Apple uses 256 bit AES from what I remember. Theoretically using a single computer, it would take 10^59 years to crack a single key. Using all world’s computers including supercomputers, it will be less but not meaningfully less.

Yes, UK government wants Apple to modify their entire encryption scheme so that Apple can grant the UK government access to user data anytime that government asks. Existing data is protected unless Apple is forced to replace existing keys.

Every screener I saw was back in the day of DVDs. A friend of mine worked for a video rental place and they got screeners a once in a while. Most of them were B movies that may have not been released so it was not as if we got to see blockbusters early or for free.

What part of "Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies" is unclear to you?

The people I know worked remotely for Dell a decade before Covid, and Dell had no issues with them living hours away from an office .

Wow you really don't understand the point. Team members live several states or countries from each other. When you have a large global company like Dell, that will happen.

WTF are you talking about "risk/reward" analysis. I'll say it again: Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies. No one said Dell people lived in a cabin in Alaska. They just lived far away from a Dell office. People, based on those policies, lived a few hours from an office rather than 30 minutes from an office. And Dell encouraged it.

Affordable housing is just one reason why people would prefer not to live whenever you want them to live. Clean air, better schools. etc.

No you're not very smart if you think not living close to a Dell office == living in Alaska. Your entire assumption is based on very flawed logic.

Well, yes. But the politicians say the scientists are wrong.

Who are you going to believe? Geeky nerd types, or the people who actually run the real world?

Dell for one. I am sure you heard of that company. Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies. So people moved to places they wanted to live rather than near a Dell office. Now they might have to travel hours to an office that will not hold everyone. Also Dell has many offices so team members may not be geographically located near each other. I know a few employees who have to drive hours into work so that they can attend Zoom meeting with their team who might be in another state or even country.

The Bright Angel trail starts from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The starting point is where many people take pictures with tour buses stopping there. It starts the 2,000 foot (600m) descent into the canyon. I hiked it to the first campground and back up which is about 4-5 hours. You would be surprised how many people I saw start the descent with no water and unsuitable shoes. There is a ranger standing part way down to stop hikers who were not properly geared.

Yeah, it's going to be hard to establish a plausible positive ROI for interstellar travel. I think even public funding for probes will be problematic, since it will take years just to get flyby photos. Probably the first flyby will be funded by some rich guy.

While some companies allowed employees more ability to work remote due to Covid, some companies had those policies before Covid as they did not have enough office space for their employees. Now those companies are mandating workers make long commutes just to fight for desks.

If the Feds want to protect children from sex, why don't thy start by telling the DoJ to prosecute the Epstein bros instead of protecting them?

Born yesterday, I presume?

We should pass around a hat for all those rich people who didn't richer as fast as they expected to.

Then what happened?

And their honeycomb really attracts the Martian bears!

No one is actually pulling out. The U.S. has made it harder for foreign companies to import them. But there are still domestic manufacturers of EVs, like Tesla, Ford and Stellantis. This is something very else: For the last decade, one big argument against EVs was "bad resale value", because EVs were seen as a novelty, and fear for dead batteries, fueled by the problems with first gen Nissan Leafs, made buyers wary of used EVs. Additionally, there were not many used EVs on the market to begin with, fleet operators did not have many young EVs to sell, and prices did not really average out yet.

Now, demand for EVs is rising due to high fuel prices, and a good public charging network making EVs a viable alternative for many people. And also people looking for bargains are hitting the market, and with used batteries not being the problem they were thought to be, used EVs have its own value proposition. We have here the normal effect of demand rising more than the available supply.

It is not obvious to me why a water system needs to be on the net. I understand having remote controls of various valves and pumps and so forth, but can't all of that be on a private local network?