It has been the law since 2008 in Pennsylvania that scrap dealers are required to collect identity information when they buy converters.  And the legislature just passed an expanded and much more stringent law that adds on to that.  https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/pennsylvania-news/pa-house-passes-bill-to-counter-…

Maybe Apple could design a feature where, if a person plans to engage in a roller-coaster-like activity, the phone could be temporarily deactivated? Sort of a sleep mode, or even like those things that used to control home lighting - what were they called ... I know, an “off switch”!

Mary Jo and Bridget definitely have their own distinct vibe, and they are hilarious!

Well, in his defense, the Emperor wasn’t a clone ... at the time.  Three or four or five “retcons” later, well, here we are.

“This bubble popping is going to be epic.”

That sentence should be removed from the article because it doesn’t make sense at all.  The math just doesn’t work out in any way.

Hee hee.  Ever read “X-ing a Paragrab” by Poe?  You might enjoy it.

Nobody seems to know about this alleged episode. Was your comment missing the /sarcasm tag?

I don’t think anyone knows with a significant degree of confidence. Other than to say, approximately between 0 C and 100 C.

A little extra capacity can’t hurt.  It’s no fun to find out you misjudged the relative capacities of bladder and bottle while driving.  Or so a friend tells me.

The IRS mileage rate accounts for failures that haven’t happened yet. Basically, if the brake pads are half gone, you have already lost money... you just haven’t realized it yet. Unrealized expenses.

And you magically know which thing you should change because ... ?

You’re assuming that everyone who is changing a setting knows EXACTLY which setting needs to be changed. Looking at the GUI is like looking at a Table of Contents in a book. It familiarizes you with the structure and makes you aware of what concepts are related to each other. Using Search for everything is like hiring…

Remember when computers had “mice” and you could just click on one or two things and get to the place you wanted to go? That was cool.

What I see missing from this discussion is that all the usability problems with Control Panel were introduced by Microsoft themselves, beginning with Windows XP. Control Panel was far more usable in Windows 2000. Microsoft making it “better” is what made it worse.

Aren’t both male and female birds “innies”?  Hence, the use of the slang term “boning” seems even less appropriate than usual.

To run with your analogy, imagine that Tesla sent a man out with tools to break into your car and remove the hardware from your heated seats. That’s basically what they just did, only in software.

“Well, it’s that pesky climate change. This year’s snow is different from last year’s, so we had to recalibrate your AWD. It’s essential that we do this every year now, because who knows what could happen? We provide this critical safety service for a nominal fee of only 25% of the option price per year. In response…

Here’s one reason that magazines were good: They came out once per month. That gave editors time to analyze events and come up with interesting takes, not just “hot takes”. That publishing pace gave the real world time to catch up with the news cycle. Game-changing stuff doesn’t happen every day. Yet “news” websites…

He didn’t say that 130 miles is the right amount of range for every car. He said it’s the right amount of range for this specific car.  There are people who need more range.  There are also people who need more size.  It would be absurd to suggest that every car buyer needs a Suburban because a few car buyers have 7…