UltraViolence

I'm looking for a cheap ARM MCU with I2S support and one that I found was a Chinese part from GigaDevices which is $0.50.

On the other hand, lots of software is written for STM devices so spending a couple of bucks more for their parts will save you development costs and time.

True that. Their political system is extremely dangerous if it depends on the mental disposition of one man.

If Xi has a bad day he could start a nuclear confrontation with no one able to reign him in.

I heard U.S. officials say that it's definitely a spy-balloon. They refused to say how they know this, but I assume they have their sources.

But a balloon has to intrude in someone's airspace. Doing so could trip off an international incident, like it has now.

I'm very surprised that China would take the risk of fueling a political firestorm when these balloons are only marginally more effective than the satellites they already have.

These intrusions are clearly a violation of our airspace and could even be considered an act of war.

What the hell was Xi thinking? Is he trying to communicate that China can do whatever it wants with impunity? Did he even authorize this flight or was this someone else's decision?

Isn't Montana sparsely populated? If the Air Force can't shoot it down there good luck trying to do so over New England.

The markets have been wishing / predicting a decline in the rise of interest rates, which clearly isn't going to happen.