NASA was the public arm of the ICBM program. It's always been a DOD program first, which is why once the shuttle retired, they did shit - because only the civilian stuff was left.

Right! Just like Spacex! ... wait. Just like the transcontinental railroad! ... umm, wait, that was private industry too. Just like the cellular telephone! ... oh, that was private industry too. The Unix operating system! ... again.

I'm sure there are SOME government programs that caused a leap in engineering. The B2 bomber! The ICBM! Nukes! There we go. The aircraft carrier! Now we're talking. We need more engineers for those kind of government programs, right?

The last major project I can think of that was a successful government run thing was the interstate highway system, and maybe some feats of the Army Corps of Engineers like the reversal of the Chicago river and the levee systems of the Mississippi. Aside from that, even the subway systems in major cities like Chicago were private industry that was taken over (and run into the ground) by government.

And while we're at it, let's go back to glass deposit/return bottles for sodas.

Sounds like you understand my point

If you only stop people from pissing in the shallow end, they're only going to relieve their bladders in the deep end, and in the end, you have just as much urine in the pool. You either need to control the entire pool (global) or you need to make it very expensive to swim for people who piss in the pool at all.

Unless it's done at a global level or enforced carbon emission based tariffs, a market solution is only going to move the problem outside of California.

Too bad they replaced all those writers in the diversity purges.

Hyper-V is a thing too. For companies with already heavy Microsoft involvement, it makes sense.

It's been 20 years away for the last 50 years.

How about, it's 2025 and the damned iPhone still can't even adhere to web standards.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bleepingcomputer.c...

Long term we are all dead.

It might cost less long term, but only if you're going to be in that house long term - 7+ years according to my calculations when I was contemplating such a system.

You'll never get the money back when you sell.

The other concern I have had for rooftop PV is hail storms, which we get a lot of in the US midwest. Nobody will insure the damn things because of it.

Finally, when the roof needs to be torn off and replaced, moving solar panels adds a massive expense to the job.

The siren song of negative electric bills keeps me wondering though....

If you fail to see how Kamala Harris was an extreme woke leftist, you really need to do some introspection.

> HiDive

Why do you say it's worse? I was just contemplating a subscription for DANMACHI dubs.