Short answer: No. Long answer: Hell, no.

He won't care unless someone bribes him to care. This is all happening someplace not at one of his golf courses.

Well, there you have it - the principal investors in $30 billion dollar capital infrastructure projects have been known to bribe a POTUS or two.

At the very least dangle a shiny gold ball tickling trophy in his eyeline to briefly gain attention.

What do you have to do to get people to realize that SOB is basically a Nazi? Nobody seems to care that he’s a racist POS supporting extreme right-wing causes.

Ticket and require a company lawyer and programmer to show up in traffic court for every infraction and explain current status of self-driving software.

I think the intent is there. I do not have faith that people, politics or events will cooperate with us. I also think this is NASA's last hurrah before space flight is subsumed by commercial interests, which will be the end of the dream of space science for the common good of mankind.

It is not a person, nor even a living thing. It is a tool - same as a hammer or pliers. The decisions made are based on statistical probability, not actual thought or consciousness.

First thought: well, that figures.

I read that while listening to the soundtrack for Fringe.

If I was more paranoid, I'd start thinking the ban is to make it easier to spy on us by limiting our choices to a few domestic vendors who can be coerced by regulatory capture and "for the kids" political rhetoric.

that makes sense, but i suspect it is more likely to be a bribery scheme. ("why not both!" someone yells)

Sooner or later, some idiot lawmaker/opportunist is going to insist on 1) age checks to connect to a router and 2) content filters for routers, both of which can be used to score cheap political points.

3) ability to censor(content filter) the opposition also nice to have

I'd say it's the old "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". Admittedly the current administration has a more than ample supply of both, but I think they do have more stupidity than malice.

Having said that, once someone explains to them in words of one syllable that they've just banned the sale of all of the devices that make the Internet go for the entire electoral base, they'll TACO so fast it'll make your head spin.

I’ve tried FreeCAD multiple times, but I’m just too used to Rhino 3D. Unfortunately, it’s rather expensive. Anyone need a slightly used, low-mileage, one owner soul?

FWIW, I've been kind of kicking myself for being bamboozled into buying a Plasticity Studio license --- really, really wish I'd instead bought Moment of Inspiration 3D (which is by the lead developer of Rhino 3D).

Curious what folks think of MOI3D (and if there is any other similar CAD tool other than maybe Shapr3D).