I would argue that books are not a durable good as their value depends in part on the author's reputation. So lowering the cost of an e-book has some additional cost to the author or publisher beyond the production cost.
I think you and I have a difference of opinion on what it means to be unquestionably useful, and whether any technology should ever be described as such.
If you tap for directions and then tap to change the mode of transportation as it's loading the routes then it thinks you've picked the first route because it bumps the transport mode panel up in order to show the first route in the list.
Very annoying as they could just account for the height of the first route from the start.
Another big reason, for me at least, is that the scripts are unlikely to degrade over time.
A process or workflow that involves a 3rd party service or application will have to be modified or reconsidered as the 3rd party's functionality changes, is updated, or disappears.
So the logical solution is for candidates to submit multiple applications with slight variations to their contact info, "John Schmidt", "John J. Schmidt", "John J. J. Schmidt", "John Jacob J. Schmidt", "J. J. Jingleheimer Schmidt", etc.
I'm not sure what specific glass and metal are used in neon sign electrodes, but their definitely built to hold a higher vacuum under decades of use. Their relatively cheap and you can get them with small tubes on the end for pulling the vacuum.
Trolling is typically done on lakes with fishing lines cast from the back of a boat. A trolling motor sets the boat speed. Trawling usually takes place at sea, with larger boats and wide nets.
the UX of that site is quite bad actually. arrow keys and PgUp/PgDn won't scroll the text, and the panel wants to resize horizontally when a person tries to engage the vertical scrollbar