“Thanks for blazing the trail, climbing the mountain, and throwing down a ladder for me to climb, but fuck everyone else; I’m pulling the ladder up behind me.”

-Typical ‘I got mine’ mentality

Bonus: “Surely the people I’m helping to pull this ladder back up the mountain won’t push me off once it’s done.”

Easier on my wrist, less arm motion.

I really like my trackball mouse, though I had to buy it myself.

Though the intention was always to get this before the “friendly” supreme court.

Yup.

Best case scenario: The schools’ walls will be plastered with tenets from every religion instead of anything actually useful to learning or society.

Worst case: Christianity gets a free pass yet again, the goal posts are moved, and more of it is going to get shoved into everything.

My dumbass state requires every classrom display 'In God We Trust" and they got away with it because they’re not saying which God. Even assuming that’s a valid loophole (it’s not), it tramples on the rights of those who don’t believe in such fairy tales.

No they didn’t.

In a strictly technical / laboratory sense, maybe not. But in practice, they stopped just the same. I also slow down to a stop (regen braking is amazing) and don’t slam on my brakes at a stop light (like some drivers I routinely scowl at). And driving through the country and having to slam on the brakes when a deer jumps out (which was common where I lived), I noticed no appreciable difference in stopping distance between the two tire types.

…huh? ABS has nothing to do with rolling resistance…

ABS prevents the tires from locking up and skidding (anti-lock braking system, hence the name). Under normal driving conditions, it merely helps you maintain control, but on slick roads, locking up the wheels can skid you further than without it. So, no, ABS doesn’t directly relate to rolling resistance, but it’s part of a system along with the tires that contribute to stopping distance…which is what I was talking about.

I wouldn’t think stopping distance would be noticeably impacted by less rolling resistance. My original “eco” tires stopped the same as the standard ones. They’re “eco” because they have less rolling resistance and are slightly lighter.

Plus, with ABS, you’re not likely to lock the wheels up such that the decreased resistance would be significant.

On slick roads would be my only concern, but a good and season appropriate tread should mitigate that.

It’s going to be all about the price.

My hybrid recommends “eco” style tires to get the best gas mileage. Those were $100 more, per tire, than the standard low-profiles. At the time, I commuted about 110 miles/day, so tires typically only lasted me about a year before they were either officially worn out or too worn to be safe to drive in winter.

I only noticed about a 1-2 MPG loss with the “standard” tires versus the “eco” ones that came with it. Over the course of a year, I doubt that 1-2 MPG added up to the $400 difference.

So, these cleaner tires are a good thing, assuming they’re not more expensive than current-style tires. Depending on use-case, 35% longer life (if that holds true) may be able to tempt price-conscious buyers.

All that said, I could definitely see these becoming the “factory” tires for new EVs, though.

“Your Honor, my client’s shoes are untied. I’d like to call a brief recess.”

You have six weeks. (gavel)

Has Facebook Stopped Trying?

Did it ever start?

I got rid of FB in 2009, and it was full of crackpots even then. I think that was also around the time the timeline went from chronological to algorithm-based (or maybe a little after that?) . “Somehow”, the crackpots always rose to the top.

These days, I only see FB content second-hand when it’s shared elsewhere (or a friend/family sends me something). It’s always way worse than what I remember it being when I got rid of my account.

If only we had the technology to open doors without power. One day, perhaps.

Tang gets used quite often in my mixes 😆

Had friends over, and one asked if I could make a mimosa (I can, provided I have the ingredients - which I did not because we had already agreed on margaritas). Was like 😬 and looked around the kitchen. Improvised a white trash mimosa with Tang, lemon lime sparkling water, and vodka. It was deemed acceptable lol.

Not gonna lie. I may not go out and buy that, but I have made similar cocktails at home, and they were pretty tasty.

You’d think, but their minds are like silly putty. If Trump does it, it’s good. End of “thought” process.

I think cartographers also used to put fake things on their maps to detect unauthorized copies.

I am ever thankful for the semi-charmed kind of life I seem to have.

Back in 2019, I was 3 years into saving for a house and planned to start shopping in 2022. An unfortunate life event caused me to have to accelerate those plans from “in 3 years” to “in 3 months”.

Had to settle for a smaller house than I was originally looking for and dip deeper into my savings than anticipated, but I was able to find something nice and close on it by the end of 2019 along with a good mortgage deal.

I didn’t realize how fortunate that unfortunate life event was until 2020 was in full swing. By the time 2022 rolled around (when I was originally going to buy a house), I would have been in less of a position to buy than I was in 2019, despite 3 extra years of savings.

It’s the only one relevant to this post, but that’s not the only unfortunate life event that turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise.

A Quiet Place

There’s infinite multiverses, so it’s only logical to conclude that one exists with Captain Jean-Rick Picard, Blazin’ Beth, and Morty Crusher, lol.

My takeaway from that is that I should start putting canary bugs in my code 😆

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom OF religion also means freedom FROM religion.