He made a lot of headlines over the years we gaudy gold embellishments, plastering his name everywhere, and a long history of reneging on contracts by making the lawsuits more expensive to run than the money he owed people. He’s always been a con artist with no legitimate business talent , and I don’t see how anyone missed that.

But yeah he never could have done that if he hadn’t started rich

Cool, thanks. So much more readable

Interesting idea, and a great money saver! I find it strange that portable induction cooktops are so much cheaper and at least seem more technically advanced than a fill sized range.

But yeah, more clutter and probably not great for selling a house. Not for me

I actually did see this as one of my choices - looks nice, fits my requirements better than the one I got, and is $1500 cheaper!

But that stupid horizontal display is stupid. It meant the range sticks out an extra inch or more and I really couldn’t do that in my kitchen. It also means smaller burner space than the one I got - it doesn’t need to be much but a little extra room to move pans around rather than crowd them

Thanks. Seems like a positive step

Right. where’s the actual content, the wording not treating us like idiots? What is the actual improvement?

Yes and no. My understanding is an air fryer is just more convection. No actual definition but some brands have both convection and air fry. But I couldn’t find that with an induction top.

This does have “convection bake” vs “convection roast”, so I still need to understand what distinction they’re making

I’ll figure it out as I cook more. I do have a countertop air fryer that I was hoping to get rid of (I need the counter space) that I used a lot for chicken breasts and stuff. But the ultimate test is tofu. I’ve never been able to make tofu right so if I can use the convection oven to get the right consistency, I’m golden

Yeah and I think I fall for this somewhat too. Here in Massachusetts we tend to be fairly progressive but tend to elect Republicans governors, because they’re more “leadership”.

Even among presidents, I didn’t hate Reagan as much because at least he was “presidential”, not embarrassing as the public face of the country, but then we had ever shrinking republicans that just looked childish and less professional each time. But democrats just don’t have any presence until Obama and biden

With US being the leading oil producer and stealing all of Venezuela’s’s oil, we’re positioning ourselves to control the world’s supply …… as the world yawns and continues moving to the future of tech that we helped develop then threw away

Given all the cuts to science, deportation of scientists, and blocking student researchersin the past year alone, I’d claim the US deserves half the credit for China’s impending science ascendancy

We’re not losing the competition, we’re throwing a tantrum and scattering the game pieces …… somehow thinking that’s the same as winning

I really hate how so many of these articles feel like they need to dumb it down with this “artificial sun” imagery. It feels so condescending. I’d rather learn more about the latest progress with nuclear fusion

I recently watched a video (sorry don’t remember who or what title) interviewing voters in Alaska. Everyone was trying to make the point that they are independent. They voted for Trump but also policies that were more progressive. They could articulate ideas like everyone should earn enough tonest so a higher minimum wage is good. They went through a bunch of such issues where I could not and say yep. And they gave good reasons

But always came back to also voting for Trump. Even when the just had a discussion favoring policies Trump is against. I never heard any justification for it. They’re not independent, they’re brainwashed, they can’t connect the logic

I just got a WiFi stove that should be marketed as one of those bad ideas.

My requirements were

• induction burners
• air fryer

The closest I could find had all this “smart” crap, and convection oven was as close as I could get to air fryer

More and more I’m convinced “Messaging” was by far the biggest shortcoming of Biden’s administration. They did or started so many things to benefit us all that they never got credit for

Oh man, and I just finished a pbj. Now I’m feeling sad

It does seem like we need to figure that out. We have lost the distinction that you have free speech, but you’re not free of the consequences of your speech.

We have a fundamental change with the internet, where people’s words can have a much larger impact on the world, while at the same time you’re getting more distance from those impacts, more insulation from the consequences.

In the olden days you could say “the sky is falling” all you want but people will think you’re weird and you’ll be ostracized. You face consequences for your words. Similarly you could scream. “FIRE” in a crowded theater subject to arrest for the panic you cause, for endangering people’s lives. You face the consequences of your words.

Now whatever you say on the internet has a broad enough reach that there will always be susceptible listeners, those who believe or who can be easily convinced. Now with sensationalistic and outrage culture, media, and politics, there will always be someone to “ride the wave” for their own benefit. But when there are consequences, it’s much easier to step away saying “wasn’t my fault”.

We as a society desperately need to reconnect those consequences back to those whose words caused them and those who “rode the wave” to profit their own needs

I mean, it doesn’t make sense to start an expensive investigation over some random streamers bs, nor does it make sense to blame an immigrant community when the known nd prosecuted fraud was lead by white people and victimized that community, but here we are.

And a lawyer. Find a lawyer ahead of time. You’re not going to have much luck defending yourself against overwhelming force and numbers, but most people who survive long enough have the opportunity to defend themselves in court. At least we used to.

Think about what the camera even can show.

• you’re not going to see a readable license plate, even assuming they took their own car and parked in front of your house
• so what if you capture a face? There is no universal facial recognition too, and database, nor any way to trace back to where they may be now. If the police capture them by normal means, it’s solid additional evidence, but not useful in itself
• doesn’t matter for insurance. If you make a police report of a breakin, they accept that, and it won’t show what’s been stolen or destroyed

Cameras are good for “the appearance of” security and may deter some. They can trigger lights and attention, which may drive some away. They can also be part of an alarm system which will deter more

Why do people say this? When I moved into my current house and replaced all the deadbolts, every choice came with at least one long screw to anchor into the joist. And that was 20 years ago