Many people work on this. There's no need to focus on one thing. We need to do all of it. Conservation? yes. New technology? yes. Aviation or coal plants? yes.

Oh yes, I remember the magsafe proprietary chargers that cost well over $100 CAD and that broke constantly. Awesome!

I'll stick to standards, thanks. USB-C is just fine. If you want magsafe, here you go:
https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=usb+c+magnetic+charging+cable&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

My (personal) phone plan only gives 250MB of data but unlimited SMS. This is quite common in Canada. Interestingly the Signal webpage seems to imply the opposite: that using data is cheaper. Is this more typical in other countries? As it is, this is a non-starter for me. Sending a few photos would quickly exhaust my available data.

Why do keys need an embedded display? I haven't looked at my keyboard since I was a kid. I'm continually amazed how people struggle with basic typing. It really doesn't take long to learn, and it will make you far more productive than this solution in search of a problem.

Weird. My plan gives me unlimited SMS messages, but only 250MB /month of data.

No, leave it be, and stop messing with my keyboard. Every computer I've owned has a different keyboard -- in the early 90s it was straight enter keys vs L-shaped, then somebody decides a windows key was a great idea, then the thinkpad moved my insert key to make room for a bigass delete key (why?), then some asshole decided that my keyboard had too many rows and now I have a touchbar and no escape key.

Seriously, STOP FUCKING AROUND WITH THE KEYBOARD.

The caps lock key is useless, so is the numeric keypad, the context menu key, the windows key, the scroll lock key, and every other non-standard media key every manufacturer seems compelled to add. I'm not looking for a minimal keyboard, I'm looking for a keyboard that DOESN'T CHANGE and is STANDARDIZED.

Me too. I like the idea, but hate the aesthetics. This is a very ugly book. Also, I don't want a gigantic textbook. I'm not going to take out a textbook and plop it on my table like a student. I'm done with that.
   

I read this as "Court Fines Canadian $26,500 For 'Unconscionably Stupid' Balloon-Chair Fight".

I was disappointed :(
 

In a democracy, the "free market" can kiss my ass.

and inferior resolution and weight.

depends what you want.

Really? Virtualization and servers are the only applications you can think of that could possibly benefit from more than 8GB of memory?

Then how about ditching the wheels, and just simulate movement on the 4K screen. You could drive as fast you want in perfect safety.

I'm halfway through the article but so far all I've read is "blah blah blah". Atrocious website that requires a cut-and-paste into a word processor to make the narrow article even readable, and as utterly devoid of content as the reader's digest article I read at the dentist.

Honestly do editors even try to read these submissions?

Bacteria were there even longer - but they often have very small genomes.

Plants often have large genomes. One reason I've heard for this is that plants can't move, so they're much more exposed to the environment. As a result, they need a more diverse array of biochemical responses to stressors.