Maalus

So much cope in this comment.

I said "centimeter sized", mr Pedant, which is 1cm. Which is possible to track, just not done. The point is if they can track that, they can track a mosquito in the same room. But by all means, keep arguing semantics.

Because a blacksmith, woodworker or a metalworker are all makers. Ultimately what matters is it is a highly skilled thing that triggers imagination and creates something out of "nothing". Differentiating between those as hobbies is a matter of how often the hobby is chosen / represented online. There are more woodworkers than metalworkers. Less blacksmiths, so you think of "blacksmith" less when asked what's "hot".

Because downloading an stl and hitting print isn't really craftsmanship

I'd just rather use Windows and not have to deal with my games not being supported, explaining to people how to print a word document or have to mess with wifi drivers.

Then you aren't reading books you are reading comics

Being handy is attractive. Getting a nice unique present is cool. And blacksmiths / woodworkers are the ones that do that kind of stuff.

It's not them that "fear" WW3. Well, they are scared shitless of it of course. But the "WW3" is a scaremongering tactic that kremlin trolls use all the time. That and the "okay you go to trenches and fight!!!!!" terminating cliche. You can tell someone is a paid bot when the first thing they do is say this shit.

Yeah, they do. 8700 objects tracked that are 10cm or larger at the time of writing the paper. Shitloads of other debris that wasn't regularly tracked, but could be, at 1cm or similar sizes. Source

Edit: I also never said "outside Earths orbit", I said "in space"

Astronomers track centimeter-sized objects up in space. Tracking a mosquito in the same room is not an issue. The rest of the "invention" is the problem.

Pulled it out of their ass. There aren't patents for mosquito lasers or what have you. The idea is just moronic. It is a fun engineering challenge but ultimately doesn't transfer to the real world. You cannot scale it. It is dangerous. It is expensive to keep running / maintained. It has a direct competitor that works 100x better in the form of pesticide / poisons. Also a mosquito net works wonders, is scalable, cheap and efficient.

It's neither. Laminated glass is used for "luxury" because it makes the inside quieter at the cost of you burning to death because you couldn't break the side window anymore.