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Americans "want" big SUVs because they're cheaper than mid-sized sedans. Unfortunately, they pollute more and they're less safe. The SUV protectionism of import tariffs, safety exc…

Meanwhile, in Florida: the beef protection racket bans it. Recall what happened to Oprah in 1996 when she dared to express an opinion about beef during the global mad cow scare.[0]…

Should sell mostly prints but some originals on Etsy.

It's "nerd-sniping bait" needs a more succinct metaphor. "Nerdbait"?

FC and Slashdot. There was a lot less traffic in the Bay Area in 2002 than 2000, and it was easier to find parking in downtown Palo Alto, but the eBay parking lot on Hamilton Place…

When precision composite or aluminum parts don't fit, just jump up-and-down on them until they do. Record on paperwork as "everything fit perfectly". A little lost durability or st…

Nice. How I recreate a taste of my distant Kurdish friends' fast casual Mediterranean restaurant at home: Turkish tea: Çaykur Rize Cayi tea, double pot, Turkish tea glasses, and su…

It's all well-and-good to know about local cuisine, but sourcing them affordably and easily in other areas of the world is the key gotcha. Middle America has greatly improved over …

Better security theater through marketing.

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Balsamic vinegar (TBV, TBVM, TBVRE), olive oil, maple syrup, wasabi, and more are all ripe (pun intended) for counterfeiting and deceptive marketing of inferior products. This is w…

Apartheid South Africa also tried to ban news media. It's a sign of extreme desperation and signals political vulnerability. Hopefully, Israel will get elections soon, and center- …

Pretty much the Saudi sphere of influence in a nutshell. Parts of the maintained colonial vestiges within proper China are also equally absurd in splendor: marble from floor-to-cei…

Interesting read: The relationship between blood groups and disease - Blood (2010) https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/115/23/4635/27755/...

An inevitable conclusion of extreme corporate profiteering and reckless and absurd inequality: a populace too poor to afford to pay into the consumption Pyramid Scheme. The skewed,…

It's rampant on eBay where there are copied titles/licenses being sold and what appear to be copied physical media too. And eBay doesn't do anything about it. Examples of illicit d…

I remember those. 4-sided either rounded bulbs or paddles that blended into the central hub. The disadvantage is that they require fine motor control and so aren't accessible to al…

Pretty much. Social media and related encourage cyberdisinhibitionism and tyranny through extremism including drama, fascistic policies, and a fundamental lack of compromise or ben…

While it's cute, it's a small business not a startup and still a gimmick that doesn't solve the problem that coffee is a commodity and so the business is fundamentally not defensib…

The style of toilet matters in the US. The problem is that the cheapest toilets tend to also meet all sorts of greenwashing (no pun intended) certifications while being unreliable,…

Is there a particularly favored and useful bank or CC that doesn't obstruct online gambling?

There is a cannabis dispensary here offering delta-8 and -9 THC products (legal in Texas because they derive from hemp) takes credit cards. Perhaps they are too small to matter whi…

Embrace (or acquire). Extend (optional). Extinguish.

Everywhere except the SF Bay Area, Santa Cruz, Malibu, Boca Raton, and Maui. I think it's simply a communication and logistics problem to match people from other areas to empty hom…

doas exists but isn't universally available but already solves this problem. sudo has too many features and permits excessive configuration, but it also has the convenience of ubiq…