To expand a bit, the reason that economists say low predictable inflation is good is that it encourages spending and investment and it discourages hoarding cash. If there was continuous deflation (such as Bitcoin), people would just sit on their money and let it increase in value instead of using it to power economic activity.

Isn't pushing the right pedal the problem in the first place?

For most people, yes, their employer and financial institutions (bank account interest and, if you're upper-middle class, investment returns) are the only places that they make money.

I would imagine that's a relatively small number, but I could be wrong. I also wouldn't be surprised if the sales numbers in November are lower than last year too. That doesn't necessarily change the overall point though - the sales in each month aren't nearly as important as the total sales over a longer period.

Because if almost everyone who would have bought a car in October bought one in September instead, a decline from October last year to October this year doesn't mean that EV sales are plummeting, it just means that a lot of people bought a car a month earlier than they otherwise would have.

If you can't understand that, I don't know how else to explain it.

It still might be. You have to take into account what the sales were in September of this year compared to September of last year. If October sales were 3000 lower than last year, but September sales were 3000 higher than last year, then that's zero total change.

Once upon a time, this site was labelled "News for Nerds".

Define "natural time cycle". Is that where noon is when the sun is at its peak? That only happens if you live right in the middle of a time zone. Most people live "out of sync" to one side or the other, and the disagreement about to do is mostly between people who live on each side.

Dude, Fox News freaked out when Obama wore a tan suit

As I quoted, you said "if one human causes an accident we never stop hearing about it." In fact, there are hundreds of accidents every day, with approximately 100 deaths every day, caused by humans, and we very rarely hear about any of them.

With over 100 deaths in the US every day, how do you have time to do anything other than hearing about them?

I can only speak for my own experience, but in my car, which doesn't have Android Auto, the steering wheel controls work just fine.

The Bluetooth profile for multimedia control existed before Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It's still used by devices that aren't cars, such as Bluetooth speakers and headphones.

I probably would have guessed that, too, but the first Intel motherboard I looked at on Micro Center's web site has a PS/2 port. For AMD motherboards, I had to look at three before I found a PS/2 port.

Gnome wants to be MacOS, so it's not surprising that someone who's used to MS Windows would hate it. If you're coming from Windows, I would suggest KDE as a desktop that will look similar to what you're used to.

That definition of "programmer" makes the term pretty much meaningless. I certainly wouldn't call someone a programmer just because they can type two commands. If you would, I certainly hope I never have to work with any of your "programmers".