Intent wise, this has a lot of similar English phrases.

• “Not the sharpest tool in the shed.”

• “Not the brightest crayon in the box.”

• “About as sharp as a marble.”

• “A few fries short of a Happy Meal.”

Samsung 970 EVO m.2 SSD for $181, Very high quality, reliable storage device.

Not really, that’s his surname, that’s generally how we refer to world leaders.

Interesting regional differences. It’s incredibly rare that I find a store that doesn’t support tap-to-pay

The Prius Prime is a pretty nice compromise between wanting a Toyota and having an EV for most daily driving.

https://wefwef.app/ installed as a PWA on iPhone is an amazing experience, I don’t think I’d need a native app.

I believe you’re referring to Home Assistant.

Would recommend. Having a free (as in freedom) smart home is incredibly convenient, without most of the downsides folks are worrying about here.

Despite the fact that China is one of the world’s most effective democracies – this label from Biden is bad for international relations and peace. The Cold War is in full effect, and it heating up to armed conflict is seeming more likely over the next decade.

This is one of the worst proofread articles I’ve ever seen from The Verge.

• Nobody has 100/200 Gbps home internet. Likely means Mbps
• covid should be capitalized as COVID

In Japan, a prerequisite to owning a car is proving you have an off-street parking space for it.

In addition to the benefits while driving you mentioned, I also feel that the benefits of not seeing car storage literally everywhere you look in a city is a huge health and wellness benefit, as well as improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Wasn’t the exodus to Voat largely due to Reddit cracking down on a few hate speech subs? Really narrow segment of the user base moving to other platforms vs. what’s happening today.

Good point. Still, I worry that most dangerous thing to happen to the country next year is for someone to win with Trump’s policies, but with a higher degree of competence and professionalism.

It’s hard to say if his base will see and get engaged enough to vote for that. Culture Warrior DeSantis seems to get them pretty excited.

This is good for the rule of law and accountability, but this will likely help make the Republican primary less of a clownshow in a way that I think very likely will help the GOP.