More to the point, one day all the money will disappear into Vladimir Putin’s offshore accounts. Unlike banks, the non-centrality of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies means information isn’t backed up. If someone hacks a bank, the depositor doesn’t lose their funds. If someone could reliably hack Bitcoin’s…

I won’t miss the loss of Disney/Pixar films. And it’s a great opportunity for other studios that are in the family market.

At some point, there will be “the great streaming service shake out.” People don’t have infinite money to spend on streaming services, and I don’t think Disney’s is general enough to survive when…

And only planes designed with low maximum operating temperatures. The planes designed for higher operating temperatures have always been allowed to continue taking off and landing.

The click-bait headline premise: Climate change will ruin air travel.

Here is an article from June about the cancelled flights in Phoenix:

Harley’s main problem, is that their bikes last forever with maintenance. My basic 2000 FXST (Softail Standard) has 70,000 miles on it, most from commuting in LA. And I’m not looking for a new bike, since this one works just fine.

New ones have never in my life, been the domain of young riders. Harleys were always…

Tesla made the Model 3 look good and stylish. Chevy made the Bolt look like it was designed not to compete or take away business from any other car in GM’s line, except maybe a Sonic.

I bet they’d sell more if it was priced like the Bolt, but looked like an ELR.

A friend of mine bought a Bolt and loves it. He also has a pre-order in for Model 3. He and his wife already got rid of one gasoline car, and they’ll be getting rid of the other one as well when the Tesla is delivered.

Someone better hurry up and get a graphene based battery or supercapacitor on the market tout de suite.

Arbitration is a “free market legal solution.” That means that the people involved in arbitration, must almost always find in favor of their major clients who hire them over and over again. An arbitrator who finds in favor of consumers even a few times, will find themselves unable to find work.

Papa Johns and Domino’s are the only places that deliver in my area. There isn’t enough pot I could smoke, or alcohol I could drink, that would make me order Papa Johns or Domino’s. This limited choice has forced me to do food planning.

I went to a show called Wings and Wheels last weekend. Classic cars, and some classic planes. There is nothing that compares to the sound of a P-51 Mustang in a close fly by. It shakes you to your soul. And according to pilots, the feel. But they stopped making prop fighters when it was clear that jet fighters were…

She was probably in her 40s or 50s. People in their 20s are notoriously bad at guessing the age of normal, non-surgically enhanced people over 45. I’ve benefited from this a few times, as young clerks/cashiers looked at me and automatically gave me a “senior discount” (and people my age all think I look 10 years…

It’s the “poor man’s Ferrari”. And when you see them used, Ferraris all have low mileage.

Like any exotic, a Vette is wasted as a street car because you might as well have a Fiesta ST for all the speed the law and safety allow you on public twisty roads.

Delivery food is a good way to keep drunk and/or stoned drivers off the road.

They don’t have UberEats in the area in Washington where I live yet, but they’re promising it. We’re not rural. But our area isn’t super high density either.

There is not one single legit pizza place that delivers in our area. There’s no Eat24 service in our area. Only Domino’s and Round Table deliver. That is it.…

Could be made of plastic. Doesn’t really have to be made of anything else except for the motor and electrics. It doesn’t have to survive a car crash.

You could also design things like the fuel tanks on the transit and descent modules and other pieces that won’t be used again, to be elements of the rover upon landing.…

How many car models could the mini-hot-hatch market support? That whole market segment is mostly in cities with tight street parking. If you add another choice, it might just cannibalize the existing market, rather than extend it.

So...Up! GTI or Fiesta ST?

Time Magazine nailed it.

He’s probably the first European monarch ever to earn an honest living. Just another reason to love the Netherlands.