead of blue, not sure most people would notice.

I immediately looked at the topic, and went: "Duh". Seems like an obvious thing.

ya, that. I am a few years behind the curve. All I know is that the PIO is frickin incredible on these devices. I am using it every day now for timed PWM on 8 channels, high frequency, arbitrary delays and pulse widths. It can be programmed for damn near any input/output needs I guess, but that was mine.

Toss in a RP2040, it does all of the CAN, SPI, etc... stuff. I found it a bit "touchy" as far as electrical noise. The "PI" series of boards seems the way to go to me, from UI's, to down and dirty stuff.

I believe that after about 7 digits, the rest really doesn't matter. For practical calculations like calculating the trajectory of a spaceship through the universe, it would only be a few mm off at about 9 digits. So, with no practical applications, this seems kind of a waste of time, and compute power. But I admit it is kind of geeky and cool.

Also means more heat generated. In Minnesota, it seems it could be useful. Maybe put it under the building, or perhaps under lawns and roads.

The laws all favor the Rich. The nasty feedback of Oligarchs buying politicians, and the politicians giving Oligarchs special favors and tax breaks, are in full view right now for everybody to see.

I listened to the podcast, and it does sound like a complete rip-off of the guys voice, and tone.

Most of NPR stories are not about politics, and the ones that are political give direct quotes, give correct historic context, and retract information if they are incorrect. More than I can say for the MAGA propaganda "news" sources.