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The idea that something can be seen from space, using modern satellite imaging, isn’t very impressive.

I can see my single car, sitting in my driveway, “from space” via Google Maps. Does this mean I have too many cars?

I think the focus here is "volume of unsold inventory".

Comparing with your car in your driveway is completely irrelevant to the article and strawmanning.

I understand that. I was a commenting on the sensationalism of the headline. Being "[seen] from space" is not the big statement it once was. That used to mean it could be seen with the naked eye from the space station, while the author is using satellite imaging, which makes nearly everything visible from space.

Yeah, they're literally using that term to describe "cars parked in a parking lot." And those parking aren't unusually large: one is literally an old mall parking lot.

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