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> All great questions, for those who make the big $$$ ;-) Yet, it will be the politicians that will screw it up enough that a fully feasible technical solution just won't work. (the commercial aircraft itself should be the generator of the …

> I'd think best combat would be via radio intercept and interference with their base, unless programmed to independently fly, which is unusual. Back in my days of employment, I worked with a couple of individuals who were pretty big into …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68GeL8PafE Yep!

> What do you think? Do you have a clever idea for detecting or intercepting malicious drones? Or are we doomed? The radar cross section (RCS) of a drone is roughly the size of some species of birds. We have radars that can pick up these …

The challenge is how to solve the other way people over-stay their authorization: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-border-wall-only-stop-one-third-of-illegal-immigration-migrants-fact-check-claim-review/ Expired visas seem to be as big of a …

We have areas in every state along the southern border where you can be a solitary person in a twenty mile radius - and you may or may not have cell phone signal. It's this desolation that makes it easy to cross. > I know this will probably sound …

> What's wrong with the border security as it stands today, or what materially needs to be improved? As a resident of the borderlands, my simplistic perspective is it's not functional as a deterrent. Additionally, we do have indigenous …

> Have you been or feel like you've been scammed on Kickstarter or similar funding sites? I'm technologically a bit behind...a lot of things, but I did back my first campaign on another site (Indiegogo) for a tire pressure monitor system late in …

> Its an amazing world out there don't let the press sway your decision and make you go to Florida for your vacation! Florida? Naah. Yet, there's a LOT to see for me still in North America...I doubt I'll do any substantial overseas travel in the …

> What archaic, foreign, Bowdlerized or badly garbled curse words strike your fancy? :) Dunno...over 200,000 useful words in the English language - I tend to (over) use a few of 'em! 🤣😂🤣😂

> Did news media even mention it where you live? Absolutely... Every year. This opened on campus not long ago: http://www.ussarizonamallmemorial.org/ This item has been a local landmark for quite some time as …

I lead a sheltered life, or something... I have seen Die Hard, but have not seen Elf -or- Home Alone. ...now... "A Christmas Story"? Dozens of times... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQb0YD86KWs

> The thing I always wonder is how good could these companies have been if they had brilliant leaders who weren't assholes? Sure seems to me that the vast majority of companies (tech??) that have 'brilliant leaders' have assholes. We'll leave …

> My secrets need to be their secrets as well, or their business wouldn't work as well as it does. If it were only that easy... I get it; people make mistakes, but how many data breaches will it take before *something* is done to mitigate the …

A family member worked for a year at SpaceX and said it was insane, even for those at the worker-bee end of the employee spectrum

Four months earlier than originally announced... https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675529798/with-52-5-million-users-data-exposed-on-google-google-quickens-shutdown Well, glad to see all that work will be put to use.

> This list goes on - but I want to spare you any more details. In the end, I will just have to admit that I'm losing trust in Google. Not the kind of trust where I believe that they won't sell my data to the highest bidder, I still trust them in …

Pt. 2 of the ride... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWtQpQny_Q4

There's got to be a better way of doing this, but...just linking this here for fun! Pt. 1 of the ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nINU92JFpA8

> In the past month or so, I have gone from eking out a sub-optimal existence on the bird-site to actively exploring and getting engaged on better platforms such as Cake. Just getting around into other crevasses of Cake...and read this line. So …

Yep... https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/38150638235_6257221902_b.jpg US-50, east of Fallon, NV

> I’m not sure what the secret sauce is that kept those army family bonds strong over decades. I suspect that the multiple connections of each spouse created a stronger bond than if the only connection was between a couple army buddies. Service to …

Doubtful they're doing that...they seem to be quite adept at kicking stuff to the curb: https://gcemetery.co/ Probably figuring how out how to create a new and improved variant? Perhaps...

> Do you have any stories to share about how you reconnected with friends or family via social media? Perhaps there's a reason why some of us won't get too deep into mainstream social media platforms - a life of (relative) anonymity is nice. 🤣

Yes, I live only a few hours away from some of the more interesting stretches here in Arizona. A particular fun spot is Oatman, AZ and the Sitgreaves Pass you take to get to Oatman from Kingman. It's been said that some early motorists were so …