A massive issue is reliability. If you only make 100 of something, you really only want to fire one or two at a target, and therefore require as near as damnit 100% reliability. If you make 1,000 of … (View Post)

This is actually true. Mrs J works as a silicon chip designer. When she travelled to the US for work years ago, a lady at immigration looked at the name of the company she worked for, which included … (View Post)

I've just had a "notice from immigration bureau" robovoice cold call. :) (View Post)

The framing matters. Trump did not say: "You know, we need a way of bombarding a mass of large cheapish shells on an area that is within twenty miles of the sea," which would be a capabilit… (View Post)

Two points: *) we are nearly living in such a dystopia; it is just private companies misusing your data rather than the state. Some think that's fine; others are really concerned about it. This is no… (View Post)