I mean no disrespect, but gas and diesel prices fluctuate wildly (50% in 2-3 years), and they always have. So picking a truck with a 5+ year useful life because diesel or gas is cheaper right now has never made any sense, and never will.

“IPhone, preferred by 5 out of 7 terrorists"

I dislike Apple greatly, but this isn’t a case to hate them. Safekeeping privacy is good for their users and good for Apple, so this is really isn’t a case of control freakery.

Not so very few. Spinal fusion and other types of back surgery are massive profit centers for doctors and hospitals, and hugely overprescribed. See Flatlined (book) for some insights.

So... One guy?

Do you realize only imbeciles and out-of-towners call San Francisco “Frisco”?

The Chunnel between France and England is proof we can build things that don’t leak catastrophically. This would be considerably smaller and probably without a requirement to let vehicles through, so it sounds like it would be easier.

Why am I lolling?

There isn’t a professional tech shop in the world that uses FTP for software deployment.

My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love.

Saying no science fiction writer had thought of the internet is wrong. There’s a short story by Asimov where a character uses something remarkably like the internet. Can’t think of the story’s title, but it’s in The Gods Themselves collection.

There is nothing weird or obscure about sour beer. It’s an ancient kind of beer that has always been produced. Just because American hipsters are just now getting hip to it doesn’t negate its long, storied and delicious history.

Dry-process coffee (beans extracted from the cherry by drying the cherry out) means the bean stays in the cherry longer, and tends to taste fruitier. You’re more likely to find dry-process beans out of Ethiopia. Counterculture coffee has some that tastes like grapes and blueberries. (I’m not affiliated with them)