All good stuff, but one other note. All of those different things that different women want? Sometimes the same woman wants different things on different days (and sometimes different things on the same day). It all boils down to this mantra: Communication is sexy.

My Kia PHEV and my Kia EV both came with a Level 1 charger, but ain’t nobody got time for that. My PHEV could charge overnight (25 miles of EV range), but my EV would take like 32 hours to charge at that rate. I upgraded to Level 2.

As an occasional gamer (“thanks” adult responsibilities), I’ve been in the console-only gamer camp for a while. I don’t have to worry about riding the PC upgrade train.

It cost me about $300ish to have an electrician add a 50-amp plug in my garage (minimal run because it’s right next to the breaker panel). Then, the charging cable cost me another $300. When you buy the cable, get as high of an amp as you can. Your car will only draw what it can use, but it will future proof you. My…

You don’t get to be the billionaire next door by splurging on pricey things like “shipping”.  

There’s also some MILF Bachelorette show starting. [I suspect it won’t last long.....but I don’t really seem to have the pulse of what constitutes “good” reality TV....] https://ew.com/tv/milf-manor-contestants-tlc/

Regardless of the opening box office, she still got paid......probably the highest paid person on that movie because she had name recognition. Even if she was to be paid on the profits, there’s still some sort of base salary.

Just set the laws such that not providing the data means that Tesla takes full liability.  And if they provide the data and FSD is found to be at fault, give them limited liability (i.e. caps on damages).  Make it in their best interest and they’ll comply.

But an EV has an easy out.......just find more places to cram some batteries......increases range (selling point!) and allows you to hit an arbitrary weight target.

A couple of years ago, I bought a Kia Niro EV.  Sticker was around $42k (negotiated price was more like $37).  If the incentive hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have bought the car.

I live in the south, I’ve never bothered to switch the fan direction because it’s going to be in reverse for such a short period. I had the A/C running yesterday. We’ll have another three, maybe four, weeks of cold weather before spring......and not all contiguous.  

Why is Gizmodo pushing all of these class action suits lately?  The only thing they do is to make the lawyers rich.  The members of the class get pennies while the lawyers make hundreds of thousands and/or millions.  And the companies that settle get to claim that they did nothing wrong --- so nothing changes.

Maybe that’s my excuse for finally quitting......I mean, Kinja has sucked since it was forced on us.  The old system was better.  Maybe it will be a sign.

Isn’t a more general version of that (which applies even when not negotiating a salary) is that if the price of the deal isn’t going the direction you want, change the deal? Meaning, if you are trying to buy a house and they won’t budge on price, ask for them to cover some of the closing costs or include the dining…

I can confirm that a lot of smaller companies look at these as opportunities. They don’t normally attract “top tier” talent and so they muddle along with “lesser” (they really aren’t lesser, just not as driven by “flash” or “cash” and like the slower pace / lower stress environments).....but when the top tech…

I just buy the cans of pure oil sprays.

I remember when we had to coat and flour a pan before we baked a cake.......in my case, I would take a stick of butter and use it like a marker to “color” the pan.

My dad had a couple of Craftsman box wrenches that he cut in half to be able to use it in some tight spot.  Took it to Sears and replaced it when he was done.  Just needed both halves (so you couldn’t get two wrenches).

I wonder what Jezebel thought of Mary Carey and her run for CA governor.  https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/ex-porn-star-mary-carey-running-for-california-gov-report/

So......as a sex worker, how much did he get paid to star in the video? If he funded the video and didn’t get paid, isn’t that just solicitation? I’m not saying that solicitation should be criminal (regulated for safety, but not criminal), but currently illegal in New York, I believe.