That's why I said this:

Or, they could just buy info from a data broker and obtain a massive amount of information about someone.

They don't need warrants for location data if it's bought from a company that sells that data.

Whether or not it's admissible in court is another question, though.

Open MicroWave (Morrowind)

Stardew Valley

(I am not an expert, just a hobby self-hoster)

Think of how police obtain information about people. They usually do an investigation involving questioning and warrants to receive records and put together a case. They must obtain consent from someone or get a warrant from a judge to search records.

Or, they could just buy info from a data broker and obtain a massive amount of information about someone.

Imagine if every company has this info and can tie it in to your daily life. Google probably has your data location history and can see exactly what routes you've taken lately. They can use that information, with timestamps, to estimate your speed. What if they sold it to your car insurance company, who then uses it to raise your rates because you are labeled as a speeder?

What if your purchase history is sold to your health insurance provider and they raise your deductible because most of your food purchases are at unhealthy fast food joints?

Now, with AI being shoved into every nook and cranny in the tech we use, AI can quickly get a profile on you if it is fed your chat history. Even your own voice is not safe if it can be accessed by AI. This can be used to emulate you - Interests, chats, knowledge, sound. People could use this to steal your identity or access accounts.

I just don't like hyper competitive games. I don't have time to get frustrated.

I like single player games where I have the option to change things I don't like via mods or console commands.

Based on that EKG, the fediverse is in some sort of v-tach and blood is not pumping efficiently enough to have a pulse

Well made adaptations can be mainstream.

The amount of tinkering required to get Windows to function as I want is increasing, while the same for Linux is decreasing. Eventually they'll cross and that's when I'll switch.

To be a little more clear about the cost:

Pilots must fly a minimum number of hours, regardless of what is going on in the world. Adding a mission (such as search and rescue) to those flights is trivial because the man hours, fuel, and maintenance are already allocated.

They may have added to the plans but a lot of the cost is already paid when these things start.

Don't listen to this bullshit. I hear higher ups like this talk all the fuckin time about how we're "on the brink of war" but nothing happens. They're just constantly edging themselves at the thought of us going up against another adversary.