Even in theory, cars can’t run on just water.  The problem is that it takes more energy to split the hydrogen from the oxygen than you get back, after losses, by recombining them via combustion. Splitting the process up, so that the hydrogen is produced in bulk with energy supplied by solar, or nuclear (at an H2…

You must be young not to recognize Tia Carrere and True Lies! That’s a must-see Shwarznegger movie. Tia was even hotter (perhaps) in Wayne’s World.

It’s an older car - could it be something that attempted to defeat a vehicle emissions test (the sort most states require cars to pass every year or so)? I’ve heard of people trying various devices involving dry ice or the like to get an older car to pass.

J bought the Takeya cold brew coffee maker a couple weeks ago when it was a kinja deal for $19.99, just brewed the first batch yesterday and started drinking it today. Tastes great, I mixed with whole milk and a little liquid sugar. Great for hot days.

J bought the Takeya cold brew coffee maker a couple weeks ago when it was a kinja deal for $19.99, just brewed the…

I would think this engine could be used in a hybrid, instead of a less efficient ICE.

Perhaps The Simpsons’ precogs were looking at the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser:

He’s explaining how he felt *at the time he broke up with her*, and how he feels now. So, yes, they’re contradictory because they are separate by time during which he matured. He is saying he no longer feels constrained by his “image”, but that he did at the time.

Your comment is an example of attributing either good or bad characteristics to an entire group based on their “race”, and uses pseudo-scientific babble as support. In fact, the genetic differences between blacks, whites, asians, and other ethnic groups are miniscule and are almost entirely related to hair color and…

I know of at least one vehicle—a certain off-roader, let’s just say that—that was discontinued entirely because changing curtain airbag regulations would have meant the entire shape of the vehicle had to be redesigned

Sounds like they’ve figured out the modulation scheme, meaning they can convert the radio signals to (encrypted) data, retransmit it at a lower frequency, then retransmit again near the car at the original frequency. It seems like you could just use an algorithm to “blue-shift” and “red-shift” the signal without…

Sad to see the descent of Russia into almost Orwellian autocracy, where it’s become illegal to share pictures that mock the dictator as a clown, illegal to poke fun at the church, illegal to protest the government... They’re locking up Jehovah’s Witnesses (who I may find annoying, but they certainly don’t deserve to…

Well, the reviews are mixed, but for $39.19 and free shipping (Prime), I’m willing to give them a go. They arrive Saturday, we’ll see!!

Well, the reviews are mixed, but for $39.19 and free shipping (Prime), I’m willing to give them a go. They arrive…

The next Michael Bay.

The next Michael Bay.

Our home, in the PNW, has a heat pump (above ground, though), coupled with a high-efficiency gas furnace for “emergency” heat. It seldom gets below 26°F here, although I have the thermostat set to use gas when it’s 30 or below. Gas is very cheap currently, and when it’s that cold, it’s cheaper to intermittently use it…

You could configure the VPN server not to keep logs, and AWS has no way to log into an EC2 instance that you launch - much to the chagrin of customers who lose their access keys and then find out AWS can’t help them. You can roll your own machine image and launch it, ensuring there aren’t any “back doors”. It’s safer…

Well, probably not. The last two outages at AWS were for S3 (object storage) in the us-east-1 region, and more recently with some Lambda functions in that same region. While nothing is perfect, EC2 has had very high uptimes for years.

Great article. Two notes I would make:

“They want nothing more then to make sure we cease to exist”...

I’ve had the same issue as I’ve gotten older also. I’ve traveled on six continents (and I’m jealous of your Antarctica visit!!), and in the last few years I’ve just started taking an over-the-counter sleeping pill the first night in a new place, especially if I’m working the next day (which is the norm now). I also…

He’s not the one who made the claim, Jon Tron did, so the onus is on Jon to back up his claim with stats. You can’t demand that the people asking for evidence be forced to disprove somebody else’s unsubstantiated assertions.