This is mobile we’re talking about, so the 4K TV comparison isn’t really relevant.  Even on a large cellphone screen (say the Galaxy S8+), you’d have to have your face less than 14 inches from the screen to be able to tell the difference between 720p and 480p, and less than 10 inches to tell the difference between…

It is up to the user to select streaming quality. Look at Verizon, for example:

They cap the bitrate of streaming video because (a) doing so hugely lowers the demands on the network, and (b) doing so has basically zero detectable effect on the viewer’s experience. On a cellphone screen, basically nobody can tell the difference between a 1.5Mbps and 6Mbps stream.  

If you signed up for an unlimited plan from any of the wireless carriers in the last 2-3 years, you explicitly agreed to this.  

It did say German engineers, in which case, no issue with the 17 year old drinking beer. 

It is after all, the car that Jeremy Clarkson said “corners faster than electricity.”

This driver should never be allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle on public streets again. 

There were only two previous cases of a “walkoff grand slam while down by three with two out and two strikes.” There’s only one case of “walkoff grand slam down 3-0,” in 1936, but that was with no outs.

Wouldn’t it make sense for the truck to have some sort of “crane can’t be raised until parking brake is set, parking brake can’t be released until crane is lowered” interlock system?

Hey, don’t be mean.  I’m sure they’ll sell hundreds of these. 

Agreed, but one ring is certainly better than going over to the phone, picking up, etc. etc.  Not perfect, but a big improvement, and free. 

Check out Nomorobo. Doesn’t work with all landline phone service, but if it works with your provider, it’s great.  All calls ring once. Spam calls then stop ringing and no voicemail.  And it’s free. 

NYC taxi medallions are just about the same price they were in 2002-2003.  Basically, there was a massive speculative bubble, which popped.  While I certainly feel sympathy for someone who took out a big loan to buy a medallion in the secondary market at $1 million, and now has a medallion that’s only worth $200k,…

Interesting, I rather like them, but to each his own. 

If you told me I could have any car, but only one car (so no daily driver and a different fun car), I’d be hard-pressed not to go with the M5.  

Exactly. It’s usually thought to mean he was sad because he’d run out of things to conquer. In reality, it meant he was sad because he realized how little he’d actually done, pretty much the exact opposite.  Kind of like the “kill all the lawyers” quote from Henry VI. 

Disagree. Chase Carey (ran Fox, ran DirecTV, so at least quasi-Hollywood).

Except the non-amusing ones are typically over three minutes anyway.

Yup, but you have to change in Istanbul.  

Lifts certainly solve that problem, something to think on. As for steps, I find walking on a flat surface more comfortable than on a ramp. Maybe that’s just me.