I like Trader Joe’s instant coffee, but I’m not much of a coffee snob (and more of a tea drinker) so take that FWIW.

Yes, kids jumping one at a time would be safer.  It would also be lamer.  Seriously, who wants to jump alone.  Yes it’s a bit dangerous, but they love it, and hopefully with a bit of care my kids can be safe on the trampoline.

No. Short selling is betting you can release enough negative press against a company that you drive its stock down and make a profit. Very few short sellers actually bet on just the market anymore.

My normal advice would be: go to Craigslist. Type “Camry” (or Accord/Civic). Buy the newest one you can for $5000.

Yeah, where’s the mini fridge? In my last workspace, we had a small fridge and that may have been the best hardware add-on because it was within reach of my PC. All-nighters cranking out papers are vastly improved by a ready stock of cold energy drinks.

If I could make one suggestion, use Velcro ties instead of zip ties. God forbid you have to rewire that thing one day. You’re left with trying to stick a knife/scissor into something that has hardly any opening plus doing it at awkward angles. A pack of 50 is only like $7 on Amazon.

Lego*

More competition is always good

Since I installed the “F.B. Purity” extension and only allow on the News Feed the updates my friends write themselves including the photos they upload (just that), the Facebook experience is much better. I don’t want to see the news, images, links, groups, friends, events and other things my friends like or comment.…

Did you ever watch that 90 minute review of Episode I? It keeps replaying a clip of one of the producers, talking about how digital technology has enabled them: “you can have so much going on on the screen now! WE’re trying to fill every corner with things.” It’s played over and over again to emphasis that this is not…

The issue wasn’t that Daimler tore apart a competitor’s car - as stated, that’s been going on for decades. The issue here is that Daimler rented a vehicle, tore it apart, then put it back together. I’m pretty sure that’s against whatever rental agreement you get from any rental car company. What’s worse is that this…

This looks like if Acura decided to make a Volvo.

This is what I do at parties.

My wife and I have had a few “wins” in this area that I’d like to bring up (mainly because parenting wins seem to exist few-and-far-between):

Actually they will go a step further than that in some cases. Since they want the cars to look like drivers, not show cars, they have a spray they will use to give the appearance of dirt or dust. It comes right off with a normal wash. I believe it’s partly aesthetic (small Midwest town in the middle of winter doesn’t…

2 years from now, porsche will release a car that is “planned” to bring competition to a model first sold in 2012/2013. Do you hear yourself?

AgentRockstar died of dysentery.

Technically we’re all bad for living the way we do, we drive too much, consume too much stuff, pollute too much in general, so yeah, if you care about the future viability you’d be bad to go on a long weekend drive in an ICE car.

Lithium batteries don’t use any rare earth minerals. You can also recycle the batteries for their source components - and this is indeed happening already.

People obsess too much about range. Vast majority of people don’t drive longer than even current electric car’s range on a regular basis, and range is improving constantly along with every other aspect of batteries and electric cars. Same with fast charging. You can top up a 100kWh battery pack in about 45 minutes…