Tag: technology
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Is YouTube Premium worth $14 per month?
Everyone knows subscriptions are out of control. I feel like block of ice being chipped away by hoards of people wanting an ice cube for their drink. This feeling is made worse by inflation melting my ice block allowing larger chunks with every strike. YouTube is bringing more heat by bumping their subscription to $14/month.…
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Mass killing by e-bike in NYC
This should make people think twice before allowing e-bikes to be stored in bike shops below apartments. What we desperately need are common sense e-bike control laws. Four people are dead and two more are critically injured after a fire broke out at an e-bike store in Lower Manhattan early Tuesday morning, New York Fire…
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A regular person’s review of the Google Pixel 7a
I finally ditched my Pixel 3 for the shiny new Pixel 7a. The switch came at a fortuitous time because I bricked my Pixel 3 by dropping it in a stream while hiking. It’s not the only reason I made the change. It so happened I purchased the Pixel 7 the day before I went…
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Why isn’t the existence we have enough?
Scott Adams tweeted a few things today about the “Simulation” and the Metaverse. What in the human brain causes us to seek out a higher power? Simulation or Metaverse it’s all religion to me. If you believe in either of those you may as well believe in the Tooth Fairy. What’s the point of believing…
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GM’s clean electric car powered by 90% coal
Which burns cleaner again? Gasoline or coal? Stick that in your charging socket and smoke it.