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by EricE 4y ago
One of the best thing about the "meal in a box" companies is they remove a lot of the friction from cooking from scratch. I use Blue Apron and love the convenience. They gather ingredients that aren't practical for a single
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by EricE 4y ago
>Or maybe the US government monopoly should be broken up into smaller governments You mean state/local governments? Federalism? It's how the country started by as each decade passes we willingly cede more and more and more co
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by EricE 4y ago
Well I suppose there is some positive spin on this story as he seems to be unique in his ridiculous spending. There may be some hope for humanity after all.
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by EricE 4y ago
Good god it's Newsweek in the 70's with a frozen globe on the cover all over again. What these clowns always fail to (conveniently?) discount from their calculations are any innovations. Yeah, if we continue down the current path
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by EricE 4y ago
War in Europe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Europe_(game) A couple of times I watched friends play a game that had been going on for a few years at that point. Some of the various charts were pinned to 4x8ft
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by EricE 4y ago
Homekit doorbells use iCloud services and storage to host/serve the video; that's how Apple is involved even though they don't make the doorbells. I had a Nest at my previous house - decided to try the Wemo Homekit doorbell t
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by EricE 4y ago
lol - once the true costs of battery replacements start to become more widely known/understood by "normals", there won't be any significant resale of electrics in general. Enjoy it while it lasts....
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by EricE 4y ago
They aren't the only ones - Toyota was toying with retroactively charging for *keyfob* remote start access until the outcry caused them to double back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlzAv2GTdc https://www
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by EricE 4y ago
I hope I can be buried with my current "dumb" cars. I have ZERO desire to have any vehicle with a built in modem or one that won't run without it being active.
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by EricE 4y ago
This virus can also live in and be transmitted by animals. You going to lock down all the wild animals in the environment too? Lockdowns have zero chances of working and were dumb from day one. We got played by China - voluntarily kneecapp
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by EricE 4y ago
Did COVID really kill 6 million? At least in the US hospitals got extra funding for any patient identified with COVID so you routinely saw deaths (like gunshot wounds!) attributed to COVID when COVID clearly wasn't the primary cause.
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by EricE 4y ago
You aren't going to shelter in place a highly contagious airborne virus. Life is not risk free and it's beyond obvious that lockdowns did FAR more harm than good.
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by EricE 4y ago
They aren't LED (instead specialty, high quality metal halide), but if you want a high CRI and ridiculously bright light source, Microsun is hard to beat https://microsunlamps.com I have two of them and especially in the wi
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by EricE 4y ago
An LED alternative to Microsun would be nice https://microsunlamps.com They are specialty metal halide bulbs - and really work!
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by EricE 4y ago
Yup - blaming the guns was always stupid. It's the evil people holding the guns that need to be the focus. His arguments are further blown apart with the contrast of the recent tragic events in Indiana vs. Texas.
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by EricE 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
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by EricE 4y ago
They aren't great because they don't have to be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax If more people would lobby their congress critter(s) to repeal the ridiculous chicken tax we might actually see some
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by EricE 4y ago
You can thank the chicken tax for killing off true mini truck options https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
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by EricE 4y ago
The Santa Cruz has a lot of storage under the bed. I was shocked that Ford completely seemed to miss the boat with that in the Maverick. I finally saw a Santa Cruz in person - the bed is quite a bit higher than I was expecting; then again
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by EricE 4y ago
Ah, the type 2 - the genesis of the chicken tax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax Which is still screwing up the mini truck market in the US to this day :(
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by EricE 4y ago
Start lobbying your congress critter(s) to repeal the chicken tax. Otherwise it will never happen :(
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by EricE 4y ago
It keeps being brought up because there is a pent up demand for them. Safety standards are BS. If Mazda can and does keep the Miata complaint with safety standards while preserving the bulk of the original Miata soul, then these other manu
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by EricE 4y ago
Yup. The old Ranger died because it was a partnership between Mazda and Ford - and it expired. With the chicken tax squelching real competition and the fact that they can charge more for larger vehicles - whelp, you end up with the current
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by EricE 4y ago
Nope, VW around WWII (I think just before - need to go re-read) EDIT: It was post WWII. And VW Type 2 is profiled in the wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
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by EricE 4y ago
You could get day tickets at Disneyland before EPCOT opened. I still have some that are hand stamped and signed from the late 70's. The parks are out of control. You pay more for longer wait times. On the other hand if they lowered
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by EricE 4y ago
And the fried chicken at Knott's - used to be amazing (late 70's/early 80's). Wonder if it's still a thing with them.
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by EricE 4y ago
No kidding on the cult thing! I grew up going to Disneyland, had an annual pass in the past and still live fairly close to it; it's an easy day trip. Almost went when the new Star Wars section opened - until I started to look at the
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by EricE 4y ago
And if you are as frustrated by the lack of true mini-pickups as I am, search the 'net and read about the chicken tax. Which was aimed at locking VW out of the US market quite a while ago, has lingered on way past it's prime and
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by EricE 4y ago
Hyundai Santa Cruz and Ford Maverick are two recent models moving in the right direction for those of us who would like to see true mini-pickups return to the US.
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by EricE 4y ago
Both the Hyundai Santa Cruz and Ford Ranger have tail gates that will partially lower to the same level as the tops of the wheel wells, providing a perfect platform for 4x8 sheets of plywood. I have a friend with a Ranger and we have haule

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