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Someone just heard that slop is the word of the year from Merriam-Webster and wanted to use it?
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Someone just heard that slop is the word of the year from Merriam-Webster and wanted to use it?
If I have time to search for the “best” provider, it’s going to be the one that gives me the best chance of living, not the least expensive. Prediction: Incenting to get the least expensive also ends up with the most malpractice suits (and more expense!)
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If I have time to search for the “best” provider, it’s going to be the one that gives me the best chance of living, not the least expensive. Prediction: Incenting to get the least expensive also ends up with the most malpractice suits (and more expense!)
Probably worth saying that $$ has to do with it also. My ’72 Pinto cost $2100. Yes, my income was much lower then, but 2100 is a lower % of my 1972 income that $40 or 50K is of the average starting salary now.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Probably worth saying that $$ has to do with it also. My ’72 Pinto cost $2100. Yes, my income was much lower then, but 2100 is a lower % of my 1972 income that $40 or 50K is of the average starting salary now.
Funny that no one seems to remember that Republicans were all over Hillary Clinton in 2016 because as SecState she used a personal device for a few government-related (as I recall) minor things. But the Republican SecDef talking about actual life/death matters is ok.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Funny that no one seems to remember that Republicans were all over Hillary Clinton in 2016 because as SecState she used a personal device for a few government-related (as I recall) minor things. But the Republican SecDef talking about actual life/death matters is ok.
Personally, I *like* small cars. Let’s see: Pinto, Datsun F10, Corolla, Saturn SW1, Prius(x3), Volt, Bolt. Must be a couple I am missing :-) Yeah, I know…the Pinto did not get rear-ended, but the floor rusted out. And I feel like there was another Ford in there somewhere. Not because of Trump.
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Personally, I *like* small cars. Let’s see: Pinto, Datsun F10, Corolla, Saturn SW1, Prius(x3), Volt, Bolt. Must be a couple I am missing :-) Yeah, I know…the Pinto did not get rear-ended, but the floor rusted out. And I feel like there was another Ford in there somewhere. Not because of Trump.
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding...can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said <some CA MLS guy> — Yes, as well it should! I’m unlikely to buy a house with a 50% prob. for getting buried in mud in the next few years! Seems appropriate!
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding...can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said <some CA MLS guy> — Yes, as well it should! I’m unlikely to buy a house with a 50% prob. for getting buried in mud in the next few years! Seems appropriate!
Drone delivery strikes me as one of their less brilliant ideas.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Drone delivery strikes me as one of their less brilliant ideas.
My memory of a couple MRIs is that it is fairly difficult to NOT KNOW at least what general part of your body is inside this thing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My memory of a couple MRIs is that it is fairly difficult to NOT KNOW at least what general part of your body is inside this thing.
The photo on BlueSky did not change, but the lead photo on the linked article itself is right.
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The photo on BlueSky did not change, but the lead photo on the linked article itself is right.
I also wonder what is the plan for charging these. Say my little PO which I’m guessing has about 10 routes. 20kW charge rate x 10 vehicles = 200kW = 800+ amps at 240V. I’m guessing more than most modest business-size electric services. Guess you could do 5 at a time.
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I also wonder what is the plan for charging these. Say my little PO which I’m guessing has about 10 routes. 20kW charge rate x 10 vehicles = 200kW = 800+ amps at 240V. I’m guessing more than most modest business-size electric services. Guess you could do 5 at a time.
I’ve often wondered how long the average USPS route is. I’m guessing the 120 (is that right?) mile range is probably fine, but still curious.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve often wondered how long the average USPS route is. I’m guessing the 120 (is that right?) mile range is probably fine, but still curious.
Oops. Typo: Picture is a 380, not a 340.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oops. Typo: Picture is a 380, not a 340.
First, I will note that the picture is a A340. The problem is with variants of the A320 (I just flew an A320neo recently…awful plane, although that is mostly AA’s fault).
But I’d really like to understand how solar rads causes a problem and how a software update fixes it. (Turn on EDAC the mem?)
But I’d really like to understand how solar rads causes a problem and how a software update fixes it. (Turn on EDAC the mem?)
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
First, I will note that the picture is a A340. The problem is with variants of the A320 (I just flew an A320neo recently…awful plane, although that is mostly AA’s fault).
