thesmok

As a citizen of a country currently defending in a war, unmanned systems are a literal lifesaver. We can send an armed robot where we previously would have to send a soldier. This is a good thing and before the war many had the same pacifist sentiment in the tech sector, but it's completely reversed now.

Though I can understand your position being in a country that's not defending itself currently.

Paper inside a plastic bottle will be fine.

There are different calibers of mortar shells, bigger size has more range and power. I think author of the article has cheated by not specifying the caliber, because a 155mm artillery shell cost is more than a $1000, precision guided one cost is tens of thousands. While a drone capable of reaching 10km+ costs less than $1000, without payload.

Run it in a VM.

People want a desktop because they

1. can use a smartphone for all mobile tasks

2. see better on a large screen

3. are more comfortable with a mouse than a trackpad

4. don't have to worry about spilling tea on a laptop or dropping it on the floor. A keyboard is cheap to replace if that happens.

Yes, it doesn't have to be very flexible. But every pipe is flexible to some extent. I'm thinking about my 25m deep well, with 32mm PE pipe, scaled up. It is flexible enough to be forcefully rolled up into a 5m diameter circle. When I've pulled it out, it has naturally bent into a big arch across my yard, under it's own weight. Scale that up in your imagination.

Pipes would either be flexible, or rigid but assembled in sections, so you'd disassemble the pipe while pulling it out.

DIY batteries here are usually battery banks assembled from Chinese LiFePo4 cells, plus a Chinese BMS.

Old EU toilets can be poop shelf. When I've shopped for new one in 2015, there was not a single one of that design.

> how do I charge the tenant for electricity?

Just buy another electricity meter and install it after the inverter.

In my country the car registration document has the weight number but not the width number. I suspect in France it's the same, and that's the reason they went by weight instead of width – it's easier to administer that way.

The nationals are the country and should take responsibility for their country's actions because it's effectively their actions.