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thrill··on Don't guess my language
Just as bad - don't guess my location based on my IP address.
thrill··on Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
It's especially jarring because the ads are at maximum volume.
thrill··on Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
Not playing fair? Horse hockey. Every sovereign nation is entirely within their rights to adjust their taxing system for their own benefit. Belief in this juvenile concept of fairness is how we got the unholy mess we're sitting in right now.
thrill··on Legendary Bose Magic Carpet Suspension Is Finally Going Global
Yeah, I'm adding Audi to the list. Car just totaled for a blown engine with no determining reason a few months out of warranty. Audi won't touch it. Not worth the engine replacement cost.
thrill··on Legendary Bose Magic Carpet Suspension Is Finally Going Global
Precision, repeatability, responsiveness.
thrill··on Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes
Having spent a good bit of time driving in Texas, I'd say the safety-average just measurably went up.
thrill··on Judge rules Apple executive lied under oath, makes criminal contempt referral
"is there any reason to believe they won't be pardoned"

Shortly after the next unexplained bull market in $TRUMP a pardon will appear along with direct links to their upcoming subscription service conveniently preloaded and un-delete-able from the iPhone Home Screen.

thrill··on Republicans in Congress Want a Flat $200 Annual EV Tax
All vehicles should be taxed annually based on GVWR and distance driven without exceptions.
thrill··on California Proposal to Tax Social Media Gathers Momentum
So, now we tax free speech ... "for the children"?
thrill··on Audiobooks vs. Printed Books: a debate as a reader and an author
They are most definitely not equivalent experiences.
thrill··on U.S. and El Salvador Say They Won't Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
There was no "mistake" in the entire process.
thrill··on Antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission
US citizens used to value the adults managing such science oriented endeavors actually doing their homework before making broad proclamations of efficacy. Lately, not so much.
thrill··on How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Sometimes the darkest humor is the most accurate.
thrill··on Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy
You give me a deadline and I find out it's fake then at least one of us is going to be looking for a new job.
thrill··on Trump suggests Tesla vandals should face 20 years jail, be sent to El Salvador
It doesn't even pretend to.
thrill··on [dead]
Nationalize them, remove the batteries, make new fish habitats with the carcasses.
thrill··on Apple losing over $1B a year on streaming service
Worth it.
thrill··on Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay
That same civilian control is supposed to remain within the intentional confines of the Constitution - even if said civilians don't like it.
thrill··on Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'Berkelocene'
Whenever they appear they'll suck up all the oxygen in the room.
thrill··on Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%
China could dump Tesla and never notice the production decrease.
thrill··on argp: GNU-style command line argument parser for Go
Sanity!
thrill··on U.S. blocks Canadian access to iconic Stanstead border-straddling library
The pettiness of the administration somehow continues to boggle my mind.
thrill··on Harvard study finds seed oils healthier than butter – The Western Producer
Probably. But, buyer beware. There have been studies in the US that it is not "uncommon" (whatever quantity that entails) to find ghee sold that contains as much as half vegetable oil, so it's just the usual unchecked food fraud that's rampant in this country. Ghee is trivial to make yourself from butter sourced from a local dairy or from a trusted source. I use it, along with Zero Acres oil made from fermented sugar cane, which is better if seeking a neutral flavor.
thrill··on Social Security Admin to require in-person ID checks for new&existing recipients
I think that's bureaucratic speak for "those stupid security-theater questions we ask for mother's maiden name and the such are all compromised anyway".
thrill··on Tesla drives into Wile E. Coyote fake road wall in camera vs. Lidar test
They're obvious to you and me - are they obvious to a camera only Tesla "autopilot"?
thrill··on Bluesky quickly sold out of the T-shirt its CEO wore to troll Mark Zuckerberg
LOL. You need to make multiple distributed instances of the awesome shirt.
thrill··on USA asks Sweden for help in the egg crisis
Are they the only people still talking to us?
thrill··on Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of us without Powerwalls
I bought and am using a "Lion Energy Safari Solar Generator" to use as a heavy-duty UPS, and it almost but doesn't quite meet my needs. It works fine, except about every 15 minutes a quite loud cooling fan turns on, to cool the inverters I suspect. This is bothersome since my intent to to keep my WiFi and computer and TV functional with this particular setup. Does the Pila have a similar cooling fan, and if so, is it audible?

Also, FWIW, it appears your web page pricing is slightly cheaper per kWh than the Lion, so good on you.

thrill··on Tesla Sales Fall Off a Cliff Globally, Including Germany, Australia, and China
Not too many years ago I watched Ford burn $36 billion in cash in a year.
thrill··on Amazon’s delivery drones are grounded in College Station, Texas
The modern version of "The horses are no longer frightened by the uncivilized attempts to introduce motorized vehicles to the roadways".
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