As a certified Space Nerd, I have to go with Subaru. “Subaru” is the Japanese name for the star cluster called the Pleiades, and that’s what’s on the logo. It’s somewhat stylized; the current logo is not a very accurate depiction. Earlier variants of the logo were a bit more accurate to the positions of the stars in…

Murals have definitely made a big difference to the graffiti problem in St Paul’s West Side.  That part of the city is absolutely gorgeous now.

“Then you have a Musk who just makes shit up and is over so many companies there is no way they know what is actually going on at all of them nor do they care.”

That’s exactly what I was thinking. The courts do have ways of clearing a person’s schedule in a hurry.

Voyager status page, showing current distance and light speed communication time:

This. They aggressively pursued firm fixed price contracts because those look super appealing to customers, who like the idea of knowing exactly how much they’ll have to pay. And they deliberately underbid them, knowing that would help them capture the business. The fact it then made it impossible to execute them on…

Maybe. But that doesn’t give the contractor license to charge whatever they want. The Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (formerly the Truth in Negotiations Act, or TINA) is serious business. There are a couple of possibilities here. If that gargantuan markup was incorporated into the original offer, as you describe,…

Just be politically agnostic and vote candidates you believe are best.

And Jack Welch’s legacy has been busy doing the same thing to lots of other companies, because he ran a little school of business teaching CEOs how to work his magic. He made GE’s value skyrocket at a scale that is nearly impossible to comprehend these days. I mean, it was Tulip Mania scale, and honestly, everyone in…

In extremely tiny fairness to Tesla, they do say the proper thing to do is to not swerve when faced with a deer at speed and just nail the sucker. Horrible, I know, but the authorities always say that it’s usually less dangerous to hit the deer than to suddenly swerve into another lane and possibly hit a car. (Of…

Well, after calling the authorities to come tag it, of course.

Oh yeah. I live in suburbia (and not even outer suburbia) and they’re walking through our neighborhood on the regular, eating the landscaping, and occasionally joining it. In the past week alone, I’ve seen at least half a dozen deer.

Considering the size of banana spiders, and my level of arachnophobia, I was contemplating something rocket propelled. Admittedly, this would not leave any bananas left for purchase, which would defeat the purpose of the exercise.

So, what armament do you suggest I bring for my next produce run, or should I just swear off bananas?

Honestly, it’s hard to decide what’s the stupidest thing about the concept, although you make a good point that the refill time is certainly a strong contender.

Whelp, I guess I didn’t need to fly on an airplane ever again.....

For all the people who can’t see why Musk is bad for Tesla — this is why. He keeps dragging the company off to new distractions and won’t let it focus on actually delivering on anything it had promised before. Sure, new promises create excitement, but you can only squeeze so much more new invest money out of each new…

I missed that when it first came out. Cold gas thrusters? On a car? For actual reals and not a nine-year-old’s concept art for an animated TV series?

Wheelchairs and other assistive devices ought to be treated with the care and respect due an artificial limb. You’re basically handling a person’s entire mobility. This is their *life*. It’s not like mishandling a bicycle, or even a bicycle belonging to an elite athlete, which gets fairly serious since that’s…

Bingo.  I mean, I have family members who are always ranting about the evil dem gummit gonna spy on us with their covid vaccines and FEMA aid and stuff who then try and talk me into installing Gas Buddy and about fifteen other “deal” apps on my phone.