but that the orange clown is trying to blackmail others with tariffs is quite evident, at least outside the U.S., isn't it?

Nope, the term was not invented by Arafat, it's at least 2,5k years old. You sound like someone loony who thinks that one (1) passing reference to a guy named "David" in a secular text warrants anything. Maybe you should also re-check your other "facts"?

I was often assuming that people generally prefer to go to the right, so I usually turn left first if I have the choice (e.g. exploring something in a game). Guess I was wrong. otoh, I noticed that on pop-concerts if the entrance is equally far apart from the left or right to the stage, people actually seem to prefer the left.

Those are 50-year old sysrems. I guess, by now, bigger nations have a plan B and C for Russia jamming GPS on a large scale - and Russia for other nations jamming GLONASS, obviously.

Still, 500 Million is nice sum.

Blue Origin's lander doesn't fly with a Blue Origin Rocket, afaik. So no delay because of the explosion in theory. OTOH, nobody is expecting Blue Origin to succeed with the ambitious timetable, so I'd at least expect a year's delay anyway.

You can show the audio in a visual representation, but then it's surprising that the visual tepresentation can be turned into audio again? How in the world could anyone with any capability for logical thought "not be aware" of this? o wobder if they've ever heard of something like a radio.

Idk, I did the math for Adobe CC back in the day and came to the conclusion that buying an upgrade every 3 years would have been cheaper at the end of the day.

It's a common journalistic technique to "play dumb" in order to "disclver" something or reveal some "new" insight. We all know that AI hasn't replaced IT workers, but I see a vonstant, relatively obscure shift in other areas like law and other data-driven services that might have a big in the future.

It was a survey, so it's probably around 80% in reality. And the 20% who obeyed should probably not have hadsocial media in the first place. I'm still of the opinion that while it's not wring to ban social media for kids, I really see no reason not to ban it for everyone else that can't handle it better than a 12 year old. Or just ban those adficfibe dark patterns for everyone.

if the chances have been between 1-2 % over the last 80 years, we should have already nuked ourselves, more likely twice, according to his math.

I'd try anti-facerecognition make-up first and wearing a mask later. Do you switch off wifi on your phone when out and about, to avoid tracking via networks your phone wants to connect to?

Meta seems to have sold 10 million already - that's more than the first iPhone ever sold (although, the market for AR glasses is probably smaller than for pocket computers)

P.s.: I know a cooking-influencer who is using the meta-glasses professionally: Handsfree filming from a POV-perspective seems to be the killer-app here. I've been doing professional video in the past, POV is a thing - we used gopros for that, but glasses with a built in camera seem like the better solution, because you can frame images better. Otoh, the tiny chip inside the frame won't make pretty or bright images. Seems a little niche to me, but less niche than 360 cameras which also seem to sell quite well.

"AR" doesn't mean "has a display" - you can augment the reality with audio alone just fine. But, yes, it's pretty obvious: They failed to develop the tech fast enough to deliver glasses with displays with the desired form-factor, functionaity and price within the planned timeframe - and the vision pro was a flop that didn't boost adoption or drive prices of components down. Meanwhile, Meta released their displayless glasses and they were more successfull than anyone thought possible - so now Apple wants a part of that, if only to salvage the millions Cook sunk into AR-development.