I took my new car to the dealership for its first oil change. I was there for two hours because they applied various software patches!

At most companies, there is no way this expense report would get approved! Barcode scanner!? Expense report denied! It's better to have a longer outage than expense an AU$55 item!

Most U.S. banks and credit unions will run a ChexSystems report when opening an account. If someone's score isn't high enough, they will get denied.

I replaced my 15 year old Toyota with a new Subaru. My insurance went down substantially because the new car has more safety features. One of the main reasons auto insurance is skyrocketing because people are buying crazy expensive vehicles. $70,000(USD) SUVs and $100,000(USD) pickup trucks cost a fortune to insure. Buy something below $30,000 and your car insurance will be reasonable.

I agree. I play a lot of FPS games. I normally use a gaming laptop connected to a 60hz monitor. I'm generally happy if I can get a frame rate of 60fps. If I used a desktop, I could see wanting higher frame rates.

For my laptop screen, I can switch it between 60hz and 240hz. In games, I can't notice a difference. On the Windows desktop, the only way I can tell the difference is if I drag a window around in rapid circles. The 240hz is a bit smoother.

That being said, when it's time to buy a new monitor, I'll definitely buy one at least 120hz or higher - just in case it does make a difference.

In Illinois, kids need to be in some sort of boaster or car seat until age 8. In California, it's 10 years old. Car seats tend to be very large. It's hard to squeeze two car seats in the back seat of a sedan. This encourages parents to buy behemoth SUVs. It's the law!

Where I live, the city doesn't allow people to run things like a cable or rubberized diamond plate cable path across the sidewalk. The police would give someone a ticket. So it may not even be the HOA that got them.

How are an office company, a freight company, and a home construction company "tech" startups!?

The problem with sedans is there aren't a lot for sale in the U.S. Manufacturers have been discontinuing them to focus on more profitable SUVs and trucks. Most of the American manufacturers don't even make sedans anymore. Toyota, Honda, and Kia make a few sedans but I wouldn't be surprised if they discontinue them soon too.

For example, Honda used to make the FIT, which is a small sedan. They purposely discontinued the FIT because they figured car buyers would happily buy the more expensive, larger, HR-V instead - and they were right! Americans love huge vehicles. The bigger the better!

Keep in mind, the Bolt and Leaf are being discontinued so they manufacturers can focus on more profitable, expensive SUV EVs.

Yup! In the U.S., 30% of new car loans are for six years or longer. That's one of the main reasons the average cost of a new "car" is $50k.

I work on a large complex monolith mostly written in C++. It's being replaced by an even more complex system with numerous Java micro services.

Trust me, KnobGobbler69 is not a she.

Well, if you lose your job (in the U.S), you also loss your health insurance. Job loss and high medical bills are closely related.

Why is Robinhood storing SSNs? Are they contributing to investors social security?