The problems of wrapping up a franchise are that: 0) the final reckoning doesn't have to leave an opening to a new episode; 1) It doesn't have to introduce any new characters or plot devices; 2) It should not introduce a spin-off. That's just a sequel.

Sequels work. Deal with it. If you go to the theater to see a movie for some reason other than entertainment or information (documentaries etc are real movies duh) you're wasting time and money. Now get out of the way of my popcorn.

Meat and Dairy aren't being overproduced or overconsumed, even if they have risks, they are standing against the biggest problems facing world health. Dieticians might be asking people to replace meat and dairy with asparagus and quinoa but people are fat and malnourished because they're eating too much corn and other low nutrition density, high calorie foods.

This stands as a good reminder that if your assumption is that everyone else is wrong there's a good chance it's actually you.

I used Joe because I already knew WordStar. I use nano because everyone told me to, and I learned it on an hour, maybe less.

The comment about users asking 'how do I exit vim???' says it all. Vim is clever, multifaceted, and overkill for casual text editing. I have avoided it and ed because they are not work the trouble, to me, to learn them.

And when you excoriate me for not investing the time to loan such an incredible tool, consider that I just wanted bolt together text, I did not want to learn to weld dissimilar metals. Simple is good.

Better to use the word 'rationale' more often.

"Include real-world imperfections like taxes, regulation, and irrational behavior."

People who believe this seem to believe these inputs do not affect the price of goods and services.

Which is obviously incorrect. These inputs are not imperfections. They are part of the equation.

My first Microsoft Bus Mouse came with a program. Don't remember if it was EasyCAD or Balance Of Power. Loved them both. But one came with my copy of 'Windows'. Just 'Windows'.

And I've relied on Surface devices since a Surface Pro 3.

Microsoft is *also* a hardware company.

Many switching regulators in there. I was thinking dc-dc. I've heard that dc our distribution is becoming the norm in data centers. Switching regulators probably there also, but not so bad perhaps.

All I'm trying to do is point out that manufacturers can continue to meet the Energy Star standards, if it's profitable to them. And consumers could ask about that...

The best keyboard I ever had the pleasure to use was the IBM DisplayWriter beamspring keyboard. Why?

- Long travel, the longest I have known.
- That prevents your from bottoming out on the key, reduces fatigue.
- Strong tactile feedback. You knew you struck that key.
- Exceptional overtravel. Having pressed the key, it enforced your completing the motion sufficiently to know you've finished the stroke.
- Scalloped keytop ranks. Rarely seen in typewriters where it would have been most useful, lets you reach upper and lower ranks with less effort, less fatigue, fewer errors.

All this to create an electronic keyboard that emulated the Selectric keyboard, with its excellent ergonomics, unmatched to this day save for a very few exceptions, the Model M a standout. But the DisplayWriter was the best. And repairable. Just huge, key modules were almost 2" tall. Oh, and capacitive contacts, no switches. I replaced possibly 3 key modules over 8 years of servicing DisplayWriter and similar IBM word processing systems. Just the best feeling keyboard ever, for me.

And impractical today. Who wants a 2-3" thick keyboard?

As an amateur radio operator, I pay some attention to how my equipment cools. And mobile radios use ducting as means to improve airflow and cooling.

I presume datacenters have evolved beyond 2000-era airflow and tunnels, and duct to the chassis. As well as use direct conversion power supplies to avoid the thermal losses and impact of ac-dc conversion.

Nothing about the end of the Energy Star program prevents manufacturers from continuing to sell energy-efficient products. They could even label them as 'energy-saving', refer to standards, even form an industry grip to are on those standards and such.

But blame the government for not incentivizing what should be a core goal of industry. Second only to profit...

...that SAP was Satan's preferred means of communication with the modern world.

Suffice that it always costs more, takes longer, and does less and less well than they claimed it would.

The Universal Service Fund, and its successors, have failed to deliver 'universal access' to the Internet, Despite decades of legislation and by now close to a trillion dollars, none of these initiatives have delivered anything close to universal access. Even the early state-level projects failed, some less than others.

So now we will give students hotspots to access the Internet, despite being committed to them having that access at home? Note I wrote 'at home'...

This is not really about students having access. IYKYK...

...so many posts considering the value of college as the issue.

TFA states -plainly- that this is mostly (?) financial aid fraud. Not about deciding not to attend, but the tools used to commit the fraud are very, very good now.

The solutions are not so difficult, many industries have faced this before.

It's your assertion, you provide the evidence. Allusions to entanglement are unsatisfactory. You go first, I'll follow.