Nonsense, I have it on good authority (from a Very Stable Genius) that this is the most transparent administration EVAR!!

This "change of direction" probably has more to do with Trump and Co. being able to wet their beaks.

I don't drive like a maniac, but I probably wasn't particularly careful about the clutch... not to mention that, for some years, a fair bit of my driving was on the hills of Seattle.

Regardless, the distance you've gotten out of your clutch is extremely impressive!

It was definitely quite odd. I'm very impressed by the balance the robots displayed; on the other hand, the aiming of their attacks (which were predominantly kicks) also seemed almost unrelated to where the other robot actually was (TFS' "sometimes" is an understatement).

Each robot seemed to have a very limited set of moves - just one or two specific attack moves, but several celebration moves.

I was a bit concerned that a human might be the target for a random roundhouse kick to the head towards the end of the video.

... and it made it look almost real. So did it get a gift card to Bed, Bath, and Beyond?

After all, look at how much care Musk's DOGE team put into protecting and sequestering sensitive government data!

2015 Camry, not 2018.

I've been married 40+ years. Until recently, I'd had manual shift cars (yes, including the Escort) and my wife has had automatics. While anecdotal, it's certainly been decades since we've had to have any significant transmission repair done - at all. With the manuals, obviously you're looking at clutches every so often.

While I enjoy driving stick, when the time came that I was ready to admit we had to replace the Escort (2018-ish), I got an 2018 Camry - which is an automatic. Part of the thinking there was about our daughter's anxiety about driving in general; but it was also true that cars with manual transmissions were few and far between... and, surprisingly, now more expensive than the same care with an automatic transmission.

I do make frequent use of the paddle shifters though, when on hills and windy roads.

Good thing you didn't have auto-pay enabled...

Did you miss the part about "approve or reject... on a case by case basis"? The people this is designed to "help" are the grifters currently occupying the white house and its cabinet.

>>"We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day," Mr. Trump wrote in a social media post in May. "And >>who can be against that."

this idiot thinks that ending DST is going to somehow make the amount of sunlight change

At higher latitudes there are going to be some sorts of issues, one way or the other - either in summer or in winter. Right now, in Washington State (45 to 49 degrees N), it starts to get light between 4 and 5 am. If we're on permanent standard time, that'll be happening between 3 and 4 am.

I'm close enough to retirement that I no longer have a strong preference. I would prefer we stop switching twice a year, regardless.

* NOW with extra evil!! *

Safari and Firefox would likely block this, given it's a third party JavaScript tool.

Are you posting less on social media than you did five years ago, and are you being more selective about who can see what you post?

I only post on Slashdot, which guarantees very few people see what I post. /j

I follow some people on Bluesky, but hardly post at all there.