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Comment Re: Bye, UNESCO. It’s Not Us; It’s You (Score 1) 118

Losing the role as a major international trading currency is the ONLY way to ever fix US trade imbalance, it was only possible because the rest of the world needed more and more dollars for US-external trade, once that is gone, there is no growing external need for US dollars, and the trade "imbalance" will fix itself by making everything more expensive for US customers.

Comment Local data (Score 3, Informative) 43

Where I live (Kamloops, BC, Canada) the all-time high temperature record for a long time was 42C, set in July 1941. Most of southern B.C. set records that month. No air conditioning. Ugh! We demolished that record when it hit 47C in June 2021. I've never been so hot in my life...

The hottest we've been so far this summer was 36C. I expect to hit the Big Four Oh at least once, but the long-term forecast isn't promising.

...laura

Comment Re:You cant run fiber in walls as structured cable (Score 1) 97

You can bend fiber without tools, you can't bend cheap stiff fiber without tools. Usually you use cheap stiff fiber that is more durable and less desirably to thieves when laying it outdoors, but you can use softer and more usable/desirable fiber in the walls inside a house. But yeah, I wouldn't use them any further than a router either.

Comment What works, works (Score 1) 363

A hybrid is the answer for many people. They work well. Electric continues to improve but is still too much of a niche product.

I recently bought a new car. If I could lay my hands on something like a RAV4 Hybrid I'd be all over it. Good luck. I bought a VW Taos instead.

...laura

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