The electronics retail location nearby has one model on sale (clearance?) for $99. I'm trying to get my essential electronics shipped back to #SoCal, so I don't have to pull out so many devices at the #TSA checkpoint when I'm on my way back.
I suspect it had to do with the way the US financed their operation (tax breaks such as accelerated depreciation; with legally mandated higher pricing paid by utilities for renewable energy). When the higher pricing rules went away and the depreciation was finished, they weren't profitable enough to invest in maintenance and replacement.
> A Supreme Court that doesn't give a damn what the public wants ... is exactly what a Supreme Court is for, actually.
I agree.
> the reason there is partisan court seat stacking etc is that the SCOTUS cares too much what the people or rather what the people's representatives think.
I disagree. It is that absent support for the ruling party's "correct" interpretations, a court nominee will not be confirmed.
> It's the politicization of everything.
Correct. And, as we know, politics ruins everything it touches.
> the US appoints some of its District Attorneys by popular vote and that's just super weird for a role that is supposed to be administrative, meritocratic, bureaucratic.
Yes, I agree. The DA role is normally at county-level, so each county that does this should reconsider, including #Los_Angeles County in #SoCal. On the other hand, one has no idea what sort of back-room deals would be made in an appointed DA situation. But overall, I think appointment would be better.
I don't know whether I responded. Yes, troubleshooting data would be useful. I'm still in #NYC, but I'm hoping to do some major updates to all !fnetworks sites when I return to #SoCal.
I had told him that I had been looking forward to the end of the assignment because I was feeling a little tired. Then they sent me to #Albany, and I felt somewhat refreshed. After a few weeks there, they said to return to #NYC, and I had told him that if my body started to feel the same as it had, I would head back to #SoCal for a couple of weeks and then attempt to visit #MO.
He said that since it is sometimes difficult to get large chunks of time off when desired, I should wait, because they wanted me to visit later in the year, when there would be another baby to meet.
I know this means I'll have to add a #Google account to my new A7 Lite tablet. (I'm sure this only talks to their own app, which I'm almost 100% sure is only in the Play Store.)
But I've been wanting a handwriting-based notes and drawings app for a while. I sent one to my #SoCal home and one to #sonTwo, so I expect to have a full "this is what works well, this is what works not so well" rundown before I ever open the box.
I have some stuff planned for !fnetworks, but I think I'll wait until I am back in #SoCal to put them into effect. #Hotel_living really does make everything more difficult.
There was a city in my area of #SoCal that was known for this. They even towed vehicles out of people's driveways as "junker" vehicles and auctioned them off. As far as I know, they are not currently doing this.