Definitely an option, but for the price of a Pi with all the extras, case, power supply, etc, you can get a used thin client that is way more capable.
There is a guy on YouTube that often reviews these things, and discovers some models that are surprisingly capable.
Synology publishes a list of certified non-synology drives, and warns you that drives outside the list are not recommended, but, at least in non enterprise models, allows them to be used. I believe there is some rather easy way (some config file change or the like) to circumvent the limitation, but yeah, dick move.
Bargaining chip. Hehe, I see what you did there.
Tesla sells itself as a technology innovation company, but it sells hype.
I'm offended by the attention deficit and the disorder part. I don't have a deficit, I have an abundance of attention, it's just not linear. I have parallel attention, not serial. In my close circle I'm the guy people often go for answers, because I often have them, albeit often somewhat superficial, because it's near impossible to go deep in any subject, unless hyperfocus kicks in.
When I was in the army, my sergeant's favorite phrase was " elucubra, don't think", which looking back is kind of ironic, as I was in a scout unit, and we were expected to go behind enemy lines and think outside the box to find ways for the company to breach the lines.
Orcas have almost never killed humans in recorded history. The recorded cases were either jailed orcas, or mistaken identity. There are however many documented cases of orcas offering catch to humans, and behavior like that. They "kill" boats, not humans.
Same with Turd, he hates being compared to cheetos.
Oh, I understand that perfectly well. The question is: that thing is a tethered balloon. If they expect to have it float 10 Km up, it has to be tethered with a cable at least 10Km long, which should be able to withstand the forces created by wind resistance, plus its own weight, and be conductive, so some lightweight cable won't cut it, metal will have to be involved, and not some lightweight signal cable, but hefty metal. Will that thing be buoyant enough to lift that cable?
Is that thing going to be able to float itself and support the weight of the cables at the altitudes they talk about?
France has a history of demanding control in international projects.
If you have a 3d printer, or access, o know someone willing to print for you, there are many free models out there