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Oh I'm way too lazy and cheap to switch out the speakers. I don't drive enough for it to be worth it.

I've been debating that for my 2002 Ford Ranger. But I like local radio.

Every time I see a new model car (ICE or EV), and notice more and more being done through some kind of data connection...I sigh. Maybe I'm stuck on a worst case scenario that isn't likely, but I can't help but think that "right to repair" is going to have a wide meaning. The battle over such a concept coming to everybody's individual conveyance in my lifetime worries me.

Monthly subscriptions are where the vehicle companies are hoping the gold is. They will be very aggressive in this area to recoup the costs of converting plants and supply chains to the EV side. Alongside and after that, it'll be to prop up the share price and distribute dividends, or keep a growth story alive. What's worse is that 25% accepting is going to creep up as generations shift. Gen Z and Millennials are used to subscription models for plenty of things as a normal part of their life. Gen X has prefected the art of griping and moving on. Microsoft Office becoming a subscription instead of a new version you could ride out buying every other release is a great example, your smartphone being amortized as part of your monthly service plan is a other. The C-Suites aren't waiting for the boomers to exit gracefully before they flip this switch. They don't need as many people willing to endure a subscription model as some may think, and 25% now isn't a bad metric for where the technology is. The ones who hate it will be drug along kicking and screaming for lack of better options once they have between 50-55% compliance. Griping in a survey is different from voting with your wallet. The future has a lot of cool stuff we haven't even conceptualized yet. It will also have the same style of merchants finding creative, often insidious ways to get you to fork over money to them just like it's been since antiquity.

The PD3205U rotates. I just watched an unboxing and setup video for it and the guy demonstrated the rise, tilt, and rotation. He had to tilt then rotate, but it goes 90˚ into portrait mode.

For the Dell Latitude laptop I have from work, 90W is plenty of power; the charger that came with it is only 65W. I honestly don't think I need two monitors for the house given my work requirements and desk space...but if I get froggy, I really don't do much too graphic intensive from an application perspective. At home I just use the one monitor, and open the laptop for a small screen to have my Spotify account up on. The built in KVM in either model is a huge plus for me right now. Would be great for my desktop PC with Linux or another non-work laptop if I pick one up again. I can just HDMI or USB-C that one to the monitor easy enough. No macOS for me to worry about. Right now I have a TESmart KVM that can handle four devices. It's given me a Yeoman's service since I snatched it up back in mid-March 2020, but it's got enough cords to tie down everything on the Clampetts' truck. In the department...according to the specs on the website, the PD3205U has a 90˚ pivot and one of the pics on the BenQ site shows it in portrait mode. That would be quite the mistake to publish if it didn't do that.

Quick question, what do you know what the the non Thunderbolt 3 is? Looks like the PD3205U if I'm reading the specs correctly. Thunderbolt power from a monitor plugin would be great, but since I have a company issued Dell WD19S 180W docking station, it's not on the essential list.

Or until we ride out the down slope of the Hubbert peak. I get that EVs aren't ready for use en masse yet, but time and technology are on their side with oil being a finite resource. Look at the leaps we've made from the time they were a concept to being able to see Tesla's out and about. Now the conventional companies are getting into the market. We're realistically only a generation or two from this being a workable concept given how fast technology can evolve, and industry can rally.

Secure Flight Passenger Data. The airlines are required to share the personal info you enter for your reservation with, which lets them have all that on hand. It's not as Orwellian as you think...especially since you're not giving up any new info, or anything really private aside from your travel plans (if you consider those personal). It does show how interconnected private companies and .gov entities can become.

The reported level of accuracy with a pistol is way too good to have been learned from military training.

What a validation of the change in law. Hate that it happened, but this vignette has a clear takeaway that the new law is a good one.

Market economics will correct this eventually as EVs become more widespread. It's hard to see why battery failure in an EV isn't under some kind of warranty. Maybe it was declined, or just isn't standard in purchasing contracts yet. But if this becomes widespread enough in fact or story, it'll have to happen or people will gravitate towards brands that it's not a factor from. To be sure, there is going to be some planned obsolescence with these things. I think it'll come more from firmware upgrades and the computer parts of the car having a lifecycle than the mechanics. The proprietary nature of all that is where the maker will keep a firm grip on things. But I also have to assume that battery replacements as a comparison to a new car purchase are part of the financial model of the production lines.

We can debate tactics, gear, and spend countless hours on 9mm vs. 40 S&W vs. .45 ACP...all that is just filler. Nothing determines an outcome more than the mindset of an individual who acts when human instinct is to freeze or flee.

Third story in on the sliding headline picture thing for me.

This is my leading contender after a hefty bit of research. https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-40wp95c-w#

Great points. Especially since I'm replacing a 28" monitor at home I've had since 2013. The more work I do from home, the more it hits me that I need to upgrade the hardware to keep productivity. It's not improper at all to look at this as a buy once, cry once situation.

