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"Where does technology exploit our minds’ weaknesses?"

"When your old PC goes over the Windows 10 update cliff, can Windows 11 save it?"

"Geoengineering research may have environmental consequences, so doing it ethically matters."

It's going to be a pain, especially for the large contingent of Windows 10 users on hardware that Windows 11 *could* run on, but it won't run on.

When you do the math, it turns out the sun is still a lot brighter than the background stars even as far out as Pluto.

In the tradition of the Evil Overlord List
"The Earth was built to last. It is a 4,550,000,000-year-old, 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000-tonne ball of iron. It has taken more devastating asteroid hits in its lifetime than you’ve had hot dinners, and lo, it still orbits merrily. So my first piece of advice to you, dear would-be Earth-destroyer, is: do NOT think this will be easy. "For the purposes of what I hope to be a technically and scientifically accurate document, I will define our goal thus: by any means necessary, to render the Earth into a form in which it may no longer be considered a planet. Such forms include, but are most definitely not limited to: two or more planets; any number of smaller asteroids; a quantum singularity; a dust cloud." The site then goes on to list possible methods ranked by feasibility.

I thought the whole chain had closed, but apparently there's one cafe left in Beverly Hills. It's got the same logo and the Kelly's Cappuccino looks right, at least.