> This shouldn't affect key-based authentication, though
Depends what you mean by key and what you mean by affect. They can still MITM you if your using pubilc key authentication and you accept the servers host key without verifying it.
Out of curiosity, how do you define flight? To me, I think the Roadster flew because it clearly maintained powered propulsion after leaving the ground. Sure, it only flew for a few seconds, but it's not far from the Wright Bros.' first flight.
I don't think you watched the whole show. The third stunt was taking off from a stop to jump over some vehicles. So it did gain altitude in the air alone.
Well color me corrected. I’d probably quibble that this was a hop/jump the same way humans can jump but not fly, but I don’t have a strong definition at that point to argue for.
I’d need to go deep into something like being able to maintain altitude in the medium of air without positive impulse or something, but again, I don’t have a strong enough definition at this point.
I didn’t, because Waymo cars were proof of concept, not proof of wallet size.
It is very impressive engineering, just not very useful or ever going to result in any viable product. It’s a dead end. A waste of somebody’s engineering effort and talent for a one-time rich guy demo item. People hate on it because they get it.
You’re confused. This isn’t a “maybe there’s more demand for flying cars than you think!” kind of situation. My dude, nobody is disputing the demand for flying cars. It is fairly obvious, however, that they’re completely infeasible technology, and even if not, then this certainly ain’t the way to do it.
> I have a general tendency to know things. I think it has something to do with my brain.
Your brain can predict future?
> But also, I read about how this tech works. Have you? If so, how are you possibly still confused about this?
I think that in 1900s there were a lot of people that were saying the same things you are saying about brothers Wright and their inventions. And yet, if there is demand and value in specific things people will find a way to make it work cost effectively and at scale.
It works fine for the most part, we have cheap chips (not right now, though) cheap parts of cars, cheap TVs, etc. That are manufactured in developing countries (helping them develop in the process) and designed in developed countries (where only this stuff is possible to design).
It just breaks down when bad actors go against reason for long enough, but the market also corrects for that changing supply chains.
Would the Internet going away be world ending? Interesting to think about. I think it would be pretty damn devastating on the scale of Nuclear war but slightly more of a slow burner. At least with Nuclear war survivors can turn the Internet back on again afterwards.
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