...which is also an IT issue.

This wasn't theft, it's copyright infringeme....

Oh, wait.

For another fun comparative reference, the average size of a typical hard drive is over a three orders of magnitude larger in 2017 compared to 1992.

Wasting 5MB across a shitton of files is noise - would you care about a stray 5MB file? I sure wouldn't.

A great deal if it is probably lost in partially allocated blocks, and thus does not use any additional space over and above what the file already uses.

It's not so much that I favor the current system, my point was that not being home to accept delivery is a very common use case. In those cases, the package can be left in a location specified by the recipient, or left with a neighbor - as the major package handlers do today.

This doesn't solve for the extremely common case where the recipient isn't home to take delivery.

Agreed. My expense in the summer months is more than twice as much in the summer months compared to the rest of the year - the only difference in usage is that the A/C runs (I have gas heat). My point - which I think I made poorly - was that it's total energy usage including the cost of externalizations that matters, not strictly electric consumption. With the cost of electricity being what it is, coupled with the ongoing externalities of burning fossil fuels, gas dryers make less sense here.

In before Apps!

Why would anyone pay $1 or $2 for headphones? I typically rip them off.

Well, duh - of course a gas dryer is going to use a lot less electricity than electric - but around here, electricity costs 8.16 cents per kilowatt hour, and is substantially not produced by burning fossil fuels.

Since when is Portland in California?

(Though your point still stands, geothermal in the region isn't as rosy as it's made out to be.)

I live across the bridge in Vancouver and work in Portlan. My typical commute is right around an hour - on transit. Driving typically cuts that to 40 minutes. My girlfriend drives to work, her drive time is usually right around 30 minutes.

But hey, spread your FUD all you like.

I just checked, and the oldest email in my work inbox is almost 17 years old. LOL

No.

In no-limit hold'em, you see a maximum of seven cards before showdown, the five board cards, and your two hole cards.

This ignores the fact that a great many no-limit hands do not go to showdown. The worse hand wins frequently.

Absolute bullshit.