Recently dug one up. My older kid is interested in retro tech, so he has the boom box, a record player and a cassette player. He’s started buying vinyl and cassettes, and discovered my old crate of CDs in the basement

Here’s why you don’t put all your eggs in one basket

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/supreme-court-trump-education-department

The cost is on the plaintiffs, whereas the federal govt has effectively unlimited money to spend even before ignoring g court orders. While my state is not on this list, the AGs office was funded with tens of millions of dollars extra this year. While we do have a good education system to protect, there are so many other illegal actions taken by this administration that no one has time for them all. We all do what we can and hope most illegal actions get some court time

OP is talking 6 AH batteries. If that’s all SiC can do, why would Apple use it in place of current 18AH batteries?

Apple was never leading edge - their goal is to incorporate when it works well

But you’re both cherry picking and wrong. There’s huge lists of features on every new phone, you’re picking two and deciding that means no innovation. Take a look at the dozens of other features on models from each manufacturer.

SiC batteries that offer 6-8k mAh

You’re complaining about battery chemistry that you believe is innovation, yet current batteries are much larger. Why switch if the technology is not as good yet?

This is a big reason I still have optimism. In four years if we restore law and order, and get past MAGats yelling that it’s personal, all those groupies and hangers on can face justice for defrauding the country, flouting bribery laws, violating human rights, defying the constitution …… and turnip in chief won’t be there to pardon them.

I hope to see them all in jail. I hope to se his contemptuous children start a new dynasty in jail.

If you were thinking of heading this direction, Canada is a great place to visit.

Until we recover our sanity, your tourist dollars are better spent pretty much anywhere else

If they tried to send me to my country of ancestry, it no longer exists

As others say, ID has always been issued by states and is usually a drivers license, but also

• until recently there was not standard security, so IDs that are not “Real ID” compliant have different standards
• some states explicitly do not ask about immigration status. It’s better to have all drivers licensed and insured than for immigrants to drive unlicensed and uninsured

What about a “Real ID” drivers license?

While a regular license makes no claim about citizenship, id expect “Real ID” to only be obtainable by citizens

I’m thinking the same thing but maybe not that small. I really liked the Honda Element for this, but it wasn’t right for me at the time. Maybe soon Rivian R2S or R3S, or if that’s too big, Slate?

As an American I’m still not convinced.

Apple successfully sold themselves as a better choice, the “in”thing - to adults. Most adults I know have iPhones and the ones who don’t seem self-conscious about it. It might have partly to do with Android phones originally sold as the budget alternative. We’re the shallow ones.

Kids can take their cues from adults: they see iPhones as the “better”, more desired choice. But also take it to the next level, with teasing and bullying.

I find it hard to believe anyone cares about the color of text bubbles, especially since kids don’t use iMessage, despite all the media making that claim. It’s just an excuse, but the social stigma is real

The specific request is kind of interesting - when I was a kid, everyone had to wear Nikes or get teased. However for my kids, Nikes were always out.

Fads always come in cycles

Competency implies having some qualification other than loyalty, listening to subject matter experts, considering consequences. The result of competency could easily be just a matter of degree and awareness.

For example, tariffs can be a powerful tool for addressing specific trade inequities or supporting local production, especially in conjunction with other tools. Many US administrations have successfully used them. Only an incompetent buffoon would just throw them down everywhere all at once as the only tool, or as a bullying tactic.

And some turnip brain has thrown down a random slalom course of giant boulders of tariffs, terrorizing immigrant labor, and a full clown car of national “leadership” whose only qualification is personal loyalty

When someone says you stand like you have a stick up your ass, they mean the other way. It should help keep you vertical

https://www.amazon.com/Radio-S-Localized-Programming-Emergency-External/dp/B0BTM29SZB

But the question is deaths by car and you don’t need to entirely get rid of cars to make a huge difference.

• inspections. It boggles the mind that some places don’t have them

Traffic calming really can work. I’m not talking about speed bumps, but things like curb bumps to narrow the road at intersection while increasing pedestrian visibility, traffic islands, roundabouts. Even repainting lines can make a difference. My town’s master plan is driven by accident stats, so every road rework is a noticeable improvement

A couple years ago my town repainted a two lane road into one lane plus turn lanes. Now traffic is slower and calmer yet you get through that area more quickly. Most importantly it’s no longer one of the most dangerous roads in town

Most recently they built a median. This was a dangerous intersection because it always backed up so impatient people would blast straight through in the turn lanes, causing accidents. Now they can’t

And yes, because of Florida Man, my town built medians at every railroad crossing so idiots can’t go around the gates. We never had that problem, but idiocy is contagious.

Every city and town can make a difference. Now. Relatively cheaply. Just by collecting accident data and prioritizing by that. Just by making small changes a little at a time

Best way to recover from a spin is push the yoke to straight down and rudder opposite the spin.

I’d go even farther. Since there’s been precious little due process, essentially none are criminal. Essentially none of those deported have been convicted of any crime.

And no, I’m not taking the word of the people who deprived them of that right while hiding their own faces