Hopefully they will be careful. A single, well documented attack on civilians would justify a LOT of retaliatory strikes on Ukraine civilians (in Russian eyes).
Taking out the troops/equipment during the parade, without hitting civilians, that would send a message.
If you're going to do it, do it properly, for a noble cause?
They've had them on busses in London for years now. They seem to be highly effective. I'm not sure if they are fully automated, or driver triggered however. Either way, they have trained people that stopping or using a bus lane is a bad idea.
It's a terrifying mix of a Gish gallop (a stampede of lies and half truths, delivered so fast they can't be countered) and razzle dazzle (camouflage via a swarm of irrelevant or counter intuitive points).
It's terrifyingly effective, and very difficult to counter.
Don't get me wrong, 90%+ who have one really don't need one. I'm not arguing with that.
The acid test is how dirty it is. If it's always ultra shiny, it's an ego prosthetic. If it's regularly mud splattered etc, it's more likely to be legit.
European pick-ups do have a place. You need to have to both tow, and go off-road regularly. Basically, horse owners, farmers, and some areas of construction. American pick-ups are just obscenely big, and completely inappropriate for almost all uses.
A van wins in almost all cases, except off-road performance. Vans are hilariously bad at that.
We would live of the land, but it would be the land itself, not the life growing from it.
Agreed, though we can also (potentially) act as an interplanetary "pioneer" species.
To be invasive implies an existing population to invade. The other planets don't have life, best we can tell.
Humanity has a lot of flaws, however, in my opinion, it's still a lot better than nothing. We can work on improving what we have.
Apparently it's a bit of a running joke on maternity wards. People pay for private treatment. However, as soon as there is a serious issue, they are rushed to the same NHS doctors as everyone else. Basically all you pay extra for is a nicer room, and nurses playing maid (or maids playing nurse, depending).
One of our long term goals, as a species, should be to become multi planetary. This fits with our instincts, that spread us all around the planet. To this end, the moon is an excellent test bed. It is far enough away to justify being as self sustaining as possible. But close enough that evacuation back to earth or emergency resupply from earth is reasonable.
There are also financial goals. The moon has easy access to resources that are very useful. Some to earth directly (e.g. helium 3 for fusion reactors) some for space.(E.g. water and low gravity for rocket fuel production). It's basically a launch pad to deeper space.
As for why humans. Simply put, robots aren't yet up to the task of heavy construction. We will need people locally, if only for low lag control. At that point, the extra support structures scale up quite efficiently.
The human element might change with time. But it's a chicken and the egg type problem. Until we have the tech, we will need humans in the loop. However, we likely won't develop the tech without extended experience working on another body.
As for Artemis, it's a first step mission. It's not even the foundation of what we will want to build long term. It's the breaking ground so the foundations can be planned out. It's pure science and trailblazing. It will be decades before we see the true return on the investment. But without the investment, that will just be put off more and more.
The challenge is, can you figure out where it is.
All hail the lemming of Lemmy!
In the UK, a lot of police love the cameras. It makes dealing with drunks a lot easier. Apparently it's also extremely satisfying to show them how they looked the next morning. The embarrassment factor is often far more effective at correcting behaviour than a fine.
Basically, don't trust a police officer that complains about cameras. The good ones have nothing to hide, and quite like the convenience.