It is a wonderful transformation that younger people will never be able to appreciate, but of course there are dark sides. We did also lose valuable qualities related to socialization, imagination, physical activity, attention span

We used t have “progressive” income taxes where higher income paid more, but tax breaks have largely gone to the wealthy over the last half century. While we still have tax brackets, they top off much lower than they used to. More importantly we have a really complex tax code, where some people are able to use loopholes and exceptions, such that many wealthy people pay at a lower rate. Were effectively a “regressive” tax code now

Hey, anecdotal, but you might not have to … the one time I succeeded in losing wait, they encouraged me to eat breakfast and it did seem to help. Without breakfast, my metabolism was slower - mornings were miserable. With breakfast, I became much more of a morning person, plus better at moderating lunch or snacks. While it’s easier to limit calories by reducing the number of meals, some of us are more successful sticking with regular meals and trying to reduce them… Of course I eat breakfast now also, when I’m no longer fit

I don’t have any dtata, but my manager is from China, and that’s what she always claimed. It’s not easy to emigrate from China, it’s not easy to pursue US immigration and naturalization, so there is a strong selection bias. Not necessarily smartest, but definitely the most driven people

I see that was added to the conversation: so weird to have opposite terminology. I’ve always heard “tags” refer to the plates, never the registration sticker

I know it’s fashionable to hate Apple here, but switching from android to iPhone was the best decision Ive made. They just work. All of them. As a software guy, I spend my time making computers do stuff, so my phone needs to just work

Currently iPhone 15 Pro.

I replace every 2-4 years so I can give it to my kids another 2-4 years

• iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone X
• iPhone 6+?
• iPhone 5?

They also are welcome to whatever beliefs they have.

The flaw is ignoring the separation of church and state, the lack of an official religion, the intentional non-religious start of the founders, the judicial history of protection of beliefs

My speculation is based on who hands them out.

• states I’m familiar with do not show county. Plates are handed out by a DMV/RMV, which is a state agency
• for those states that show county, are the plates handed out by a county level agency?

Cars should have both, so they can be uniquely identified both coming and going.

For example when you run over a road pedestrian by not stopping for a red light, as he sees you coming and jumps out of the way he might see your plate, whereas once you’ve run over him, cracked his hips and given him a concussion he may not be able to read your rear plate

A big chunk of the infrastructure spending for rail was to identify “corridors” to focus improvements, and start planning for them. It’s hopeful that Ohio has two such identified corridors for rail improvements l, but frustrating that it’s only to start planning. Maybe four years from now there will be a plan that can be invested in

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corridor_Identification_and_Development_Program

I don’t generally buy that but Amazon lists coffee at half that price

Price of gas is high now? I hadn’t heard that complaint and the price has been going down.

Sure enough, I see a spike two years ago when the sanctions hit after Russia invaded Ukraine but it quickly got back to near normal and stayed that way or trended down. I guess the new plateaus is higher than four years ago but not by much, not recently, nor is there an upward trend.

I need this so much

In other news, NHTSA with the help of major manufacturers has determined the typical height of a ten year old is eight feet tall. Personal vehicles will be mandated to be able to see people of this height over the hood

No stilts and helmets, that would be silly. The regulations require jumping up and down like a frog to stay visible, but also you’re entirely responsible to crossy the road while cars and trucks continue at speed

The best cut changes seasonally

• cut medium in the spring to better control it in fast growth
• cut long in the summer to hold more moisture and choke out weeds, to better handle dry season
• cut short in fall, to help it green up faster in the Spring, reduce thatch, and make it easier to keep clean of debris over winter

Once grass is hibernating, it’s not like cutting it short inhibits anything: that part of the grass isn’t coming back to life

More bad driving practices in the US, that became worse as people forgot how to drive over pandemic ….

• we allow “right turn on red”, but everyone seems to have forgotten “after coming to a complete stop”. So many times they don’t even slow down, and yes I’ve almost gotten hit like that several times
• many drivers stop across the crosswalk or ahead of the stop line. Even if people stop, they could have already run over a pedestrian. So many times I’ve had to choose whether to walk out into the intersection, or behind the car blocking my right of way.
• then there’s the ”suicide lane”, where even though a car sees you and stops, that doesn’t mean the next lane will. What happens when you’re partway across and no one else stops?
• and the ever more popular running a red light. Just yesterday, I slowed to an easy stop at an already red light and two cars behind me pulled around to go through.

It is a law. Trump signed it in his first term.

Penalties include

• no transition funding
• no early read-ins to get up to speed

Apparently they don’t care. Congress could probably do something but Senator Warren is shouting into a void

Edit: if you don’t sign an ethics statement promising not to accept bribes donations from unethical sources presenting a strong appearance of conflict of interest, your penalty is you get to accept bribes them

Are not most other outlets required to be afci?

• Gfci protects “wet” areas where you might accidentally short yourself to ground, to save your life
• afci protects against arcs in the circuit, such as cut insulation, or a wire getting hit by a nail, generally to prevent a fire

Maximum power cord lengths are in the NEC. Regardless of the original motivation, now it’s in the electrical code (US)