What’s your take here? Population density, especially when the infrastructure is in place for it (bathrooms, bedrooms, whole fucking separate apartments, etc), is different than masses of people just crammed into the same land area.

That wasn’t their point.  Their point was to break the cost of the super spreader event down into a dollar amount.  Using the mean cost is the appropriate number to use to that end.  Nothing is “highly skewed” about using it when you actually want the average cost per case.

While some things may cost less in other countries, much of that cost is stuff like labor, building related overhead, medical equipment, PPE, etc.  Some of that may cost just as much in other countries.  And despite other countries mostly having a more intelligent approach to how they fund their medical system, it…

If the needle is hanging out of your arm and you think you may have finally overdosed and need emergency assistance, you’ve already made some really bad choices. Depending on where you are, you might get arrested for drug charges if you call for help, but you know what you shouldn’t do? Attempt to kill a whole crowd…

It always has. Even the Tesla Roadster cost so much you could buy a Lotus Elise (which it was based on) all the fuel you’d ever need, and plant a small forest worth of trees to offset your carbon footprint for the same price.

Maybe just because there’s one or two (at least) other drivers who, given the same equipment as Hamilton, could probably be at least driving a little closer to him.

It is literally printed on his helmet so it is present even just when he’s winning another race.  If he decided to “strike” the other drivers would not join him.  That’s not called a strike, that’s call quitting and as was said, he’s doing more by being present and winning than he would stepping away and being…

Where? The fastest I’ve heard in MA is about two days if you go to Tufts Medical (they’re doing their own testing instead of sending out to other labs).

Only if your home is a desert with high altitude climbs.  My home town is coastal, sea level, and flat.  That’s a big difference from climbing up through high desert where problems that may not even present themselves at home can stop you dead.

As long as it does some damage before it is overturned then it is successful.

Because you need 700+ HP when you’re bombing down a trail at... 20 MPH?

I regularly see Ford Raptors being used as work trucks.  Business name stenciled on the side.  Commercial plates.

“finding ways to reverse engineer last years MB on a budget.”

They seem cool in youtube videos, but I can’t imagine living with one.  Meanwhile, our tent is one of the lighter and small pieces of gear we take car camping.

We saw three people trying to install a rooftop tent in the parking lot of an REI (to get it home). With how big a pain in the ass it looked to be, I can see people leaving them on at least for the season.

A manual is a thing that online people get all amped about and then the vast majority of NEW cars don’t get it. I have never seen a Rubicon with a manual. I’d love to see how many people getting one pick that option. I agree that it seems like it’d just be a pain in the ass off-road, or on-road for that matter. I want…

We’re only in the “second wave” if you look at numbers that aren’t regional. In the US, that means looking at total national numbers. If you break things down into regions or individual states you quickly see places that went through an earlier wave and places that ignored any possibility of learning from those places…

We’ve wanted a new 4Runner for a while now.  We’d already be in a 4Runner except that COVID19 made sticking with our older car seem like a better choice for now.  We’ll have to take a look the new Bronco now.  Right off the line I’m concerned about reliability of the newer... everything compared to the Toyota.  It’ll…

With the reliability of modern Rovers, how do people justify them as anything other than pampered city cars? We looked at a Disco Sport (we’re not looking to spend Defender money) and it is very nice to be in and to drive around, but we’d be worried about taking it on road trips, nevermind off-road.

Even if that were true (and relative to BMW reliability, it isn’t) the maintenance cost differences (not the unexpected repairs, but the oil changes, battery changes, tire changes, brakes, etc) would still be huge.  Honda parts are crazy cheap.  Even compared to other affordable car options, parts for my Honda were…