Given how often this is happening I'm led to believe that maybe the emissions standards for diesel are too unrealistic.

Are we talking AR or VR? If VR then it would be comparable to the Oculus or similar but if we're talking true AR then the most comparable competitor would probably be the Microsoft HoloLens which, iirc, runs at about $3,500 and really isn't aimed at the consumer market (yet).

Grammatical rules of English dictate that when the gender is unknown, or otherwise cannot be determined, then the male gender is assumed.

You and I must be cut from the same cloth. I'd really like to know what they are too!

I'd draw you a picture of what I drew in my mind but it gave me PTSD and now I need to make an appointment with a therapist.

In the U.S. the voltage supplied to a house is actually 240 VAC but in a split phase configuration. If you were to look inside your breaker panel (which I do not recommend you do lest you die a horrible toasty death) you will find there are actually three wires being fed in: two hots and a neutral. The neutral wire is actually a center tap of the secondary coil of the transformer out in the street which provides a potential of only 120V but the potential between the two hots, that represent the two ends of the complete secondary coil, is actually 240V. Relative to the neutral each of the two hots are 120V each but 180 degrees out of phase with each other (hence "split-phase"). While 120V and 240V are both dangerous, 240V is far more dangerous (I=V/R) and those circuits are typically reserved only for power hungry devices such as, but not limited to; hot water heaters, stoves, ovens, dryers and arc welders.

tl;dr edition: We actually use 240V

Correct me if I'm wrong here but I think a bigger problem is lead-free solder. Tin alloy solder doesn't hold up nearly as well and often electronics will fail because the solder joint fractures from thermal expansion or developers whiskers that end up causing a short circuit and magic smoke.

The end result is that many people just throw out their electronics after a couple of years when the inevitable failure happens instead of fixing it. So those who pushed for lead free solder in the early 1990's for the sake of the environment ended up making an even bigger mess for the environment.

Burma Shave!

This is the way my PHP code is setup. I perform business logic first in its own separate classes, and the business logic has no concept of a view and only exposes enough information to be useful into a generic model object. Then afterward I render all the HTML and everything using PHP inline, sort of like Razor, using the information in that model object.

The source of PHP's greatest power is also its greatest weakness in that, like C, it is very flexible, doesn't hold your hand and gives you enough rope to hang yourself in that it will let you structure your code and use any pattern you see fit. Unfortunately many individuals have hung themselves with it and now many people blame PHP instead of the users.

So it looks like I'll be upgrading to a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 from a Galaxy Note 5. I did have a Galaxy Note 4 which is my absolutely most favorite phone I've ever owned but it stopped working and T-Mobile couldn't find a direct replacement in a timely fashion since it is such an old phone.

I guess since the Radon scare fad has blown over people have to find something else to cause panic about so they can sell something.

What you're describing in Leviticus is the Mosiac Law. The purpose of said law was to keep the ancient nation of Israel clean, morally and physically, and to provide a means for the Messiah. The Law also promoted health by having provisions for quarantining the ill, proper corpse disposal and designated toilet areas. Other things the Mosiac Law prohibited that were commonly practiced by surrounding nations were things like incest, child sacrifice, inquiring of the dead or otherwise communicating with a spirit medium.

With the arrival of the Messiah; Jesus Christ, the Mosiac Law's purpose was fulfilled and superseded. At Mark 7:19 we find that Jesus, under divine authority, declared all foods clean thereby voiding the regulation at Leviticus 11:9-10. The context of this particular instance was the religious leaders of the day had twisted the Mosiac Law beyond recognition to the point it was burdensome and were raising a big stink over the manner in which Jesus and his companions conducted their meals because Jesus did not engage in some ritualistic hand washing ceremony that the Pharisees demanded despite there being no such requirement in the Mosiac Law.

As for the protesters they are just wasting their breath and making the rest of us look bad. Jesus said "my kingdom is no part of this world" (John 18:36), so Christians should not be out protesting pride parades. They're not winning anyone over and it is not their place to judge others. At no point in Jesus ministry did he ever go around protesting and condemning others in a manner like this but rather his was always a positive message to those willing to listen.

Case in point: Hostess went belly up because they were not in a position to give in to the demands of the Baker's union and were told as much. The result? The Baker's union went on strike anyway and Hostess went bankrupt, a lot of people lost their jobs and so began the great twinkie hoarding.

It is because PUBG uses a peer-to-peer networking as opposed to a client-server architecture. It seems a lot of games these days use peer-to-peer which is rather unfortunate as there is no central authority (the server) so clients pretty much know everything about the game world and they can send whatever they want to other clients no matter how bizarre.

I think we should emphasize more on the glowing green revolution. Nuclear power doesn't get the kind of love and attention it deserves but unfortunately I think people are paranoid about nuclear reactors and therefore there is no political willpower to back it and get us to the next generation of reactors.