BrandonMarc

While true, I'm kinda wondering if that's even possible ...

Hiding from surveillance is not the same as planning to do something illegal.

... but it benefits the state if people think it's the same ...

I expect the company sees them as private, so that they'll only share capacity with competitors when they want to and for the right price, untilllllll ....

Some other country decides to pull shenanigans and cut / hack the cable, in which case the company will insist the U.S. gov't get involved, maybe pay for the repair. Saying it's crucial for national security.

I believe that was the commenter's point - that the designers described patronizingly virtue signal about their accessibility priorities, while their other decisions are troublesome.

Sounds like the asylum process is an alternative stream, and the entire border has become a "port of entry."

When asylum is the low-friction way to enter the country and acquire a legal status, economics suggests fewer people will use the traditional immigration process.

Unless I'm missing something that does sound rather HCOL ...

I assume the 900°F part had a lot to do with making this a viable consideration.

Of course, I'm with you - wouldn't want to be behind it either. That said, in the 1970s cars left a cloud enriched with lead so ...

Consider also how common leaded gasoline was in the 1970s.

The universities and loan compaines win. Who loses? The chump who gets left holding the bag ... taxpayers. As usual.

When former students need the federal government to bail them out of their debt, it's clear the value of higher ed has plummeted.

The corporate press went out of their way to solidify this notion. Because of course.

This reads like a story from the daily wtf

Fission company, eh? Wonder when we'll see the first stock split.