You've commented multiple times about hempcrete in this story, while completely disregarding that (according to your own Wiki link) it is not fit for purpose, as it's not load-bearing. The majority of concrete in any build is in the slab, which is load-bearing by definition.

No, you're not. My initial thought was 'WTF is this word salad?'. LLM-derived garbage text about crypto scams. What could be more useless?

The best, particularly good at this point in history: "Found On Russian Dump"

This is a ridiculous extrapolation; doing the same to health care costs means that health care and education will each be several hundred percent of our GDP in 18 years.

The cost of education is driven by the federal student loan program, the expansion of middle management, and the development of luxury dorms and gyms. I think it's transparent that such costs cannot continue to expand at the same rate for the next 18 years.

Real classy, attack the person, not the claims.

CARB says: "The manufacturer of replacement electronic ignitions determines which of their models are considered replacements for original equipment. These replacement electronic ignitions are then listed by vehicle year, make, model and engine size in the manufacturer's catalogue. Electronic ignitions or electronic point replacement units for vehicles not originally equipped with these items require an Executive Order to be legal for street use. Swapping electronic ignitions from different years, engines, or makes is illegal."

And I stand corrected on flam test. But if we're honest, in aviation, $40 and $1000 is just a rounding error.

How about my other two examples?

Here, I'll play.

Let's talk about tinting windows. In California, you can tint a car's back windows and rear window with whatever you want. Front passenger windows have to have at least 70% transparency. No approval necessary. What does it take to get an STC to put window tint on an aircraft?

Let's talk about engine systems. In California, you can replace an ignition system with another ignition with any system designated as valid by the manufacturer of that ignition system. Go look at the ElectroAir electronic ignition STC: you still need a magneto system, and that STC was probably quite expensive to get.

Let's talk about upholstery. In California, there appears to be no regulation on upholstery for car interiors. The FAA requires certain fire resistance, and the lab testing is apparently around $1000.

Let's talk about carriage for hire. In California, Uber and Lyft appear to operate without regulation. The FAA would nail you requiring an Air Carrier certificate (Part 135) if you did what they did in aviation.

This time it was some Amazon crapware for me... Uncheck that box PDQ.

The first thing that phone should have seen before being deployed to a kid is Apple Configurator so that it was supervised and the unlock token was captured. This is a solved issue, and the dad's ignorance is no excuse to violate the world's privacy needs.

Control-Shift-Eject ? Slightly more annoying than Windows-L.

For your door breaching pleasure... The KAC Masterkey

I came here to suggest the same. Kickstarter to fund the creation of a new legal entity, with the pledges becoming shares in that new entity. I'm in with some pledge money, I just don't have the time to do it.

It'd be fantastic if CmdrTaco came back to lead the new entity.

You certainly can, if you have the money. An M16 can be legally acquired in most states, it'll just cost you 10x or more than an AR15, and a lot more paperwork.

https://techlib.barracuda.com/...

You can't change the keys, so if you want to use SSHFS to backup systems that aren't agent supported, you've potentially given root access to anyone who's extracted the private key from the appliance (and leaked it to the internet). I wouldn't be surprised if the agents used the same craptastic cryptographic fail.

This. I own a Volt and an Equinox. I'd be at the dealer at the first possible moment that I could order a Voltec powered Equinox.

I've been seeing more glimpses of upcoming Volt marketing. I'm hoping the marketing team will push it exclusively as the Gen 2 release gets closer.

If I were GM's CEO, I'd make Voltec standard for all of their vehicles, cutting the pure ICE garbage right out of the market. Electric only as an option for every vehicle. The marketing team would have to do their jobs to pull it off, but when the people learn they can get near-Vette performance out of a Sonic...