The worst piece of tech that I have ever owned in my life is a CD Cleaner I bought from GameStop back in the day. That shit was straight up a sacrificial altar. It never cleaned. Only consumed.

Oh shit, I remember those. They “cleaned” by using an abrasive spray to “polish” the CDs. Those things were straight-up evil.

According to a different article I was just reading, sounds like the 2030 isn’t a hard date and it may be extended if commercial stations aren’t ready to go:

While the 2030 end date has been referenced in NASA budgetary materials in recent years, some NASA officials have stated that the station could potentially remain operational past that date. “There’s nothing magical that happens in 2030,” Steve Stich, manager of NASA"s commercial crew program at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, said during a Jan. 25, 2024 briefing.

Stich added that the ISS will continue operations until commercial space stations are in orbit and ready for crews. “We want [the commercial stations] to be supportive, and then when they’re ready to go, that’s when ISS will move out of the way,” Stich said.

Source: https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-international-space-station-deorbit-vehicle

It is being used in some places actually:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/data-center-heat-green-energy/

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/data-center-warms-homes-waste-heat

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/sustainable-data-centre-heating/

It’s actually a really cool concept honestly. I do this on a very tiny scale at home. I run a small server cluster largely as a playground but also for things like Plex and Vaultwarden. The waste heat from that is pushed out the back of the rack and a heat pump water heater a few feet away uses that to help heat water.

As you said, seems like there are many opportunities to do this on a much lager scale.

This is the way.

This is my retirement plan (I hope). I’d love to do it sooner even if the wife and I both end up with remote jobs. I’d love to just travel all over then US then find a spot to plop down for like a month and explore. After we are done move on to another spot.

This is pretty much true of any of the large pizza chains. Watch the specials, use coupons, take advantage of discounts for things like ordering through the app or texting (because reasons). It’s dumb, but you have to play their game to get a decent price.

That said, I can’t fault OP at all. Trying to grab a quick meal for a kid means you can’t spend the time to piss around and try to get a better deal.

It can be both at the same time which is why the problem is so exacerbated right now.

The explanation I was given(and this well could be bullshit) was that they’re “sold”, in the sense that they’re claimed by a lot who will further sell them on, hence the storage on-property until they’re transported down the line.

Which is a very real thing for a typical auto manufacturer. Tesla, however, doesn’t have any kind of third-party dealer network. They control the entire process all the way to the end-user.

Some are also held and leased for employee use, be it through employer vehicle loan or a leasing program like VW had, where you could select from a variety of models owned for the company fleet(including other manufacturers under their umbrella, like Audi) for up to a year.

This could be possible, not sure how Tesla operates.

Trump, being the man-baby that he is, melts down over everything. This shouldn’t be surprising…

Did it have a CVT? I hate those damn things…

Does consulting for energy utilities helping them improve their mapping systems (GIS) count as IT? I do manage cloud infrastructure but also assist with all the various pieces and parts that go into digital maps and integrations.

Oh no

anyway

takes notes so I can bring a quart bag with 3.4 ounce bottles of acid onto a plane.

I worked at a tree farm in my teens and honestly if I could still do that making what I make now I would be all over that. Always outside, in great shape, got to run heavy machinery, it was great.

Damn, I feel old now…

Not the person you asked but I have 100% had greens (I don’t think it was lettuce, maybe mustard) that I can only have described as melted. They turn from a normal leafy green into this nasty green sludge. I don’t know how long there were in there but I’m sure it was months.

This article is short on details but what I really want to know is WHERE is that data coming from and how the fuck does United have access to it?! Also, a follow-up question would be how does one ensure they don’t get access to that data? Is that even possible anymore?

What do you mean? It’s on the internet! Everyone knows you can just post fake shit on the internet!!

I like the judge with the “WTF is this actually happening?” expression. I do have to give him some kudos, I’m not sure I could have held back from saying something snarky like “are you really this stupid?” That’s probably why I’m not a judge, lol.