Surprisingly, it's not entirely fear-mongering

From the article:

Basically, the black hole data allows us to calibrate GPS and other systems we use locally to get a higher degree of precision. It also helps track the actual location of satellites in relation to Earth so that we can point transmitters and receivers more accurately at them which is becoming more important as more satellites are put into orbit.

GPS is used for navigation and for keeping track of products in the supply chain. Knowing where your products are when a delivery truck breaks down lets you reroute shipments to cover the stores that truck would deliver to, avoiding the empty shelves scenario.

The money transfer bit would only apply to populations that depend on satellite for internet, but there are a lot of small populated islands that have no other choice. Just because you have internet access that doesn't require satellite communication doesn't mean the entire world does.

I know it doesn't taste the same as the wall candy from your childhood, but maybe you should have gone with the lead-free stucco.

From the summary: "the experiment was carried out in a vacuum"

The effect isn't just attributable to it. They got excited about observing vacuum welding. There is no chance of it happening in ambient atmosphere.

Manufacturing facilities for these cables are booked out for years because of the demand caused by regulators not allowing companies to buy the cables. Too much regulation!

And then you bring up Texas and PG&E and blame the regulators for not regulating more!

Brilliant! You've solved it, Sherlock!

The US already has enough nuclear arsenal to end human civilization on the planet. Being able to end it three, four or even a hundred times over doesn't really make a difference.

The idea of nuclear powered spaceships has been around since the 1950s.

A non-nuclear test model was actually built to study propulsion via explosion, but it got abandoned when most of the world signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty which prohibited nuclear explosions in space.

A user with good op-sec wouldn't get their device hacked in order for the strong password to be stolen in the first place.

Fuck your algorithms
Fuck your AI

Give me back a list of everything on the service so that movies aren't being hidden from me. Sometimes I want to watch something that's not like anything I've watched before, damnit!

You aren't new here. That behavior shouldn't be a surprise.

I'm pretty sure that the release of Half Life 3 is one of the signs of the apocalypse. WE'RE ALL DOOM3'D!

I dunno dude. None of the authors of the paper are professors. Most work for NOAA and one works for The Aerospace Corporation.

It seems like you just posted a bunch of shit that sounded good to you without taking even one second to verify that it was relevant.

So you're buying into that bit of propaganda.

Reagan made up that story in order to justify tax cuts for the wealthy. Reagan wasn't near the top income tax bracket even at the height of his movie career. After a blockbuster film in 1943, Regan decided to go freelance, which pissed off the studios. He spent the next 20 years doing B movies and not making all that much (though he was comfortable due to past earnings and investments).

The story intentionally leaves out the fact that making $100 over the highest income bracket only results in $100 being taxed at the highest rate. There is no benefit to avoiding the highest tax bracket. Even at the highest tax bracket, it still means you get more money.

That lasted four years and he moved back because the tax that was being talked about was never enacted. A bigger factor was his recent separation from his wife in New Jersey and his mother and sister both living in Florida. You can't blame a non-existent tax for his separation from his wife and temporary move to be closer to his family.

That depends on where you live. None of that is tax-exempt where I live.

I did not know that Russian probes could pee.

Have you seen the crazy bastards on the roads where I live? When I go out, I have virtually no confidence that I'm going to make it home alive.