More specifically I thought one of the approaches to an omni-treadmill would catch on enough for an at-home model to be available to the public.

Brain implants are progressing, so I'm still hopeful to see full-dive VR in my lifetime. Also scared of how it will be enshtitfied.

I feel dumb for buying the valve index.

There's just really not a very useful reason outside of "because we can", so it hasn't really been a priority. Still, that's kinda the point of the Artemis program, so we're getting there.

I'll cut you a deal: I'll hold onto your data for you—including data you never even asked me to hold—and you only have to pay me for forever. Good?

Laws in place to govern the collection, use, ownership, and patenting of human genes and genetic information.

I feel that for laws to exist, you first need some accidents to prompt the public outcry to get them passed. And accidents in genetics are going to be very messy indeed

Genetic counseling is common for rare cancers. It is used in some in some populations who are prone to generic diseases.

no hot filaments...

There may not be filaments, but heat is still an issue for LEDs.

Some bulb manufacturers basically overdrive cheaper diodes to get extra brightness at the cost of generating extra heat. Some of those manufacturers compensate for the heat in some way, others don't even bother and produce bulbs with a service life of months instead of decades. Some of these are fly-by-night online sellers that won't exist anymore by the time their products start to fail. Others are established brands that people will blindly purchase based on a reputation that no longer matches reality. There are some reliable brands out there if you read up on it, but why the fuck should we have to research every little inane item in our life?

Aside from corporate greed, though, there are other reasons heat causes early LED bulb failure. Two common ones are incompatible devices on the same circuit (like light dimmers), and installing the bulb in an enclosure without adequate heat dissipation (like a ceiling 'boob' light).

I've been all LED for well over a decade, and have had a good experience so far. I personally tend to buy smart bulbs that can put out way more light than I need, and run them at 20-50% brightness most of the time. Feit Electric and Govee's basic smart bulbs have been pretty reliable for me, but I admit I'm a pretty small sample size. I know I'm paying a premium for that approach, but it's not unreasonable and I do prefer not having to worry about it.

Something is wrong with the ones you're buying, then.

Studies show that they do, on average, last dozens of times longer. Personally I replace them way less often than incandescent.

I suppose the earliest ones were worse and there are definitely garbage ones out there. And even good brands have a did here and there. And if you have poor/inconsistent power, or placing them in hot, enclosed fixtures, they don't perform as well as they could.

Oh that's a fun one. Original incandescents lasted a very long time. Too long (over 10,000 hrs, and there are many examples of ones that have been lit for decades!). The various manufacturers actually conspired(spent a lot of money on research and development) to a 1,000 hr operational benchmark. Profits exploded.

This is common (engineered predictable fault.)

From my experience, what tends to get messed up is the internal wiring. The actual leds will continue working fine, but cheap/shitty wiring will make the lamp stop working

I was there for the transition period between incandescents and LEDs: The CFL.

I've never had to replace my LED lights and I've had mine for a decade.

Buy dimmer, filament style LEDs. They don't burn themselves out hy heat at least.

Otherwise you're facing planned obsolescence.

Really fancy guillotines, with Internet Access, Bluetooth, and AI, of course.

"I'm Alan, your Virtual Execution Assistant. I can offer you a choice of a Last Cigarette, or Last Words, which would you like to choose?"

Technically we have modular body parts. They are pretty damn good too. Just not good enough that people would replace them because they are vetter.

So like the Fairphone?

I too thought self driving cars would be further along. It just seemed like they were already decent... so 5 to 10 more years... and we are not much further. We have self driving cars in some select cities, but they still struggle even then.

Only after the nuclear winter

That's not tech, that's policy. Technologically there are no holdups to this, capitalism just needs it to not be so

Your answer is something you want to force into the conversation, not what OP asked.

You're not wrong, but that's not the conversation man.

this

I think the self tightening shoes would have been doable. But we still didn't get those.

Elmo has claimed to have it for over 10 years now

You weren't a fool, you simply were lied to

Elmo always lies, every second word put of his mouth is a lie. Every project he boasts about has been a lie.

You thought this would happen by 2026?

We have that already and I've eaten it.

Good synthetic meat exists, it's just more expensive to produce so you usually can't buy it at like a corner store or something

It's hard to synthesize the animal suffering that people crave