While humans are being asked to conserve energy, the data centers are free to buy as much as can be provided.

In fact, this technology is almost useless for identifying dark skinned people. Or maybe that's a feature?

Is this sarcasm? Every US state and territory has ID/DL cards. The British are supposedly rolling out a revamped ID this year.

Microsoft created cookie jar reserves back in the 1980's and 1990's, long before the Double Irish. I wonder how much Microsoft has left in those reserves.

It has nothing to do with the environment. All the prohibited acts were being used to funnel local (and state) money to organizations that donate to the Democratic Party.

It is the difference between buying shoes for children and buying shoes for adults. Children outgrow shoes, adults wear-out shoes. For desktops: the 8-bit, 16-bit, even 32-bit were the "children shoes" that we rapidly outgrew. The 64-bit processors are the "adult shoes", and won't need to be replaced until they stop working.

That is why you should set up a second checking account with your bank, specifically for this situation. Still need to remember to transfer funds between accounts (usually monthly).

How about Sortition ?

Electricians can be trained. EEs either know their stuff or get sent packing. Too arrogant to be (re-)trained.

But now the government needs to eliminate these lowest-bidder-sacks-of-crap EEs who rubber stamp Facility Blueprints created by overseas Techs (illegal, yet still done).

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Every browser should have something like this. Not merely in about:config, and definitely not some setting buried under 4 menus.

Health Care added 800,000 positions.
Everyone else lost 431,000 positions.
The result is a net gain of 369,000 positions.

Old Google: Don't be Evil.
Alphabet: BE EVIL.

This must be the sticking point.

Supply houses to the various trades (in America) charge each customer a different price, mostly based on annual purchases.

This is why updates should go through:
A) Sandbox testing
B) Wait and See

Updates can and do *make things worse*