> What is, I wonder, the purpose of recounting these crimes? Do modern-day people want to identify with these victims to get something out of it? It's tough hearing about crimes where neither victim nor perpetrator are around

Is your argument that we should forget all of the bad things that happened more than a lifetime ago?

Maybe Florida is a better fit for you, my guy bitch?

> They are a clear indicator of climate change and some thing that should concern you greatly.

It does, and I may not have been clear. I believe we are living through a slow-motion (for humans... instant in geological time) cataclysm that will cause worldwide death (by war and famine) and disaster by weather events and ecocide. I suspect our course is at this point irreversible without a worldwide "Manhattan project" level of effort in innovation and mindset change. What I read in the comment (but which may not have been intended by its author) was that the pattern foretells tornados or hurricanes or something in the days immediately following the polar vortex.

> The [sic] figure well if it’s hotter, colder, wetter or drier than it should be I can stay inside but that doesn’t do anything to feed us.

True. And as more pollinators die off because they can't stay cool enough or because we think we will increase yields with pesticides, yield will continue to spiral. I suppose I could continue my side rant, but the point is... Yes I'm concerned... panicked even... And when someone suggests a particular weather pattern is alarming, I prick up my ears, because fuck! I'm in a constant state of alarm. Isn't everybody? What makes this particular weather pattern any worse or more alarming than ALL of the other signs telling us that we are on the bullet train to the end of human civilization as we know it?

Thank you for responding, but I don't think the comment you quoted is the one I was looking at. Although it seems perfectly clear to me that this is a warm winter with the Arctic blast inserted for fun, and although it seems obvious that steadily warming weather is the trend, and although the trend points to global warming, and although that trend is actually cataclysmic, the comment I responded to made it seem like the pattern signified something more immediate. Like next week or month. I was looking for explication of that sentiment.

Well, I have to confess that I don't. It seems like this year has started off really warm. What do the extreme temperature swings signify?

True. I was focussed on the HP usage. My bad.

Charged a car and used a space heater. That could be 30-40kwh right there.

Crack? I thought this was about weed. Jeez. Ive got to lay off the whiskey.

I mean... ok. I don't really have a problem with turning off talk and text while someone is in a moving vehicle, regardless of if it is a driver or a passenger.

No, I assumed -- incorrectly, I guess -- that anyone reading that comment would know that GPS is an important function that other people wouldn't be dumb enough to propose shutting that off.

Do you use your talk and text to know where you are going? GPS is probably the least distracting thing about the phone. There are a lot of other services that could be shut down selectively.

All that behavior can be programmed. Probably even down to being locked out of the lower gear until double clutching for the downshift, as well as the feel of grinding gears. It is definitely possible.

Manual transmission behavior could be programmed. It doesnt have to be an actual manual transmission. The "gears" would just be tied to speeds (for simplicity) rather than speed and torque. I'm actually surprised no car enthusiasts who think that driving electrics is boring havent already made this mod.

That's actually a really interesting idea -- make it more demanding to drive.

Even make it more demanding than manual transmissions. Get rid of power steering, too. Tesla makes sure that people keep their hands on the wheel at least every so often... decrease that to zero.

Most phones can detect when they are travelling over 5 mph. Mandate that they stop working at 10 mph.

> Cars kill people

Whoa, there pal. Next you'll be saying that guns kill people. Settle down and think a little bit. Everybody knows that only people kill people. /s

I hate driving. Maybe I'm getting old, but it seems like there are so many people that are in too much of a hurry to get where they are going. There is so much impatience and aggression. It's a bit like using twitter, actually.

I guess we could make a law limiting money in political campaigns and maybe publicly fund nominees. That would cut down on the noise and force candidates to debate in order to earn tge vote. But im old fashioned.