I think you have picked the theme of music for my day... thanks.

His cross channel link that popped up has me booking a ticket to Japan:

I am a man with gray hair and a red beard... does that make me that antichirst? I always said I wanted to be the antichrist, but the nuns would beat me for saying so.

The big issue is finding housing remotely close to Fremont. At assembly worker pay level $17-$19/hour, you are going to be doing some kind of shared housing... like 3-4 people in one apartment or you are going to be doing a 2-3 hour commute each way.

I can guarantee if it was two white guys, the police would have asked both parties to calm down and advised the men that the store had the right to have them to be removed from the premise. If they refused, then, they might have been handcuffed. While, I don’t know all the details, the fact the two men were as calm as…

There is also an abuse of stare decisis in our legal system, in which manufactures of a device that has flaws or isn’t legal will push forward an early case involving their device (radar/lidar guns for example). They will line up “expert testimony” and destroy some poor bloke who just got a ticket in order to create…

Does it have an automatic parallel parking feature, so teenagers can park their’s in front of the local coffee shop? A couple years ago, I sat and watched for about 10 minutes as two teenage girls attempted to park one in front of my local Peet’s coffee. I was rather surprised to find out that for such a big car, it…

NTSB does important work, but I have to agree with Tesla on this, you can’t wait a year while the speculative media drags you through the mud.

I seem to recall San Diego having their cameras all removed based on a similar premise. At least in California, you have to be given a ticket by a direct witness to the violation. Of course, like most things governments do that are ‘technically’ illegal, someone must take the government to court in order to have the…

I agree, I prefer monochrome for readability, but I’m more upset about them using a magic marker to draw the door and a pencil for the rest of the car.

That’s not true at all, the MB dealer in Belmont, CA usually stocks 2 or more E63s wagons on the lot all the time. The stocking of wagons and specifically high end wagons is more region and economic specific. Not many people are in the market for a $120k wagon, but in certain markets they are common enough to justify…

Xi Jinping is just trying to represent the new modern traditions of junzi (which translates loosely to “the prince” or “lord’s son”). In classic tradition, part of junzi is filial piety, which would demand he follow the beliefs of his father and/or ren, which is like moral fiber or integrity. Interestingly enough, Xi…

I have a couple BS patents for things I have created over the years. The sole reason for going to expense of getting them was because if someone bigger than me decided to go into litigation, the total cost of litigation would escalate rapidly and it would be in their best interest to buy me out rather than continue…

Considering the risk you take when renting on Turo, charging this much sounds reasonable. You are more likely to get someone that appreciates the chance to drive a car like this, rather than a Hoonigan who will abuse your baby.

Well don’t ever accept what someone says just because they seem more knowledgeable, always do a quick Google... although I will admit some of this requires a bit of a deep dive into places technical sites.

They fought to get China into the WTO because American companies wanted access to 1.3 billion potential customers for American services and luxury goods. While luxury goods managed to get in, our services markets have been completely locked out. Furthermore mid-market consumables have been subjected to 10-25% tariffs…

The way this should be handled is to file a grievance with the WTO. For reasons, the US fought to get China into the WTO despite them not being eligible, however as a member they should be held accountable or booted out. Once you have exhausted your other avenues of leverage, then you go to your European partners and…

That’s how you do salary negotiation. Walk in, take the bosses desk and state you won’t return it until there are some extra digits on your paycheck. This is why I always underpay my workers, that way they feel grateful when they get a “bonus”. 

Dana White has always been jealous of Vince McMahon... I predict a new reality TV series The Real Ultimate Fighter.

Is anyone watching F1 this year? After 20+ years of watching, I have been struggling to even muster up the will to sit through the races being played back at 2.5x. All the guys I know who used to be willing to come over at crazy hours to watch the races live, have fallen to just checking the news results. On the other…