I mean, is playing a gig for Salesforce really that different form playing a gig for Livenation? The big difference is the audience for one gets to see the show for free but might not give a shit, while the audience for the other is (likely) all fans who paid $200+ for the experience.

I feel Nintendo underestimated the prevalence of the analog stick in games, expecting most players would default to the d-pad, like the previous systems. That said, I never had major issues with the controller, and actually have a USB version for playing certain games, like Ocarina, that sort of rely on the layout for…

NHTSA - the agency that says you can’t have better headlights because testing? is also the same agency that won’t say your car shouldn’t become a brick after a power failure.

The more they try to do with it, the worse it is.

In the mid 70s, my uncle Edmund (technically second cousin) started an electric car company in Dallas called Amectran. They produced a few prototypes of the EXAR-1, which was a Pietro Frua designed GT coupe that bucked the trend of electric vehicles being glorified golf carts. Unfortunately, the Texas petro-chemical…

Yes, absolutely. We don’t get drive-thru very often, but when we do we just pile up all the fries and tots and rings in an air fryer basket and blast them at 400 for 3-4 minutes. Usually does the trick.

Ah. Well, this IS a good point. All I’d seen was “Daniel Craig says a woman shouldn’t be James Bond.” But this is a much more nuanced take, and he’s probably right. I think it WOULD be far more interesting to have an entirely new thing rather than, “It’s 007, but a giiiiiiirl!”

People on Nextdoor (I KNOW) are saying several local dealers are essentially auctioning off cars. They seem to be getting potential buyers to engage in bidding wars, especially on hot CUVs like Tellurides (I KNOW). I’m not an expert but I’m not sure that’s legal.

I can’t bring myself to watch the sequels, and that’s primarily due to the final film. I knew it was going to be bad when they announced the title - The Rise of anything is hacky and trite. There’s nothing to it. There are a thousand other movies, comics, and games that are The Rise of Something. Yuck.

This. I always hated this idea that you had to be a “mutant” of some sort to use the force. At no point in the OT was this even hinted at. The Force was an energy field that permeated the universe, and anyone who opened themselves up to it could use it. But it also didn’t seem to give you superhuman, superhero powers…

Such a shame. I went in 2002 and it was a mindbending experience.

Our cafeteria had weirdly delicious enchiladas. Pretty much everything was made by actual cooks, and not rehydrated and microwaved plastic. I mean, hey were still opening up industrial-sized Sysco cans, but they cooked pretty much everything from scratch, and those enchiladas were no joke.

One of my cousins was in a car crash in a 280Z in 1980 or so, and was ejected through the open t-top. He ended up literally in the tree he drove into. From that point on he never worse a seatbelt, until he was in another crash about 3 years later and lived the remainder of his life in a vegetative state.

I DO remember the fries being even better than American fries, and they also came with aioli instead of ketchup. But the burger was also better. The bun wasn’t plasticky, the meat didn’t have that gross frozen texture (and to their credit, the fresh beef 1/4 lb’ers the American McDonald’s are making now are head and…

The best meal I’ve ever eaten was in Paris. The best McDonald’s I’ve ever eaten at was in Paris. The best meal was not at McDonald’s. Yet somehow I had both experiences.

Nothing will ever beat the Fit’s Magic Seats.

The anti-EV crowd is having an absolute field day on social media...

Objectively better? Probably not. New cars are safer, more comfortable, and more powerful than ever.

https://www.thelist.com/431813/the-one-burger-rule-anthony-bourdain-always-stood-by/

A bad bun will absolutely ruin a burger. Too dry, it breaks apart leaving you with a wad of meat, mayo and tomato covered in crumbs. Too dense and it overwhelms the other ingredients. Too soft and it soaks up all of the juices smooshes into a goopy paste after 5 minutes.