No country can afford to take in unlimited refugees. At some point, the answer becomes another question. "How to we raise the standard of living for people in that country because we can not afford to take any more of them here?"

LK

Maybe someone could start an IETF RFC for communications protocol for digital video over local wire and fiber that is open.

So someone actually figured out what a $, US or otherwise is worth ? Last I checked it was a fictional value. Is that how much it costs in man hours to do the damage ?

again with the Verge paywalled feces...

LOL, your reading comprehension lacks. That's usual for kids today. If you look back what I got from SiriusXM was the NFL radio for a season. Those are all big words so I can understand your confusion. Don't stress...maybe some affirmations and an ambien would help.

LOL you made a decision entirely based on hearsay and inuendo. All good, it is your choice.
I've never had an issue talking to an english speaking person after a quick pickup, and like the cable company I find they will give me discounts, or vouchers for tickets. Heck they even gave me a season of NFL. I just complain about the price or consider leaving every 6 month or so.

The only ads they run are for their own stations or shows. That always cheesed me off because it IS STILL and ad. They have a partnership with Pandora so I get both. I BT in my phone at home on my stereo, and in the car all the time.
Spanish Flamenco guitar has been this weeks rage. Ottmar Leibert, CUBA, and Rodrigo y Gabriella.
Of course YMMV and everyones' tastes are different.

India ruled a huge empire once. Give them half a chance and they'd do it again. Life under an Indian regime would not be nice...

One of the Suburu drivers complained, "something on my infotainment system changed and I swerved and nearly crashed my car." Holy $4|7 how did that driver get a license ?
I'd worry more about whose behind the wheel and what they are thinking about besides driving.

I like my SiriusXM. I listen on the road, on my mobile EVERYWHERE else. 300+ stations that I can listen to knowing that the artists are actually getting a piece of my $$$, unlike any other modern platform. SiriusXM is better for the musicians than anything but buying CD's and merch from a show. It also has artist based stations for ANYONE I can think of. I also found that I actually enjoy a curated selection by someone else who knows music. It is hard to hear new stuff from my MP3 collection. Many of the XMSirius DJ's are musicians that broadcast from the road. I drive alot and having to not change stations all the time is a joy.
It is not cheap but I derive an enormous amount of pleasure from SiriusXM.

I'm in Arizona, USA. If I stick to 65 mph I get run over in the right(slow) lane. You have to top 80 mph to get into the passing lane(left) here. I see 75% giant duallie trucks pulling 5th wheelers, loaded with ATV's/ sand rails/side-by-sides and motor bikes. All of these running on AV. gas. Hell, they still burn in the fields here...Air quality is job 19.

My civic...all gas...gets 34.8 on ave now. I guess that means Honda can fire the dev staff and save some money. AI will of course take over any new requirements...

Wouldn't doubt it at all.

"It's not like SpaceX did not have any missteps on their path to creating reusable boosters."

They weren't really missteps. It was part of their design philosophy. Build it enough to get past a "goal" (say, get past the launch tower) and test. If it doesn't meet the goal, ID the failure, redesign and test again. Once it reaches that "goal", create a new "goal" (sat, reach 20,000 ft). Repeat until it's reliable.

While this involves a lot of explosions, the actual time it takes to get a workable and reliable rocket was dramatically reduced.

Looks less like a failure on China's program and more like China learning from Musk.

SpaceX can probably accelerate their flight schedule to accommodate Russian crew needs. There's the question of if Russia is able/willing to pay nearly $100m per seat. Their flights on Crew Dragon are currently paid through NASA in a seat exchange program where they provide flights from this site on Soyuz for US astronauts. They don't actually pony up the cash.

This launch site is also essential to attitude control of ISS. To refuel the ISS stabilizer thrusters and hold it steady while the gyroscopes are relieved periodically requires Progress modules launched from there. There isn't currently a backup plan for those services.