Interesting, but there's a little bit missing which would be interesting to know: the author compares the $500 drone cost to a $100 unguided shell. What we don't get is the hit percentage. Russia has been firing literally millions of artillery shells per year: the hit rate isn't high at all.

It seems all options suck, but you have to do something.

This is B.S. What purpose does it serve?

It serves the purpose of the Ukrainian people remaining free. It's easy to call bullshit on other's freedom when yours is not at stake.

A Raspi with 1 core and 512MB can recognize ~500-2000 different objects. It's no longer expensive to build autonomous assassins. I've been saying for years here that the future of war is toy technology, and here we are.

An while the recognition part is slow, something like the Pi is more than capable of realtime tracking of objects within the field of view of the camera. Once the object is identified, you keep it in the field of view. The drones already have gyros so small twitchy movements of the drone are sorted. You're basically tracking gyro drift and the movement of an object. Until you're very very close the latter is slow as far as tracking is concerned.

Well, it's not like the 32 bit version is gone. It'll likely keep forking for a while yet, and by the time it's obsolete, how likely are you encounter a bit of 32 bit x86 hardware that you'd run it on?

What can we conclude from this?

That they're not trying to solve all of Scotland's domestic energy use in one go.

Electric cars aren't the problem here. You've developed specific coping strategies around ICE cars because that was the only option. If you were used to electric cars you would find the weird foibles of ICE cars unbearable most likely.

I don't think the generation of ADHD drivers starting in 50 years when gas cars are long gone will be unable to cope, because of the unique properties of ICE engines.

In terms of worrying from what I hear many cars and chargers will let you check all of this kind of thing remotely.

I mean if you want to trade the 3 or 4 seconds needed to plug in your car when you arrive home for 3 orders of magnitude more time pumping gas, then you do you. Imaging if you had to take your phone to a shop to refill it to work rather than just plugging in.

You are standing right next to your car closing and locking the doors already. You are right there.

Bad journalism from the Murdoch press? Never!

You only need to plug your car in daily if you are driving daily. Funnily enough if you plug it in and don't drive it stays plugged in. Otherwise you're already tending it every time you drive.

Indeed. Electric cars are a solution to some of the problems with cars, but not many. The best solution is viable alternatives to driving. I suspect most people don't want to spend time behind the wheel because it's boring and often frustrating, unavailable to kids and many disabled people. Should be unavailable to many of the elderly and it's expensive and you can't drive after a beer.

Don't forget towing. They're towing LOTS of shit. So much it seems that there's no room left on their property so they can't charge.

LOL. Woosh. Did you read the next line "See how easy politics is. Now for reality."?

Oh shit apparently not :(

oops! I plead being a victim of Poe's Law (and also er not reading far enough).

How are vaccines irrelevant because it's a bacteria? The plague doesn't have vaccines, but other bacteria do, such as tetanus.

Yet another way cars are worse than trains. Though honestly the beers they sell from the trolley are sometimes not very cold but you can't have everything.

Biden deploying the cartel and traffickers to American cities.

Makin' shit up doesn't justify your position. It simply means that you know your position is wrong, but wish to hold it anyway. It would be nice if you told the real underlying truth about your opinions.