We’ve had a Roomba 650 for a few years. It has pretty much soured me to the whole robo-vacuum concept. It’s a moron that requires more prep-work before vacuuming than if I just run the vacuum, otherwise it’ll find its way under the dining table and spend two hours bumping into chair legs. Not to mention the roller…

I was thinking the Jeep driver was lucky *he* wasn’t black.

The company’s planning to flush out Google Map details in more metropolitan areas as well.

IMO, for the next water landing, the hypergolic propellant venting should wait until the lookie-loos are close enough to feel the effects. Problem should be solved after that.

Sounds like a job for a strong leader. Get after it and let us know how it goes.

How many Starlink satellites “ruined” your views in the boondocks?

If your mind is so easily changed by a snarky two sentence comment on Gizmodo, why bother? You’ll just change your mind again in the face of the next counter argument.

And if you’re so entrenched your mind can’t be changed, why bother?

Whoa, a business that uses government subsidies to increase profitability? That’s some newfangled tomfoolery there! I’m so glad no other industries have caught on to this bamboozlement!

Daniel Lopez’s comet pics are composites, meaning the photographer, had he chosen, could’ve removed the satellite trails from the individual frames before compositing and come up with a workable image. Unless, that is, every frame has the exact same satellite trails on it.

I read somewhere else 30-second exposures. So not that long. I’m also guessing here, but I would bet that if you were to take the “bad” part out of each frame (which isn’t hard), you could make a nice composite with no satellite trails. But this guy wanted to make it look bad, so he made it look bad.

If each image had a different set of satellite passes on it, it’s trivial in post-processing to select the “bad” part of each frame to keep it out of the stack.

Keep on telling yourself that. Your replies say you do care that I think your car is ridiculous.

Maybe “they” don’t, but you obviously took enough time to let me know, so I’ll guess you do care that I think your mall cruiser is ridiculous. That light bar you never use is dumb, too.

Whats wrong with them? They look ridiculous on your pristine “adventure” rig parked in the garage at work, that’s what’s wrong with them.

Just 3d print some knobs for them. Black ABS would blend right in. Lots of parametric knob designs on Thingiverse.

I need a rack for my Yeti cooler. It’s my favorite cooler for 3 hour road trips, because it keeps ice for 7 days.

We’ve got some diesel/electric hybrid UPS trucks in Austin. It’s happening.

You forgot this part: diesel car exhaust stinks. I don’t care if you’re driving the cleanest new Wolfgang Zoot-Capri TDI, your car is unpleasant to passerby and those stuck behind you at a traffic light.

I wouldn’t bet that a currently in business bike shop is comfortable cutting threads in a steerer.

MNBF is my favorite local band.