They were really fun books at the time, just a little bit on the offbeat side for a lot of people and definitely not ones that held up all that well. I think the style of humor Harrison used was fresh and new at the time, but today seems a little... quaint? Reality has gotten almost that bizarre, even pre-cheeto.

Dingdingding. If you’re running a prison and don’t have basic goddamn physical security measures in place, your IT department is probably used to being told not to worry about anything if they DO bring up an issue.

See, that’s what MIGHT save the IT admin’s ass. Physical security wasn’t the IT department’s primary problem, that’s the whole goddamn point of a prison. :)

This. All of this.

I don’t normally complain about this kind of thing, myself, but man. It has been a *shitshow* on mobile for me. I want to scroll down to comments, go too far, deal with load delays. UGH.

You know, I miss the old dingo. He was pretty good with babies. This one seems rabid. :/

Yeah, I’d like to be a fly on the wall during those conversations myself.

It seems like the cost of covering the terrain shouldn’t be that bad, considering the fact it’s an elevated system. They don’t have to deal with leveling every inch of the route, just building supports that are anchored properly. Most likely, the support structure would be designed to autolevel itself and would be…

You’re not taking three major things into account there. Price, end point convenience and passenger density. Even if the Hyperloop terminated someplace in the south bay, as long as it didn’t require you to jump through the 1.5 hours of hoops it takes to make a flight and acted more like a typical subway station,…

The section of I-5 that really matters is empty enough once you get clear of the LA basin that they won’t have many issues at all with that. It’s a flat, boring hellscape all the way from about 20 miles south of Bakersfield up to Stockton.

I’m one of those mutant “An automatic is just fine” people, but I definitely agree with everything you just said. You can have fun with just about any car that at least *attempts* to let you and even some that really, really don’t want you to. I have more fun in my ‘84 Dodge Van than I think most people do with…

This is something I think a lot of people here just don’t realize, you can have fun driving all sorts of different cars. There are just different types of fun to be had. Me, I’m a “Give me four doors with a bunch of weight and throw some horses at the rear axle.” kind of guy sometimes.

I had a 2013 Lacrosse for a year (needed a crossover so sold it at a loss) and really liked it, even with the anemic eAssist four banger. It felt like it was put together every bit as well as my (very old) Infiniti and had enough space for an NBA team in the back seats.

It’s funny you say Lang is too short, but the guy you’re talking about is only an inch taller.

I would have agreed with you until Thomas Jane did that “Dirty Laundry” short a few years ago. He was a great Frank with a bad script.

Here’s my top three on that list.

I shudder to imagine which cheeks.

But would you still have friends after foisting Elios on them? Ewww.

Apparently, Hyundai is using the Mitsubishi TD04 twin-scroll turbo, which is what it looks like Subaru is using as well. From what little I’ve seen, it’s pretty much a universal “base but reliable” model. That does make me wonder just how much boost it’s pushing, hmm. Might be time for some ODB action.