With as many battery fire issues it seems an easy fix would be to get a laptop sized fire safe and if anything like this happens put that shot in a the safe until you land.

Burying.

Talk about hurrying the lead. The US economy grew faster than China’s last year?!?! If true, that hasn’t happened in decades. And certainly not since the last millennium.

Well, I accuse the MAGAnites of propaganda and threaten them with the truth. Just because the fools you indoctrinate don’t understand how citations and bibliography works does not mean many of the rest us don’t. Pound sand jerks.

I’ve lived in Boston, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Park City (UT), and currently (and hopefully for a long time to come) along a train line in Metro Philadelphia. Every one in a walkable neighborhood with amenities. The primary commonality is every one of the paces I’ve live predates the automobile. And thus were designed around people, and later trains. Though if one does not have a car in SLC or Park City you are definitely limited as the regional public transit is poor compared to the other areas. And probably the best part of living in SLC as well as PC was all the spectacular nature a short drive from town. Most cities in the western half of the US are definitely designed around the automobile. I wouldn’t want to live in a place like that.

If you are making $300k a year. You can afford $100k a year tuition. And still have more money coming in than almost everyone in the USA. It is all about priorities. That $10-$15k a month mortgage is a choice. Most of us survive just fine on far, far less. Cry me a river. It seems the richer you get the more exposed you are to people who have even more money than you do and far too many people get caught up in this false notion they don’t have enough to get by constantly comparing themselves to those with more while becoming oblivious to how much they already have.

"It contains 16 million people, nearly 1/4 of the US population" The are about 330 million people in the USA. 1/4 is 82.5 million. Did you mean 160 million? Because that is about half. And it clearly isn't that either. The Northeast Corridor (NEC), only including the coasts of the Northeast from Boston to D.C., has the densest population and we have about 52 million to 57 million depending on how far inland you want to include. Even at 57 million that is only 17% if the US population. Here in Pennsylvania we have just over 13 million. (6.7 of it in the Philly Metro) Spain has 48.6 million. (Madrid is the largest metro with about 6.1 million) We may have a larger main metro area, but Spain has nearly 4 times as many people as we do here in PA. Maybe look up the number instead? But I do wholeheartedly agree that if not national rail, there is no good reason we don't have high speed rail nodes. One in Florida. One in the NEC. One in the Great Lakes. One in the Texas Triangle. One from Vancouver to Portland. One from SF to San Diego. Once From Cheyanne to Colorado Springs.

"The only people who need chargers outside the home are people going on longer trips and people living in condos/apartments without dedicated parking and outlets." I didn't discount those people. I explicitly said they need chargers. You are right, that does affect lots of people. But it isn't most people. Further more a much higher percentage of people who live in apartment and condos live in walkable neighborhoods and have access to trains. Many don't even have cars. The people who live in condos or apartments who don't live in walkable neighborhoods likely accounts for less than 1/4 of US households. Which is million of people. However the majority of US households have two or more cars. The vast majority of those people don't live in apartment or condos. Of course none of those statistics matter on the individual level for some who does liven in an apartment or condo and doesn't have a place to charge. But when you are talking on a national policy level and the most common US experience. Those statistics do reflect the reality for most people.

But there are chargers available. Pretty much everyone in suburban and rural America has a driveway or garage. Even a higher percentage have electricity. That's your primary charger. The only people who need chargers outside the home are people going on longer trips and people living in condos/apartments without dedicated parking and outlets. 75% of Americans commute less than 40 miles a day. Even the most basic plug in hybrid has a range of at least 40 miles on electricity only. Those batteries can easily be charged overnight in a standard outlet. I mean I get it to a point. My household has two vehicles. One of them and ICE SUV. The other is a PHEV sedan. The vast majority of the time the SUV is driven, it is for less than 5 miles and I don't need its capacity, towing, or off road capability. The ICE SUV gets driven less than 3000 miles a year. But it is sure is nice to have capabilities for the five to six times a year I take advantage of it. When it comes time to replace it, I will be looking for a PHEV SUV. It really is the best of both worlds. That said, I probably won't replace until my kids are old enough to drive and I pass it down to them. Chances are that unless you live in an apartment or condo, you will rarely need charge your vehicle outside your home.

Well, you know what they say? Knowing is half the battle!

I mean sure, that is one way to handle it. Another is to learn how to work with and relate to attractive people without trying to fornicate with them. Novel concept, I know. I’ve seen lots of attractive people in person in the nude at pool parties and hot springs over the years. I have a wife and kids, More often than not, my wife is there too. I don’t hit on people besides my wife. Go to a topless beach sometime, you just get used to it. It becomes nothing more tantalizing than admiring a sunset. And just like a sunset don’t stare where you are not supposed to. Nude beaches on the other hand tend to be mostly people you’d rather not see nude. As an adult it really isn’t that hard not to get hard at inappropriate times. Or you know, hit on every hot person you meet. Just treat people like people instead of sex objects.

I am pretty people have “seen” this color before.

I moved to Brazil for some of the 80s when I was a kid. There were so many unlicensed games there by indy developers. You could buy them at video game retail stores. That of course wouldn't fly in the US. For that you had to go to Chinatown and buy them from street vendors.

The devil will be in the details.

Without a degree the employee will be find it exceedingly hard to find equivalent employment elsewhere. Thus at best lowering their ability to negotiate future pay increases while having little recourse to abuse. And as most people know the biggest pay increases almost always happen when you switch employers. This path closes off most of those possibilities as well. Basically leaves them with only three rational options. To stay in the same company with little negotiating leverage, start your own company, or go back to school. If you got your degree, you could tell them to jump in a lake if they treat you poorly and look for greener pastures.