Bilateral talks have sides. It makes perfect sense. It doesn't make sense to pick a side like picking a sports team, but that doesn't mean there aren't two parties with opposing goals, ostensibly trying to reach a mutually beneficial agreement on a separate, shared goal.

This is a weird distinction without a difference.

One of the primary reasons SpaceX did not attempt orbital insertion prior to flight 14 is they wanted--and possibly, for licensing purposes, needed--higher confidence in the in-orbit relight capabilities. There are no hypergolics and the gas thrusters require intact tanks. If relight failed, deorbit would be completely uncontrolled. As recently as flight 12, the relight test was cancelled due to an engine out scenario.

But it is analogous to nuclear weapons development. It requires a massive buildout and resources, and can be used to directly attack other nation states in ways that prior means just can't.

From computer viruses to greatly accelerated bioweapons research to just shutting down your enemy's electrical grid, the applications are vast, and growing in capabilities daily.

If the US or China or any up and commers enter a full scale war, you better believe datacenters will be targeted. Another reason not to want them in our neighborhoods.

I have it on good authority any threat of IRGC developing nuclear wapons was completely obliterated.

I called a bar once asking to speak to creator of that software and the bartender just hung up on me!

Whatever keeps them off MS Access

TFS is about bilateral talks. What side do you think?

Rob wasn't shitty to people. He especially didn't punch down.

Luddites? The only way to preserve our technological future may be to properly stem the AI enshittification. Like social media, all it does it make people less capable of independent thought. I swear it's like you've never read any sci-fi about what happens when humanity entrusts its well being in forces that it can't understand, much less control.

Too bad. Given the Administration's histrionics over it, I'd say it would have been helpful for consumers.

Yes, we both agree that publishing and design is not directly analogous to the recording industry.

Yes and no. They used a clone, not an unlicensed copy. It would be like using a free cover of a song rather than using the original release. It's still interesting.

Just because you do not understand the purpose of a grant does not mean it has no purpose.

What do you mean, up? The S&P 500 is where it was in September last year. Little math reminder for you: if the market drops 10% one day, and then rises 10% the next day, you're still 1% below where you started from.

In his defense, to the narcissist, as long as people react like you're a big powerful man with a mandate then, in your mind, that's what you are.