Socialist are too smart for him, he'll never catch them.

You are correct LEO != Leo, one is an acronym for low-Earth orbit. The other is the name of Amazon's satellite network. RTFA

Yes. Every time a tree falls it seems like the power is out for a day. And every time the wind blows a tree falls. So very localized outages from living in a forest.
In the nearby city, people rarely lose power. Perhaps a day every year or two.

Progress is a wonderful thing, but let us not be lackadaisical about inherent risks.

I save a bit of gasoline on the 15 or so days I'm without power. I already had solar, so it seemed a little silly sitting in the dark with nothing to run my water pump to flush the toilet. I was also in a situation where the inverter on my solar system had died and the original manufacturer was out of business. There was not a huge cost difference in getting an refurbished identical replacement versus something fancier that switches between house battery, EV battery, generator, solar, and grid tied. Pays for itself in 60 years, if I go by time of use billing, but I arranged to keep net metering so it's more like a 27 year break-even for me in part because my battery system is oversized and expensive.

For rural living, it's worth it, makes a huge difference for us. As an investment that saves you money, it depends, answer is often "no". But it is insured and warrantied. So not really so much of a gamble, most scenarios are covered.

It got a lot cheaper compared to what it cost 5 years ago. Also, for people who don't have net metering, it's often (always?) better to charge your own battery than sell solar back to the power company.

Meh. Everyone is already using this shit in automotive and aerospace. Probably used by medical equipment vendors as well. The AI agents are not set it and forget it, they are not a short cut around safety processes, and they do not permit you to handwave your way past bidirectional traceability principles.

I think the chip companies have a lot of contracts, default clauses, and prepaid NREs. Extraction of wealth from AI investors is what most chip companies practice right now, they are not intending on being left holding the bag (or paying for the warehouses full of components)

Typos are not usually a big deal because of how tokens work. Letting AI flatter you so you will accept every edit it makes is the real risk. It will go off plan without warning, it will forget important requirements or prohibitions. And it will subtly alter goals in order to retroactively support its poor activities, that includes gaslighting you about the whole thing.

We would have evolved wheels and rotor blades if there was a practical path in biology for it. Mechanical systems should not be burdened by our biological limitations. Wheel and axle systems are cheap, efficient, and reliable, and offer greater carrying capacity for their weight. But all of you already know this because you're not idiots and not part of the tech grift.

The lack of phase change made them not terribly practical for keeping anything cold. Chilling the glass is more effective, since the mass of the glass is so much higher than a few little stones.

Doesn't exist on my truck. I guess I could use a pillow if I wasn't already tall.

Also, you should set your mirrors by leaning left and right while setting them. I don't have a usable rear view mirror (camper shell) or backup camera (smashed on a rock while off-roading), so nothing to set there.

Decade long drought cycles are great for hard-working farmers, gives them the extended vacation they deserve.

Eleven? No

It's worse than reported.