It certainly looks like it would be better than regular rice. From some quick googling, it acts more like fiber and is better for diabetics. If I had to eat rice, it’s probably what I would do.

Not to derail your point, but rice can be especially bad for people (myself included) where carbs (esp. white rice) make you hungry. If you’re one of those people where Chinese food makes you hungry an hour later, it’s usually because your insulin spikes in response to the rice.

For those people, obviously try to avoid white rice (and flour, sugar, and potatoes). Brown rice usually includes the fiber on the outside (which gets stripped away for processed white rice) which at least slows the carb rush.

Fresh or even frozen, unprocessed veggies that you have to cook yourself are still remarkably cheap, even in this economy. A pan of random chopped veggies and some random seasonings from the spice aisle (no blends!) can easily get you a filling and nutritious meal, and still cheaper than a box of hamburger helper.

There have been reports that some chains like target and Meijer are monitoring self-checkout errors like theft, and waiting until it adds up to become a criminal issue. All of the individual pieces are there and confirmed, it just becomes a question of how long until it becomes common.

IOW, if a cashier makes mistakes, I might get something for free. If I self-checkout and make mistakes, I might get arrested.

At my local Aldi (Ohio, USA), I just put boxes into the new cart (where they put everything after it’s been scanned) before they start. Normally, they’re happy to put things directly into those boxes. Boxes are free, durable, and (at least for me) a lot more convenient than bags. Even moreso for the million plastic bags I would get elsewhere.

Every job pays you twice. Once in your salary and benefits, and once in experience. It sounds like you have a fairly cushy but stagnant job now, and you already want out.

The real question is, is that the correct place to go?

I’m afraid to ask why you have it then. Both for why you bought it or ahem received it, and why you haven’t gotten rid of it.

Currently, we only have baseball caps and beanies in common circulation, with impractical-for-sidewalk-use cowboy hats being the only extant outlier.

This really depends on what types of events you attend and the people you associate with. I rarely see baseball caps (and almost never a cowboy hat), but I routinely see flat caps.

Check out whatever merch shops have at whatever events you attend. Most sell hats of some sort, and probably more than just baseball caps.

Or, better yet, just wear whatever you want to wear without worrying about how others see you. Making your fashion choices based on how others will see you will never make people respect you.

In the US you usually don’t have a duty of care for random people you may encounter during random activities. I would be amazed if she has a duty of care for people involved in traffic accidents that she happens to see, when she’s not part of the first responders (EMTs and the like). She’s not being paid for this work, and has signed no agreement to take that responsibility.

If you are talking about a specific jurisdiction where this is not the case, please let me know.

There’s “duty of care” (where you are obligated to provide aid, usually due to your profession) and separately there’s “Good Samaritan” laws (you don’t have to help, but you are qualified to do so and protected from any results). The details on both of these vary tremendously based on jurisdiction and circumstance, particularly the Good Samaritan requirements.

The answer is always “no”, regardless of what you have. Follow the 3-2-1 backup rule for anything important.

As for whether you’re sitting on a ticking time bomb, I’m referring to a run of mechanical (IIRC) 1TB drives from around 2010 or so. Quick googling suggests Green SSDs have a slightly higher than average failure rate, but only slightly.

For every anecdote like this, there’s another with different/reversed brands.

Aside from some particularly bad runs (like the IBM “Deathstar” or WD Greens), no brand is much more reliable than another.

There is, however, a big difference when you get to Enterprise drives. Often SAS but not always. They are a lot more expensive, but with much higher MTBF ratings. But even within this, the brands are pretty close.

There are certainly examples of that, and other videos that are nothing more than rehashes of earlier videos. But in most videos, I find that he goes into great detail about the subject, its design and reasons, and the environment for which it exists. When he begins a new section, he’ll often reiterate the introduction from earlier to set the stage, which can sometimes feel tedious.

There’s a race within “the scene”. The first group to release the content (meeting all of the technical requirements, lest they get “nuked” or “propered”) gets credits, while everyone else gets nothing. The Wikipedia page on “Warez scene” is a good place to start if you want more technical details.

That said, scene groups don’t release everything. Some shows just aren’t popular enough, or are unavailable to the various release groups. That’s where I think this show is. While scene releases don’t usually say their source, they do state the type, e.g. WEB (aka Web-DL). I suspect that the episodes get released on AMZN/DSNP/HULU/whatever at 5am ET, and that’s when a member of EDITH grabs it in 720p to release around 5:10. They might go back later to release the 1080p version, but it looks like in previous seasons they kept getting sniped.

TL;DR: I bet the streaming content becomes available right before the scene release, which is why it’s so consistent.

“Scene” releases are always the fastest. They do not directly travel by torrent, although they are commonly uploaded to various trackers. You can watch one of the PreDB sites to see when one gets released (finding the content itself is up to you). Their native format is split RAR, but most trackers will have them unRAR’d.

Private trackers tend to prefer P2P release groups. Common ones are NTb, FLUX, and especially on one tracker, Kitsune. These are always slower than scene, but advocates will say the quality is higher.

Side note: it looks like recent episodes of that show were released by EDITH in 720p around 5am EDT. I don’t see any 1080p releases for this season. So either it’s only available in 720 or it’s not a very popular show.

The Beloit/Mindset list that comes out every year. It takes the form of “This year’s college freshman have always/never ______”. For instance, they’ve always had GPS in their pocket. They’ve never used a desktop computer. $Celebrity has always been dead. It’s always been a post-9/11 world.

Each year, that list always makes me feel old.

Your point is valid, but the math is oversimplified. Due to inflation, $1m in 1946 (80 years ago) is worth about $18m today.

Still, $1b is way more than enough to live an entire life of luxury, without ever needing to worry (in any serious way) about money.

Cars in the US have to follow EPA testing methods, and those are the only numbers a seller is allowed to use.

The standard has changed several times over the years, most notably in 2008. Prior to this, the tests were “best case”, and were almost impossible to get in the real world. Since then, the tests have become much more “typical use”, including factors like air conditioning, high speed (80mph) driving, cold engine, and cold weather. These significantly reduced the published numbers vs previous years.

I could easily see a car rated for 27mpg in the 2008 test also getting 41mpg+ in the 2007 test.

Since you described it as stunt driving, Rockefeller Skank by Fatboy Slim.

And yes, mostly because of an ad 25 years ago.

Wouldn’t you need to specify their actual need, rather than the broad term?

I would question what the circumstances were that you needed to point out that someone is mentally challenged. Especially in a workplace, that seems like a rare need.