unmagical

This seems to be the case with connected cars in general, not exclusively Chinese models. There are multiple reports of Tesla remotely disabling cars or reducing battery range, for instance. Also the fear mongering over subsidies being a violation of the rules of fair trade is laughable given that is the exact way the US car market operates too. I don't even have the choice to buy a cheap Chinese car here in part because of government protections for domestic markets.

Speaking of not teaching things kids have to unlearn later, I've often wondered why we don't just start teaching math with the expectation that you solve for "x".

i.e. Instead of

2 + 3 = 

Write

2 + 3 = x

This would prime the child to expect that math is about finding an unknown and you've already introduced the unknown that will be most prominent in their academic career. This will also reduce the steps necessary when teaching how to balance an equation as you no longer have the "well actually you were always solving for 'x' we just didn't write it, so you didn't know, also we're never going to use 'x' for multiplication again." stage.

But I'm not a teacher, parent, or child psychologist and this is just my blathering hypothesis based on watching my peers struggle with math for years.

Well there's Senator Thom Tillis who was the only one who actually voted to keep Cruz's amendment.

So that's a registry worthy crime, right?

Olauncher

Can we strip people with, say, 34 felonies of their citizenship and deport them to an arbitrary country?

'Member that time France granted citizenship to someone that thwarted a terrorist attack?

Here the US be kicking out those who help.

Just watch the segment. He's asked 3 times if he condemns the phrase which many consider to be a call to violence and 3 times he levies condemnation toward the sentiment. While he doesn't say "yes, I condemn 'globalize the intifada,'" he said it's not appropriate to police speech, he'll lead by example, he's listening to the people of NY when drafting policies such as his significant increase in funding for anti-hate crime funding, and that his policies and the language he uses need to reflect respect for all people.

I'd argue his actual response is a much more appropriate condemnation than just saying "yes" and moving on.

Ah the Covid approach to hurricanes. If you stop looking for them they cease to exist.

A bit older, but still great IMHO: Sanctum 2 and its DLC go on sale for $3 every sale. I've sunk over 450 hours into this FPS TD hybrid. The DLC is worth getting as well as it doubles the content of the game.

Titanfall 2 is about $5 and offers a diverse and creative SP campaign with mixed soldier and mech combat. I've played it at least 5 times.

Mirror's Edge is $7 with a robust parkour mechanic and alright, if not a little dated story. I've also played this at least 5 times.

For more casual offerings: A Short Hike, Alba, Firewatch, Smushi Come Home, Röki, Journey, Turnip Boy, Scanner Sombre, Deepest Sword, Yono, Snakey Pass, Baba is You

Other Games I've enjoyed: Portal 1&2, Full Metal Furies, Superhot, Borderlands 1&2, Mothergunship, Echo, High On Life, Crab Champions, Gunfire Reborn, Journey to the Savage Planet, Hades, Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice

You know how when you sit by a fire and the smoke comes toward you and it kinda sucks? What if the air was like that everywhere? With the power of pollution we can turn that dream into a reality!