If you are counting the world population, then sure, but most of the world can't afford any sort of car, let alone a brand new EV. However, the US median center of population is above the 38th parallel. They most definitely see sub-zero temps on a regular basis.

We had a solar water heater system back in the 80's. I live in Southern New Mexico. It worked great year round for about 7 years, then the hard water got the better of it. We got our moneys worth out of it, but only just.

I suspect like most technology, things have improved over the years. I would consider another system to replace the current NG system when it fails.

It's more likely bloomberg is just lying. However much you hate journalists, it isn't enough.

Oof.... OK, tell me I am old without actually telling me I am old.

I switched over to Linux full time back in 2004. Have been playing with it since 1995. I was referring to the constant upgrades that came in disk form. Yes, people really did switch over to Linux for the very reason that we were tired of Microsofts constant upgrades. It was the nickel and dime effect for those of us on a limited budget. Don't get me wrong, They were making great innovative leaps in computing back then. But purchasing a new OS every year was just another added cost of computing.

One of the early reasons for switching to Linux was the fact that M$ continually forced upgrades on people. Linux allowed people to continue to utilize older hardware without all the bloat. It seems to be less of an issue as of late. Probably because what we now consider to be older hardware can still run the newest software.

Thanks for admitting you have no idea what you're talking about. POTS lines get ringing voltage from the line itself, they have five 9s of uptime even during power outages.

The lightning and this power connecter has the huge safety benefit of being solid without a hole which can be squeezed or get dust grains, or metal scraping inside.

USB-C are actually fragile and potientially dangerous for delivering power, if a tiny piece of conductive material gets stuck inside, and we know that many will try to pry out dust using a metal clip...

USB-C protocol is also pretty compliated, I already have some random USB-C cables that seems to only pass power, and some that may pass data only at certain speeds, great that all is possible with the protocol, a nightmare to find out which USB-C cables actually work for your job :(

Intel isn't struggling against AMD or Nvidia, they're still sitting at 70% market share. Facebook, Google, and Twitter were a collusive oligopoly. Google bought youtube, Facebook bought Instagram, TikTok is a freaking state actor.

You're trying to argue that casinos are fair by pointing at the people who temporarily beat the house.

Amazon didn't RKO anything. Sears committed suicide by refusing to get into e-commerce and deliberately sabotaging their own company from the inside with policies so idiotic and self-destructive you wouldn't believe they were real. Amazon walked into a complete vacuum and then jumped straight into monopolistic practices.

I'm going to continue our trend of uncomfortably agreeing with each other, but pivot a bit and say the Democratic/Republican "fight" over this is a sham. Neither party wants to give up having a handful of ultra-powerful oligarchs who control access to information and conversations for literally half the human race, they just want to be sure they're getting enough of that pie.

So Democrats and Republicans take turns whipping up a frenzy about the other side... but it's always in order to move towards greater centralization. There's a reason nobody's broken up the AWS monopoly, or the payment processor duopoly, or the Google/Facebook duopoly, but a less-rigged twitter has now suddenly magically become public enemy number 1.

It's the same reason every time someone starts a genuine competitor to one of those it's either bought out, crushed legislatively, or demonized to the point they can simply be locked out of society.

Yeah we don't talk about that one.

The thing I never understood, and none of my friends with one could explain either, is why CPAP masks all seem to be built backwards to conventional wisdom about "sprung" vs "unsprung". You'd think the better design would be to have the straps and stuff as close to the contact point as possible and then allow the rest of the mask to move much more freely.

Five, I would say. There's also the smooth under-nose style of the airfit n30 and the adhesive patches used by the bleep dreamport. Everything else is a variant on those.

"Does less, costs more, it's that simple".

And yet they still have, what, 8% market share in the desktop world?

Actually this a pro subscription option is a positive sign, they need a permanent income to pay their employees and servers, and the rabbit price seemed suspiciously low, now i feel more inclined to support them!