I wonder why, instead of stupidly broad tariffs, we don’t implement a “reciprocal trade law” that would put in place the exact same restrictions on Chinese companies in the U.S. that China puts on U.S. companies there. So, Chinese companies wouldn’t be able to buy any company here outright, but only a minority stake…

Wait, Arabica?? Arabica, a coffee variety that’s sufficiently common that it’s one of the three or four varieties I can name, is threatened??!?

We have similar tastes in phones - J also had an HTC One (the M8), then after a few years upgraded to a Nexus 6P, then last year to the Pixel 2 XL (which I'm typing this on) ;-)

I remember those! My next phone after my Dopod (which was actually the name HTC used before they started using HTC) what is the HTC Touch Diamond, also with a stylus. It was my first real smartphone with a touch screen and 3G. 

I like the CX-9 a lot too - and the "Signature" trim is really nice. I just wish that third row was a tad bigger, but it's fun to drive (sorry a crossover), we rented one on Turo when we were in Hawaii.

I lived the Razr form factor, but was a techie, and so ended up getting a phone that was virtually identical, physically, but which ran WinMo 5.0, which synced my email to Exchange, and my calendar a d contacts, etc, and had Bluetooth, called the Dopod S300. Everyone sh*ts on Windows Mobile, but the non-touch version…

Um... Hyundai/Kia’s 2017 global sales were 7.25 million, compared to Toyota’s 10.3 million. Granted, that’s global (for each), but clearly their “entire lineup” eclipses Camry sales for more than two months. For the entire year, in fact.

For safety features alone, that’s nonsense. A 1994 Aerostar - which my in-laws drove for over a decade (literally, a mid-90s model) had nothing like the safety tech if a modern CUV (or modern minivan, for that matter). Better and more airbags, collision avoidance, automatic breaking, lane keep tech, blind spot tech,…

Actually, quite a few CUVs can tow 5000 lb, and more in some cases. Including this Kia, which is rated for 5,000. Ditto for the VW Atlas, and Volvo XC90. And others.

I jokingly showed this article to my wife, reading her a few choice quotes. She wants one 😑

Well, the outer pair are about 54 AU out, while protoplanetary disks start quite close to the star (think Mercury), and can extend out to 1000 AU. But I would think (suspect?) that the outer binary pair would clear their orbit of debris, truncating the disk.... but orbital dynamics is so tricky and often…

While the Transit Connect is an interesting vehicle, it's very far from the luxury, safety features, and options of a nice SUV or even a minivan.

I actually think the Telluride styling is very Volvo XC90-ish (others have mentioned the same thing). The Pallisade and Telluride are largely the same vehicle. I also don't like the Pallisade's style, especially the front, but that's purely subjective.

Yes, I had an Atlas (base model, with the laggy turbo 4-banger) last summer as a rental for work. Aside from that 4-cylinder, it impressed me with the quality of the ride, and the 3rd row was spacious. I would get the V6, and a better trim level, of course. I’ve never owned a luxury car, so for me, the interior was…

I’ve also been very interested in the Telluride ever since I first read about it a year ago. Details have been scarce-ish, except the New York fashion show “reveal” last fall, then the off-road rally event.

She won second place in an IBM global science competition, while still in high school. She's the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. It seems pretty clear which of the two of you is an idiot.

Considering how much of Miami is less than six feet above sea level, and that mean sea levels around Florida will likely rise nearly two feet by 2060, and five-foot storm surges, Florida has some troubling times ahead, regardless of what De Santis does. By 2100, a fair part of Miami (and chunks of the rest of south…

I feel like he needs to bring in some credible, conservative management... You know, like Alex Jones hahahha

We're all just proud that a Trumpanzee like yourself finally figured out how to click the "reply" link and push enough keys to make a sentence. Just look at you, you're as skilled as a six-year old already, lol. Now go see whether Mexico is sending the wall money yet ROFLMAO

I would point out that modern self-driving software systems aren’t ”programmed” for each possible scenario they encounter. They are based on machine-learning models, which are trained against sample roads, in a way not entirely unlike how new human drivers are trained (except most of the training is virtual). These…