In about 20 years we will call this a cyberweapon broken arrow event.

If companies reduce their workforce by 10% then corporate taxes need to go up by the lost tax revenue.

The way psychopathy works is that if I am a psychopath then I necessarily run all those companies. It's a low-entropy mode.

How is that contempt of court if they unlist both the quarreling parties?

I would love to see a Slashdot-trained chatbot flame devs in the guise of Linus Torvalds.

It is the behavior which is the problem; not the the target.

Some call it 'kill', others call it 'cure'.

How does 1kW per leg sound to you?

Servos are miniaturizing fast.

Never underestimate 5-year olds.

Saying 'he' when referring to an unknown gender is misleading, regardless of the tradition. You imply you have information you don't actually have.

That said I often call cats 'he', although cats surely would prefer a royal plural.

ACTUALLY, it is getting us into a fickle afterlife & fantasy world where the sum of your desires make the walls of your sepulchre.

MAYBE you are already in your afterlife, eternal and alone with your base ego.

Is this like the gamma matching 'capacitor' used in ham radio antennas, like the Halo antenna?

30% launch cost reduction is a huge deal. It is considered good ROI in many areas, so things which previously could only break even become financially viable, and in fact a risk worth taking.

Here's to hoping they keep true to the 30%!

There are microbolometers which could work for this application, but you would require expensive infrared optics to get any kind of range with them.