At some point I realized people often ask a question but don’t really care about you answering that specifically. “How are you” -> actually I can just tell a story about a hobby related problem I’m working on, and not try to represent my emotional state.

I’m not sure if this is one of those cases, but I could see “what do you want for birthday dinner” as actually meaning “I want to do something nice for you” and if you’d rather pick the night’s board game it might satisfy the exchange and make everyone just as happy. Though some people might really want to express care via cooking / feel it’s important you engage on that topic.

Volvo is majority-owned by Chinese car giant Geely and because it uses factories in China, it will also be affected by tariffs on imports of Chinese-made EVs in Europe and North America.

Avoiding awkward forced interactions like this is the primary reason I cut my own hair. Otherwise, would be fine contributing to that part of the economy.

The bear was killed, Mr DeSpain said.

Oh, bummer.

The defense called an expert witness on force who testified that six shocks with a Taser was not excessive when dealing with someone who will not follow orders.

Ray Nash, a former sheriff in Dorchester County, testified that the inmate’s violence against his father likely led Lemon to think the Taser was the only option to subdue him.

So, not for being violent or even disorderly or something. Got spikes in him and electrocuted 6 times for being stubborn.

The deputy who shocked the inmate on Lemon’s order pleaded guilty to a federal charge earlier this year and testified against the sheriff. He will be sentenced at a later date.

And the employee takes the fall for the manager.

Was wondering why multiple towers:

In the morning, most of the mirrors point at the eastern tower; in the afternoon, some switch to the western tower.

“The mirrors in the overlapping area can be utilized by either tower. This configuration is expected to enhance efficiency by 24%,”

Key feature, everyone has some physical buttons! Though Chevy has tactile buttons for climate:

Whereas the Ioniq seems to have a capacitive touch area.

I recently saw one which had foot-long stakes driven at an angle. I wonder if that would be secure enough. I didn’t consider wind as a major threat at the time.

It also had a big pocket on the front that said in big letters that it just always contain the manual — empty, obviously.

They often have mesh (not bouncy) sides, and even landing from 20’ on your neck on the inflated surface seems like it could be deadly. How awful.

Yeah, I inherited this one free, but had planned to get a new one when I set out on this project.

I like the idea of u bolts, that seems better than attaching to an extra wood block.

And isn’t there an arrest warrant for him? Oh right:

Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.