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maxerickson··on ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair
Jimmy Kimmel didn't celebrate a murder. He criticized the cynical exploitation of a murder.
maxerickson··on Bringing fully autonomous rides to Nashville, in partnership with Lyft
They have to follow SEC rules about disclosing it.
maxerickson··on Wind turbine blade transportation challenges
The energy content of the max fuel load of a 747 is something like 2.5 gWh. The specifics of the site matter an awful in how fast that pays back.

So like if the extra generation were 1 megawatt with a capacity factor of 30%, you are looking at 7500 hours, less than a year, to yield that much energy.

That's a lot of assumptions, but the delivery flights probably average less fuel than that, and one of the benefits of size is that the capacity factor goes up.

maxerickson··on Will I run Boston 2026?
The slider adjusts the number allowed to run (apparently the pool of time qualified candidates can be assumed to be larger than the max value of the slider).
maxerickson··on Donald Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
We can call it stupid without waiting for the court.

If the court rules in his favor, we can call that stupid too.

Like does it really claim that giving Burnett credit for the Apprentice harms Trump's reputation? Stupid.

maxerickson··on Imperial Tyranny, Korean Humiliation
Yes. If the issue is the visas, revoke them, inform them, tell them to leave.

If they ignore you like 3 times, maybe escort them to a flight.

maxerickson··on USB-A isn't going anywhere, so stop removing the port
This is not responsive to the context (which is about what ports ship on mass market devices).
maxerickson··on Amish men live longer
Industrial pasteurization is going to be far more controlled than whatever you bodge together in your kitchen or garage.

Do you think that profit mongers are going to waste energy and time overcooking it?

maxerickson··on Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination
You think that writing messages on the casings is obviously coherent?
maxerickson··on Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination
Why do you think the killer had to have a coherent motive?
maxerickson··on Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"
How is 72 hours of rice going to matter?
maxerickson··on Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"
3 days isn't very long, it's reasonable to look at this as a generic resiliency thing rather than response to some identifiable risk.
maxerickson··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Jamelle Bouie wrote a piece about this, published this morning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/opinion/lincoln-schmitt-t...

maxerickson··on Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
I suppose it is because Florida has a lot of modern development, but the number of disconnected subdivisions there is relatively extreme. In much of the US you can easily walk to the thing you can see.
maxerickson··on ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phones
Begs the question.
maxerickson··on Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014)
Also, maps apps have speedtrap warnings.
maxerickson··on Electric bill may be paying for big data centers' energy use
Why would nuclear plants mostly be running below capacity?
maxerickson··on US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality
Is there a statutory requirement that the consular officer that conducts the interview make a decision without input from other people?

Like it seems hilariously backwards in your example that the cheaters were able to make an end run around the system you praise, when it would be easy to have someone local taking a look at global applications. Or just applications that someone thought were odd.

maxerickson··on US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality
Why not disconnect the reviewer from the submission location then?
maxerickson··on Postal traffic to US down by over 80% amid tariffs, UN says
Prior to the across the board tariffs, there mostly weren't tariffs to avoid.

The de minimus exception was for the administrative overhead rather than any tax.

maxerickson··on Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy
You could write a rant like this about 4 vs 3 wheels.
maxerickson··on Kenvue stock drops on report RFK Jr will link autism to Tylenol during pregnancy
There is far less environmental contamination now than there was in 1970.

And modern agriculture practices result in lower amounts of less toxic substances in the food supply.

maxerickson··on Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?
Reading increases vocabulary, which are the building blocks that ideas are formed.

Perfection.

maxerickson··on U.S. Military Strikes Drug Vessel from Venezuela, Killing 11
Might makes right after all.

With any luck, we'll be bombing Venezuelan civilians as reprisal killings after their government has the bad judgement to murder Americans that they accused of whatever.

maxerickson··on Toronto’s network of pedestrian tunnels
I live in northern Michigan. 25 F / -4 C is of course "cold", but it's not particularly problematic, you can under dress and it will be a fairly long time before you have problems. Down around 10 F / -12 C, you have to be a lot more aware.

And then if the regional/municipal governments have the equipment for it, a foot or two of snow a month really doesn't impact travel all that much (maybe for a few hours if there is a big storm).

maxerickson··on We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that
And also, many places are big enough that you don't need to move, just go to the place a few blocks over.
maxerickson··on Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds
U6 is ~8%.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

maxerickson··on MAGA declares war on the property tax
In a city, that you don't quite own the property is the idea. You have to get along with your neighbors after all.
maxerickson··on MAGA declares war on the property tax
How exactly do municipalities vote to relax immigration requirements?
maxerickson··on MAGA declares war on the property tax
I would subscribe to the police department that didn't have enormous legacy pension costs.
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