I like it. There’s something about it that reminds me of the FJ Cruiser, one of the other rare offroaders I find appealing.

I don’t always agree with Ramsey, but you have to appreciate where he’s coming from. He actively tries to discourage ALL wasteful spending. Listen long enough and it becomes evident that the majority of his callers are working class. It doesn’t matter that you’ve saved $5,000 when you shouldn’t have spent $35,000 to…

I expect electric cars will become very much like computers. Unlike ICE, who makes the engine will no longer matter because there’s nothing to distinguish them.

Styling-wise I think the update addresses some the issues I have with the current model but beyond that I’d have to see it in person. I think the interior is still pretty nice and is a hell of a lot more elegant than what Acura came up with for the new TLX.

China is online? The leaders in battery tech are the Koreans and Japanese. The underpinnings of quite a few electric vehicles were developed by LG.

Looks like the taillight styling from the UX is being integrated across the rest of the lineup. I’m okay with that because the UX is quite striking.

Microsoft was already offering hands-on demos to the press when Magic Leap announced their headset. I remember all those claims about Magic Leap, but they were secretive about the actual device. Microsoft ended up beating them to market by two years and have since continued to iterate.

I generally avoid Harbor Freight. That said, price doesn’t always equal quality. Whatever differences do exist are largely irrelevant to the amateur. Even then, there are plenty of expensive tools that have fallen victim to cost-cutting and are even made on the same line as the cheap stuff.

These are some seriously strange comparisons. There’s some serious cherry-picking going on here. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Mexico? Why not France, Spain and Italy? And why are we not looking at deaths per 100k which is the standard metric for this sort of thing? When comparison populations nobody makes these kinds of…

I don’t understand why people keep insisting that COVID-19 is like an economic light switch where the moment it passes the economy will immediately return to normal.

The US economy generally recovers quicker specifically because American consumers spend more carelessly. Part of that is due to Americans having more disposable income, but it’s also due to our model giving consumers more rope with which to hang themselves. Credit is more readily available and goods aren’t taxed…

Yeah, and those people are idiots to start splurging the moment they have some freedom. It isn’t like the economy is going to bounce back to normal the moment the quarantines are lifted. We’re going to be reeling from this for years to come. I predict many more people are going to be losing jobs, including those…

So “experts” are encouraged because the drop is not quite as awful as it could have been. That’s like being relieved that your spouse only cheated on you with 2 people instead of 3. They’re also happy that a bunch of idiots are heading into a recession, if not outright depression, with insane long-term loans.

For me, it hasn’t loaded the first time in over a year. However, they always came up when I refreshed the page, up until about 2 months ago. Now I’m lucky if they show up at all. Chrome seems more reliable, but I can’t be bothered to switch browsers just to leave a comment.

That NPR article is from 2 weeks ago and it looks like COVID-19 infections are beginning to level off again in Japan.

It’s way too early to be speculating on the economic impact of this COVID-19. Cuts have focused on low wage jobs is because those are the easiest to eliminate and are more likely to be directly affected by the virus. However, the information I’ve been seeing trickle out looks grim. I expect we’re going to be seeing a…

I was curious because what you’re describing sounds unsustainable, so I looked up the details. The UK doesn’t have statutes for furloughed workers, but they are reimbursing 80% of employee wages. However, that’s up to a maximum of £2,500/month. The employer can make up the 20% difference (bring the total up to £3,125),…

At one time cassettes were used for computer storage, so this isn’t particularly surprising.

I guess it depends on where you live. Around here sports bikes, dirt bikes and ATVs are the problem. Harleys are common enough, but they’re outnumbered by obnoxious assholes riding and driving other stuff.

I was ambivalent about the Civic’s styling, but I’ve seen a couple of these in the wild it’s a step backwards. Honda could have addressed the criticisms but instead they doubled down on the visual clutter.