JPEG also reduces color depth as it’s first step but just in a smarter way. RGB is converted into YCbCr.

Yeah maybe since they are kind of hiding some of the war costs. But it’s definitely less than what Ukraine is spending.

I’d argue at least a number of the belligerents need to have switched to a war economy and then simultaneously span multiple continents.

Maybe only Ukraine right now is in a war economy?

Small drones can’t intercept jets. They’re just too slow. In theory they can work against helicopters, but I think there’s only been one or two such cases.

Yeah they caused the problem but they won’t be able to solve it at this point. It’s not like they could just go and redraw the lines.

Does anyone know if there’s a place I can watch this? I’ve done some cursory searches before but didn’t find any full races.

But the route is The Dawn Wall which is a trad route with some bolts.

Top roping has almost no impact forces. For lead/sport climbing that he’s doing there are quite a bit more forces. But it’s still safe if you handle it correctly and don’t swing too far.

I believe the route might also be partly trad, where you have to place your own safety into the rock itself without the help of bolts.

He is free climbing. He’s not using things like a ladder to climb.

He’s not free soloing, which is done without a rope.

There’s also rope soloing where you use a rope but you don’t have a belayer and have to catch yourself on falls.

There’s a video rental shop in Houston. Don’t understand how they’ve stayed in business for so long.

Room for parks!

FLIR Lepton Sensor for $100. Probably cheaper for volume and maybe a less known brand. For a suicide drone you could probably also accept parts that fail QA. Only needs to last less than a day and who cares about a few broken pixels.

They’ve gone way down in price!

While that’s quite sad, in the case of their road trip, the comparison was made against the many splatters on the chase vehicles making the trip with them.

One interesting tidbit is that due to the aerodynamic design, bugs are swept over the windshield and don’t splatter. This effect was theorized in simulations but they were able to demonstrate it during the roadtrip.

The issue is the plastic internal mechanisms will wear out eventually. The Pentels have a metal core which has never worn out from my usage. I always end up losing the pencils before they break. The same can’t be said for the BICs.

It should be noted he already had the reputation of being the most brilliant strategist.