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Lay off the caffeine. Depression has a defined meaning, and we aren’t there. Yet.

The current economy, while certainly in a precarious state, does not meet any accepted definition of “depression”.  No matter how pissed you are about it.  You’re simply wrong.

Today, California ruled that Uber and Lyft must stop pretending that their drivers are independent contractors and start treating them for what they are: employees.

Technically he is right, we aren’t yet in a depression. Unemployment is very high, and GDP did nosedive off a cliff, but most commonly definitions require a recession to last a few years before labeling it a depression. So far we are only 2 quarters into this so it is still defined as a recession. We might still get…

I have no idea why companies think -iq is a great name for an electric car

This was okay, but not quite good enough for The Onion I guess. Since it had something to do with vehicles, it got dumped on Jalopnik.

Nope. Whatever flag is flying off the stern broadly governs the configuration and operation of the vessel regardless of where it’s located. U.S. flagged vessels come under U.S. maritime regulations.

You mean border security is important? Who knew?

US labor market is too high for manufacturing of basic staples and low priced goods. I’m not sure what “competent energy policy” you are referring to but energy is sold on international market so the cost is the same for any country, besides nations that produce and subsidize oil.

Neutral: For almost any purchase, all else being equal (quality/price), I would choose a product from a democratic country virtually every time. Secondarily, I’ll choose a product from a smaller, developing country before China every time.

I will tell you exactly why. FaceApp never reached the critical popularity or market penetration of TikTok. The hubub around it pretty much ruined its rise though, but the Chinese sure know how to build a social network from scratch and get foolish teens to use it wantonly.

I work for a cybersecurity firm, and let me tell you, you and your kids do NOT want TikTok on your phones any more than you want Facebook there. You would be wise to cover all front-facing cameras on your devices.

Seems like the situation is resolved now.

They’ll all be David Tracy editions, beginning around 2050.

GX470. Easy to find them in budget, a land cruiser in lipstick for toughness and the air springs in the rear and adaptable dampers make short work of nasty roads.

The nice thing about Anchorage is that it’s so close to Alaska. 

Located in Houston $15,000

The answer is alway Unimog. Plus you can just live in it and add the house payment to make budget. 

I’m sure the aftermarket is already preparing some tonneau covers to butch this truck up.