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In one fell swoop, Fender destroyed every bit of musician goodwill they had. For right or for wrong (and I think for wrong), their claims are baseless. I wish them (and their PE ov…

Feel like it's burying the lede a bit to not mention that Broadcom acquired Computer Associates and said "hold my beer".

I never thought the HP of today would do this. 20+ years ago, I was first enamored by a 16C a much older coworker owned. Sometime after that, I bought one on eBay for around $100 (…

It's simply not for you then. That's okay. I'm the opposite. I can't use a non-RPN calculator. Getting the numbers out of my head and onto the stack is how I achieve clarity in wha…

Steve Sando, the founder/owner of Rancho Gordo, has been on the podcast ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooking-issues-with-da... ) hosted by the author of this article (Da…

If you are unfamiliar with the author, Dave Arnold is a former instructor at the French Culinary Institute, a bar owner/operator in NYC (Booker & Dax (closed), Existing Conditions …

My delivered cost of electricity went up about 50% per kWh in the last few months and is therefore 3x what you mention and likely only going higher. [AI driven] data center power c…

Sun Rays were so good. Being able to walk over to someone else's desk and say "hey, take a look at this" and swap your card for theirs and instantly have your desktop was such a gr…

Here is a great analysis of God Only Knows from the podcast “Strong Songs”: https://strongsongspodcast.com/blogs/episodes/god-only-knows...

> Importantly, it also plays Weather Channel-esque background music. Which has its own sort of funny subculture. One is Phish fans unexpectedly hearing what was decidedly not publi…

Maybe it's me, but I think in the worse case scenario (criminal liability), a jury will be more sympathetic to a person (acting in good faith) that had an issue because of the car …

> For example, it would be pretty difficult to produce vacuum tubes now. Vacuum tubes are still made. They’re used extensively in instrument amplification. But I think this bolster…

What particular drivers are you referring to? NFS is natively supported in MacOS...

> Exceptions are reasonable. If there were an actual strategy, exceptions would have been clear from the start.

Can someone please explain the flag? Given the amount of stupid things that end up on this site, this is asinine.

> I personally took a cab from Newark to Laguardia I don't understand why anyone would ever attempt to do this. Was it truly the only option?

I feel like this whole thing buries the lede a bit. Yes, turns out running overlay/VPN type things disrupts traffic patterns. This is a non-story. But we're talking about using wir…

It's interesting how major airlines competing with them has made things worse for everyone. I have many times seen passengers ignorant about what "basic economy" means (or at least…

I have wood spoons that go in the dishwasher multiple times per week for years and they're fine. It's why I like wood. You don't need to baby it, and if it breaks down, you throw i…

> but I also hate the hesitation on uncontrolled left-hand turns in particular. Seems dangerous. Bingo. This is exactly where it scares me, particularly when I'm already in an inte…

> For all the zillion things I can configure in my Honda Passport, I can apparently not turn that annoying feature off. Here you go: https://www.idlestopper.com/ Sad that this is w…

There is already an argument that says "let's stop pulling stuff out of the ground purely to burn" and instead use renewable resources. That's a difficult enough argument that lots…

> Because in the real world burning plastic for energy reduces CO2 emissions. Compared to what? Over what period? Consider this at the extremes. Instead of investing in any photovo…

> That should say "reducing carbon emissions", not adding. Burning plastic for energy is a net reduction in CO2 emission. Not sure I understand that math. You have plastic. You bur…

Citation needed?