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The Supreme Court still gets to weigh in before companies can start asking for their money back. From the decision: > The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate thro…

Personally, I'm more dismayed by this change: > Apps that haven’t been updated with Tahoe-compliant everything-fits-in-a-squircle icons are put in “squircle jail” — their non-Tahoe…

Another option is to use the temporary address change form instead of the permanent one. You can have your mail temporarily forwarded for up to a year. Permanent forwarding also on…

Your local library might offer free access to Consumer Reports -- Seattle does: https://www.spl.org/online-resources/consumer-and-diy

This drives me crazy. I have saved searches for various power tools within a few hundred mile radius. Most of what I see are duplicate posts from people cross-posting in adjacent r…

In my area, fiber and cable aren’t available. If you’re lucky, you can get 5 mbps DSL for $70+ per month. The only credible options are WISP, Starlink, and cellular. WISP is the sa…

I rented a Bolt from Hertz last December and their policy at the time was: “Return your EV at the same charge level as pick-up and pay $0. Or return your EV at any level for a $25 …

Backblaze Personal does support encryption, but it's always been incomplete. If you supply your own encryption key, it's true that Backblaze can't read your data at rest. But to re…

One nit to pick — Solidworks is owned by Dassault, a French company, but got its start at MIT and was developed in Massachusetts for many years. I’m not sure where they’re based no…

> I plan to add mechanical brakes to the reaction wheels...This enables jump-up manoeuvers which in turn enable the cube to get to its equilibrium position on its own. Looking forw…

Here, they're only 8 cents each -- not much incentive to treat them as reusable. Plus these "reusable" plastic bags are magnets for dirt and difficult to clean.

I wouldn't write off cork as insulation so easily -- fluffy insulation (fiberglass and cellulose) doesn't cover every scenario. For example, Washington State's energy code now requ…

There’s also Winnebago, which is publicly traded and owns a number of other RV and boat brands.

Confusingly, "Thou" (thousandth) and "mil" (mille, Latin for thousand) are the same thing: 0.001". Thou is definitely more common, but mil persists for film thickness, e.g. 4 mil t…

They also make the Promaster van. Between work trucks and cargo vans, I wonder whether these results (which are incidents per 1000 drivers, not incidents per mile) are skewed by co…

> IRS has an excellent electronic debit system. They actually have two! Direct Pay and EFTPS use ACH (electronic check) and are both free. Personally, there's very little anymore t…

US Mobile's "Warp 5G" (Verizon) has the same priority as Verizon's own plans as long as you're using a 5G device.

As a sole proprietor, you can open a solo 401(k) and contribute up to $66k pre-tax in 2023. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Now healthcare as an individual is another matter…

Any suggestions? I see Best Buy has some open box minis for $630 and there are plenty of 3rd party refurbs for around $500. Feels like I'd have been better off buying a brand new o…

Thanks for this. I've been using Roadtrippers, which is OK but full of intrusive ads even if you pay for the Pro subscription. Furkot looks much better.

When I’m done with a project, I’ve taken to packing up these kinds of files into a disk image. That way, I can access them if I need to, but they don’t show up in search. There’s a…

In the US, this is accurate for other clean energy incentives, but EVs get a $7500 tax credit rather than a tax deduction so the benefit doesn’t depend on tax rate. The credit is n…

I'm in WA, and my rate per kWh isn't quite that low, but the fixed "customer charge" is high enough that it ends up being about half of my total bill on average. I get that the uti…

On my iPhone, I was surprised to see I had made 20+ visits when in reality that was my first visit to fingerprint.com. It makes me feel better that my fingerprint isn't actually un…

Ford has been rapidly raising their prices (so it’s hard to keep track) but last I saw starting prices were $73k for the Rivian and $56k for the Lightning.