It’s a tricky problem. Some catalytic convertors are mounted in front of the engine as part of the exhaust down-pipe, but they generate a huge amount of heat from having the engine run rich to ensure low combustion temps and avoid NOx generation.

Yup - about 3-5 inches too low on the seat height, as if the owners of these are ever expected to pedal them.

Similar vehicle thefts are to knock ATMs from their mounts, break into car dealership lots or buildings, or break into firearms stores. I doubt the criminal will elaborate on the intended use.

For ice cream trucks - we can only hope. I recall the frustration of one guy who had a truck park at the corner across from him and run the music full blast for hours at a time, day after day, as if the customer base would be changing.

“In conservative states the problem around homelessness is handled better but then you just have a bunch of untreated crazies in homes.”

The killing of Kitty Genovese is one often distorted story.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese#Attack

Amazon could pay it and make a claim against their insurance company for the expense.

Amazon could have stepped in, paid it, and pestered their insurance company for the cost, which is far smaller than the hit to public relations will cost to get people to forget that Amazon has an insurance company that screws people over for at-fault accidents.

Little known fact - bees think it is impossible for people to fly.

Different sort of bees. This swarm had settled on a winglet and creates hives in dark safe locations. The sort you noted are tiny solitary insects that stuff an egg into a hole and then stuff in paralyzed bugs for food before finally capping with mud. Those suckers are fast - like 2o minutes from finding the hole to…

An a pollen comment for sure. I wonder if Buzzfeed covered it.

Just to mention that unsuck DC metro RIP was a breath of fresh air exposing those who run it. From spending money to build a parking garage at their headquarters to making deals that appeared to steer real estate investment relative to transit stations. It was observed that an increase in public funding was met with…

It’s a crappy church that only has functions on Sunday. Which is why sharing is a problem. If people count on the church lot to be empty, but the church has a dinner, a prayer meeting, a practice session for the choir, a youth group meeting, a wedding, a funeral, they won’t want the participants to walk 6 blocks when…

It’s not “a certain percentage.” It’s a percentage that varies with the willingness to take risks and that varies from lender to lender and loan to loan. The willingness to accept higher risk for short term gain is what caused the housing financial meltdown that really hit the fan in 2008. Have you noticed that hasn’t…

Venn - it’s a person’s name. John Venn (1834–1923) popularized the chart type in the 1880s.

The problem with e-mirrors is that they require a large change in depth of focus for the driver and don’t retain the convergence for determining the depth information. Essentially it moves the drivers from having binocular vision to one without depth perception.

Is this the same Ford that provided defective transmissions for the Probe and co-built Ford/Mazda 626 with the same transmission that would fail by bucking and jerking so badly the car was nearly undriveable while it was controlled by the ECU but would function alright when that connector was unplugged? Surely it was…

This is Ford. They didn’t even reattach the windshield vents in the winter following their replacement of a blown heater core. How does a heater core require 2 trips? And no one checked to see if air would leave the defroster vents?

Increasing sprung weight by putting motors in wheels isn’t a great choice.

If the PTFE is working, great. But as a slide material it isn’t particularly great as it is exceptional soft and easy to gouge into. HMWPE is nearly as slick on its own and far tougher and far less expensive. Using the dish soap as a lubricant eliminates the value of low friction of the PTFE. Plain PTFE is soft enough…