A DM will never be as compelling as asking someone something in person. People can and will entirely ignore DMs about topics that they would never ignore in person.
We've made a ton of progress. They didn't have decentralized computing at all in 1978. Now most things run on remote machines. Also, there has been a move away from the imperative style that makes parallelism so difficult.
I recall being stuck in a closet for hours during tornado warnings multiple times throughout my life. It gets boring. Programming is a good way to pass the time.
Traditional engineering can be done by unlicensed persons. It's just that the final design must be signed off by a licensed engineer. In the same way, open source software can be contributed to by unlicensed software engineers, but if the system will be used in a production product, it must be signed off by a licensed software engineer.
Crap phones too. My phone is four years old and is borderline unusable because most websites don't bother to load all the way. Most apps have trouble loading too.
This article claims that the substance conducts electricity through the movement of protons, but last I checked, protons have extremely strong bonds to the nucleus. Most substances conduct electrons. Anyone want to shed some light on whether the article's claim is actually true?
If so, are there other such substances that conduct electricity with protons? What is the electrical resistance of such substances? I feel it should be extremely high due to the increased mass of the protons.
All the pilot has is an approximate location, which is then reported to the FAA (I assume). By the time the relevant authorities are dispatched, the person has most likely stowed the laser. There is not enough specific information (address, name, etc) to get a proper warrant, so the crime goes completely unpunished. The cases that do get punished are probably repeat or persistent offenders.
Lucid dreaming refers to dreaming while aware that you are dreaming. Day dreaming is just getting lost in one's imagination while one is awake. These are two different phenomena.