As a phone it is brilliant. As a peripheral it is idiotic and worthless.

I think it is one of the strengths of the genre! Yes, it is somewhat dated, but the whole idea isn’t “hard sci-fi” representations of probable futures, but something closer to alternate timelines. It adds an instant suspension of certain realities that frees up story time for characters and exposition.
I love the…

The Gub’mint KNOWS that I think better in temperate weather, so after a mild spring when my mind is starting to work better and I am close to piecing together all their nefarious deeds, what do they do? BAM! For about 4 months they use Directed Energy Weapons to heat things up around me so I can’t think straight!…

This is an idiotic complaint. As if your “lost hour” will be felt for generations sitting around pining for their schedules to go back to normal.
Who cares which way it goes permanent, as long the switching back and forth stops. Everyone should adopt this. Good for you CA!

I used to have a rule that I would switch from driving to flying at about 300 miles. That is about 5 hours of driving, and when you add the time of airport lines, etc, it is usually about the same either way. Farther than that it is quicker to fly.
But then, after all the headaches they added: extra lines, extra time,…

I’m fine with VW being evil (let’s face it, they all are. Maybe Tesla is ok?), but isn’t maintenance and repair prohibitively expensive? Same goes for the mini countryman w/ manual. And the outback is huge and slow, now.
Sliiiiim pickens, indeed.
Japan and europe are full of great manual wagons. Come on, Murika!!

So ONE camera “allegedly” malfunctions and all cameras are instantly removed, yet dozens of officers murder thousands of civilians each year, and “there really anything that can be done....”

I am terribly disappointed in myself, who read this three times before the subtleties sunk in, but I am very impressed with you now that your subtleties have finally penetrated me.

Anybody have any examples of the stuff in question? What did he say that was disapproved of? Surely they didn’t fire him because people responded negatively, it had to be something he was saying, right?

7 is dumb. Especially since (I’ll be dollars to donuts) the final gear is probably geared the same ratio as a 5 speed: to go 55mph at 2200rpm (AKA - useless in actual highway driving after 1982).
Somebody at Jalopnik wrote an article about that about 6 months ago (apologies no link). The best number of gears is 5.

This is one of the weakest complaints I have heard. Is this really where we are at, as consumers? Seems like whining that the tread pattern on your car “ruins the aesthetic” of the driving experience. Or that a phone design is “a disaster” because of a 1mm bezel.
The Switch is a great console that works great. Who…

I never understood how/why I am supposed to be so very appreciative of being paid to do my job when my job produces $2,000,000 of gross income for the company and they give me $50,000 as compensation.
That sounds, to me, like they are getting the better end there.

People realize it doesn’t make any sense to post your “private” and “personal” pictures to the public internet and then complain that someone else is using the information you published publicly, right?
I mean, I get that it is creepy and yes, technically it is wrong, but it is also predictable behavior for marketable…

Thank you for posting this. I have been putting off the season for exactly the reasons you say: the first season was tedious! But I want to stay up with it because the other 2.5/4 Defenders’ series are so good!
(I’m watching Dragon Prince instead, it’s pretty good)

White base, black, gray, red trim ... just looks great.
An oddball car can be appealing, but most of ‘em look like crap. Let’s keep it white-black-gray-red classy, people, don’t hate.

If we are getting rid of the 3.5mm jack, which has been reliable and ubiquitous for 100 years, there should be a good reason! And I don’t see one. I still have holes in my phone (USB), why not magnetic/wireless? I still have big bumps in the form factor (camera), so don’t BS me it is “size.”
This is a blatant cash grab…

Occam’s razor - it is meth. This is New Mexico, it is some sort of meth house.

You know, I honestly don’t understand why there is such resistance to innovative door hinge designs. Somebody started a rumor that you can trap people in their Deloreans if you park close and the general public just ate it up and wont let go 40 years later. The open-radius is actually SMALLER than a regular door AND…

We can’t “cryogenically” freeze and revive a STEAK. It is Wendy’s whole marketing strategy, stuff that is frozen is detectably altered, even by fast food idiots. Why would anyone assume it could work with humans?
(water’s unique density curve by temperature combined with cell-wall flexibility with age is the biggest…