lucky 10,000!

Time to go down the Panspermia rabbit hole!

That the primary motivator towards forcing the sale wasn't the algorithm as such, it was the probability that the PRC would use TikTok as a propaganda tool.

The Republicans aren't conservative in any sensible meaning of the word. They are radicals. The Democrats are far more conservative than the Republicans these days.

Lots of medical workers, especially in rural hospitals, are on H1-Bs.

I never stopped coming in to the office. Before that I worked in industrial automation, and that work couldn't be done remotely either.

"diesel engines are known for being especially difficult to start in cold."

When I was in the Army in Korea in 1985/86 one of the duties on the duty roster was to start every vehicle in the motor pool every 4 hours and run it for half an hour to keep it warm. Nothing like getting up at 0200 on a Sunday morning to spend an hour in the motor pool.

Yes, buying. I lived in Cedar City Utah and first encountered Linux in a RedHat 2.0 beige box at a gaming store in Red Cliffs Mall in St George. Probably in 1994 or 5. Came with a couple of manuals, a boot floppy, and a CD. Had the 0.95 kernel. Getting dial-up configured was interesting since the ISP only knew about Trumpet Winsock... Then leaving it running for a few hours in the evening to update everything.

Within a week I was at the local BN buying O'Reilly books.

The super heavy (ie. the 1st stage) have proved pretty reliable so far. They've caught more than one and even relaunched one a 2nd time. And even the V1 2nd stages were able to successfully make soft water landings. Its the V2 2nd stage that keeps 'splodin.

I trust that AI patents will continue software patent's longstanding tradition of doing nothing but enriching lawyers.

After putting 117K miles on a 2018 Tesla Model 3, I can confirm everything in this statement is true.

Reminds me of an old advertisement for the Commodore 128 that targeted Apple IIc users. You'll need ALL this, oh and a Commodore 64 too, to do all a Commodore 128 can do.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this a non-issue on enterprise edition?

of a Tom Clancy novel?

If they sell fewer they need to charge more per item to make the same amount of money overall.