But I’d really like to understand how solar rads causes a problem and how a software update fixes it. (Turn on EDAC the mem?)
But I’d really like to understand how solar rads causes a problem and how a software update fixes it. (Turn on EDAC the mem?)
Close…one Republican holdout :-)
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Close…one Republican holdout :-)
…I rented and drove a Tesla 3 one time, and it started raining. I had to dig into the touchscreen menu system to turn on the wipers! (Admission: Wipers are supposed to be automatic, but auto was disabled many levels down in menus)
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
…I rented and drove a Tesla 3 one time, and it started raining. I had to dig into the touchscreen menu system to turn on the wipers! (Admission: Wipers are supposed to be automatic, but auto was disabled many levels down in menus)
My view: If you want to do OTA bug fixes, or even improvements in existing features fine. But if you actually add new features, that tends to mean that said features are going to be available via touch screen (since you can’t add OTA buttons). I really dislike most features via touchscreen!...
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My view: If you want to do OTA bug fixes, or even improvements in existing features fine. But if you actually add new features, that tends to mean that said features are going to be available via touch screen (since you can’t add OTA buttons). I really dislike most features via touchscreen!...
Does this make sense to ANYONE? Perhaps saying that makes people judge you as bigots.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Does this make sense to ANYONE? Perhaps saying that makes people judge you as bigots.
Way better than the line-printer art people used to make :-) (Not me…I can barely make line drawings)
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Way better than the line-printer art people used to make :-) (Not me…I can barely make line drawings)
NH, kind of a purple state, claims that SNAP cards are funded. I’m not 100% sure how old this news is compared to today.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NH, kind of a purple state, claims that SNAP cards are funded. I’m not 100% sure how old this news is compared to today.
Huh! Even having grown up in Maine, I never heard of this one. Of course my family was not a farm family.
Oddly, I know live within a few miles of the home of the OLD Farmer’s Almanac
Oddly, I know live within a few miles of the home of the OLD Farmer’s Almanac
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Huh! Even having grown up in Maine, I never heard of this one. Of course my family was not a farm family.
Oddly, I know live within a few miles of the home of the OLD Farmer’s Almanac
Oddly, I know live within a few miles of the home of the OLD Farmer’s Almanac
…You look at instruments through the bottom close-focus part of the glasses. You look at the road through the top distance focus part. But the mirror, being up high, requires you to look through the distance focus unless you move your head. Bad bad.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
…You look at instruments through the bottom close-focus part of the glasses. You look at the road through the top distance focus part. But the mirror, being up high, requires you to look through the distance focus unless you move your head. Bad bad.
I would never even consider this car because of the required rear-view mirror video. It is switchable in my Bolt, so I have tried it. Believe me, for however it is bad for focus-changing on eyes, it is worse for bi/progressive focal glasses wearers. <more>
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I would never even consider this car because of the required rear-view mirror video. It is switchable in my Bolt, so I have tried it. Believe me, for however it is bad for focus-changing on eyes, it is worse for bi/progressive focal glasses wearers. <more>
I just realized that was not clear, not that anyone cares. My first phone number was 737 with an operator doing the switching. Next came 364-xxxx, a 7-digit number, of which we were allowed to dial only 4-xxxx. (Some nearby towns we could access free by dialing all 7 numbers). Fun times :-)
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I just realized that was not clear, not that anyone cares. My first phone number was 737 with an operator doing the switching. Next came 364-xxxx, a 7-digit number, of which we were allowed to dial only 4-xxxx. (Some nearby towns we could access free by dialing all 7 numbers). Fun times :-)
Sure I memorized phone numbers. My home number was 737.
(Yes, truth. Before 5-digit dialed numbers. Oh, yes, everyone in town had the same first three digits, so why dial anything but the last one so they knew you were not calling the next town)
(Yes, truth. Before 5-digit dialed numbers. Oh, yes, everyone in town had the same first three digits, so why dial anything but the last one so they knew you were not calling the next town)
October 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sure I memorized phone numbers. My home number was 737.
(Yes, truth. Before 5-digit dialed numbers. Oh, yes, everyone in town had the same first three digits, so why dial anything but the last one so they knew you were not calling the next town)
(Yes, truth. Before 5-digit dialed numbers. Oh, yes, everyone in town had the same first three digits, so why dial anything but the last one so they knew you were not calling the next town)