Probably very. The issue is still one-sided, even if an approval is required. There's this idea that consumers don't notice the price increase or don't realise it's happening, but in reality consumers are somewhat captive. What you going to do paybitch, suddenly stop watching that thing you're enjoying in the middle of the season? Spotify prices increase, do I a) go buy new hardware that supports some other service, or b) just pay the $1 per month.

And that is the justification too. It's not $15 / month, it's $1 more per month. I can afford $1 right? - The mind of a consumer.

GameSpy, now there's something I've not seen or heard in decades. You're right though, NAT and IP addresses are a matchmaking problem, not a server communication problem. Steam, PSN, Battle.net etc they all handle that for you.

Many games still do this, but not via directIP. You still do rely on having an external matchmaking service. But that can be offloaded to Steam, PSN, or whatever.
E.g. Helldivers II. The host server can even be a Playstation.

The thing is this doesn't work for every type of game. It works best for private games played with friends, not big public spectacles. When you include skill based matchmaking it becomes even harder, where suddenly your network connection is at the mercy of some random dude's internet quality rather than knowing you've got a pretty decent datacentre somewhere on your continent handling things.

There's benefits and downsides everywhere.

Not sure what problem you're trying to fix. The issue with servers has always been that to punch through NAT you need the server to contact the client. But that issue was always that there was an attempt to connect to the address of a server directly, we live in a "matchmaking" world or an "invite" world. You can still of course connect to servers directly but that and only that will fail.

I am behind a NAT, a friend of mine is behind CG-NAT, we have no problems playing for example 7 Days To Die, which very much relies on the server running on his machine (not a dedicated server, but the principle still applies). Steam is used for matchmaking which allows to establish a two way connection that traverses NAT on both sides. It is able to work just fine connecting to someone's private server at home as it is public servers.

Likewise remote play together works just fine as well (the session being hosted by the person who owns the game). As do games like Split Fiction, or the ever popular Helldivers II (where one player is a host and the other(s) a client). All this doesn't require a remote server in a datacentre, but it does rely on a mechanism to start a session, in the case of all of the above we do it via Steam friends, or the PSN in the case of Helldivers when we do crossplay and the server resides on someone's Playstation.

He says, about an article which clearly notes a significant number of these cases happen outside the USA.

Uah I'm sad that I got an "Insightful" mod for this. I was going for "Funny" but I guess that's just the time we live in.

Few reasons... size, weight, power consumption, GPIO, new device vs refurb, support for shields and external boards...

If you're asking why you should buy a Pi instead of a NUC you didn't need a Pi, you needed a NUC.

Anything can collect dust if you're a shopaholic with no end goal in mind.

Orange Pi 5 8GB seems the same price as the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB except that the latter comes with a powersupply for 150EUR, but the Orange Pi 5 comes with just the board for 158EUR.

The Banana Pi M4 4GB is 131EUR, the comparable Raspberry Pi 5 4GB is 119EUR

You won the quick draw award. It is given for people who are quick to shoot their mouth without actually thinking or researching their answer. Due to budget cuts we are unable to ship the award to you, so in lieu of the actual award you can print out this reply and hang it proudly on your wall.

Define "overpriced". What's the BOM. What's the cost of assembly and production? What's the cost of running the business, including engineer? What are you comparing to, a toy computer vs the sales volume of some of the world's most popular electric products?

Here's a challenge: Find a product that is feature and performance comparable at a lower cost across the range. You did after all invoke the entire range in your post without saying a particular product. So do your exercise for the cheapst Pico, most popular model 3 (which is still on sale) , and most expensive model 5. Lets see how far you get.

And no you can't select a more expensive product that happens to have more features like an Orange Pi to make your case, we have a budget here.

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He didn't do this. Rich people pay clever people to come up with ideas only available to rich people with the support of other rich people. You give him too much credit.

