I know someone who works at a ski resort and due to local pricing, some of the workers sleep in their cars and actually live a few hours away. 2 of them have rooftop tents so they can easily pop it up at night & down during the day when they work. 

Because they’re never an actual factory thing. It’s a partnership with some cheap brand to make an expensive accessory with as little effort as possible by everyone involved. No one buys the car because of the tent, they buy the tent because of the car and I’m sure a lot of them are impulse purchases, so the…

Texas has Cowboy Churches. I’m not sure what’s there, but I’m sure they burn something. 

There are 2 primary types of wireless signals we use daily, wifi & bluetooth. Any wireless device around you right now uses 1 or both of those signals. A longtime, well-known vulnerability of those signals is that the initial connection is the easiest time to “hack” the connection. As noted above, it’s not some…

NP for the Odessa high school backup quarterback or your local Florida Man. ND for just about anyone else.

How great would it be to drive this around Texas, but with a pride flag on that back window. 

The minutes one is generally a bit silly, as the shows who dominate it are the shows that people just put on as background noise. Multiple members of my house have done cleaning, taken naps, or any other array of activities while NCIS just sits there playing. I routinely have to turn off TVs that no one is watching...

Sounds like demand for infinite growth is the real villain here.

Most of the 90s and early aughts come to mind. 

Papa Murphys is easily a step above any chain, you just have to bake it yourself. As an ex-mid-westerner, I think you’re stuck with tenderloins, brats, horseshoes, or something meant to resemble chili, depending on which part of the region you’re in. Maybe a good chicken fried chicken if you’re lucky. 

That was my thought as I read this. This article is the first time I’ve heard that Wagoneer was a sub brand. 

Anti abortion states will 100% use it for tracking pregnant women (or whatever the AI thinks is one) to then monitor them for a baby.

Your rights against being recorded and that recording being shared while you’re in public are pretty slim. AFAIK, there probably isn’t anything stopping them from willingly sharing their data with any cop who asks. They could likely say no and force a warrant if they didn’t want to share the data, but selling that…

It’s been a while, but I remember having huge issues with a certain cell phone carrier’s fiber line getting installed without permits. They were expanding so fast, it was cheaper to pay the fines and get the fiber in the ground than it was to work through the actual process. Made it very problematic when we’d get a…

Turns out that everyone loves a free market right up until a bigger fish comes to eat more of the market.

Some guest on a podcast I listened to had a great statement on stuff like this: Old entertainment used to be a very long and narrow line, with a select few getting to the front. Modern entertainment is a very short and wide line, so anyone can get to the front. Artists have the benefit of being seen with limited…

and you make the most money, so you pay for it all

That was my first thought, since it’s not tied to a dealership directly. Someone with a friend at the dealership probably has it on order and is looking to flip it.

Sewell is a big name in Texas for luxury cars in general. Just about every Cadillac or Lexus around me in Houston has their name on it. 

I had the first gen, so that may make a good difference.