This is not the problem with the article though. The real problem is that Lifehacker is not the place for such articles, which do not provide any useful information, but present an opinion only.

Why does the kinda gross one still exist?

completely different than one another.

Soda sommeliers do exist, and I’m sure I would appreciate the services if I visited a place where one were available.

neither diet coke or coke zero taste anything like regular coca-cola

It is a fact that the two drinks taste slightly different. It is my opinion that this difference is not large enough to justify the marketing and that the side by side existence of the two brands is silly.

An old-fashioned mechanical cruise control which you set with a dial and not just a button for the current speed might have been even better. Jump out at low speed with the dial set to full throttle, and watch the car accelerate away until/unless someone can tap the brakes.

What? They only tried to rape her!

Full disclosure: I actually really like Scions.

USA uses a single phase live + ground for 110V. Getting 220v in the US if not already available means re-wiring.

235/40R19 tires

people shooting themselves (deliberately or by mistake) with their own guns or their family members

Cool story, bro. Unfortunately, it doesn’t pan out. How would anyone know he was woken up with a baseball bat to the face if he was then tied up and burned alive?

With the exception of dangerous wildlife - for which rifles and shotguns are generally preferable anyway - defense against an armed attacker is the only practical reason for a civilian owning ANY handgun.

You do realize that maps of the insides of houses are already public knowledge in the US, right?

Whether it’s sold or shared only matter to Roomba shareholders. To the end-user, the result is the same.

Jobs? Nationally the unemployment rate stands at 4.3 percent—with all-time record lows in many states.

I’m starting to doubt evolution, too. We have fucking cave people alive and trying to destroy science.

Seems fair to me. The electric companies have to pay for using the grid. So why shouldn’t a small electric company also pay? It’s not like they’re losing money - they get paid for the electricity they put in, less the charges for using the grid. If they don’t like that, nobody is forcing them to sell their surplus…

Still more purple than blue, no matter the name.