Yeah iw as hesitant too. But with DJIs house insurance, I can fly a little more recklessly. Price is high but the vantage points you get is really nice. Plus the certification process is easy.

I feel like the UI for apple is much easier than android. So overall I think it’s a net benefit for my parents.

My wife got me a drone for an early Christmas present. Been flying it and I’m scared it’ll kick off another string of expensive hobbies. Also why the hell is DJI so ahead of other drone manufacturers. So if the US bans DJI, I’d have to build my own or pay more for less.

I bought my parents iPhone 16 pros since their phones are getting old (not really they have Pixel 6s). They’re Asian so even though I put them on pixels, they clearly want iPhones. Hope this will get them through for 5+ years. But I know if I don’t upgrade them, I’ll never hear the end of, my phone is slow, my phone is hot, my phone can’t take good photos.

My mom takes so many photos on her phone and always complains about the pixel phone, however IMHO pixels take better photos than iPhones. So either she’ll complain or she’ll complain. She’s rarely super happy about anything. But since she got what she wants, she can deal with the consequences.

Sorry for a little bit of trauma dumping lmao

Shameless plug

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/593007045638062285

I also have an Instagram (but I’ve stopped posting there so I can be more active in the fediverse)

https://www.instagram.com/wu.nef/

Staying a few nights in Big Bend National park was amazing. I’ve never felt so close to the Milky Way.

Just increase the density of neutrons by 0.1%.

The universe will probably cease to exist.

They probably wanted to target Ft. Liberty which is the home of 18th Airborne Corps

I use mikrotik for routing but ubiquiti for wifi and switching. Such a wonderful system. Set and forget.

I’m in the US military. The fact that qualifying on an M4 is 23 out of 40 tells you a lot. (Although my unit’s average is closer to 30ish)

Additionally, a very little amount of the military is combat arms roughly 15%. The other 85% supports the warfighter. I’m part of the 85%

This is why the US military is so logistically and maintenance heavy because we all support the 15%.

However shrapnel will cause a lot of damage and hopefully take out the brain with enough luck. The brain could still be alive without a body to support it.

Also depends on what kind of zombies we’re talking about. If it’s a zombie that still relies on oxygenated blood, then conventional tactics will still apply. However if the zombie only needs non-degraded muscles to keep moving, then it’ll take a while for tactics to change.

Another ducky fan!

I just got a ducky 3 and changed out to gateron smoothies.

So happy for the hot swap feature

I don’t consider casify anymore due to the lawsuit with dbrand

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/casetify-responds-to-dbrands-lawsuit-over-stolen-jerryrigeverything-phone-cases-2399672/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/24/23974409/casetify-delists-inside-out-cases-after-accusations-of-theft

As long as you follow the 3-2-1 rule, you don’t need to worry about putting your eggs in one basket.

Nah I don’t believe you at all.

SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA 8TB = $683.38 x 4 = $2,733.52

8TB x 4 = 32TB

$2,733.52 / 32TB = $85.4225/TB

Yeah one of these disks does not cost more than $25/TB.

26TB x $25 = $650

Ah understand. I would assume a drawing accurate digitizer would be a significant portion of the costs.

https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-clara-bw?variant=41202831949894

https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1070734292

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNV9F72P

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/kobo-nia-ereader/681495007998.html

None of these are even close to $499.99

I usually just buy my phone directly from a big box store never from a carrier

I built my own. Proxmox with OMV on top. I use ZFS1 for the nas and ZFS2 for the back up

For sure. I highly doubt people asked, will my DNA be safe if I send it to a for profit company?

Setting up my own NAS and offside backup.

Big project for sure, but being in control of my vital backups was important for me. Additionally the up front costs is lower than the subscriptions I would have needed.

I also don’t think they’re willing to compromise their own shipping channels for the sake of taking Taiwan. I have a vested interest in Taiwan as half of my family lives there.

I also believe that China has India to worry about as well. Not commonly discussed but still a valid threat.

YJ-12, YJ-18, and YJ-21 are pretty formidable offensive weapons.

AGEIS seems to do well defending against it, but Taiwan itself doesn’t have a robust anti missile capabilities like carrier groups.

A lot of faith is put into the SM-3 system for high altitude intercepts. Thankfully it seems like Japan has some SM-3 capabilities.

I feel like China’s missiles are quite dangerous. Assuming that they function well