Could that actually be connected? There are a LOT of Chinese engineers and researchers working on all these models, I assume they would like to take some vacation days, and it makes sense to me to time releases around it.

Probably because it's expensive.

But I wish there were more "let's scale this thing to the skies" experiments from those who actually can afford to scale things to the skies.

They have renamed both product lines, Bedrock edition many times.

Specifically:

  Minecraft Pocket Edition for Xperia Play
  -> Minecraft: Pocket Edition
  -> [Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, Minecraft: Gear VR Edition,
      Minecraft: Apple TV Edition, Minecraft: Fire TV Edition,
      Minecraft: Pocket Edition]
  -> Minecraft
  (It is colloquially "Minecraft: Bedrock Edition" when Mojang is
   distinguishing it from other versions. Note also that despite all
   being named "Minecraft", different platforms are separate
   licenses, but the Windows 10/11 license is bundled with Java Edition)

  RubyDung
  -> Cave Game
  -> Minecraft: Order of the Stone
  -> Minecraft
  -> Minecraft: Java Edition

  Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
  -> [Minecraft: Xbox One Edition, Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition,
      Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition, Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition,
      Minecraft: Wii U Edition, Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]
  (This was the 4J Studios version, now deprecated as some platforms
   are unsupported and on some platforms it is superseded by Bedrock.
   It is sometimes referred to as "Console Edition" but this was
   never official.)

As I recall the C++ reimplementation of Minecraft predates the Microsoft sale. Unless they did a complete rewrite I don't know about, Bedrock is distantly based on the old mobile/console version of Minecraft.

Kenminimuming?

I guess it's up to is to make the robots serve the humans, then.

Thing is, when they're pirating books, they're flagrantly violating ip laws in ways which big tech companies do themselves. When they're pirating music, they're flagrantly violating IP laws on a type of IP the big tech companies are directly selling. They're making a lot of new enemies.

Meanwhile in China, the humanoid robots are doing Tai Chi and somersaults...

But Tesla doesn't do all this even more and better!

Was "You may kiss our royal pinky ring" in them though?

TBH I never kissed the royal pinky ring, but as you quote it so literally, I'm starting to wonder about the wonderful English language ambiguities.

Reply to your edit: what if we wanted to do with the water was simply to drink it?

"Meritocratic climbing on the social ladder", I'm sorry but what are you on about?? As if that was the meaning in life? As if that was even a goal in itself?

If it's one thing we need to learn in the age of AI, it's not to confuse the means to an end and the end itself!