The underlying problem is the market is becoming skewed. At an increasing rate the top 10% and particularly top 1% are increasing their wealth and free cash flow over the bottom 90%. It’s become a case where it is possible for the top levels to simply buy up everything of notable value out of the hands of all others.…

The demand curve for medicinal drugs is more like extortion. Pay up or suffer and Pay up or die.

The ethical concerns left the station with buried landmines, sea mines, and even hand grenades, all of which can be used to kill people the users cannot even see and which may be left in place for automatic killing. Unlike those robots can have more sophisticated decision making and be less likely to kill people.

Keep in mind that most of the inflation is from corporations raising prices and not from the increased dollars in circulation. You can see it because if it was increased dollars then the costs to corporations would eat up all the price increase - instead they are getting 20% - 30% increase in profits over just a few…

First thought about this - bolts act as very stiff springs - the tightening of the bolt causes a portion of the thread to stretch. That portion is between the threads of the part it is threaded into and the underside of the bolt.

It’s in Telsa’s best interest to allow companies like Waymo to work out the issues with self-driving for all circumstances. Waymo has the money to do so and Tesla will have the production capacity to put it into cars when they either license or otherwise duplicate it. Licensing is far more likely as Waymo won’t be…

Damage to police property as well. Plus interference in an investigation by decoying the police from the correct car.

Was this in conjunction with increasing the oil change interval such that the oil consumption rate was high enough to leave the engine dry before that interval could be met? Sure, you should check the level but the basic user-manual maintenance should not be a bald-faced lie.

They still aren’t sure who the Zodiac killer was - should they have held that story for the full information? Sometimes you go with a warning when you can.

Those Hertz lawyers are really on top of this. I’d be surprised if they admitted they rent cars for fear it would be used against them.

More than that - the stop is supposed to be behind that large white stripe, not half-way around the corner when you see the bus coming.

The ramps just go straight - it’s just a short jumping distance. The speed limit is the speed required to match the landing ramp slope and location. Easy-peasy.

Often the problem is viewing distance to oncoming cars - if they enter traffic some distance from the very next lifted bro-truck that is over the pedestrian crossing so that there is no visibility vs 40 feet down the road? That makes a difference.

Always good to see the reflectivity plotted for the typical spectrum from far-Infrared to UV.

There’s a building with curved mirrored outer glass that sometimes melts cars. OK, it melts plastic trim on cars, but still, it’s a technology that exists.

Sure, if your parents left $135M under your pillow. When I was a kid I could count on Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny to deliver.

I’m a fan of the use of a manual transmission, with a twist. Replace the shift label with a different label that is completely wrong. The thief is pressed for time and no idea why 1st gear just obliterated the rear bumper? Maybe it’s time to steal a car with an automatic instead.

Recall when the Corvettes kept getting stolen with the top-end security system installed. The one where they would drill a tiny hole into a panel and drain the electrolyte out of the battery so the alarm wouldn’t sound when the flat-bed tow truck winched it up?

Nope - local news showed that. Person got the “Club” and all they do is saw through the steering wheel. The “Club” had been in use for less than 24 hours when the car was stolen. It tells everyone you don’t have an immobilizer.

Usually the law is that the car doesn’t have right-of-way to a pedestrian in a cross-walk, not that most drivers are paying attention much anyway. I was surprised in Maryland when waiting on the sidewalk at the crosswalk - cars actually just stopped. Near me that’s used to get a pedestrian centered up on the car hood…