I buy games there, I don't use it to store money I need to cash out by pawning hardware and can't be bothered to figure out why anyone would do that. I'm just aware it is 'a thing'.

When the controllers went on backorder instantly I'd heard that it can be hard to "launder" money out of Steam, and so first party hardware that you can sell third party is more attractive than most platforms. I'm not sure how people tie excessive value into Steam that they want to cash out in the first place but perhaps it is more prevalent in genres of games I don't play.

Acupuncture and chiropracty are examples of things that are mostly scams, but do have some narrow treatment windows where there can be some mild benefit. But you'll see chiropractors claiming to be able to cure allergies and other nonsense. Likewise, acupuncture for anything other than pain management is going to be woo.

Yes a laser is different than the LED mask at the grocery store. It's also going to obliterate exposed bacteria in the area, too.

See that's something where you could at least imagine a benefit, or for skin regeneration, but an affect on the brain from light exposure seems pretty woo.

Posted before looking at the link, this wider format like the new Galaxy Fold is a better format for making use of the folding screen than the older Folds or Fold Ultra, and I see it supports a stylus so that's actually going to be useful. So good for them on features. With as critical as phones have become for 2FA and all that it is still a risk having an extra fragile device, and making cases that are functional and protective is tricky with the foldables. Hard to recommend if you don't have a spare phone sitting around.

I tried the Surface Duo and while the form factor was nice, the software mostly sucked, and the camera was terrible. It was really good at separating apps that want to be full screen between the two screens. Been using a Samsung Fold4 since, and it has been much better usability, but the durability is poor, I got the extended warranty and have had it repaired for folding screen failures about yearly. When they pull the screen they also have replaced the battery so from that standpoint it has been kinda nice to get a refresh? What the Surface Duo and early Folds supported that is standout is a stylus, which makes taking notes fantastic on the large screen. The newer Folds from Samsung and Google have dropped this, so the screen would largely be a waste because rarely is having more than two apps open at once practical, and the square size means media isn't really better than turning a normal phone sideways. Between that and durability I'll probably get a Galaxy Ultra whenever I replace this Fold. If you need to multitask on a phone often it would be worth it, but that is pretty rare.

Agreed, I bounced off of Discovery but SNW is great. Having heard mixed things about Picard I haven't gotten around to that one but maybe sometime.

They played with trans genderism quite literally in at least a few of the "go under cover with the aliens" episodes in TNG too, as I recall. It's barely subtext... it's just... the text.

What does a legitimate reason have to do with civil forfeiture? They just have to not quite believe your reason and then you get to try to convince the judge later.

Oh so they are looking up where they can seize $10000, impound $5000, and then have the civil forfeiture give $2500 to the department budget?

Are you out west? We are in the midwest where charging isn't as prevalent as on the coasts but when we went with an EV we went BEV because I wanted to maximize mechanical simplicity and couldn't be happier. Even scrapped my plans for installing a subpanel and a Level 2 in the garage because Level 1 has proven good enough. But visiting places like CO and MT I can see why you might need a hybrid if you're not staying within the city.

You can box them out, though, like the free charging at my employer can be found in a public facing app but is shows up there that you can't access it without being a member. My understanding is that this functionality is also used for apartments where they want to limit chargers to tenants.

I have a Chevy EV that's pretty cool, they can make modern cars alright, but I do read articles about the administration wanting to rollback fuel economy targets and can't help but think they are definitely doomed on competitiveness if they bite that worm

There's been attempts to 3d print nutrient lattices to culture the cells into the right shape but it is akin to, say, culturing rose cells as algae and then trying to build a bloom out of the slurry and graft it successfully back onto the bush. Lots of steps that can preclude a working organ in there.