The biggest issue with satellites is they are on a schedule. The soviets knew the schedule and would move things like trucks around when they knew it wasn’t overhead.

You might like this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Black_(book) It goes into detail on the keyhole satellite program and such. He says he used publicly available info and so couldn’t be accused of violating classified restrictions.

You can’t visually see over the horizon and even then you have blocked lines of sight, etc. A satellite has no such restrictions.

I just need to get from point a to point b. I don’t need some goddamn home entertainment system connected to everything else.

The reason they got rid of surveillance jets is that satellites can do it without any risk to a pilot and on a 24 hr basis.

Should be a bargain finding parts for it. The people who built and worked on it are probably all retired or dead.

I’m just waiting for some breakthrough in the hardware and suddenly all of those data centers become outdated.

With the stories of AI being used to break into secure systems I wouldn’t be surprised if other nations also start throwing up walls to block them.

All of those DRAMs you can’t buy are in that number.

We always have money for other stuff.

I don’t know if I have $6T in product recommendation questions

So we did this because we didn’t like what the court said not about us but Israel and its war crimes? This is the hill the admin is going to die (and drag us with them) on?

I don’t even keep my phone in my pocket when exercising because of the humidity from sweating. If I’m hiking it either goes in my pack or in a ziplock to protect it.

If you can’t take a bath without your phone you might have a problem.

Snorting cocaine

Maybe, I got it because it was discounted and I didn’t know it had that feature when I got it.

And I’ll bet if it fails the pump stops too and the whole board has to be replaced for $500+.

My electric toothbrush has bluetooth. How much free time does someone have to track and analyze their toothbrushing?

Sticking it in a toaster reminds me of when LCD clocks first came out. They stuck them in EVERYTHING. Even table lamps had little clocks stuck in them. Then when LED lights came out everything had to have super bright led lights all over them. One to show you it was off, one to show you it was on, etc, etc. Same with everyone had to have a website in the 90s or a mobile app later. Now everything has to be connected to the internet because, well they can. There is no real reason for it except marketing.

A fridge shouldn’t require firmware.

You asked for it, you got it.

All this in the name of oil.

Or it will get licensed