But the common thread in many of the recent stories about Hertz reporting theft is a clear lack of internal communication about the actual rental status of the car. Multiple stories about confirmed rental payments and/or extensions and it still gets reported.

I also learned pill swallows by using M&Ms. (Back in the 80's!) But it took quite a few tries to get it right.

I thought I was the only one. I think I bought the wrench originally for pipes and such, but it soon found use in the kitchen, and never left. That was 20 years ago, and it’s still the best tool for the job!

I thought the whole point of the turn signal tell tales was they had an optic guide showing the actual turn signal bulb, so it also served as a bulb out indicator.

His comment is dated from a year ago February. They are reusing the article, so the old comments show up, too. (At least the ones that are not deleted.)

His comment is dated from a year ago February. They are reusing the article, so the old comments show up, too. (At…

This might not be the only company doing this kind of analysis. It’s likely that this company is hired by a few banks, so they see the loans that go through those. Other banks have their own fraud department, or hire other firms, so it does not represent the entire market.

Someone that used a true address but false income might try to make payments at first, to avoid a repo. Especially if they don’t know the dealer was doing the fraud to make them “qualify.”

I did the same several years ago. (Though rates weren’t quite down to 2% at that time.)

In some cases, even the window buttons go through the car’s digital network to reach the window motor. It can mean fewer wires in the door hinge, and more automation like when Tesla lets you lower the windows a crack from an app.

There’s some 5G that uses frequencies already licensed for 4G. Those have been in use for more than a year. There’s another 5G that will use higher frequencies and more bandwidth. The license (mostly to Verizon and AT&T) for those new frequencies starts tomorrow. The new frequency happens to be close to frequencies…

I think equally big news is that you can no longer stream the Olympics if you do have a cable subscription. So those who watched prior years as part of their existing subscription must now buy a new separate one.

The reason parts for automotive have to be temp rated is because the engine compartment gets quite hot. Tesla doesn’t have that problem, as there’s no ICE under the hood. The battery and power management parts will need cooling, but that’s already designed in.

Klaus (Netflix 2019) is a holiday cartoon that is horror-adjacent. I enjoyed the ending, but man if it doesn’t start out with every spook and scare that it could fit in.

I’m confused. I thought you were saying earlier the politicians would be afraid to give that order, now you are saying the politicians are the only ones that should?

The government doesn’t shut down the grid. Each utility would have to make that decision themselves, or the grid operators. Thy don’t need permission, and they are responsible to protect their grid, not worry about some future vote. And a shutdown can be quick when it needs to be. They can trip breakers to segment the…

A nearby GRB would only kill half the planet quickly. The other half would be shielded on the “dark” side of Earth, but there would be lingering effects such as ozone depletion that would eventually have worldwide impact.

We can see a large CME on the sun from several satellites, such as SOHO and STEREO at least 10 hours before it hits earth. We would know the magnitude and rough direction at that time. The DSCOVR satellite at L1 would be the first chance to verify that it will actually hit earth, and to detect the if the field is…

Even if your own power is completely self sufficient (on solar, for instance) if the event is severe enough, then insulin itself might be the limiting factor as the factories are disrupted by either lack of power or damaged equipment, and the shelf life is a few months at the most.

Yes. Your cell phone and other portable devices should be fine, as well. As long as it’s not plugged in for charging when the surge comes. But there may not be a cell network for it to connect to, depending on what got damaged. And even then it depends on exactly how large the solar storm was, and what efforts at…

I may have exaugurated the error for this particular star, but between 1997 and 2005 we did refine it’s position from 110 ly to 111 ly. But some other kinds of measurement for this star give estimates that are 5% different than that. And some other stars have much larger error bars. Betelgeuse has estimates ranging…