I've been impressed with what I'm reading on the BenQ offerings. Hadn't heard of them until I started this search. Does your work benefit from the design type monitor, or was it just the best option with some compromise? I have this model on my list of possibilities, but feel like just to get the size I'm looking for, I'd also be paying for a lot of graphics support and built-in speakers I won't necessarily use. https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/entertainment/ew3880r-38-inch/reviews.html#expert Good idea, I'd forgotten that one. Will see if it's still around. More spreadsheets than documents, but I occasionally have to proof, or help draft shared documents. I'm also (finally) getting plugged into a PowerBI resource, and will have a folder based system to view a real-time work list for my organization. So, something that can handle all that at various times is needed.

Does anyone know a store where large computer monitors are on display, with an actual variety of inventory in the Middle Tennessee area? I spent part of this last weekend at Best Buy and Electronic Express in Mt. Juliet and Hendersonville, only to be severely disappointed in options. I know that brick and mortar retail isn't all the rage at the moment, especially for obscure items like this...but I was expecting more. I'm generally looking for a large curved monitor for my home setup (and if I like it, I'll ask my boss if I can expense one for the office). Hard to explain exactly what I want, more of a when I see it, I'll know. I do know I want some decent height which seems to be the lacking feature on most of the floor models. They have some length to them, but height isn't wowing me. I just want to see something in person before dropping some decent money on it. Things like this are hard to gauge via online retail.

@Omegaand I don't agree on much, but his earlier post and the one above this are spot on. The Asherman style chest seal is super quick, and trauma scissors are a cheat code. Here's an older thread that still holds up and can compliment this one. https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/105661-med-kit/

Yeah, aside from things that involve money benefiting someone, most issues fall into the category of neither party wants to actually solve. Guns are certainly in that camp.

It's amazing that no matter how high speed we try to get, the basics still work just fine at a faction of the price. Give me that cheapest in the aisle toothbrush, CLP or Rem Oil, a basic bore brush, a cloth or old t-shirt, some qtips, pipe cleaners, and a dental pick...I'll get any gun clean enough to take back to the range, or keep ready to go.

The state likely should be taking the lead on these kinds of cases, but they can very logically be done at a county level as well. Where Funk may have made an error was going for the PR win with what he said. He would have a lot of cover if he said something akin to he would consider any legal action available, but as a DA, he has to prioritize based on how he assesses the best use of resources in serving the community. That would be a read between the lines way to signal that he wasn't going to push an abortion prosecution, but plausible enough since Metro Nashville has way bigger fish to fry in the courts given the crime. That kind of discretion is easy to second guess, but the authority for it is clear. This is a self-correcting issue if the political will exists, however. District Attorney's who are elected can be recalled (if the mechanism exists), and lose their next election. In this case, Funk is very likely aligned with the majority of voters who have him on their ballots, so in this example, the political will is absent. But recourse being in and through the people is a lot better than the alternatives. The state can leverage resources to prompt action as well. I'm sure there is some grant money, or something that can be taken off the table if they tweak the laws that authorize it enough. But that would mean the state legislature would want the fight. They always seem more interested in early adjournments than principled stands like that, so don't get your hopes up.

Well, you didn't have me in mind, but I had similar prognostications in another thread. My crystal ball is cloudy. The red flag laws are always going to be a worry spot. They have good intent, especially if suicide is something we wish to have an open debate about...but you're right in thinking there is a lot of room for abuse. The benefit of this package is there's no real definition of them at a federal level, just more grant money for the states to use.

But I also don't see anything that is a cause for concern. The language of the Red Flag laws is vague, and as I understand it, only having grant money for states that want to set it up. It's no more of a potential mess than it was before. I'm actually okay with a few of the provisions in it (the mental health funding and boyfriend loophole being addressed), agnostic on others (18-21yr olds potentially having juvenile records reviewed, and the tighter FFL requirements that will grab private sellers clearly running a business), and not threatened by the rest. This is a great vignette of the Washington "do something" legislative thinking. It's kind of surprising Democrats went along with just this...they didn't even fight for universal background checks as to not derail things. I would think trying to celebrate this as gun control opens them up to a primary challenge from an absolutist on gun control. Republicans will get some mummers of betraying gun owners, but not enough to change anything other than the tightest primary.

I'm legit torn on if this one should get challenged all the way to SCOTUS. It's not a huge loss to have Delaware off the map for AR ownership, as repugnant as the idea is, and a loss would embolden further bans. But if the verdict in favor of assault rifles...that would be at least a generation, maybe two of some widely recognized freedom. Kind of a no risk it, no biscuit scenario. Even without this, the only good reasons to go there were setting up an LLC, and to attend arbitration proceedings. Not really. They're just liberal on guns. It's actually one of the most attractive and active states for setting up a Limited Liability Company due to their very favorable corporate laws.