Cool, so how many power plants are they adding to the grid to help support such demand?

Could sell them to consumers as another profit avenue. Look at how many chicks that Tractor Supply sells each year.

If you price them appropriately, you could probably save quite a few that others are willing to raise & process themselves or use for their own hens.

It appears I don't have them on my GrapheneOS (Android 13) install. So, some users may already be safe on that front w/o any intervention.

It's always been the case since I started Android dev back on Android 2.2. I assume it goes even farther back. Here's the docs for doing it: https://developer.android.com/...

Automatic transmissions have many more parts than manual transmissions. Thus, they require more maintenance to keep going and are expensive to rebuild when they brake.

So, "less efficient" depends on the context.

Also, it's not about macho for many. It's about feeling connected to the car vs just being in it. It's similar to the difference between a developer writing software and a person using the software. They can both use it and get work done. But, the developer will feel more connected (I know I do).

Gotta love how some spread. Android hate about not being secure, spying on you, etc. Yet, Apple is doing similarly evil things. They're BOTH doing terrible things (though, I'm not saying all employees).

At least with Android, you can load GrapheneOS or similar and avoid a ton of Big Tech censorship/spying.

Gotta be "climate change". It's politically expedient, let's throw that in.

I'm on board with more investment in nuclear energy with the latest reactors that are smaller, can be assembled on an assembly line, use solid over liquid fuel (mostly/all?), and could be brought online faster than older styles.

My state saw the effect of renewables failing in winter. And no, I don't buy the media drum-beating & social media FUD about how it was failure of natural gas & other non-renewable sources.

How do we know it's the Milky Way's corpses that were ejected out there? I get there may be a proximity to our galaxy. But, upon what basis do we say it's from the Milky Way?

Don't get me wrong, it sounds interesting either way. But, I hear things often that make me go, "Wait, that's easy to state, but how do you know." And no, the "trust them, they're scientists, certainly they've worked that out by now," argument isn't enough on its own.

- When the car is used & sold to another person, possible costs to clean residual alcohol so that the new owner can start the car.

- Extra cost for those that don't drink at all

- Ignores that you could have a non-drunk person sit in the driver's seat to start the car, but then have a drunk driver get in the seat after that

- If the car fails to detect the issue when started, but the person is drunk, does it later detect the condition & stop the car somehow? How is this done safely?

Huh? The CDC said in May 2020 (yes, 2020) that the fatality rate was around 0.25% and that included those with comorbidities. Factor out those persons (not saying their lives don't matter, just higher risk pool) and the fatality rate is even smaller. The pandemic was over in 2020, but the MSM et al kept beating the drum saying otherwise.

Let's say I'm a CA based employer looking to hire remote employees anywhere within the USA. Let's say I'm willing to pay up to $150K/year in TX, $300K in CA, and $400K in HI. Do I list the range as $150K-$400K/year? What if a Texas applicant then expects at least $300K? If I offer $150K and the Texan sues in CA, does the Texan then have a legit lawsuit in CA? Reasons I don't live in CA! Well-intentioned leaders? Maybe. Competent? Doubtful.

Some of us in Congress know we're going to get obliterated in the midterms, so we desperately need distractions right now.

When do we get the one about biologists successfully growing horns and wings on horses? We're still due for that one, I think.

Yes, but keep in mind that China is run by the CCP & basically forcing people to work on something. In more capitalistic societies, there's a profit motivation, along with just a desire to go try something cool.

There's very different motivations at play. The CCP can try throwing money at it, but there's an economic limit there (even with 4x the populace). They can threaten people, but there's a limit to that too (lest people get so angry/desperate, they're willing to have a large scale uprising -- think of how the President in the Hunger Games walked a line b/w control & collapse).

The CCP is not unlimited in power to force *all* the results they want. Even if they copy everything, and have 4x the people working on it, there's still a limit.

Personally, I'd rather see the US govt, European govt, and so forth incentivizing companies within their borders to NOT go to China or share information... at least until the CCP falls (which historically speaking is inevitable, even I have no idea of the timeframe personally).