I kinda think most of the mechanism can be done with legos and some 3d prints for various spindle adapters. While different floppy technolgies used different track widths, you can almost always use a smaller width sensor to read a larger media width. (writing with a smaller head was a huge compatibility problem back in the day. Like DD in an HD drive.)

The magic of a teensy, rpi pico, etc can likely handle the stream of data from the head. Software can make sense of various encodings. Variable density encodings become a game of timing from the key position and fine tuning.

Methane in the atmosphere has doubled in the last 100 years.

If you actually care about cooling the Earth, you'd turn your air conditioner around and point it inside.
You'd get a nice hot breeze off the radiator into your office, while the wildlife can enjoy a cool breeze coming out your window.
I mean only lasts until you die from heat stroke, but in a way that solves another problem.

My favorite toy as a kid was a sketch pad and some pencils.

Getting engrossed into something that you have to physically do yourself and have to mentally concentrate on is both fun and good for you.

A smartphone game just flashes and beeps at you when you tap it. and you can sit back and barely work a neuron in order to get your next endorphin hit.

Ending up on the no-fly list or having your credit rating ruined, all because you Liked a quote from the wrong edition of the Bible is the logical extreme of that.

When most of us read a cyberpunk novel, we are lead to sympathize with the plucky protagonists trying to make it through an oppressive and corrupt system of technology.

When tech billionaires read the same novels, they get a raging hard on for the technology and the weird powerful hermits that control the world like a puppet master.

We need to not let psychopaths and sociopaths run the world. Most of us are not going to survive as free people if we let them win.

It would be better to further simplify the food labeling. The front of the package should be one of 3 possible categories:
"(Human) Food"
"Pet Food"
"Non-food"

Accidentally eating dog biscuits or potpourri is incredibly distressing and could be resolved through better labeling.
From there, I'm fine letting everyone add their own descriptions and branding. Maybe a picture of the item.

For what it's worth, I'm allergic to wheat and aspartame. My wife is allergic to milk and yeast. So shopping has never been easy for us. I've never assumed that the product name meant anything about the contents. The product name is more of an intended use.

It's not just for Microsoft anymore

Talk about throwing good money after bad.

My grandma's apple butter recipe contains no apples.

Instead of playing around with limits on product naming, I would rather that any processed or prepared food had a simple label on it listing ingredients, common allergens, and nutrtional information.

Big Bird paid off 123,000 children to pull off this global conspiracy.

There's enough randomness in the universe that neither genetics nor environment are a reliable predictor of individual behavior.

In my mind these intentionally brick-able devices violates " implied warranty of fitness [for purpose]".

Getting an attorney and actually winning a case though. Good luck, these guys got way more lawyers than any of us consumers have.

And if you don't consume, then you're communist scum!