One of the best features of Unix is cut-and-paste with only using the mouse. I recently started using a Mac for my work desktop, and I really miss it. At least it works within iTerm2 and emacs, but not between programs.

Sure, perhaps have an option to turn it off, but don't break one of the best features of Linux just because too many people don't know how to use it.

Buy why by a plug-in instead of a regular hybrid if you're not going to plug it in? Maybe the model you want doesn't offer both options, but otherwise it seems dumb.

As to the questions:
1. No garage: If you still have off-street parking, you can plug it in outside.
2. Garage full: Again, plug it in outside.
3. Cost to install outlet: Just use a regular 120V outlet; most PHEVs have smaller batteries that will still fill up overnight on a 120V outlet.
4. Upgrade breaker panel: Almost never needed, and you can always use an existing 120V outlet.
5. New wiring: Maybe you do need a new outside outlet, but often not.
6. Upgrade power line: That's stupid. The total amperage of all circuits normally exceeds the incoming amperage; you look at what is reasonably going to be used at the same time. If a 14-50 outlet is too much, use a smaller 240V or even 120V outlet.
7. Where does electricity cost that much? The most expensive electricity in the USA is in Hawaii, and that's $0.40/kWh. In Massachusetts, it's approaching $0.30/kWh, which is near the top. Most states are under $0.20/kWh. It's going to be much cheaper than gas everywhere.

Their big problem is that they haven't figured out how to make money on EVs. Part of the problem is their dealer networks don't want to sell them due to the lower maintenance costs. That keeps the volume down to where they can't amortize the costs properly.

Tesla owners were plenty chatty back in 2015 when I got my Model S. Now there are just so many that it doesn't feel new anymore. I remember when we used to wave at each other when we say another Tesla, but that was a long time ago now.

But yes, EVs are great if you can plug in at home, but if you have on-street parking or are renting, they can be quite inconvenient.

Hybrids aren't EVs. They're simply gas cars that get better mileage. Yeah, that's better than ones with worse mileage, but that's all. Hybrids average somewhere around a third more efficient. So they help, but they're nothing like converting to full EVs.

Plug-in hybrids are great for people who actually plug them in and use them as EVs most of the time. But unfortunately many plug-in hybrid owners just treat them as hybrids and never bother to plug them in. That's pretty stupid, but studies show that many people really are that dumb.

Hybrids are legacy auto companies trying to remain relevant.

If you look at the copyright industry, which includes movies, music, books, and more, one key question is how far in the future they look in projecting revenue when deciding whether to fund a project. I would think given that, 10 years would be the minimum number to not have an obvious economic impact. 20 or 25 might also be reasonable. But that's just looking at it from economics.

There's also a moral aspect. Should a creator have creative control over what they create? How long should that last? That's where "life of the author, plus" terms come in. I think that's excessive, but there is something to be said for creative control over derivative works. Having it be a fixed number of years makes it easy for everyone to know when things expire. I don't have a solid argument for a number here, but my gut says 50 years.

So what about a split copyright, where reproduction rights last 25 years, and rights for derivative works last 50 years? (And count the full year from when it was copyrighted.)

And to phase it in, anything that would expire sooner still expires on schedule, but otherwise it gets 10 more years.

That's a ridiculous amount to spend on phone service. There are prepaid plans with unlimited data for a fraction of the cost. And unless you're tethering or streaming, you probably don't need unlimited.

New buildings for AI datacenters are clearly the plan. The weight per rack and the rack height are minor considerations compared to the electricity and cooling requirements. This is obviously the approach Tesla is taking, having custom-built the Cortex datacenter, and now with construction well underway for Cortex 2.

With 350kW/rack, a large datacenter is looking at hundreds of MW. No wonder Tesla had to build a new substation for Cortex 2. I haven't looked at what the other companies are doing, but it can't be that different.

My TCL TV has a game mode that you can enable. They say it's for reducing lag and disables some "image enhancement," but I wonder if it also disables ACR? It certainly helps with audio sync when the audio doesn't run through the TV.

Supposedly I've also turned ACR off in the menus, and I've blocked their ad server, so I'm in better shape than average.

I will say that I really like the Roku interface. Even if you never connect it to the Internet, the interface for selecting inputs is really nice. I have family with a Samsung TV, and I despise that interface.

We really need standardized protocols for garage doors. Chamberlin had a near monopoly on the market and had proprietary protocols.

If you want to make a compatible garage door opener, you have to use their HomeLink chips. My Tesla had HomeLink integrated, and it's awesome having the garage door just open when I pull into the driveway with GPS activation, but now they charge extra for this, in part because HomeLink is a proprietary chip, and they can't just integrate the functionality directly without an additional part. That's also why it's limited to only controlling three garage doors (which is an issue for some people with overly complicated lives).

Now it's a similar situation with WiFi control, where they have a proprietary protocol that goes through their servers simply so that they can charge a subscription fee.

What is needed is some good open standards.

An open standard for the RF signals: Let anyone implement the hardware. Allow for separate open/close signals, as well as the current activate signal. Allow for separate authentication for the signals, so you can do things like have a keypad access outside that only needs the code to open the door, not close it.

An open standard for WiFi control. This is likely already covered by Matter.

As a friend once said, "You don't penalize people for doing the right thing." But it's a legitimate concern that the system of funding roads from fuel taxes is going to collapse due to EVs. So the solution is to apply the new fees to all vehicles. This will encourage the transition instead of slow it. Also, they can start with the fee being much lower, so the estimated revenue matches the estimated loss due to reduced fuel sales, and they can phase it in over time as fuel sales continue to drop.

Is Apple's end objective here to integrate the modem into the CPU so that there's one less chip in the device? That should save significant cost.

It would be nice to use my TV for Zoom, but I certainly don't want the camera gathering data for its own purposes. The screen scraping that smart TVs do is bad enough.

I think you're confusing twilight with sunrise/sunset. The three definitions of twilight are the sun from 0Â-6Â below the horizon, 6Â-12Â, or 12Â-18Â. The time for sunrise or sunset is when the entire sun transitions to or from below the horizon.

My definition would need some tweaks for above the arctic circle, and all solar based times break down at the exact poles.

And of course, it all depends on exactly where you are, so I'm throwing out the entire concept of time zones, which were only invented because we didn't have automatically adjusting clocks.

Just block raw HTTP unless it's in a private IP address range. That should cover 99% of use cases where HTTP is still used. I would also consider allowing an option to blindly accept self-signed certificates on private IP ranges to encourage HTTPS for people too lazy to use Let's Encrypt or something like that, or are running older equipment on a local LAN.

I would assume these are already settings that just aren't turned on by default, as they seem pretty obvious.