The fun thing is that microplastics are here to stay, so if they cause harm, it will be caused for all living things*, probably for centuries. That's a nice legacy to leave...
With smoking, people stopped and the next generation got a health reset. There's a good chance it ain't so with microplastics.

*I learned that this argument doesn't move anyone worshipping an Abrahamic god, as nothing but humans is important in those religions.

What power do you think the US taxpayer has right now? If Wario kisses the Don's ring, he'll get bailed out.

I went to great lengths to remove Microsoft keys from my secureboot config, and boot only self-signed systems. So you can not be at the mercy of Microsoft. It's possible, but I definitely wouldn't recommend doing it to a random person on the Internet.

Maybe when you read the article and understand what he's actually measuring.

> willing to sit through it because of the positive effects it's had on them.

If you put "must drive to work, because there are no other options" into "the positive effects it's had" category, then sure.

1) have you read google's TOS? Are you sure you didn't consent to experiments?

2) nothing is obstructed or tampered with. Only tweaked suggestions the human drivers blindly followed.

Braess's paradox, Jevon's paradox. Read up...

> Add a bypass and now it's full of cars?

And the approach ways are all congested. Congratulations.

Physics and maths will always win over whatever you want or think is right.

> lots of people die

Lots of rich people die. That means in the "west", not just in places like Nepal or India...

> Should we complain that there is an up charge for fog lamps?

Yes, you should. You should also complain they're not mandatory equipment.

I haven't heard of any new attempt since around that time, as the Sony BMG rootkit scandal blew up in their faces, hard.

In any case, while I do appreciate the possibility of it happening, and its impossibility on vinyl, I'll stick to audio CDs for now.

> Once again, I remind everyone that AI is not limited to LLMs.

Sure, but Altman is talking about LLMs.

Why not audioCD then? Short of breaking the format there cannot be DRM included.

For me the vinyl resurgence just makes no sense with Audio CDs still being available.

*I understand for some people it's the ritual of putting the platter on, and the "fun" of discovering scratches. That's not for me though...

The metaverse was touted as inevitable too...
And where is the metaverse now?

How about no.

Making it a requirement for a wifi network to have a valid SSL certificate is a horrible can of worms you don't want to open.
It starts with the millions of devices that will never get a firmware update (think light bulbs, and the APs themselves), and ends with APs that are purposefully not on the Internet (or their management interface isn't -> no cert renewal).

certified wifi... With a chain of trust managed by profit seeking CAs. Govts would love this: associate a certificate to a person, and revoke it when they're uncomfortable. It also kills DIY APs, and potentially OpenWRT.

By the way, that's how the Matter standard works: with a PKI managed by vendors. If you want your device to connect to the network, you need to pay a membership fee to be certified.

I don't think you thought through the consequences of what you're proposing.

> this is what GOG Galaxy does in the background (and it will even backup the installer and fetch bonus content if you want it to

Lutris does most of that too. Granted no automated updates etc, but this is a case where joining the existing ecosystem would've been a real nice move.