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* Assuming there is no bug, zero-day, or other vulnerability on the current version of your fully updated device.

Having a power-only cable removes that as a possibility.

"Should" be in for a pricy repair bill.

Unfortunately there's a lot of precedent, up to and including loss of life, where the police "cannot be held accountable because it might impact their ability to do their duty in the future."

I mean that's everything. There isn't a "movie of the summer" anymore really, no I Love Lucy / Cheers / Friends / Simpsons that basically everyone is watching or familiar with. It's been true for longer with books/music because of the lower gateways to entry and being able to be a "local artist", but not by much, and even for them it's exploded since the Internet became mainstream.

The democratization of publication has dramatically broadened the type and quality of things being made and no industry titans really have figured out how to promote around that. At least not consistently.

"I know I'll be the one stuck with caring for it when the next interesting thing comes along."

"We don't have the budget right now."

"I've buried dogs before and I don't want to again."

Oh hey a surprise puppy. Might as well make the best of it.

There's plenty of publishers putting out interesting games.

They're just not the traditional AAA / "AAAA" games companies because they've grown so big they're hidebound.

The second one.

Mirroring is good for speed, but a storage mechanism with parity checks will always be more recoverable. And you will have far more storage available.

Open and close? Fingernails and toenails?

Came here to check if there was a Pratchett quote.

(Reaper Man if anyone's curious)

You are describing Indiana Jones. Graham is talking about getting funding for what is effectively Crystal Skull research. These are not opposing sides of the same coin. Ancient Apocalypse is not an outreach program for more general archeology funding.

This is not about calling the people watching the show idiots. It's about Graham and his ilk being more beholden to their pet stories than actual research and trying to convince people that they are the One True Archeologist.

A conspiracy theorist complaining about how "the establishment" won't take him seriously is not a gateway to people seeking out education. It's an avenue for those people to mistrust actual research in a field because it doesn't mesh with their preconceived notions. Much like Flat Earthers the problem is not a simple misunderstanding that will self correct. It's a belief that the "Truth" is being hidden for nefarious purposes because a story is more intriguing than knowledge.

This is not how people get more interested in Archeology, or whatever discipline, or what drives funding for that discipline. This is what cuts budgets and drives people away because "the establishment is a hidebound in-crowd."

Star Trek is attention grabbing. It doesn't mean we should depend on time travel to save the whales. Not being able to separate fantasy from reality is not a scientific viewpoint. Actual education about any of this would be steering away from it, not into it.

The answer to all questions about advanced ancient civilizations existing is "probably not". There are interesting examples that push back the earliest evidence of some things, like the Antikythera mechanism, but the only thing that is evidence of is that gears are older than previously thought. "Could there have been an ancient globe spanning civilization that only used wood or was on Antarctica or for some other reason has surviving no evidence?" is the same level of question as "Could there be a Discworld?". The infeasibility of proving a negative is not the same as "yes this existed".

Ancient Aliens level speculation on ancient civilizations is religion without a sacred text, inventing fantasies of a utopian past out of whole cloth because of an imagined fragment of a thread.

"What if every star was a human soul?" is not an interesting astronomy question to get people into astronomy. "Big Astronomy" not awarding grants to study that, is not a conspiracy. It's due diligence.

Using a platform to say "What if [random speculation that has no basis and can't be tested]" is not useful science outreach. It's someone pretending to be science-y.

A person's sole redeeming aspect being "being an engaging speaker" doesn't make them a useful object lesson, it makes them yet another snake oil salesman. That's not new or unique. That's being a charlatan. Which is what people don't like about Graham.

Not sure about the second part, tanks are built to go over things. Their "negative slant" seems more likely to push things under than a car's hood or a truck/SUV's flat face.