Chevy Equinox? I guess it depends on what you call affordable and how long the $7500 federal tax credit survives

There was never really a need in ICE vehicles since they can primarily use waste heat from the engine.

Portal and Portal 2 are some of my all-time favorite games. They’re about the only games I enjoy watching other people play, primarily when they’re playing for the first time—it kind of lets me relive that wonder of the first play through. Going through those with my stepdaughter (only 10 at the time) not long after I married her mom was a highlight of my life and really helped us form our own bond. As we progressed through I realized that chamber 17 was going to be rather traumatic for her because she was going to absolutely love the weighted companion cube, so we stopped playing for a few days while I ordered a stuffed weighted companion cube and gave it to her right after the level. As we neared the end of the game I explained to my wife about the Cake. She owned a bakery at the time and we presented kiddo with a cake like the one seen at the end of the game when she won. We did Portal 2 as well, me watching as she played the solo campaign and then we did the co-op together. I’d highly recommend it for any parent who likes gaming to share these with your kids.

I don’t think they’re even paying minimum wage; Costco is well known for above average pay for store employees.

My wife is willing to clean the remaining meat off the carcass when we’ve eaten one. She really gets our money’s worth out of those chickens, usually making stock from them as well. So far she’s been happy to do the work even in situations where she’s making something needing a lot of chicken. I think one time she actually bought two chickens and pulled the meat herself for whatever she was making, just because of the cost savings. Still, I think depending on time and her energy levels she would consider buying these packs at some point in the future.

“Apple is being thoughtful about doing this in a (theoretically) privacy-preserving way, but I don’t think the company is living up to its ideals here,” observed software developer Michael Tsai in an analysis shared Wednesday. “Not only is it not opt-in, but you can’t effectively opt out if it starts uploading metadata about your photos before you even use the search feature. It does this even if you’ve already opted out of uploading your photos to iCloud.”

Reading the article, the service itself is interesting and it sounds like Apple might have found a way to process the data while preserving user privacy, but the fact that they unilaterally opted everyone in without giving them a choice is the biggest problem.

Depending on the culture in your country, a sympathy card could be a good thing to give. You might find a card that says something compassionate, then add a personal note expressing your condolences and offering to be a listening ear at work or outside work, or if they’re looking for a distraction you can be that as well. Something along those lines might be appreciated. It of course depends largely about the kind of relationship you already had with the coworker, and what kind of time you’re willing to offer her outside of work (if her mother had been living with her, for example, she might need someone she can call in the evening to talk when facing that loss).

“I’m sorry, I’d love to be of assistance to you but I’m afraid I speak no English.”

Sorry, I didn’t take my meds today so I can’t read all that, but I hope it helps!

Offhand I think AV1 is supposed to be a bit better than H265, but I think the improvement would be pretty marginal. Also, that’s a newer codec with less support everywhere, so you might find yourself slowing down a lot doing live transcoding to a format with better support like H265 or H264, depending on your devices. Add in all the time transcoding your current files from H265 to AV1 and it might just be worth adding more storage space.