THIS. Pre-Ryzen Intel decided it was better to take the cash they were getting, and NOT put any into product development. I honestly wonder if they have permanently lost that ability as a result. Unfortunately for them, someone always comes along, and at this point it is more than one of them. AMD is eating their lunch on the x86 side, NVidia is encroaching on a lot of higher end workloads, and ARM is threatening everything else. There is no way I would recommend Intel for anything anymore, which is too bad.

I hear and understand what you're saying, but at what point does the sheer volume of successful launches nullify that? A falcon 9 could blow up tomorrow and I would still rather ride in one of those than anything Boeing is going to launch - especially when you consider the 9 may have been re-used multiple times already.

If I recall correctly, the internal bulkheads were not full height either, and water was able to flow from one to the other once the level breached the top.

It always makes me wonder as well, i.e. what inflection point occurred just prior or after that they didn't mention. I think the addition of new member states to the EU has probably had a large effect on that statistic. I would not be surprised if former eastern bloc countries required more work on their roads than rail systems to bring them to parity with the west (or not!).

It is entirely possible that Putin could shoot a few down for sure, assuming the satellites are close enough to Russian launchers. I think the bigger issue for the Russians is I doubt they have enough ASAT systems in inventory to make much of a dent. In addition I don't know that the cost/benefit (if they cared) would work out for the Russians doing this. It would be another serious point of contention with the West, not to mention add to already present space debris. Again, not sure that those last two points would be on their radar.

This! It doesn't even have to be cheap housing, it can be whatever. It will effect both the local housing market and traffic patterns in positive ways.

I'm with you. In addition though, I'm going to add storage costs / convenience to the mix for personal videos. Back in the day, a ~$3 tape gave you 60 minutes of crappy video....

According to google, 60 minutes of 8k is close to 400GB, say somewhere in the range of $40-50 of space on an SSD. 4k would run us just under 90GB according to the same source, or approx $11 of space, with std HD being obviously cheaper still.

Yes! This is the answer! I don't know how anyone can expect housing prices to NOT go through the roof when you keep drawing a population of well paid people into a finite area. Typically one that also has the tendency to limit housing construction.

Yeah - either something is not being explained correctly, or someone is chasing their tail.

Me as well - though I've gone through one power supply and two hard drives. I am contemplating an upgrade, though I am waiting for the latest batch of processors and SSDs to shake out.

I am surprised it took this long for anyone to suggest this. I suggest an automatic reference to their largest competitor, say McDonalds? This a few times, and maybe companies would get the hint to not abuse it.

So this. I remember listening to two Microsoft guys a long time ago, and one of them asked the other, "what is .net to you?". Neither one knew what it really was. Not as prevalent, but I also remember Microsoft muddying the waters with XML vs Java, and speaking of XML as if it were a programming language that would supersede java at the time. They should be banned from using the english language.

That's fine - but the only issue there is what rules of engagement will it be forced to operate under? It's a little hard to maintain a bvr fight when you are forced to visually id someone. In today progressing world of stealth I also question that it will not later face opponents that can get in close before they are themselves detected.

Like them or not, they are pretty much the only game in town if you are really going to be rural. Every once in awhile when visiting a small rural town I'll ask someone what the recommended provider is in their area - and the answers are pretty much all Verizon.

We're talking about carriers here, right? How many of those do you think the Russians can run through the Artic, let alone most of the other places you mentioned, in the winter?

You probably consider yourself very enlightened and open minded.