NFS: Porsche Unleashed was one of the most disappointing video games of my childhood. I remember the night I bought it with a friend and planned on playing it all night (12 y/o me was a lot more dedicated than current-day me). It was so bad, within an hour or two we went back to the amazing NFS: Hot Pursuit III. Hot…

Now the election results can be broadcast in real time— 100% of districts reporting, with President Berdimuhamedow taking 99% of the popular vote!!

Fair enough. Besides, I typically make it a point to not disagree with Pat Bateman’s.

I hold jalopnik in higher esteem than most of the other gawker sites, but it’s posts like this that remind me of whose umbrella jalopnik falls under. ;)

“The more we learn about the cosmic turf wars playing themselves out all around us, the more grateful I am that our little solar system hasn’t been caught in the crossfire yet. Kinda puts your problems in perspective.”

You’re more likely to encounter this stuff while on any gawker site than you are while on twitter.

I have the m3. I love it. I took it on a recent trip, and used it constantly. I could fit it very easily into a small pocket in my coat, or if need be could squeeze it into my pants pocket (as a male). I’m not really into photography, I merely dabble, but I’ve very much enjoyed it. I was tempted by the a6000 on…

I have the m3. I love it. I took it on a recent trip, and used it constantly. I could fit it very easily into a…

I think there’s an important distinction to be made in that perhaps societies were indeed more barbaric years ago (both decades and millennia ago), but I don’t think people were. They were, in general, merely products of the barbarism of their time.

How about any car that isn’t autonomous?

The first two units you mentioned are actual logical units. They might be arbitrary themselves, but they correspond to the thing you care about (volume and distance, respectively). The wattage of a bulb does not (in general). I’m saying, let’s shed this meaningless unit now, and have one we’ll be able to use…

I feel like as long as we keep “watt equivalent” around, lumens will never really stick (in the consumer lightbulb market). But of course, I can see why Philips and their competitors would insist on keeping the watt equivalent, as customers would just buy a bulb that has it listed.

Of course, and a paperclip for an attachment, and so on and so forth. But those icons exist in the absence of a readily available, more easily understood icon. We already have a much better answer for describing the brightness of a lightbulb, and it’s called lumens.

Yes, but I’m just imagining that in 50 years we’ll still be using “watt equivalent” when that doesn’t really have any relatable meaning anymore. Might as well just pull the band-aid off now, while we’re in the processing of converting technologies!

Can we please please please just switch to lumens for sizing lightbulbs? And then, if you happen to want to know the incandescent equivalent, you can look it up in a table.

I’m not saying that his motives were pure, I’m just saying I think it’s immaterial as to whether he recommends this fitness tracker or that. But either way, I’m certainly not going to expend any (more?) effort trying to defend him!

Eh. I doubt that which fitness tracker you’re using is particularly important to your health. If an apple watch is going to help you improve your activity levels, I’m willing to wager that so would a fitbit, or sony whatever whatever.

Here you go:

I feel like Boston is so high because it’s so small.

I find it very comfortable, but the two things I would pay attention to are how loud it is at 80mph+ (quite loud), and how well you fit in the seat. If my ribcage were just a little bit bigger, it would be quite uncomfortable. Instead, it’s perfect.

Sorry, I had the net in mind on account of the trapeze imagery. The maximum acceleration of the Falcon 9 when launching is actually only about 5 g’s, which is much much less than the acceleration it would experience when contacting a net, or the ground. And again, the majority of that acceleration is in axial…