If the line at Costco is such that the last person in line gets gas in 15 minutes and the line at the charger is such that the second person in line has a 1 hour wait that suggests there is a need for more chargers.

Around here thieves steal copper wire from buildings. I wonder how long the extension cords will last.

In computing one can make an estimate of the level and rate of computations that are required to reach a particular goal and the value/profit in reaching that goal. Then look at the pace at which the level and rate of computation is currently proceeding and the cost of performing at that level. Eventually those will…

She wasn’t too dumb to use the emergency release. She didn’t feel she was going to die and didn’t want to risk the damage the software update warning suggested would happen if she opened a door or a window.

Step one by software update - move windows down to allow manual opening to do no damage. This eliminates the need for a warning that the car can be damaged.

A comment so dark a cop just unholstered his weapon upon reading it.

I know what you mean on muscle memory - I was the opposite way. Always wore a seat belt in a car or the infrequent airplane trips and getting on a school bus without one was a bit unnerving. Back then there was no padding - just a hard chromed-steel tubular frame to stop against.

Rival gangs don’t wait.

https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2024-0003052/

https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2024-0003052/

Probably cops shooting at each other, yet again.

Fraternal orders don’t have collective bargaining or go on strike. 

It’s ambiguous.

Worked on a machine that had extendable legs. One of the tests was to put a large side load on the machine. In the testing someone screwed up and hit the machine harder than expected and a leg brace broke. Pretty soon it became clear that the intended use of the machine could regularly provide more than enough load to…

The mistake is that gold has a similar density to lead and would have been nearly opaque to an x-ray intended to look through iron and copper.

Are the morons close relatives?

I’d guess, mainly chatting on the phone or texting. The length of the merge is tiny compared to the attention required to f’ around on the phone. So they see it is a couple miles ahead, get a notification and start to read it, and then wake up to where they are.

The barriers are fine for cars this size. The barrier at this location had been crashed into more than a week before and CalTrans had not replaced it leaving a solid concrete spear without significant energy absorption exposed to traffic.

The dose people will get on the trip to Mars may be enough. It won’t be lethal all by itself, but the damage it does won’t help. 

Israel doesn’t see them as hostages. Hostages are held in anticipation they will be released and Israel has no plans to release the captives. They are held captive to extort Palestinians with the threat that Israel will simply capture more of them.