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Mocking it instead of being apathetic may spur someone to try and address its problems. It's worse when management tells people not to complain because it's bad for morale.

I've used and hated other internal tools - stuff like JIRA and Workday - that were just accepted as terrible and never going to improve.

> The CEC's proposal uses 2024 pricing to suggest that its new regulation could save drivers an average of $79 over the four-year lifespan of a set of tires between 2028 and 2031, and $153 over the same lifespan from 2031 onward.

Those are some incredibly minuscule savings.

If someone drives 15k miles, in a 30 mpg car, and pays $5.50 per gallon, saving $20/year is less than 1% in fuel costs.

In addition to the iPad having cheaper parts than the iPhone, the iPad reuses many of the same components for several years. The current iPad uses the same display as the previous generation iPad that was released in 2022 - three years and counting. But every single iPhone generation has changes to most of its components, and every single year has a new iPhone.

Both of these things can be true. Brakes can be the most resilient component in a car, but since they are so important, failure usually guarantees a crash.

There are numerous examples where two neighboring and unfriendly countries with a large economic imbalance hasn't resulted in war. North Korea and South Korea don't like each other, but South Korea's economic boom hasn't led to them invading North Korea. In fact, North Korea has become more belligerent over the years. Nor has China invaded Russia yet.

Both of those less successful nations have nukes.

The United States is honestly a pretty old democracy compared to other developed nations, many of whom rewrote their government systems following WW2. Most of those new nations did not adopt the presidential / tripartite system adopted by the US.

There is some research that suggests the presidential system is not particularly stable and the success of the US may be a historical anomaly.

"Always turn the lights off" makes some sense to a shop. Older cars don't have automatic headlights. The mechanics might not want to figure out which is which. If they guess wrong, the car may drain its battery and cause even more problems.

Plus, working around very bright lights, especially if the car has been elevated, can be really annoying.

Turn signals in the EU are required to be orange. It's the US which doesn't have any laws regarding their color.

https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-sign...

3-ring binders, in general, were terrible. It was very common to pick up a binder and have the papers fall out because the ring mechanism was broken and didn't close correctly. I don't think any of mine ever lasted a single school year.

Tesla is an outlier in that the car is designed only with a glass roof. It's not a hole in the existing roof panel like other cars. The lower trim Tesla Y bizarrely has a glass roof that's covered on the inside with a headliner.

That's not made by Framework, they're just reselling it.

I would have thought partnering with a hotel chain or office cleaning company would get a lot of this data faster, but those probably require a lot more paperwork and legal issues.

They mean the Lenovo laptop has a 9/10 repairability, not the Apple Neo.

The new physical robotaxis are cheaper. The cost of the rides may not be any different.

School is a bit unique in that students are not competing with only their classmates, but for college admissions they are competing with virtually everyone else graduating that year. So students have no idea what the average will be. You can be the best graduating student of your class and still get rejected from colleges, because there are other students who are coming from other high schools with a better academic reputation, have better extra-curricular activities, or have better connections.

Staying dry (from the elements) is a lot less important. Once you start moving, the lack of breathability in any waterproof jacket means that you'll be soaking wet from your own sweat.

People over-emphasize the staying dry part, not understanding that the point of staying dry is usually to stay warm. If it's hot outside, staying dry is not that important.

Most regular users do everything via the web, where there is little difference between the OSes. Gaming is the only thing that comes to mind where regular users notice a dramatic difference.

I was super cool for a week when other students saw I had a three-hole punch that fit into a three ring binder.

Citizens have a very different opinion on speed cameras than Flock. Despite them being very similar in terms of technology.

I am agreeing with you - the funding gap is one of the causes for under-performance.

Both models of the Steam Deck are sold out at the new price, so Valve isn't the only one taking the crazy pills.

Edit: looks like the 1TB model went back in stock

California had below average (for US states) school funding per student until recently: https://edsource.org/2026/california-education-funding-rise/...

At times, it was ranked second-worst.

I would argue that with California's high cost of living, "average" funding in California is still low relatively speaking.

Something seems wrong with the numbers in this article.

> “I did some rough math and this might save me like $30 to $50 a month,” Curtis said.

This is the $400 (now $500) balcony solar kit from Bright Saver - it's only 180W: https://www.brightsaver.org/product-page/flex180

From https://www.thegreenwatt.com/peak-sun-hours-calculator/, peak sun hours in California is roughly 6.

If we multiply these numbers together we get about 1080Wh, which is about 1kWh. Electricity rates vary depending on plan, time of day, and baseline usage, but let's assume it's $0.50 per kWH which is on the very high end.

This is only $15/month. But it's balcony solar, which means that the panel is cannot be mounted on the roof, and it's going to be blocked by the very building that it's mounted to, as well as trees and other buildings. So probably a lot less than $15.

I think my last Macbook was Wisconsin-locale instead of California. Closing the lid and putting it to sleep actually caused it to heat up (until the battery died).

The US doesn't even use the Wedgetail, and has cancelled and then un-cancelled it:

https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/pentagon-e-7-wedgetail-...

How much of the decrease is due to those dangerous jobs being outsourced to other countries, and the US becoming a service economy with office jobs?

How much of the decrease is due to safety organizations like OSHA that are currently being dismantled under the guise that safety is uneconomic?

For the same reason, the Toyota Prius was uniquely styled and ugly - until all the early adopters moved to EVs and sales fell. The most recent model is intended for a mainstream audience and is conventionally styled like a hot hatch.

$30k (new in 2019) for an EV with a 125 mile range and 134 hp doesn't sound remotely competitive.

Other than "mismanagement of the property", most of these exposures apply to non-condos as well.