Of all the jobs out there, CEO should be the easiest to replace with AI, and the most logical. If AI great, start at the top!

No oil? What are you talking about? Norway's economy has been powered by oil exports for years. They have so much they put the oil money in a big fund called Oljefondet (oil fund) which is now valued at $2 trillion! They wisely use all this money to invest in hydro and other renewables, and to push the EV transition. Very wise on their part. But make no mistake, their wealth came from oil!

I have CFLs that are 20 years old and going pretty strong. I've had better luck with CFLs than I do with LED for longevity. CFLs do have to warm up, but they are plenty bright and reasonably efficient. The increased efficiency of LEDs is quickly offset by the cost of replacing them when they burn out so frequently. LEDs can last nearly forever too, but not the way they are manufactured today with cheap components in the power supply and overdriving the LED crystals, sometimes by a factor of two. Big Clive does lots of videos about how to modify LED bulbs to emit less light but last way longer and run cooler.

My parents lived in a sweden for a while not that long ago. In Stockholm, which is pretty warm, there are lots of EVs, and in fact teenagers can get licenses to drive very small, speed-limited cars, and many of those are now EVs.

Most of the very populated parts of Norway don't get too cold, but other parts definitely do! In Alberta Canada, EV range drops to about 2/3 when it's very cold, and you really need to keep it plugged in overnight (or in a garage) to keep the battery warm. But 2/3 range is quite amazing actually, given cabin heating on top of batteries running colder.

Biggest impediment in north America is price. But then again all vehicles in North America are crazy expensive now and the used market is really bad.

But like I said, I don't know of anyone that daily drives an EV that would want to go back to ICE for daily commuting.

I don't know of any every-day EV drivers that ever want to go back to ICE. And the EV lifestyle is getting easier every day for many people. But not all North Americans.

Surely you just go in and re-enable it, right? I am a bit baffled as to why the original poster had to go to such complicated lengths to install Linux.

It's not just this trip. The Ford CEO bought an EV from a chinese company months back which he used as a daily driver for a while. He was very impressed and quite humbled.

Look the North American market abandoned economy cars a long long time ago now and focuses exclusively on luxury vehicles now. That brought in the money but it didn't really help Americans (or Canadians) who need economy cars still. China produces mostly economy cars and they are very good at it (unlike the soviets). Maybe we need a reasonable tariff on them (say 50%) and start allowing them in since there's nothing here to fill that part of the market anyway. Or even a 100% tariff.

In truth rich people are far less likely to be obese. And of course when they are overweight they can afford to get help, including drugs and surgery. And they can afford a healthy lifestyle in the first place, where many poor cannot.

Like how we tax cigarettes eh. Where the tax will hit the people who have the least capability to pay it the most. From my experience obesity is higher among poorer people. They can't afford to eat fresh food, so they rely on cheaper processed foods. They often live in urban deserts, in poorer neighborhoods with fewer parks and open spaces. They can't afford to work out at a gym club either. Either because of time or money. They aren't inherently lazy, either. They often work two jobs to make ends meet.

Like many other health issues in America, this one is tied pretty closely into the breakdown of the US's socioeconomic system.

Yes we I said, Republicans don't believe in democracy in any form. Interesting thought you have but I didn't think history supports your supposition. My ancestors were driven from their homes in the United States by mobs in the 19th century but then as now, mobs are not the majority, not even 50%+1. They are a minority who yell loudly and carry guns to enforce their will on others.

Besides that if you don't want majority rules what do you want? A king that sees things your the way no matter what most others do? If so, congratulations that is what you are getting.

The founding fathers sought to balance the tyranny of the majority with checks and balances that would ensure minority rights are protected and honored but prevent the minority from holding tyranny over the majority, although the latter is failing as well see a minority of the population asserting power and influence as we have never seen before.

I value them but I also value human expertise also. You don't seem to. Voyagers have been on borrowed time for a long time. They will likely fail in the near future anyway, although I suspect funding cuts will end the mission in the next year before the hardware does completely fail.

The science they've accomplished is awesome, no doubt about it, and it's amazing they're still getting readings that are expanding our understanding of the universe. Obviously the crew will do their best to keep voyagers going as as long as possible, as they have done before, and did during the crisis caused by human error. Absolutely no criticism here. They are geniuses that you and I simply aren't. I say keep em funded as long as possible.

This has been a trite phrase uttered by republicans for decades to excuse the fact that they don't believe in democracy at all and that voting is a privilege reserved only for them, as the god-appointed ruling class. The phrase is meaningless in every way and designed to shut down discussion and debate. They often utter it when they are rationalizing the rollout of an unpopular policy such as restricting voting rights, or when rolling back supreme court rulings from the past.

I can see evidence that the founding fathers feared democracy and as such designed a system that would mitigate popular voting somewhat (electoral college for one). But to say "we're not a democracy" is ignorant and malicious on their part.

What laptop is this that won't allow enabling USB boot? I want to know so I can avoid buying it or recommending it to others.