Have another go at reading the post. The question wasn't what's stopping the US from building both, the question was whether OP's explanation does justice to the status quo. My first sentence includes the word "also," indicating that this is additional information that I found wasn't sufficiently weighed in the single paragraph.
This is a thread and I read other people pointing out other things. So I didn't.
I think you need to read more of the article you neglected to link to. I also think your irony gauge needs adjusting. Thank you for rage baiting with us today.
The pace at replacing books at libraries is so painfully slow you stand a good chance to find an environment that's nearly free of LLM influence at your local one.
It's faster than a transaction via QR code. Also, the chip isn't just restricted to handling payments. It can be used as key fob for your car or on your smart lock at home or at the hotel you're staying at.
That tends to be the case though. Even in Europe that's true in many cases. I think so far only France has legislation on the books that makes it illegal for airfare to beat trainfare under a certain distance.
The geographical distances also favor air traffic over anything on the ground. If the jet engine hadn't come around, North America would have a great high speed rail network today.
Ignoring recent events in the middle east and their effect on pricing, even in Japan a flight from Tokyo to Osaka will beat the bullet train fare if you book it a month or more ahead of time. And that's not on a budget airline. Japan gets a lot of praise for its bullet train network. But it's really just one cash cow line (Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka-Kyoto) and the rest is more often than not half empty. They run it because there is pork barrel politicking and because they can sell the flexibility and immediacy of hopping on a train in a downtown location in this network, on a whim (outside the holiday congestion). Japan is also a centrally organized country where the administrative sub sections (prefectures, cities, etc.) have less say in things.
And no local in their right mind would take the shinkansen to go from Kyoto to Osaka. That's a 40min ride or so on the normal trains. The cost to time saving ratio is not good enough.
You can help stop your elected dickheads. Protest, general strike, a constant barrage of your elected officials with dissent. They were bombing schools in your name.
Iran has been under the longest internet blackout in history (if you don't count North Korea). The things that trickle out from there are scarce and that little bandwidth may be better used to collect evidence of atrocities, ironically committed either by the regime or the US/Israel coalition. The current top 40 may be less important at this point in time. So there is a pretty high chance that you won't get a good answer to your question.
If nothing else helps, imagine how you tickle them on the tip of their dumb nose with an imaginary, invisible feather. Imagine the surprised look when they don't know what's happening. It's so annoying and they don't have a clue where it's coming from. They have fucked with the wrong person with an overactive imagination! By now, you've zoned out far enough to ignore any jabs coming your way. You wear the self-satisfied smile that only imaginary feather ticklers know.
Are they possibly romantically interested in you? Just drop a casual "you're just in love with me, aren't you!" when they're annoying and see how flabbergasted they get.
I have never heard of him. In general, I don't find YouTube a reliable source for anything controversial. I think the CIA falls under that umbrella. So I would be very skeptical.
I fear there won't be a solution that doesn't cost money somewhere. Please don't buy 3 burner phone numbers at once. I would feel bad if it didn't work and/or you get suspected of being a criminal.
Check your current phone subscription if you have one. There might be a way to get an additional number for free or very little extra. And it might be a good backup emergency service to have just with your parents maybe even if you go down a different route for the rest.
Fans. Keep a paper/manual one on you are all times, as backup if you have a battery powered one. On those do your research to find one with a good battery.
If you're running your A/C you can set it at a higher temperature if you run a ceiling fan or upright fan at the same time.
Don't wear black or dark colors.
Cooling packs in the freezer, wrap a towel around it, put it on your head, hold it on your hands.
Just a wet cloth around your neck is great when you're out and about.