I bought a Tesla online in 2021 (after first test driving one). I loved the process and the car was delivered to my driveway. I hate car salesmen. I don't like haggling, this is what I want, dont bs the price. I should be paying the same as the next customer, just like as if I was buying a laptop from Costco. Here is the real gotcha - service. Tesla is essentially a monopoly with their service centers - which definitely are not great. All states should allow sales direct to customer. But they should also require the manufacturer to allow private mechanics to service their cars. This would essentially be like dealership service centers, where the mechanic is "authorized" to service the car, would have appropriate computer diagnostic equipment, etc. Details would have to be worked out for reasonable fees the manufacturer could charge the mechanic, but the laws should mandate if X cars sold in the state, they must have X third-party mechanics. Like in Phoenix, there are tons of Teslas sold. Their service center is very slow. If there were third-party mechanics to choose from, it would provide competition for Tesla Service Centers to perform better & faster and generally ease the backlog, while at the same time increase the physical locations to choose from so you don't have to drive 45 minutes to get to a mechanic.

So... hurricane hits, Walmart algorithm foresees big uptick in demand for essentials and jacks up the price. Isn't that illegal price gouging?

Or it's 4th of July in Myrtle Beach. Lots of visitors. So Walmart algorithm jacks up their prices. Isn't that also price gouging?

I'd like to see how this works with laws on the books for price gouging. This just smells bad.

You just described his first term. This shouldn't be new to anyone partially paying attention.

Who isn't surprised that Tucson, AZ and Chandler, AZ both voted down data centers recently? It is stupid for a water-hog like a data center to even want to build in the desert, where water resources are cherished. And data centers *SHOULD* be voted down in areas that don't the water resources needed to run a large data center.

That's another way of saying... It's not WHAT you know, it's WHO you know that matters.

"Decorum" for the administration who's Press Secretary makes brazen lies almost daily. The administration who's President calls reporters and people he doesn't like childish names daily, while insisting things others have done he himself did. Lots of decorum there. I don't think reverting to an old font will have the slightest difference in decorum with this administration.

If 90% of students in a class complete the required work, and score above 90% on an exam, then they are all deserving of an A. If a class is supposed to teach a set curriculum and the students master that curriculum, they deserve an A. Doesn't matter if it is 1 in 30 or 29 of 30 students.

Harvard does not admit "C" students from high school. They only admit students who have earned top marks in high school. Which means that the students there are generally pretty smart in the first place. Which seems to infer that the majority would be capable of achieving high marks in college as well.

Now if the class has a grading curve then it could be argued that that the curve is too generous.

Also, there is a big difference between freshman general ed classes - required for all majors - versus high-level classes that are specific to one's major. Is the grade inflation in the general ed classes or the higher level classes?

When I first got a Tesla in 2021, it had cool/fun features like use of an external speaker... to yell "Hey you!" etc. But the NHTSB decided that was too much fun and mandated Tesla send an OTA update which disabled that feature. But OTA is also great in that in 2021 there was no integration with Apple Music and Spotify, but because of OTA updates they are now integrated with the car's functionality.

I would guess other auto-makers see those types of updates as motivation to buy their new model year cars.

Or maybe they look at BMW and want to lock down more features as subscription services controlled by the software.

As someone who used to live in a "flyover" state, it most definitely SHOULD go to somewhere with a higher population base and more visitors. That is not unfair at all. That is life. That is where people are. DC and NYC have large airports, mass transit, and infrastructure to move a lot of people around. Rural areas do not. Get over yourself.

The Smithsonian is a national treasure of museums. This is specifically where something like this should go. Not MN, WI, SD, ND, IA, NE, MO, KS, AK, OK, MI, etc. Chicago would be the only option in the midwest. But the Smithsonian is far more worthy.

Like why the programming "language" for Power Apps is the worst of the worst. It took bad Excel formulas, merged with VB and came up with crap. Where inputs of multiple types dont even have the same basic properties (like background color). And CoPilot doesn't even know how to do lots of things, giving blatantly wrong answers 30-50% (or more) of the time.

When I was in the Louvre a few years ago, they had A/C in the section around the Mona Lisa. But other sections did not have A/C. And it was hot enough I thought the paint was going to start dripping. Seriously, why would you store any art important enough to be in the Louvre without A/C? I mean the entrance fees were high enough to support paying the electric bill for A/C. Just seems like such an odd stance to take. Sure they can set the A/C thermostat temperature to be higher to reduce electricity used, but still... certain buildings should be required to have A/C everywhere. It isn't some technological marvel only a few can afford.

More and more people actually print straight from their phones. Or just occasionally. It is just easier/faster. Phones require wi-fi printing, thus connected to your home router... and the internet. So, yes, probably 90-99% of people put their printer on the internet.

The better question is... who in the Navy signed off on such a stupid contract? These are ships designed for war. If you're in a war zone, people die if you can't fix broken things ASAP. Every single item on a war ship should be fixable by sailors on that ship. So again... what Navy official was bribed into signing such a ludicrous contract in the first place!

Parents can already manage their kids apps on iPhone. Pretty sure they can also do that in Android.

To use your analogy of "pre-Internet"... There was no law requiring you submit your ID to some database (to probably get hacked) to sign up for HBO, Cinemax, or Showtime. Adults would be responsible for whether or not their kids watched programs on those channels. Same thing here. Parents can, and should, be responsible for what apps their kids get. There is no need to scan, upload, take a picture, etc. to access things. Just be a freaking parent. It is not that hard. And it is not the state's responsibility.

You do realize that if you have iPhone, you can do one of two things: 1) share your apple ID in which case your kids would only get the same apps as you download, or 2) add your kids to a "family" where they have to request any app they want and you, as the parent, must approve that app request.

So.. there are already tools for a **PARENT** to manage this. The state does not need to get involved and try to micromanage parenting.

Sounds like either you don't have kids or have no idea how to manage kids phones.