Not the case for the Garmin watch I have

Some words that begin in gi have a j sound and some have a g sound. There’s no rule. English just be like that.

There’s giraffe and there’s girl.

There’s gibberish and there’s gibbon.

There’s gigantic and there’s gigabyte.

There’s ginger and there’s gingham.

The whole debate on GIF is dumb. Both pronunciations are acceptable. I would say it like gift personally, but there’s no reason to think that gif- has to sound like g vs j. There’s just no rule for it in English.

Yeah and better for GHGs obviously

And depending on use case, can be more convenient than gas - if you only have a basic commute and can charge at home. But gas may still be more convenient for some people (long distance in rural or remote areas for example; apartment living for another)

Would also note that this charger was 47¢/kwh. That’s $0.134/mile - very close to the gas calc you did

So OP is talking about spending only $4 to top up, but that’s basically the equivalent of buying a gallon of gas at this energy price. Basically you need to charge at home to get the pricing benefits over gas.

Obviously a bunch of other benefits to EVs

In particular, blueberry is a highly sought after tasting note in Ethiopian coffee.

But Ethiopian coffee hasn’t been as good as it was 10 or so years ago unfortunately.

Heineken 0.0 is not something I’d seek out but it’s widespread enough to be at work events and stuff. It’s fine.

There are better options in grocery stores, so I’d never buy it myself. But I’ve tried a lot of NA beers and there are much worse options.

That’s just the thing with NA though. You have to know which are good, which are fine, and which are disgusting. Unfortunately there’s a wide range in quality - much wider than normal beer.

Yeah the Oktoberfest fest beer they have is terrible, for sure. The Dunkel is decent though.

And some of the other members stuff can be pretty hit or miss. But the standard stuff in stores is generally solid. The Mexican copper one is probably the best imo.

I don’t think so. Haven’t seen anything about that.

I like it a lot. Athletic is the best imo, but even the Heineken and Guinness options are pretty solid.

Germany has a much better NA beer scene than the US though.

I’ve always had this Windows issue you described with ThinkPads. Never had a problem with Dells though. Drives me absolutely crazy

I mean sure but it’s the same issue, smaller scale at that point. You slashed the distance, but also the demand.

The big problem is always going to be getting the land anyway

I’m all for high speed rail in the US, but comparing the land area of the two countries is not really that relevant.

China’s network is really focused on about a third of the land area. US could do the same, but the big population hubs are separated and on opposite sides of the country, so it’s less ideal - lot of track to connect the two. It’s like 2-3x the distance to connect LA/NYC vs Chongqing/Shanghai.

China also has 4x the population of the US. So the cost/benefit to build this out is simply much more favorable for china.

Most importantly, China’s autocratic government can clear the red tape to get big projects like this done. Just getting the land rights to build the right track could kill a transcontinental project in the US. But that decision is consolidated in the Chinese government. This cuts time and cost immensely.

I have the premium lite or whatever. If a video is coded as a “music video”, they still have commercials.

Total bullshit. First, why is that a distinction? I should get commercial free regardless of the type of video.

Second, they consider a lot of normal videos to be “music videos”. Basically if there is a substantial amount of music, it’s a “music video”. This includes visualizations with generic music in the background.

Third, I’ve still gotten some ads on mobile for some reason. It’s crazy to me.

Idk phones are a lot better these days. My 14 Pro is going very strong. I’m not to 5 years yet, but think it’s got 1-2 years left easily, maybe more.

The battery is definitely not as good as new, but it easily lasts a day, which is all you really need.

And no complaints about performance either. Honestly there’s nothing about the new phones that appeals to me.

Yes, Texas definitely has the best brisket. Not a ton of pork though, which is unfortunate.

Per capita? Highly doubt it. Would imagine smaller Great Plains / Southern states have more smokers per capita.

Paid by whom? Lmao how completely bizarre.

That’s not true. It’s only a competition if we have a decent chance at winning.

We could switch to Big Gulp sizing?

Yeah I’ve done that in a few cases where python is the better tool for the job (pulling new data, cleaning up in a consistent way, and generating reports), but it’s not a great solution for certain workstreams. Especially if you are collaborating with other people who aren’t tech savvy

Probably. Even the Mac version of Office is slightly shittier.

And it works. I’d love to have a Mac at work, but I absolutely need the windows version of excel to do my job effectively