Mazda:

Absolutely the cheapest way for me to get around would be to sell the cars and just use Uber. For that matter, something like half my “normal” driving is to the airport for work trips, and work would PAY for that Uber. But that would be a pain in the ass, and I happen to VERY much enjoy owning, driving, and even…

I’ve never had a car loan and my credit is great. Anybody can get a credit card. If we’re talking strictly from a financial perspective, bluntly buying a car, period, is a bad idea, since it’s a negative asset, and buying one just to build your credit history is a worse idea. If you need a car, get one, but treat it…

Fired for neglecting to turn on a body cam. Not fired for killing an innocent kid. In what fucking backward assed world does this make sense?

Don’t get me wrong - glad he’s off the force but what a ridiculous thing to read.

I guess just stop? I think the difference here is that a human would look around for cops, think “fuck it,” and drive past.

Have you ever dealt with upper mngt? They want to be lied to. It both assauges their ego and it also gives them plausible deniability when/if any sort of regulatory issues arise. 

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but from my machine learning course, I learned that overtraining a neural network is a bad thing, as it actually starts losing the ability to be more generalized. Obviously this can be mitigated by more advanced neural networks/fuzzy logic/etc, but is the premise not still the same?…

Best Boys? 

My 1990 Miata has seen the vast majority of its 200,000 miles with top down.

We’re not talking about a fixed hardtop here though, are we? We're talking about a hardtop car that you can turn into a no-top car with the push of a button. If you want a car that you can drive without a roof and it's your only car (like my mum's NC MX-5), then a retractable hardtop makes a lot of sense as it turns…

we are living through the final throws of the hard-top’s death right now

Convertible hard tops are for people who think they need a convertible but never actually put the top down.

These are for all sports where participants wear helmets:

I would argue that if 69 is offensive then the state needs to recall all license plates it has issued with that combination. I mean, if a number is bad you should just banish it to hell.

I choose death by snu-snu!

Wait...we have a team?  Do we get t-shirts?

Dang.

You missed a few things which any old trucker could’ve told you. First off, in trucker parlance, these are called “Maxis”, as opposed to the non-spring brakes, which were just called “cans”. On your typical 18-wheelers, you’ll find maxis on only the last drive axle and the 2 trailer axles, never on the steer, and…

Great post as always David.