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In most of the USA getting around by car is mandatory. Trampolines are optional. Trampolines are one of the top avoidable causes of ER visits.

NYC even dumps their old subway cars to create coral reefs: https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-subway-cars-turning...

Though he also eliminated a lot of value for shareholders of World Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, etc

My car (from VW Group) came with Active Lane Keep. It detects when you're drifting out of your lane and steers you back into it. Sounds great in theory. Except that in the US, if y…

Bonds only give you certainty to the extent that inflation remains certain. Stocks generally rise with inflation, whereas bonds continue paying out the same nominal amount, which b…

As someone who is currently going through the diagnostic process for MCAS with a specialist: A negative Tryptase blood test doesn't mean you don't have it, it could just be that yo…

90% of EDS sufferers have the Hypermobile variant, for which there is no genetic test. At least thats what I was told by an EDS specialist a few years ago.

I requested my personal data from Lexus to see what they had on me. Not only did they store sensitive data about me, it also included personal data about 2 random Toyota owners who…

> they remain in important ways mysterious even to those of us who train them "The AI works in mysterious ways"

I've implemented PCI-DSS and have 12 years of level 1 audits behind me. I actually find their rules to be sane, pretty good security practice. Internally, we made many of the contr…

I've had SOC2 auditors choose a random commit from our GitHub history, then ask to see the associated Jira ticket, logs from the build and deployment, etc. Hard to reliably pass an…

I won't defend Biden's weak border, but I don't see any signs that he was specifically letting in people based on their political leaning while excluding others, nor were they give…

My insurance agent told me that insurers in the US generally don't cover floods at all, because its expected that your compensation will come from the government.

Not just race, but political orientation. Not all white South Africans qualify for refugee status - only Afrikaners. A group who are generally conservative and likely to vote Repub…

What if built a containment dome and then filled it with cold water?

Even if the board votes in favor, wouldn't it be tax evasion to fund a for-profit corporation using a 503(c)(3) - which is tax deductible for donors?

> a million people on mars definitely won't be achieved this century, as the place is fucking awful Mars could make for an interesting prison, though. Like the Australia of two cen…

What if the help they need is just to talk to someone without fear of consequences? If they dispatch you to an institution you could lose your job just when you need money to pay f…

I live in the US and while most of us know about the more serious crimes that often get prosecuted, there is a long tail of crimes that no single person could memorize. Over 60,000…

Its one of the few places you can be fairly sure you're chatting to people, not bots, who have no agenda to sell you anything. Of course if it ever becomes popular, that will quick…

I'm just expecting a reduction in volume, vibration, and unpleasant resonance. In any of these categories you can already find some machines are quieter than others despite compara…

I love Noctua, and just wish they'd branch out from PCs and build more types of fans. Our lives are filled with so much irritating noise from noisy fans. Air conditioners, kitchen …

Perhaps there are others in your neighborhood in the same position, who would only get into it if there were other nodes. So be the first, get your friends into it, and maybe more …

Its optional but it helps to see where nodes are on a map, and would be useful in (for example) a search & rescue operation.