Maybe, maybe not. Collectors paying that kind of money have "people" to watch for auctions like the one this guy won. If those collectors really wanted it, they would have won the auction.

not sure they still do it, but HS chem in the 70's would always take some sodium stored in oil and drop a tiny bit into water. Reactive is an understatement. I imagine lithium would make even better fireworks.

I know in TX it is scheduled spring/fall. Oddly at the same time as energy use is at a minimum. I imagine other areas do the same. You can plan for refuel/maint.

Ah, yes, I read it wrong. 45 days isn't crazy long if you go on a long vacation as an example. Worse, if you were planning on being gone that long, you might turn off telemetry so the battery doesn't run dead. I still would like the "deal" to be symmetrical though. gm screws my car, gm bought it back full price. And I'd apply the rule to any car maker since OTA is common now. If I take it to the dealer for service and they bork it, they are on the hook to fix it. Why not OTA if they brick it?

Nah they should have done an AI session with each person fired. The AI could comfort and console the person. Now that would be modernly cold and callous. Essentially the person's replacement would be firing them.

The warranty is voided, they don't turn off your car. That said, let's reverse it. If the OTA borks the car, is gm going to refund the purchase price?

Ah I see you saw the story about the BLS commissioner getting canned for reporting bad numbers.

A list of creators and contributors, not a mention of any sort of managers. The closest thing to management is 'Management Analysis".

Interesting.

The latest craze is trump shooting the messenger. He did not like the jobs report. Answer, fire the BLS commish. I imagine everyone in the gov got the message. Fudge the numbers to make orange man happy.

And what is really sad is that the whole point of defunding the IRS was so the overly complex tax system that the wealthy use made it easier for the wealthy to evade what little legally owed. Because now the completely understaffed IRS accountants are overwhelmed with the rich accountant tricks, some of which were not legal.

I actually do this, except I do use their fill in forms and print it out with the numbers in. Just easier for me. If you have to change a number, you can change it in the form without having to start over with a new blank form. My taxes are outside the scope of what was free filing.

Agree, as the old saying goes, without physical security you have no security. I'd view the bank's internal network as I would the vault. It should be locked down. In today's world "bits" are money. You wouldn't leave the vault open. You wouldn't let employees take their break/lunch in there. Every machine on that network should be accounted for. Every packet on that network better come from one of those machines. Any foreign packets, sirens go off. Every machine on that network should not be allowed external access. If employees want to watch cat videos, they can do so on the bank guest network on their phone. It's a bank for gods sake.

"I don't care about Direct File. I care about direct audit for poor people", Fixed your quote for you Bill.

To me the real thing that has been screwed is the loss of de minimus more than the tariff. I'd happily pay even 100% tariff on JL stuff, its the time factor. Going from less than 2 weeks to possibly months while you wait for a customs guy to get to it. Because well, we are going to cut the budget of customs too.

If you are using a 15 dollar op amp, then you will drop the coin for the tariff. 549 is fairly specialized high end opamp. Now if you're a biz making a small batch of 100 units, that's going to smart. You'll pass it on to your customer who may or may not accept the price increase.