“using smart driving techniques” that included limiting the speed to 20-25 mph.

I saw every launch from John Glenn all the way through to the space shuttle's first launch. Apollo 11 is still etched in my memory. Back then, most people didn't have AC in their homes. Living in the Missouri mid-west, that HOT July when they landed... When Apollo 13 lifted off, it was a Saturday, and everything was good! Then came the explosion. Before, almost no one was coving it. After the explosion, everyone was glued to the tv, radio listening for updates. Lovell and his crew turned a tragedy into a triumph! God speed Mr. Lovell, and rest in peace. YOU EARNED IT!

I dispatched for a county sheriff for over 12 years and the sheriff, when (1995) we switched from VHF to UHF trunked, had the ability to scramble our communications and the sheriff sent down a pretty threatening memo to everyone. ONLY the drug & undercover units would be allowed to scramble. Any deputy, jail staff caught using scrambling over patrol channels would be fired. His reasoning was I do not want what our officers saying on the radio to be scrambled. The PUBLIC has a right to know what we are doing. We work for them and I don't want it hidden.

A solution in search of a problem! First time one of these things crashes, catches on fire or something, the lawyers will make a ton of money.

The judge from "Caddyshack" said it best... The world needs ditch diggers too! The university "industry" has churned out thousands of useless degree ldiots for generations. The market is saturated. Meanwhile, you can get a job in the trades easily...but a lot of Gen Z types have been conditioned from birth to get a college degree. Plus, most don't want to put in a days labor. (ie: getting their hands dirty). I got an associates degree in electronics in the late 70's. Never been unemployed or under employed. But I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty!

Sold to END CONSUMERS? Or, sold to warehouses, retail stores etc? How many of that three million, ended up NOT being sold, but tossed in landfills?

Let people pay to use it...get hooked on it. Then inject ads, but wait! We'll keep the ads out with a "premium" subscription.

Wonder what the truckers unions think about this?

What do you expect from Carl "OnePlus One" Pei? Who actually manufactures his phones?

I could sort of "go along with" a locked bootloader, if a phone is purchased on a contract be it Samsung or a cellular company. But, once the contract is complete, or, if you purchase an UNLOCKED phone, YOU should be able to unlock the bootloader. Granted, things like tap to pay will probably not work, but damn it...it is MY phone.

I've always used tinyurl.com

Police, fire, ambulance, hospitals, 911 operators... Going to have to hire EXTRA people to split those shifts apart which will cost more money.

California has done this to themselves because of all of the "environmental activist". They caused this problem, they should solve it!

I've started using youtube music more and more than spotify lately.

Oh goodie! Genetic experiments. Yeah cuts out disease/birth defects yada yada But you know good and well someone is going to tinker around and try to create a "SUPER HUMAN" and screw it all up.