Free is good, of course. But I also have some gripes about how Band functions so I’m interested to see what else is out there. Thanks for the Campfire recommendation; I will check it out.

Yes, each generation dies off and passes its wealth to the next. But the boomers are an unusual case because they hold a lot more wealth relative to their size. Boomers and millennials each account for about 20% of the US population. But boomers hold 50% of the wealth in America, while millennials only hold 8%. The wealth transfer as the boomer generation dies off is going to be massive. And most of that Boomer wealth is tied up in real estate, which will have a big impact on the housing market when it becomes available.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/more-than-half-of-us-wealth-belongs-to-baby-boomers:-will-other-generations-catch-up

https://www.statista.com/statistics/296974/us-population-share-by-generation/

(Gen X is somewhere in the middle and I’m skipping over them, as is tradition. They wouldn’t want it any other way.)

Edit: meant Gen X, not Gen Z.

I wish you could send some of your snow over here. I love the stuff, and I usually have to drive to the mountains to get to it.

“Latitude” can mean freedom of choice, or scope of work, rather than position on the Earth. I think he’s saying that it looks like the work of some low-level employee just doing what they’re told without thinking much about it.

Some brands do this continually. That’s how Eddie Bauer or The Gap is constantly having a 30% off sale on one thing or another.

And it works. It’s called “price anchoring.”

Competing standards and clueless sellers are bad, and then the tire marketing makes things even worse.

Marketed for road? That’s 700c.
Marketed for mountain? That’s 29".
Marketed for ebikes? That’s 28".

But all three tires fit on the same 622mm diameter rim.

Sure, they have more bodies. They increased the maximum conscription age to 30 last year, and keep calling people up by the hundreds of thousands. But a large army is not necessarily a good army, especially if a substantial portion are conscripts.

three-month probationary basis

Stating this indicates they will never give you an ounce of trust, nor the benefit of the doubt in any situation.

Apologist? It sounds like NATO standing up for itself and refusing to cave to Putin’s egregious demands.

nor has Congress provided a specific statutory authorization for the involvement of United States Armed Forces in the armed conflict or any hostilities in Niger.

Yes they did, Rand: the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001. Your own father voted for it when he was in Congress. It’s a bad law that never should have been passed, but it’s there. Maybe get off your political soapbox and work to repeal it.

Edit: I don’t mean to sound like I’m trying to dunk on Rand Paul. I will applaud anyone from any party who manages to get that law off the books. It has been misused by every president for over 20 years. I’m just out of patience and tired of politicians grandstanding and promoting half-measures rather than fixing the core problem.

I see, the headline is just premature. Al Jazera facilities have not been closed, but the gov’t is actively laying the legal groundwork to do so and it may happen in the coming weeks.
Times of Israel story
Business Standard story

The link returns 404 Not Found for me.

No mention of this on Al Jazeera’s site.

This headline isn’t passing the smell test.

I’m not familiar with this particular case, but in general it’s completely reasonable to not be a single-issue voter dedicated to one party. Politics is complicated and parties have broad (sometimes conflicting) platforms. Even when one party clearly fits your ideals, occasionally they have a particular candidate that you just can’t get behind.

Oof, I’ve been watching the satellite imagery this summer and you guys have been getting hammered. I just checked the AQI map and you have me thoroughly beat right now for the title of worst air. Hang tight up there, and stay safe.

I think the excessive heat wave is part of what caused a bunch of the fires to start/spread. The number of hot spots visible on NASA’s daily satellite imagery exploded from August 14-16.

In the US, half those vehicles would have trailer hitches waiting to bruise your shins.

This is political clickbait BS.

Without tipping their entirely hourly wage has to come out of what you pay for the meal. Thus the price of your meal will go up to make up for what they used to get in tips.