It seems as though our present administration wants to revert to the 50s. Trying to block wind turbines is just another example of actively fighting against progress.

Our local police department has a drone, DJI I believe. While they have used it for searching for a suspect, its primary use is SAR and supporting wildland fire suppression. It has already saved lives and helped mitigate wildland fires faster than without. We are a small rural county with a limited budget. Replacing it with a US based solution is cost prohibitive. Not replacing it could cost lives.

Given that Facebook is a sewer pit of consistently wrong and/or misleading posts, and that the FB algorithm tends to create a strong echo chamber for a user, this approach will do nothing but make the social media shit show even worse. No good will come from this.

The DJI consumer grade drones have gotten very capable. It makes me wonder if there is a growing concern within the US government that individuals can, or already are, using them to monitor government activities. After all, we can't allow anybody to watch the watchers.

So obviously, there isn't a problem.

Wasn't this all hashed out before, and it was determined that the email servers sending the Republican emails was misconfigured so the emails legimately looked like spam?

My 2024 Outback Touring has physical buttons for temperature and front/rear defrost. The rest of the HVAC controls are on the touchscreen, but never move, and I can reliably use them with just a momentary glance, about what I would do for analog controls. Coupled with CarPlay, I rarely have to use the touchscreen for regular driving chores.

That's because Facebook jams Threads down the user's throat. My wife uses FB and is constantly confused by why links don't work properly, and what is this Threads thingie?

But, blinders are for horses, and this is a horseless carriage.

It doesn't matter; blinders are a requirement, and we're just trying to keep our roads safe.

I stopped trusting CR many years ago based on a car review. They significantly downgraded what was generally accepted as a great car because the hatchback didn't open high enough, and somebody might hit their head on the corner of it. Yes, it's a valid point. Making it a significant factor not to recommend the car was ridiculous.

Subaru just pushed out a new version of their app that contains a privacy policy that explicitly allows them to harvest the data and sell it to 3rd party companies. So, if you want to use the features of the vehicle that Subaru sold you on, you must give up your right to privacy and allow Subaru to profit from your personal information.

How about we force the companies mining crypto and running AI server farms to pony up to build out more resources? Crypto is a massive electricity user with limited to no social value and arguably is a substantial detriment to society. Whether AI has a net negative or positive effect on society remains to be seen. Still, since multi-billion dollar companies are doing it, I see no reason they shouldn't pony up to build out the resources they will use to profit.

Harkens back to the S100 bus days.

At least in Washington State, they are not allowed to charge any maintenance fees, and the total value of the gift card must be available to the owner. For example, I just cashed a gift card, for its full value, that had initially been issued in 2014.

should be grounds for a corporate death sentence. The company should be completely dissolved, and the executives banned from being involved in any kind of financial company for the remainder of their lives.