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I don't even know if CVT is correct. Let's say it's the transmission thingy in 2003+ Toyota Highlander. The whole cars were indestructible, but the tranny impressed the most, espec…

Because like all churches, they make money from it. Anecdote: I went to a charismatic non-denominational new wave evangelical thing in Maui, for reasons I will not explain, call it…

The tables will turn on this one. It's not just frivolous, it's damagingly so. World famous album and band beloved by all tarnished by greed and frivolity. Dude will be countersued…

I've found that being a bastard in salary negotiations (pushing, not backing down, willing to walk) is the very best way to get promoted , and it should almost always be with a new…

“Owned by a central, trusted authority” made me laugh out loud. “PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, MAURICE!”

If this 665 Tw figure is a yearly estimate, they project 1.8 Tw/day for 2030. That figure includes EV. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-2030-power-use-f...

Yamaha are in late stage development of an EV electric engine said to be competitive with Tesla. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZCb06SsxI Their ebikes are swell too: https://www.y…

I agree. We used the Toyota Highlander hybrid in the winter mountains of Colorado for our taxi service. They could go everywhere a GMC 4x4 could (almost), great on fuel, and were v…

Can't stop progress.

I would starve the very construct of sequestration to start with. It's appeasement. It's “The garbage will keep coming, so let's build more landfills” pragmatism. That won't work w…

Umberto Eco once wrote that the purpose of your life is what you leave behind. I find value in this in both creating and doing nothing.

LinkedInitis. It's spreading.

Fair enough. The $1M ones are for trafficking. But $15K for weed? That's contempt. That's a Jesse Pinkman meth RV low-ball.

He could be depressed. There are things people simply can't or won't discuss at work; mental illness is one. He could have a drug or alcohol problem. Could drug test him and get hi…

Non-emergency dispatcher. It can be fun, a puzzle that changes frequently. Negative on both emergency dispatch and air traffic control. You need ASHD for those, where S = Surplus. …

But it's a perfectly good word to describe everyone.

Sophist puritanism and $1 million RVs big enough to house dozens of pot plants and Larry Ellison’s ego at the same time.

The Pivot Doctrine.

I just need a jelly donut. A lemon one. I think my blood sugar is low.

You're the one asking what he meant. Odd that you seem to be so sure when you yourself aren't sure at all. That was mostly Chomsky on quick summary, but you wouldn't be the first t…

He means the slow, grinding processes that virtually eliminated all natives in the Americas, stealing their lands and lives with phony treaties, disease, and war, leading to a most…

Logging roads in the national forest are usually fair game, unless otherwise restricted. Those intimidating signs that say “Logging Permit Required” are meant for loggers, so try n…