Because he *HAD* the support of the GOP-Controlled Senate. That’s what made the difference. Duh?

By that reasoning... all the crappy stuff that Trump did the last 4 years without congressional action (executive order, “acting EPA administrator) was “moot” too - which was clearly not the case.

Basic physics says that yes it would dramatically reduce the forces being applied to your body (like by a factor of 10x or more).

Obviously it isn’t perfect in the same way that a helmet isn’t going to save you in 100% of accidents... but there is basically no situation where something like this would make it worse for…

It was a fake video to promote Ebay and Dominoes pizza (search for “MacKenzieheartsu” to find the original videos and see that she end up buying a blue car on Ebay and selling her Red cars for 9.99 to buy a “large Domino pizza with <toppings>“

For better or worse, Elon Musk is relatively egalitarian in his feuds - he tussles with billionaires like Bezos and Gates, millionaires like Azalea Banks, and thousandaires like Unsworth and that starving artist who made that farting unicorn art. Yes... he’s an equal opportunity in his bickering.

He already had a grudge with Bill Gates after Gates posted he was unsure of the viability EVs for long-haul, heavy load transports like 18-wheelers, cargo ships and planes saying this in a blog post

Sure it sucks that going forward, any “high quality” photos uploaded after June 2021, it’s only free to people who use Google Pixel phones... but usually when something is really a great deal, that means the seller is leaving money on the table.

So what benchmarks is everyone using? (I admit I’m out of date in there terms of things). I looked “AI Benchmark” and the scores for the Pixel 5 looked “ok.” I read the biggest different was the GPU (versus the CPU). I’ll probably keep my Pixel 3 for the short term... maybe I don’t see why the Pixel 5 seems so bad.

Te iPhone 12 is a nice phone for iOS users... but the price differences add up. First you need to pay $50 more to get the 128GB version to match Pixel 5. It is also$30 more for the unlocked version (only if you buy ATT or Verizon do you get $30 off). Plus it doesn’t come with a power brick (some people have a female…

So you’ve down randomized double blind trials comparing CPAP to a placebo device? Or have you just use folk intuition to decide you don’t need modern medicine. CPAP machines are pretty cheap ($500 device that you use for 5 years, which is probably less than what you spend on caffeinated drinks to stay alert in the…

That is one of major initial hurdles people using CPAP face... however you can train yourself .. abd then you are actually getting more air into your lungs/body (they measure your blood oxygen levels).

Frequent night time awakenings is often a sign of sleep apnea. Unless you drink a LOT of liquids before bed, typically it isn’t necessary to the bathroom multiple times. Needing a drink of water is also a potential symptom as if you have apnea, you are more likely to mouth breathe (and that dries your mouth).

Skip the second one. It feels like a movie-in game filled  with cameos  and product placements. The third one is much more like the first.

For better or worse... rich people have rich lawyers... and it is basically impossible to criminally prosecute executives for harming people. Also people breaking the law never think they are getting caught. Prosecuting executives for losing the money of even richer people is probably more doable (Bernie Madoff,…

A long time ago... Netflix created a testing harness called “Chaos Monkey” that basically random shut down stuff in their cloud framework to see if handle it properly.

Like I said Wikipedia articles can be wrong or out of date, but the entry did cite a few other sources beyond that... Air Current, Seattle Times... I’m not an expert so I can’t evaluate them... but at least I’m trying to use some sort of basic citation of sources versus random opinion flinging.

Again I feel like you are trying to throw all the blame on the victims. Victims don’t have to completely perfect to be victims.

So what you are saying is that Boeing didn’t say much until AFTER the first 737 Max crashed, killing everyone on board and by then natural bureaucracy and inertia took over. However even prior…

That feels a bit like victim blaming. Boeing explicitly minimized the training required to fly the 737 Max to airlines. They intentionally avoiding tell airlines “oh btw... you really need to have your pilots read these manual updates and do simulator training before they touch this plane because if they don’t - there…

“Considering the Ethiopians were handed a play-by-play of how to save the plane and how to crash the plane”

Is he going to fly it for several hours at a time, with someone intentionally triggering a MCAS failure at random times?