How so?

My roku/vizio made it seem impossible to proceed without a connection and account. The workarounds I found online vary by model. I caved to avoid a fight. Even after a later reset, I couldn’t figure out how to bypass it. I tried disconnecting it from wifi through the tv but it kept forcing me to connect it again, or else it wouldn’t proceed. However, I changed the wifi password later and it was surprisingly quiet about it. It constantly flashes the power light when on now, but a little tape keeps it in check.

I took 3 weeks of karate and the best thing it did for me was teach me how to high kick. Not with a full leg swing, but a 2-stage kick of knee up first as the foot swings out. Pretty good for kicking up gate latches, pretty good for balance and (slower) precision on less-durable door handles.

Just about every culture has a winter celebration. Religious or not, a large portion of the population is struggling in the cold. The party around the solstice gives a distinct turning point in the year as the days get longer. So why not take advantage of the existing merch, the existing day off work, and the spirit of your friends and family and partake? Going with the flow and pretending to celebrate a holiday in a religion you think is fake anyway is easier than having the same conversation over and over with family. And don’t underestimate the power of marketing, consumerism, and the lingering imperialism. I’ve been to India and many people expressed their wish to visit New York City at Christmas. It permeates local culture, it broadcasts globally.

As others have said, you’re showing a small world view and admitting your sample is small. Christianity creates atheists that celebrate Christmas. Judaism, hannukah. Modern non-religious cultural holidays, the new year. Traditional religions, some combo of the solstice and moon phase. Even those of other faiths that live in areas dominated by Christianity celebrate Christmas, heathens and pagans alike.

I bet there’s some sick barbecues going on 4th of July

I don’t now, not for any “screen rules”, but because we have the space to spread out. I think that’s an underlying factor to this thread. We have ownership of the living space and have a slight excess if you count occupants vs rooms with TVs or laptop areas. Between living with my parents later than I’d like and then having shared apartments, I always had a TV in the bedroom from ~10 on because that was my bedroom, my office, my game space, etc. But now, if the SO and I decide our house isn’t crowded enough and add kids, I can certainly see adding a TV back to the bedroom.I wouldn’t want them to feel confined with all their entertainment in one room like I felt growing up.

Lol I use a nightlight at home and travel with one. Not because I’m scared, but so I can navigate the room quickly in the middle of the night. Usually just to pee. I already wake up confused enough about my location at home if I happen to wake, no need to be further confused in a new place.

This is what I see as well. The pro-musk US group hates EVs. The pro-EV US group hates Elon. Then there’s the other 60% of the country that doesn’t have a strong enough opinion to post about it online. I am surrounded by new Teslas despite being a in very blue city metro. It’s obvious because the 3/Y got a facelift during the height of the musk/trump romance

They’re just looking at it though. No stopping. Resembles my one and only American vacation.

Is it appropriate to point out that words are spelled certain ways and that spelt is a plant product?

I chime in with a
"Haven’t you people ever heard of Closing the

Damn door"

Fish: global, dozens of entries
Frogs/toads: global, dozen entries

Spiders: 3 entries, Australia, Brazil, Australia.

Would you not call the plastic surgeon an artist?

You said “if I remember correctly”. Since ethanol isn’t the same compound as as those found in gasoline, I’m not going to rely on an “if I remember correctly” statement about the specifics when there’s verifiable proof on the road that, regardless of cause, it’s lower. I was confirming your overall claim and agreeing with you.

So anyway, since now I’m driven to look up the specifics, yes, being partially oxidized is part of the problem, but that by itself is not the complete problem. With different compounds it wouldn’t even be relevant. There are gasoline compounds that carry oxygen. C2H5OH (ethanol) is a relatively small molecule compared to the hydrocarbons in gasoline mixtures. Even if it didn’t have that one oxygen atom, it’d still have fewer hydrogens to use than the main components of gasoline. And those gasoline compounds can be arbitrarily longer than their minimum molecule designation.

It’s the single oxygen atom and the fewer total number of hydrogens, combined.

It varies by area. My E85 is well above half e15. Like within a dollar so at recent best, 33% less.

I don’t know the specific reasons, but yes, ethanol is less energy dense. The communities talking about this factually see that the loss in MPGs is pretty close to the average price difference, making it a net zero benefit.

That movie was recommended to me by several Mexicans when I was in Mexico a few days before the holiday. It seems they did an excellent job representing the meaning and the spirit of the celebration. So the cool thing is you do, now, know Dios de Los Meurtos.

Beautiful movie.

Plus it introduced me to the song La Llarona (covered by many people) for a haunting October sound

No, it’s not in that summary. The summary calls them rap lyrics, but only states they came from a notebook. A rhyme on paper is poetry. Nothing in the article makes them truly rap lyrics. Nothing about recording or performing prior to arrest, just that he wanted to be a rapper. Yes, they were very likely it ended to be rap lyrics and were definitely interpreted as rap lyrics by the jury. It’s not exactly fair to call them rap lyrics because the article is playing up the racial inequality, but, at the same time, it really is important to highlight the differences on public opinion of poetry.

Though his love of writing has remained constant, the form of Broadnax’s poetry has changed over the years. Today it is spoken word, but as a teenager back in the aughts it was rap. Broadnax’s dream was to become a successful rapper. He would fill entire notebooks with handwritten rap lyrics. Next month, that old habit could cost him his life.

I take back what I said in 2020. Turns out the president can control gas prices. Bombing an oil-significant country does that effectively.

Really? A new bunker? Under the new ballroom? The new ballroom that’s going in place of the old ballroom? The old ballroom that covered the old bunker? Really?