Well played

Well said.

Ahh, Napster! We knew ye well! We shall R.I.P. a mettallica musical memoriam about you to CD, once we've found somebody who still has a CD.

And Limewire. The hours of fun using a little knowledge and logic to sort through the corrupted malware/falseflag/poor quality files, zooming in to one or perhaps a small selection to download and listen to and compare. Then watching a global network of computers agree to help assemble those files on my own computer.

In polite company I prefer the more generic "Iceholes".

Since this is the AI era, have Clippy ask Bob to do it.

I liked that Shrub had an initiative to focus on going to the moon. Unfortunately the nation seemed to give a large collective shrug about it at the time. It may have been that a response was delayed because Congresscritters and the MIC needed time to set up the appropriate channels and controls for graft.

" (1) an actual SMRs prototype runs reliable for a few years"
"Oh, and those competitive costs need to include full insurance."

Those insurance companies will need those years of data to price any insurance appropriately, otherwise it's anybody's WAG. Sort of a Catch-22.

I suspect that we're on the cusp.

I would expect a combination, such as little nooks and crannies that allow people to explore (for those who like that kind of thing), and somewhat obvious corridors between the primary dollar extraction hubs (for owners who like that kind of thing).

The one that means "Lost Wages".

If AI companies facilitate pr0n like the early internet, "they will come".

"We do not do these things because they make cents, we do these things because they make dollars!"

Please consider this suitably modified.

"No student left behind"

With end results including "I love the uneducated".

Except this time the hats made the right decision to abort and reschedule.

So...progress?

Heh. Interesting interpretation to "We do not do these things because they are easy, we do these things because they are hard!"