I understand the need to join the conversations about the same topic. Thanks for keeping the URLs separate. Reading Gruber's long form considered article is very different to reading some second hand Asus executive "shock" comments.

The article has hyperlinks in it, e.g. to this:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5786144/...

which comes from an ESP serving millions of users.

Placing anti-personnel mines is also not very effective in a pitched conflict.

The enemy will lose a few soldiers, but will then clear a marked path. The long term effects far outweigh any short-term advantage.