... that they put an AirTag in the packaging.

Whoever controls the first super-intelligence controls the world.

Of course they should take cryptocurrency holding into account. I would never consider lending money to someone who had substantial cryptocurrency "assets".

A term meaning nothing more than paying extra to show off.

And this is a particularly stupid example.

... the people they ban will form a new splinter group, who will in time start banning another subset. They're really all just as mad as each other.

It's not vehicle owners they should be compensating, it's all the pedestrians who were ever passed by one of their cars.

There haven't been any significant solar flares in the last 6 days. In fact the X-ray flux has been unusually low for this point in the solar cycle.

"users will be fine with such tracking because the ads should be more relevant to them"

I don't want advertisements that are relevant to me.

I don't want to see any ads - and mostly don't, because I use an ad blocker. If ads get through, I'd prefer them to be irrelevant to me, so that I won't inadvertently pay any attention to them.

Funnily enough, my view was widely held at the time.

with a ridiculous plot and stupid characters. It was rubbish in 1977 and is still rubbish now.

If China holds out against Trump, they will be seen as the reliable power, and even Europe will be thanking them.

Cartography and transport terminology is not the English language.

We already get energy from the earth's rotation. where do you think tidal energy comes from, for example?

"Every company has embarrassing secrets. Why would a company want to hire people who will turn around and spill all their secrets?"

Why should a company be able to get what it wants?