making the world's data useful should include everyone's ability to find loop holes in the tax code!

Studies about smoking need to focus on information they haven't already figured out e.g. why some smokers live to 90+ years and don't die of smoking related issues. Then, maybe we'd know enough to definitively talk about the ills of smoking.

The great thing about art is that it 'is' whatever you get out of it, and no one can take that away from you. Then you get to hear other people talk about it, and you might get more out of it the second time.

I've set up all of my kids with Ubuntu Linux boxes running VirtualBox for Windows. Things to note, reverting to a saved state will lose ALL saved documents, files, etc. You need a link from Windows to a folder on Linux for your users so that important files aren't lost. There's another option to set up a 2nd HDD, which would be unaffected by reverting states, but I haven't done that - although the documentation is there. Because Photoshop and Lightroom are memory / performance hogs I'd set up a test linux partition and try it all out before committing. Depending on your needs for Linux a nice lightweight desktop instead of Gnome or KDE would be a smart move for the box running Photoshop. Good luck.

From the summary, "So ours probably looks something like this."

My only comment is that it does probably look something like M101, right up until somebody discovers something else that makes it look like a dodecahedron...I just like saying dodecahedron :)

I can and have done the drive from NJ to FL many times - 900 miles in 14-15 hours (no big deal when you have 2 drivers). In any event, the problem statement was that the recharge time is currently so long that you need a place to sleep so that there's actually enough time to charge the car. People make trips like this all the time, not 10 times a year, but a ton of people drive to college or home, go to visit family, etc. So it's either I need 2 cars, or I have to rent a car for the long trip because I spent all of my money on an EV i.e. they aren't cheap.

In any event, there's no need to think these hurdles won't be overcome, it's just a problem right now. Early adopters are what makes things affordable for the rest of us down the line.

"littering in someone else's inbox"
I like that, it made me think of "going in someone's litter box", which is what spam is, someone is pissing in your inbox.