I'm 74. I just find it amusing that so many youngins want to return to "simpler times." I think the "good old days" were called "these trying times" when we went through them. I'm not so happy with the politics, but I am very happy with the tech. Rock on!

No it isn't. Given the size of Amazon's workforce, it's a drop in the bucket. You can bet the hourly warehouse workers didn't walk of the job. Only the salaried workers could afford it.

So you hate Americans. Yeah, I get it. Congratulations! That's very popular.

They do that every day. They call it "upgrading."

It's not like they have much choice. Where else are they going to live?

Shit causes pollution.

You are conflating Linux on servers, which is incredibly common, with Linux on the desktop, where it isn't.

The only reason I gave up my Laserjet II is because the cat peed on it and destroyed the circuit board.

These guys can't even get to orbit. Next they'll be telling us of their plans to colonize Alpha Centauri.

Except a Jack Russel's incessant yipping will either drive you crazy or drive your neighbor crazy enough to come over and shoot your ass. So much for longevity.

The service ceiling of an F35 is 55,000 feet. The balloon was 60-80,000 feet. A 20mm cannon doesn't cut it. It's not a dogfight. So it was quite efficient to use a missile. Sorry to disappoint you assumptions.

An A-10 would have been great, but they can't get that high. Their service ceiling is 45,000 feet. The F-35, which they used, is 55,000 feet. Easiest, most efficient way to take the balloon down was with a missile, which worked. Thank goodness they didn't take the advice of all these ATS desk jockeys telling them what they should have done.

Just push the button to lose money, but if you really want to, they provide a stick so you can pretend, but you still lose money.

Good Lord! How pedantic! What's the big deal? It's just a term. Deal with it. It's like saying, "That's not a hood, it's a bonnet!" "That's not a trunk, it's a boot!" If you really can't deal with what are truly minor cultural differences, you need to stay in the basement.

Used it to find my Android phone a couple of months ago.* I could just as well have used it to stalk my estranged spouse. Better ban it!

*It was in my car.