They're also mixing wet bulb and normal temps. In any case, the Japan wet bulb temp of 28C they mention is pretty uncomfortable without some kind of active cooling.

Lol where did you pull that stat from? There are some rural counties with homicide rates much higher than Chicago. In fact, Cook county (where Chicago is) doesn't even appear on in the top 10 counties by murder rate https://www.police1.com/ambush...

Sure, there's HL: Alyx, but there is no way that would be able run at full res and framerate on Meta's VR offerings. Really needs the Valve Index and controllers to make the most of it.

Why gas stations? Electricity is everywhere, so why make a separate stop to charge my car when it would be more convenient to just charge at the grocery store, restaurant, hotel, mall, etc. while I'm spending time there anyway.

I do... I have municipal fiber where I live, and it is way better than any of the other offerings. Lower price, higher speed, no downtime, no BS. There is pretty much zero reason to choose any of the commercial providers with the municipal option available.

Main challenge (although perhaps it is resolved) would be ice buildup on the blades in supercooled liquid conditions. Blade heating would be one way to deal with it, but not sure if that would negate any power gained by keeping the turbines running in conditions where blade icing is possible.

Naval battles aren't won with tonnage, but naval wars certainly are. In a war of attrition (which any potential war with China will be), the side with the most industrial capacity to replace losses during the war will be the one that wins. Thats the whole reason the US was able to come out on top in WWII.

Yes, they started the program 22 years ago, but it requires frequent reauthorization. If you look at the record of Republicans voting to fund the FAA since then (22 years is a long time ago), you'll find that they generally haven't been giving the agency the resources they've been asking for, even just to maintain a level of operational effectiveness, nevermind adequately fund a whole new ATC system.

From https://www.transportation.gov...:
"Over the past 15 years, the annual appropriation to the Facilities and Equipment (F&E) account used to sustain and improve most of FAA’s air traffic control infrastructure has remained essentially flat at approximately $3 billion per year. This stagnant funding has caused the FAA to lose about $1 billion in purchasing power due to inflation, as the agency seeks to maintain aging systems and infrastructure and meet ambitious goals to modernize the system for increased safety and efficiency of the NAS. Given the current conditions of the FAA’s infrastructure, we can no longer wait for funding levels to slowly catch up to the need. We need an immediate infusion of funding to address critical infrastructure needs."

When the bureaucracy needs money and manpower to accomplish useful work, and one side has consistently denied them that money and manpower, I think it is more than fair to point the finger at Republicans. Anything less is just being purposefully ignorant.

Bleach also has that effect... ;)

Because manufacturing needs established supply chains and a readily available skilled work force. And guess what China has an abundance of in droves?

How does that make things cheaper? If you're paying American wages, you've probably at least doubled the cost of labor that goes into making the product, so in the end, the price would go up. In reality, if items had to be made in the US, they would automate as much as possible to keep labor costs low, and the overall job gain would be minimal.

From the data I could find, there are around 25x more GA flight hours flown per year in the US compared to the UK. So from that statistic, it would seem the US has slightly lower deaths per GA hour flown than the UK...

When you see pictures, it looks GTI sized due to its proportions, but it is quite a bit larger than a GTI: https://www.carsized.com/en/ca...

I mean yeah, the 2025 model has been introduced, but as far as I'm aware, you can't buy it anywhere yet.