Magnesium welds just fine.

Multiple factors. First, we have a habit of outsourcing non-routine public works to consultants and contractors rather than bringing that talent in-house in the US. It’s why municipal utilities run pretty well, municipal transit projects suck because the agency doesn’t know what they want, how feasible ideas are, and…

Fair enough. I credit tesla’s success as “in spite of” instead of “because of” Elon Musk. 

At that point it’ll literally cease to be a 911.  No longer rear engined = just another car.

As a motorcyclist who sometimes deals with aggressive people who can actually see me, I can tell you that the issue isn’t right wing media. It’s more people’s perception of us due to the actions of others who may give us a bad name. I’m not saying it’s OK. But I am saying that politicizing everything is getting…

Looks like they copied Lexus with the Morpho Butterfly blue.

Cool.

Now please tell us about the Clown Shoe and the X5!

Glossy primer is the worst paint trend, they made boring more shiny, huzzah. 

Make it a Clown shoe, give it the stick, and it will sell in the dozens (but I might be one of them)!

If only they made a hardtop coupe version, it might be an interesting alternative to the Cayman and Supra.

I think I’ve maybe never seen such a clear-cut example of the internet’s desire to swing contrarian than when EEAAO pulled ahead as the clear Oscar favorite. Years ago, a movie like Tar would fuckin’ sweep and it would be called “Boring” so many millions of times that the collected tweets could overflow Madison Square…

I actually took Tar’s fame to very much only be within that community, and that perhaps the classical music world is much bigger than I realized. But even so, I wouldn’t mind living in a reality where symphony conductors were huge pop culture celebs!

“Come on, it’s nearly a foot longer than a Camry”

I ended up liking Tár a lot more that I expected to, and I put off seeing it for months because I really did expect it to be a great performance inside of a dreadfully boring work. So when I finally ended up seeing it, a certain amount of information had already percolated to the point where I think I already knew…

Belief is always stronger than reality.

You know what, people are giving this a hard time, and can’t understand the power of cinema, but I get it. I do. I remember the first time a film touched me so deeply, in such a bare part of my soul, that I was moved to the point of knowing, at the core of my being, that this was no mere fictional creation; this was a…

I will grant you that it has been probably 15 years since I’ve been inside one, but the ones I’ve been to all looked like diners - register up front, counter to sit at, booths and tables next to that, with a “seat yourself” or “please wait to be seated” sign. Drive through yes, but the single register up front looked…

I’m not following -- if you’ve been to one, wouldn’t you know they had table service? 

Steak & Shake always lived in a weird dead zone between “fast-food joint” and “full-fledged restaurant”. I’m positive 95% of the people who’ve been to a Steak & Shake had absolutely no idea that they had table service.