It made it easy to compare energy usage of AC's, fridge's and other high consumption devices. It often did not go the way you'd expect either. Sometimes the more expensive unit was less efficient. Pity it will be sacked by the clown.

This article about his coin kind of says it all. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F05%2F0... 58 "winners", and 764,000 losers.

Funny story, I left a company I despised and had 2 offers. I tend towards stability, so took the offer from the established company, not the startup being risk averse. While taking a 2 week vacation between the two jobs, I get back and on my answering machine was a message from someone I worked with prior. The message was simple, "Welcome back". This was pre-internet days so I had no idea my old company had announced the acquisition of my new company while I was off in the mountains. I immediately called the startup, tail between my legs and the offer stood. I took it and told the other company given the new circumstances, I will not be reporting for the job. Worked out, startup did well and I probably made more money in the end. Occasionally luck finds me. But with the original poster, when I leave and its bad, I'm gone. Even had the startup not held the offer open, I'd have gone elsewhere.

Turns out this one is probably Jon Voight. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F05%2F0... I'm sure sly is on board though. Trump only has weird friends, people of a kindred spirit.

Kudo's to that sales guy/dealership.

Gov has been pretty effective. Over the decades they have managed to all but eliminate child labor, cleaned up rivers/air, cut fatal work accidents, .... How quickly we forget how LA as an example has cleaner air with more people than in the 60's as an example. Or how many rivers you can now fish in again. Or how about something as simple as a mortgage. Laws have made it much harder to trick a person. Yes it is always good to do research, but for the couple with 2 kids, a house, 2 jobs, how can they have time to research everything? You simply do not have time to do a water test every time you get water from the faucet.

Nice theory. I think the problem is

A. People need transportation, alternative is walk or ride a bike in many areas without mass transit.

B. People are very short sighted. I always use the example of airline tickets. Almost universally, people buy on price. They don't look at if United's flight has .2" more legroom than American's. Similarly, for auto's, if Toyota's is 2 grand less than the Nissan for about the same size/trim level, they get the Toyota. There has been some customer pushback on very visible stuff like heated seat and remote start subscriptions. But info stealing is not visible until too late.

C. There is already some pushback at current price points. Auto fleet if I remember right is now averaging 13 years old. That says there are many 20 year old cars on the road today because people can't afford current prices. Much like phones, the auto makers are desperate to find ways to keep/increase profitable without raising prices. Solution is pre-installed apps like phones. One of those pre-installed apps is tracking.

Wow, the quad of photos is enough to give nightmares to kids for the rest of their lives. Something out of a horror movie. I have to say, not surprised. Trump has always been more about the fluff than anything real. And as the article points out, he makes fun of the way people look. He is a child bully that always got his way and still does. Stormy discovered spanking helps. Maybe someone could put a paddle in the oval office and have Stormy swing by every morning. Someone told me the head of DoD put in a makeup booth for presser's. I guess it makes sense in this context. Like I would have cared if the DoD head did a presser before announcing some military action and looked bad. I think I'd respect them more if they looked disheveled. People could die, I'd like to think they struggled over the decision before they sent troops to a possible death.

I think it is old, very old established relations. India aligned with the soviets after WWII, and Pakistan aligned with the US because India already had the Soviets as a partner. Pakistan has been a very good partner when our interests are aligned. They helped with the Afghan war, and they helped when Russia tried to invade Afghanistan. Its complicated. But then really as we both agree international relations are complicated. It is going to be a huge problem for the US in the future after trump has burned all those relationships. Often you give a little to get a little. A concept not embraced by trump who never gives anything. Trust is lost, and may never be regained in this century, or possibly ever by the current country we call the US.

Old song, "Pave paradise and put up a parking lot", New song, "Cover hell with panels and put up a solar farm". Catchy.

Read the ZME and Tom's articles. The headline is pretty misleading. Sounds like they have made a few devices and tested them with very good results. As you say, probably out a ways time wise. To me the real headline is that China is increasing investment in research, while the US keeps cutting it. That is a problem for the future. It is the short term thinking of capitalism for next quarter's numbers that is going to be the end of the west.

Interesting, I see Latina when I see her and the dicktator normally likes blonds. I had to look though, she is from SD, so unlikely latina. So I guess she'd get a checkmark since she is not technically brown.

I think clear dmb is a trumper. I was silly to respond and feed a troll.

Well given that the most important part of the school budget is funding the football field, not really surprising. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrontofficesports.com%2F... OK, maybe TX did not take the #1 spot, but look at 2-10. Not completely surprised OH took #1.

Absolutely this. Consider a common purse snatch and what are the odds anything happens, unless LEO is motivated. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fkri... Then expect action within days. We mere mortals, not so much. I've read multiple stories of mere mortals who have tracked a stolen phone to an address and still LEO declines action.