Sorry but no. The electric catapult is nothing more than a linear electric motor. Think maglev trains. Or even EV motors. Besides that, we've been using induction motors for a hundred years. They operate in inducing eddy currents in a rotor using a changing magnetic field created by electric coils. Never mind being close to and underneath of electric transmission lines!

I don't know it's anything with the plane, the F35-C first launched from the land-based testing version of the electric catapult back in 2011:

http://defensetech.org/2011/11...

and has been taking off from carriers with steam catapults for over a decade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Funny. Of course you do realize that recently-commissioned US aircraft carriers now use electromagnetic launchers too now right? They can be more finely tuned compared to steam catapults.

My guess is this was done right after ChatGPT hit and it just didn't occur to them that it might make up citations.

Why? I doubt the lawyer took this risk intentionally or will be doing it again. It sends the message clearly, you are responsible for your legal filings, regardless of the tools you might use.

Certain kinds of manufacturing, yes. Absolutely. And important ones too, such as heavy equipment and autos.

But it's the small, everyday, household, things that the west is completely dependent on imports for with near zero domestic capacity. And there's honestly little appetite (only talk and wringing of hands) to bring those kinds of manufacturing back either. When and if the tariffs fully kick in, maybe we'll see a change in attitude. But few Americans are interested in working on farms, let alone factory floors making small widgets.

Wouldn't mind a real time x planet display of the earth with cloud map and Terminator. But that doesn't need to be a video and I can already to that with a cron job every hour or so which I do. Though love iss position might be cool. That said I haven't seen my background in months.

Uber isn't developing the tech, they're licensing it.

Yeah mean like windows 1.0 did it? ;)

And what of Disney sponging off of hundreds of years of public domain fairy tales? Can't they make up their own original tales?

The TPM does enable some security, such as an encrypted disk, and to enable password-free logins. In other words, it increases local, physical security. Of course Linux can do the same thing if the TPM is present. For most home computers, neither is that critical, and honestly the TPM does little to actually secure Windows from malware or remote exploits. In short the TPM is a valuable and useful feature, but is completely optional and of most value to certain users such as travelers or corporate users. The last thing most of the users who call me up with home computer problems need is an encrypted disk. In fact most don't even really need a login password for their computer if I'm honest. But they do need a secure browser (the TPM can optionally help secure the browser's password store) with ad blocking to keep them free from malware. I can make Windows 11 work for most of these, but not without effort.

It's much cheaper this way. If they lose there would be no damages awarded to Disney. And they come into this with the upper hand---the law is technically on their side.

What damages?

I have to admit I'm a bit confused as to why they are even asking anything from Disney since the likeness they wish to use is in the public domain. But I suppose doing this preemptively is slightly cheaper than Disney launching a frivolous lawsuit against them.

You're okay with him disregarding the constitution? You're okay with him being the laws and acting like a king, eliminating power of Congress? Finally are you okay with a Democrat coming to power and doing the things Trump is doing?

We have W+ and Prime and these are probably the main 2 sites I cross-shop these days. They don't overlap entirely; Amazon sells a lot more variety under its own return policies etc, while Walmart is better for things like motor oil that they have locally (if you wanted to go into a Superstore). But there's enough overlap that it's worth cross-shopping, for now.