Either the cars were sitting around long enough to capture that distinctive Southern humid funk, or some last minute covid-driven ingredient change by a subcontractor in the Pearl Delta.

Especially when a lot of appraisers I’ve come across are really there to, let’s face it, rubberstamp the whole thing. If they were the more responsible types, they would maybe double check the figures against the county assessment.

Ben Carson’s waitin by his phone patiently.

The 2017 National Intelligence Law states that all Chinese nationals and companies “shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law, and keep the secrets of the national intelligence work known to the public. The State protects individuals and organizations that…

Yes, I understand that she is under duress because of her family and friends to not say things critical of the regime. But on the flip side of that coin, she didn’t have to say anything at all. Many Chinese have learned through the years that it’s better to remain silent. You never know when things can be taken out of…

Which is funny because the law that the Chinese government sledgehammered onto Hong Kong specifically said that anyone on Earth can be liable for prosecution for actions which are perceived to threaten the Chinese government.

Basically a lese majeste law with global reach.

But there’s an important distinction here - Jackie Chan is not a very popular figure in his hometown specifically for expressing these views. But even before all of this, he’s pretty much known to be a scumbag tangled up with Triads in trafficking and treating women like trash.

It has been established in the past…

She rightfully gets more shit for her stance because she’s expressing these views as a US citizen.

She’s actually worse than that. She’s doing this in her position as a US national.

Some people may argue that people with roots in China or family ties in China may not be completely free to speak out - which is true. But she certainly had the option of not speaking out at all.

So they take out all the things that made the original cartoon popular, made it into a movie catered to Chinese consumer tastes, and want to charge $30 on top of Disney+?

And keep the lid open at all times when not using it, just in case air flow and humidity are not ideal where your washer is located.

Oh man I remember the SparQ drives - they were for the Poors who couldn’t afford the Jaz drives. I used a lot of those for backing up our data at home at the time. Then of course they failed too often for them to be any good anyhow. I remember they actually released a 32-bit driver even after they went bankrupt so…

The cost for a legacy system upgrade is extremely high in the aerospace world. Even for a seemingly non-trivial added/modified function.

That surprises me. I thought the “engineer” title was a more rigorous one outside of the US, as it has legal implications for product safety and whatnot (and PE exams, etc.)

Floppies used for commercial software releases were usually high quality and fairly indestructible. So people would take old WordPerfect install floppies and use those for their important storage keeping.

It is true that there is no correlation between race and, say, spice tolerance. But a person’s spice tolerance (or acceptance of certain tastes) is developed through exposure to different types of food. So while it’s technically racist to speak of “white taste buds”, it would be financially prudent for a restaurateur…

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Growing up in a blue collar suburb in the late 80s/early 90s, you would hear the “the ‘c’ is actually silent” at least 1-2 times a week.

I repeat watch Yi Yi at least once a year.

I know 2 people who found AP aspirational. One is a notoriously misogynistic douche-bro who went to law school, and the other is a hardcore Ayn Rand fan.