...and on top of this, they show speed in digits - it’s been shown long ago that this takes longer to read and process than just eyeballing the position of a needle.

Ha! Beats your Sprite (in terms of tires...).

A couple of decades ago, I was writing for the science & tech section of a German newspaper. At some point HP had a promotion out and offered to fly me to New York and cover the launch of their recent line of laptops, or something like that. I was young! They offered to bring me to NY!! Hell, yes!

How quaint to think of an entire household having only one line!

Did you expect anything BUT a long word?

The report in Germany said that the VW driver’s insurance would cover all costs, as long as this met the definition of a so-called ‘sacrifice situation’ (“Aufopferungsfall”). Which it most likely does...

Force yourself to do it regularly...

I would say that organizing photos is a strong side of Lightroom! You also don’t have to pay monthly for it, but you can buy a standalone version.

...just because your Snorkie can piss a hot 1 ten and live the day out

Part of retiring overnight sleepers (at least within states) is that distances are generally shorter - once you got to most places within 6hrs, you don’t really need a sleeper.

Jalopnik members will form a republic of non-internet connected cars... 

For me, the best indicator for the ability of a truck/SUV used to be what you saw 200 mi inland in Oz: all that was left were Toyotas and Nissans, with the occasional Discovery or Jeep, but never the fashionable BMWs, Mercs and Porsches.

You’re thinking in European ways. The problem is that in the US only 1 person could sit comfortably in this car...

I know the first one, but have to try the second one!

Just put a couple of those in the trunk - problem solved.

purple streetglow FTW!

I find the naivité of the autonomous car discussion astonishing, given how complex a task like driving is. If you had only autonomous vehicles, and predictable environmental circumstances - ok, this could be a manageable situation. But the mix of autonomous and human-driven vehicles, together with sometimes low…

That stuff on the roof is so going to come off after just 10 miles of corrugated road...

So true. You forgot the ‘Assistant Dean for Outreach’, who likely sits in a posh corner office... And those of us who are doing the research have to argue when we want a phone in our lab, additionally to the office.

The context is: Arizona.