Quora is somewhat of a "writing" site like Medium rather than a question-and-answer site.

You're way more likely to see an answer written by a popular writer than someone giving a correct answer.

Also, writers can delete comments on their answers that they don't like. So they can post something completely wrong and then delete all the comments trying to correct them.

Why can't you append "-quora" to your query?

Some forums have lots of spam. Others have very little.

Spammers target stupid people, so if you avoid stupid topics, you avoid most of the spam.

Yup. But no spam in the FPGA sub.

Piloted aircraft are designed to be 99.9999% reliable.

Adding a nine doubles the cost.

99.9% is good enough for an unpiloted aircraft, making them much cheaper.

Leaving out the cockpit and all the life support stuff lowers the cost even more.

Unpiloted planes don't need training, just programming. So they don't need to be designed for thousands of flight hours. They can sit in a warehouse until needed.

So even if the kill ratio is 1 to 1 or even 3 to 1, drones are still a big win.

Before WW1, some predicted that machine guns would minimize casualties.

If one soldier could shoot as many bullets as a hundred soldiers, then armies would be much smaller.

This isn't saying the government can't do anything.

It just says that law enforcement has to explain to a judge why they need the data. That's all. It's not a high bar.

Thousands of warrants are issued every day.

Tunisia is also a democracy.

The UAE supports neither. The leadership of Hamas resides in Qatar, not the UAE.

The UAE has diplomatic relations with Israel and has pledged to maintain relations despite the current conflict.

The UAE sees Iran-backed Hezbollah as an enemy.

I'll go way out on a limb and guess it evaporated from the ocean.

UAE doesn't burn oil to generate electricity.

They do burn gas, but much of it would otherwise be flared.

UAE's liquefication plants and export terminals are already running at capacity.

UAE plans to double their gas export capacity in the next few years, but peace in Ukraine is a risk.

Your theory is the opposite of reality.

As temperatures rise, the ice caps melt, and deserts are expanding, not shrinking.

There were warm regions and inland seas, but there were also large ice caps and big deserts.

Money is fungible. If you don't spend the money on panels and batteries, you can pay off your credit cards, pay down your mortgage, or invest the money in T-bonds. Any of those will be a better use of your money.

There may be non-financial reasons to build a battery-backed solar system, but otherwise, spending $15k to save $90/month doesn't make much sense.

Disclaimer: I have solar panels (good investment). I do not have batteries (bad investment).

Only at an interest rate of 0%.

The current prime rate is 8.5%. 30-year mortgages are 7%. At those rates, you'll never break even.

Bullcrap.

Citation needed.

Here's a citation of Apple doing the opposite: Apple - FBI encryption dispute.

Obvious solution:
1. Register a phone in your name and leave it with your friend in Florida.
2. Use your burner phone when in NY.

Alternative solution:
Communicate with WhatsApp.
The only person I talk to by "phone" is my mom.

Rich people don't use the roads more than other people, and a Mercedes doesn't cause more wear and tear than an F-150. Roads should be funded with fuel taxes and vehicle fees, not income taxes.

Electricity is mostly sold by private companies. Where municipal power exists, it is not subsidized by tax dollars.

Language? WTF? English isn't provided by the government.