I've done it 9 times and I've even gotten a 10 x 5 foot poster made of the park city ski map.

Microeconomics 101: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microec...

But can they survive a small bullet or a shotgun hit?

Upgrade your drone defenses and now your drones cost more...

I don't work in the military so take everything I say with a massive grain of salt but I bet offense and defense scale in cost similarly and NATO + allies have WAY more money than the russians.

Also, I don't think you need 30 mm bullets to take out a drone. Those bullets are for much more hardened targets.

Also, ukraine doesn't have Trophy or any minigun/shotun defense system that I know of yet.

Having automated miniguns/shotguns near civilian areas definitely creates a challenge but I think our defense budget can handle that.

For the good ones, I doubt it.

Israel today has trophy [0] which can detect if an rpg is going to hit its tank and shoot it out of the sky.

(from wiki): The system allegedly relies heavily on high-speed computational technologies. Upon detection of an incoming projectile, the system automatically computes various parameters, such as the approach vector, nature of the threat, time to impact, and angle of approach. The defensive projectiles are launched by two rotating projectile launchers positioned on the sides of the vehicle. These launchers deploy a number of small EFPs (Explosively Formed Penetrators), forming a precise and closely spaced matrix, targeting an area in front of the anti-tank projectile.

And that's one country with 10 million people and a mere $46.5 billion in military spending. And BTW allies generally share tech (we the US suck right now (sorry)) but Trophy is being integrated with multiple allies [1].

Developing automated drone shooting destroyers I think we can do.

EDIT: To add, I bet those drones can be shot down by 1 minigun or shotgun shell which aren't relatively expensive.

Edit 2, the dutch already have a badass automated minigun too [2, 3].

Edit 3: multiple countries have similar systems but they are all mainly for boats. I think we can adapt the to army bases [4].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)#Intern...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper_CIWS

[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AaUNipuygE

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system

A century being the amount of time it takes earth, one specific planet to orbit its star 100 times? What about all the other planets and stars?

As a non-astronomer, that number still always boggles my mind.

> Also, with the universe expanding, the observable size will reduce over a long time period.

Also boggles my mind. Also makes me think of doctor who when the stars start disappearing. I need to rewatch that...

Since your company is private what percent of that is liquid (cash or RSUs you can immediately sell for cash). Also, what locations are you hiring in?

Cause, if you are asking me to move to the outrageous housing market that is the bay area only to make half my money in shitty stock options that might not evaluate to anything, than I think I found your problem.

Traffic sure, but you still need a good place to park your bike so it does not get stolen and you should be stopping at stop signs.

I walk basically everywhere and I have to be more vigilant of bicyclists on crosswalks because they always blow through them at full speed regardless of who has the right of way.

Your standard retiree on the other hand who holds a lot of bonds that got absolutely hammered by inflation and rising interest rates is not doing so well.