BlueLightning

Semi fabs need not only large amounts of water and electricity, but also absence of earth tremors.  Therefore, fabs should be far away from hydrocarbon fracking locations.  Some fracking areas have hundreds of small earthquakes in a matter of days, which can ruin chips in process at the time of the quakes.  

Unless operated in air conditioned spaces, most laptops, desktops and cell phones would be out of the recommended operating temperature ranges if exposed to 110-120 ℉.  For some, that temperature range may be out of the storage range (powered off).  

With all of the high temperatures lately, suspect air conditioning manufactures will be replacing a LOT of compressors under warranty.  Semi fabs have to maintain narrow temperature ranges.  Suspect some of the AC units were not designed to maintain proper indoor temperatures when outdoor temperatures exceed 110-120 ℉.  Worked within a jet aircraft engine parts manufacturing facility for 16+ years.  After power failures, the AC had to run for a LONG time to condition machinery to the proper temperature to meet exact manufacturing tolerances.  As I recall, it could take 12 hours to condition the equipment.  Expect computer chip manufacturing would require even more exact controls on temperature.  

On the plus side, looks like demand for pc chips is on the decline for now.  Also, probably lots of units available used from all the high tech. layoffs (more than 10,000 at Microsoft alone, plus lots at Dell, Meta...)  
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/20/tech-industry-layoffs-2023/  

China is imposing export restrictions on some materials needed for more advanced chip manufacturing (notably gallium and germanium), in retaliation for our export restrictions on advanced chips to China.  

The e-bike is not just dependent on application servers for the access key, but also domain name servers, internet service providers, supporting application software providers, authentication providers, and maybe encryption and VPN providers (to name a few).  I'd feel almost as secure with a simple pocket key fob.  Privacy policies vary widely in different parts of the world.  My ISP shuts down several times a month for several hours at a time (for maintenance), usually very late or very early.  Could easily be stranded for hours at an inconvenient time or isolated location.  Not clear what "barely works without a software key" means, or if a new software key is required daily?  What happens in a major internet outage or solar storm that knocks out the internet?  

Hope to wait for solid state batteries before buying anything expensive (for safety, speed of charge, cost).  Hope there will be retrofit kits to convert older liquid based electrolyte battery set ups to solid state (at a somewhat reasonable cost).  VW claims a 900 mile range by 2027 (4 years), with a target of half the weight, half the cost, very fast charging, and much better safety.  Still, doubt anything that stores that much energy will be totally safe.  For comparison, a gallon of gasoline is the equivalent of 13 sticks of dynamite (which is why some terrorists use fuel oil and fertilizer bombs).  Ever seen a refinery or fuel tractor trailer fire?  Not much of the fuel carrier left after a fire, and almost impossible to put out the fire.  

On the other main item in the article (glucose monitors):  I'm not diabetic (or pre-diabetic), but until a totally non-invasive system is available, think I'd stick with pin prick method.  Not wild on the idea of having a small sensor wire under the skin for prolonged periods.  Seems like a possible site of infection.  Also, the price seems outrageous.  Did have a LOT of pin pricks while in the hospital and rehab for a major MRSA infection about 5 years ago.  These may be very useful in patients hospitalized for critical care.  
Have read that cost on similar items can be about $2,300 per year (insurers probably negotiate a lower price, but likely contributes to high healthcare costs, and higher costs for private/group insurance, medicare, medicaid).  

Interesting.  Making a mental note for possible future inclusion in a future bucket list.  Until then, will likely watch/invest in some DVD based and online courses on astronomy, as time allows.  Perhaps price will come down over the next decade.  

Hoping for solid state batteries within the next 4 years.  Interested to see if the goggles will be a suitable replacement for a mac laptop within 5 years or so.  

For now, I spend a LOT more time on a MBP than on an iPhone.  May look more carefully at attaching a keyboard, mouse and external display to an iPhone via a dock.  Will wait until transition from lightning to usb-c in a year or two.  I keep the iPhone powered off most of the time (except during power failures, and to use for two factor authentication, where some sites do not offer email or landline as an option).  

Surprised I'm not getting fake "you've just won" emails on this yet.  I've been getting fake emails on the goggles for some time now.  Would really like to see an effective email filter, or maybe a manual return to sender option that sends hundreds of fake emails back to the source of a spam email.  Received a ton from a Hungarian drug company's web site for awhile (50+ a day, a month or two ago).