If you're in the US, just send it unencrypted over the internet. The NSA will kindly archive it for you and then you can submit a FOIA request whenever you need access to it.

Kidding. Sort of...

There are something like 24 million millionaires in the United States... Estimates are that Americans spent $157 billion on pets in 2025.

There are a lot of people who could easily choose to spend $3,500 on a computer.

There is no Apple device priced above $3k that has done 1 million in annual sales. The US population is >300M. <0.3% of the population. Don't take your bubble to be representative of society. $3500 is a lot of money, even in the US.

>> So while a consumer photographer, may use their phone or compact or all-in-one camera, enthusiast photographer will probably spend $3000 - $5000 in camera gear.

It's interesting that you chose photographers as the example here. In many cases that I've seen, enthusiast photographers spend much more than professional photographers on their gear because the photographers make their money with their gear and therefore need to justify it, while the enthusiasts are often tech people, successful doctors, etc., who spend lots and lots on money on their hobbies...

In any case, your point stands, that "enthusiast" computer users would easily spend $3-4K or more on gear to play games, train models, etc.

>> voting for a bad person because you like their policies

Is it better to

(1) vote for a bad person whose policies you believe are correct

or

(2) vote for a good person whose policies you believe are wrong?

I'd pick (1) every time. (Sure, I'd love a good person whose policies are right...)

ZIP codes don't uniquely identify cities / towns. (Or, in fact, States). Not to mention, they certainly don't work globally...

Gotta love the slippery slope argument

Given that the first communication between a web server and client was in December 1990 (and that was private to Tim B-L's environment), and it was released to the public in 1991, I bet we actually couldn't find such stories in the 1980s :)

How else do you get on the elevator? Wait for it to randomly appear?

They might be getting mixed up with the “close door” button, which is something always included because it makes people feel better but when you order the elevator you can choose whether it actually does anything or not

This is highly region-dependent.

In the US the door close button is required to work in "fire service" mode, so that's why the button is always there.

Outside of fire service the button most likely will work, just that it can't override the minimum open door delay mandated by the ADA, so it feels like it doesn't work. You may be able to trick the logic into disregarding the timer by pressing door open and door close immediately.

In Europe, there is no "fire service" mode that I know of, so the button isn't always there. But if it is, it basically always works and doesn't have a minimum delay.

> it can't override the minimum open door delay mandated by the ADA

I've definitely seen this not be the case, though it is probably in elevators older than the ADA. I lived in a building where selecting a floor or using the "Close Door" button immediately began closing the door. Some hotels as well.

Don't forget:

* Stop doing any meaningful in-person inspection of the vehicle to ensure that it is in good condition before joining the network

* Stop requiring cars to be <= 4 years old

* (Seemingly) stop requiring drivers to maintain trunk space free for passengers' luggage

Car accident? Broken leg while hiking? Mugging? Slip and fall on icy sidewalk?