Democratisation of powerful tools won't work because it's easier to use for destruction than for the opposite. Every psychopath designing superbugs and inventing future weapons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86k8N4YsA7c

More like; it's cheap when you have no tolerance and no daily habit. You start paying if you let your consumption grow 50-fold.

https://www.quora.com/Will-there-ever-be-an-ergonomic-laptop/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

My new phone charges at 5W from my old phone's 20W charger without the suddenly required "PD".

Because things too, on average, lose value over time when materials degrade and better models come out. Inflation saves the trouble of reducing the old price.

I just wish the new models were better than the old ones.

Insane to depend on fossil fuels (83%) on a sunny, windy island that could be easily blockaded by China. The cities are noisy and polluted because of all the internal combustion engines.

Odyssey 5 (2002)

... five space travelers ... witness the destruction of the Earth; they are given the opportunity to travel to the past to identify and prevent the cataclysm.

Rubicon (2010)

... an innocent character is caught up in, and slowly unravels, a major conspiracy.

Fantastic picture quality (for me, a hi-fi geek with a JVC projector). I forget to follow the plot while admiring the cinematography.