Tesla's with FSD are bought by people who fall into the categories insurance companies identified as being low risk enough to offer discounts. Also you misspelled "insurance" company. There's no reason to use a plural there. There's one, a small startup.

None of that invalidates the data reported to the NHTSA.

I didn't say Musk doesn't deliver. I said he over estimates. Let's go through your list.

1. His rockets landed 5 years after he promised they would.
2. Space internet was never a promise, it came out of nowhere. His promise was that it is blazingly fast, an in reality it failed to meet the definition of "broadband" used at the time of his rollout.
3. His brain implant isn't a public product. The first paraplegic had it removed after installation. The following two a logging significant failures. But again, Musk hasn't made any big bold public promises on this so it's irrelevant.
4. Market conditions created an industry of solar batteries at scale. Home battery companies existed before Tesla, they are a tiny player in a large market.
5. No he doesn't have the world's largest EV charging network. Furthermore he has the world's most unusable charging network thanks to NIH syndrome causing him to not adopt standard practices. Teslas are most usable around the world with an adapter to use other charging networks. But world's largest wasn't one of his promises or estimations. What was a promise and an estimation was "fastest". Except it's not, it was briefly but Tesla's charging system is thoroughly second tier compared to CCS and just looks like a TI86 calculator vs a quantum computer compared to BYD's Flush charger.
6. Tesla's profit ceases being a profit without EV grants. His car is popular in America, but Tesla doesn't need a "killer" in most of the world. The cars are good, but regularly are outsold by other models from other companies.
7. FSD had directly killed 2 of its users, and the predecessor autopilot has a headcount of 65. In fact it has killed so many people over the years that it has taken nearly a decade for Tesla to get approval for an L2 certification in Europe. I very much have not just rented a Tesla, but regularly drive my brother's when I visit him. I do so with FSD off on purpose. When it's on it is unsable and makes stupid decisions. And even in the USA Tesla has failed to get L3 certification for FSD, and yet despite that Musk is publicly saying people should be able to play on their phone while the car drives itself. He attempted to get a self driving permit for his Robotaxis in LA, and was denied by the government as FSD was seen to be too incapable. Again a Musk overestimation.
8. Yes SpaceX is profitable. Congrats. It was still delivered years after Musk's estimation.
9. His companies have paid back loans, quite a bit after Musk promised they would, again a Musk overestimation.

Google it. I gave a range because there are multiple competing sources with different numbers. The 65k miles came from the NHTSA report issued in February. The 45k miles came from an Eletrek article. There are various numbers between from a variety of sources.

No. This is like saying to not put an 1885 Benz Motorwagen on a horseracing track just because the CEO says it's a fast car. We should in no way not be developing AI driving further. We should telling Musk to go fuck off with his dangerous, not fit for purpose, rushed out products that are literally getting people killed.

Waymo has already delivered on that.

Yes pudding is a good way to describe the remains of Gao Yaning, and Naibel Benavides Leon god rest their souls.

I hate liars and grifters who get people killed. I don't give a shit about politics and hated Musk long before he decided to Nazi salute or attend German far right rallies. It is possible to hate people for reason other than politics. For example I don't know your political leanings, but I do really hate that people like you who have their tongue up the arse of liars. Pick a better person to simp for.

And people who do teardowns are also not the same people who do design. It's easy to look intelligent criticising something while taking it apart.

Now back in the real world Teslas (despite what I think of their build quality) have demonstrated to be some of the most reliable long term battery platforms on the market with literally countless Teslas these days happily driving along at almost peak performance with a milage well beyond what many cars would be scrapped at.

You're ignorant. Maybe you're working on that. But do so without fueling your ignorance with stupid videos.

You know what, you may actually be right and we can thank AI for that. There was this (previously considered to be) fantasy that people would install Linux rather than just buying a compatible PC. But with PC prices rising the way they are now the combination of timing with the AI bubble may be enough to push some people to take the plunge. I sure as heck am recommending everyone *not* to upgrade their computers right now.