I actually bought it quite recently, so I could take three bricks out of my laptop bag and replace them with just the one. Less space, less weight, and I love that built-in display. (it won't charge my watch unfortunately)

I've got a few spare older bricks from previous laptop purchases, so I can't say I'd need to buy a brick if my next laptop didn't come with one, but that shows my experience that bricks usually outlive their product. I also believe that most people have started accumulating unused bricks. (maybe it'll slightly lower the price of the next laptop I buy?)

And still polishing off two tons of creamed corn ... :-)

Guessing you mean this? :-)

And then there's this: $1 Trump coin draft is ‘real,’ US Treasurer says (article includes a mock-up, with his "fight fight fight" pose on the reverse)

Apparently, they're looking for loopholes or other ways to circumvent the statue you cited. (sigh)

Then, and I *hate* to admit this, Trump was right, "It’s too much winning."

Though this premise makes me worried about his intent to force more winning on us. From his campaign:

IDK, maybe the winners and losers aren't the same people in all this ...

Wait until the U.S. starts making vehicles that run on "beautiful, clean coal".
China can't compete with that, they don't even have coal ... wait, what?

:-)

USB-C negotiates voltage and current, and current (and thus watts) are supplied on demand. So an oversize charger will always work fine on an undersize accessory. (there's NO risk of "blowing it up" if you try to charge a 60w macbook with a 140w charger)

There are also cases where a larger charger works better. We have some high end windows laptops here running CAD and they are entirely capable of DRAINING the battery WHILE PLUGGED IN because they shipped with lightweight chargers that supply fewer watts than the laptop can use when run hard. We ordered in some larger chargers (and yes, they're beastly bricks) that can keep up with and even charge the battery while CAD is running hard. So, bigger IS better.

I picked up a 140w Anker awhile ago, it's got three USB-C ports with quickcharge, and two USB-3 fast charge ports, with a nice built-in display. (it even came with a 140w USB-C cord) That's all I need to take with me, no matter which accessories I pack. It's so much better than ANY of the generic USB-C bricks they're including with laptops nowadays. I honestly don't WANT to pay more for an additional bundled brick I'm not going to take out of the box.

We don't like the conclusion, so change the metrics by which we came to the conclusion.

A bit like "Our students can't pass the standardized test, so instead of fixing our education system we're going to dumb down the tests."

Same principle. Don't like the results? Change the test!

If it was in Fahrenheit it would a 3.6 degrees of warming, so another reason to switch to the Metric System: it'll be cooler. :-)

Or run for House / Senate. /s

Seven has always been a troublemaker, starting when it ate nine.

Agreed.

Especially the guy whose oath is literally to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States". Didn't Trump repeatedly promise to be "the most transparent President" and have "the most transparent administration" in history? Maybe he and his minions were frightened off by the word "trans" ... :-)

Noting that OAN (One America News Network) signed it. From US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

The Pentagon has apparently backtracked a bit, saying organizations don't have to agree, just acknowledge they understand it. Not sure that's any better...

The genesis of many, many bad ideas: ", but on ..."

(Pretty sure the first part of that quote is dumb too.)