So both sides are unanimously against cutting defense spending?

They're not complying in with building in a backdoor. But I agree, shutting off icloud entirely in the UK would have been the move I wanted to see too.

Industrial production on the moon, mining operations in the asteroid belt. And the planet earth will be a beautiful garden.

(but on a more serious note: hardware will be a constraint and mooaar power isn't necessarily post-scarcity power)

You're very smug while seemingly knowing little about the topic. There is no issue with the fundamental laws of thermodynamics. If there was, the sun couldn't exist.

We want more energy out of it than it costs energy to start it up, that's true. If it runs 24/7 one day we will get more energy out of it than we put in.

I suspect the main point is just not paying money to Qualcom anymore. Maybe they improved somewhat in communication of bad signals

No that's not the conclusion. If it happens in 1 out of hundred hires and only once every few years ... I think it's almost unavoidable in every workplace.

I specifically don't mean bad coworkers. If we're talking about bad coworkers, then yes, 20% of people do 80% of the work

I'm specifically talking about intruders, conmen. Here it's more 1/400 people being a malicious conman or something like that. A much more stark effect than just the 80/20 effect

Apple focusing on chip design was one of Tim Cooks greatest decisions. But this decision peaked with the M1 chips. Now they're over investing into marginal stuff. They need to refocus on stuff that's actually innovative.

Well well well. Seems like the global poor and first world middle class aren't quite as dissatisfied with the status quo as some internet "thought leaders" suggest

This is interesting. Tech wise also sounds like an entirely different approach than IBM or Google had in my the last few years. Don't know what to think of it.