I have an Anker Powercore 10400 that looks just like that. Hopefully whatever the problem is doesn't extend to that one as well....

One thing that AI is fantastic at is parting investors with their cash.

I live near a very large bat hibernaculum in an abandoned mine, and the effect they have is dramatic. There are a lot of bats flying around at night, which some people do not like but they do not bother me. And we have very, very few mosquitoes. Drive 20 miles out in any direction and the mosquitoes are much worse.

I would expect that the oldest and best paid are also the most experienced, and presumably the hardest to replace with AI. The first to go likely will be entry-level employees.

I'm the same way, I pay MLB for their TV service and it works well because the team I mostly follow is out of market. However, they keep jacking up the price and removing games from the package to give to the streamers, so it's value is quickly falling for me.

Protip: If you join MLBPAA (players alumni association), you can get a 50% discount. Not the first year, though.

Maybe. But I doubt Cook wants to go to war with Trump. Just delay... promise... delay again..... whoops, so busy.... etc

He may very well have decided that he has the luxury (both in time and money) of simply waiting until Trump is gone.

It's fine. I'm going to estimate the amount of my spending that is going towards tariffs and write that off on my federal taxes because it's double taxation. The IRS is so short-staffed, there's slim to no chance I'll be questioned on it.

Wall Street actually has coined a term, TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out. Every time he announces a new tariff, wait a few days and it'll be postponed or walked back.

The First Law of Holes: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Not if I move north!

At least they won't be canceled mid-plotline.....

I guess if you live in town, the only real answer if you enjoy horticulture is going to be to fence in your property. It's too bad, I'm not a big fan of fences.

Holy shit, do I feel your pain. It's ridiculous here as well in Michigan. It didn't used to be this way. And there's not a lot you can do about it. You firearms cannot be legally used within city limits. Predators stay out of town. Poison is illegal. They do a crossbow hunt every fall, but it only takes a few dozen deer, not enough to make any real difference. I cannot have plants outside anymore, everything seems to be fair game.

A couple of things you didn't mention is that my yard is now a minefield of deer droppings, which is gross in and of itself, but also for some reason dogs seems to like to eat them (my dad used to call them 'deer candy'). And there are a lot of car-deer collisions in town now, which is less severe than on the highway, but it's bad enough. Especially considering how expensive car repairs are these days.

Someone really needs to figure this out.

I assume no dividends, no voting rights? I'll pass.