Fortunately, a variety of corner stores still mysteriously stock bottled tape head cleaners!

It's likely strategically worthwhile for the military regardless of whether it saves money.

It's annoying if you have to bring your iPhone to the Apple Store to replace a part, because no independent shop can do the work. It's catastrophic if you can't fix a critical component of your aircraft carrier, because you have to fly a contractor tech out to the South China Sea.

Anyone have any idea why they would need to hit your site more than once per page? My understanding of web crawlers is very simplistic but it seems like for your site with maybe dozens/hundreds of pages you could scrape the whole thing with dozens/hundreds of requests.

I hypothesize that if it successfully cuts down on DDOS traffic , the energy expended on Anubis challenges by legitimate traffic would be offset by the reduced load on their infrastructure.

Take a measured "wait and see" approach rather than pile on based on preconceived notions? Where do you think we are?

If you start launching anti-aircraft fireworks (aka, "surface to air missiles") out of your back yard, you're going to have a lot more than just the local cops knocking on your door.

If I buy a $3k TV I expect it to come with at least a 5yr warranty, and I'm going to contact the seller or manufacturer regardless of my right/ability to repair it.

After 5 years? It's not a $3k TV anymore.

Good post.

Another factor I'd add is that if one component has failed, it raises the question of whether your device is starting to reach the end of its designed life. Seems likely, because if it's new enough to be in-warranty you probably would've just called the manufacturer/seller.

After dealing with the cost and inconvenience of getting the TV repaired, am I going to find myself back at the repair shop within the year to replace the next capacitor, backlight, etc. that has gone bad? Or do I pay extra during the first repair to replace other suspect components? It all shifts the balance of options towards buying new rather than repairing.

Why the focus on aviation? Production of meat and dairy is responsible for ~5x the carbon emissions.

Not a lawyer, but I doubt pressing the "delete" button on a chat qualifies as a request to delete personal data under GDPR.

I agree this feels odd with a private third party like NYT, but it's not new territory for law enforcement. If they get a search warrant, you better believe Google is going to hand over the logs of you searching for "how to get rid of a body".

Why can't I get this in the App Store? Damn that walled garden.

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You didn't watch closely enough to see that one was celebrating on the podium and one was not? That's borderline "I didn't watch the movie". It wasn't exactly a subtle film.

My view is the opposite. The demographic has gotten old enough that the average commenter is more likely to have their name on some piece of work they've created, and so are more likely to have a personal stake in how the law protects their rights to that work.