The ship has already sailed as far as what the consumer cares about on TLDs - if they ever did. As another posted pointed out somewhere else on the thread - it only really gains general notice if it becomes a haven for bad actors - the "Watch out for .web addresses - it's full of scammers" type of problem.

GM plans to sell vehicles only to boomers and the Amish.

Movie studies will flip to entirely AI generated content once the tech matures. Why pay expensive actors, crew, equipment, sets, etc.? Human-acted movies will become a novelty. Not sure what the awards will look like at that point.

I, for one, look forward to the 99 new seasons of Firefly that I have always wanted.

For me, this was the first great internet battle in which you could be a spectator with the mythical bucket of popcorn, munching away.

I almost miss SCO. Almost.

"An All-Passenger Electric Plane Completed Its First Test Flight".

I was trying to figure out how they divided up the various duties - flight attendant, steward, pilot, etc...

WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYouCoin

There, I solved it for you. Send my Nobel and cool million along if you please.

When DirectTV Now launched, I felt like it was a great service - great lineup combined with solid pricing. They were clearly working on improving the product - one of the last things they did before AT&T bought the product was to launch their DVR functionality - limited functionality and storage, but you could see where they could go with that feature.

Then AT&T bought them, and as far as I can tell, didn't spend any money on further developing the product. Instead, they raised prices several times without adding any value, and then features started falling away. All of a sudden, I couldn't watch certain sports shows on my computer - instead, it had to be watched on a TV. Then they started blocking recording shows - almost randomly it seemed.

With the value decreasing, prices increasing, and a robust market of competitors, I jumped ship.

No, but I have high hopes for XXXIX - The ReRockying: Stallone vs Rock Johnson

...just no. Make it stop.

Also, we've always been at war with Eastasia.

... when all vehicles are fully autonomous, and there are no lights (at non-pedestrian intersections). Just vehicles flying through the intersection at silly speeds, all carefully coordinated by our AI overlord(s).

Having gotten service in countries that don't have incentives like tipping, I am all in on a system that has financial incentives to your server based on direct observable performance.

One thing that will always be true about Slashdot is when I see a post I want to score, I will never, ever, ever have moderator points at that moment.

Step 1: Find the closest black hole to your solar system (hopefully not that close)
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit

(Apologies to South Park)