Public transportation in cities varies. But inter-city transportation? In most of the USA you simply cannot travel between towns or cities on public transportation. There are a few inter-city bus options (Greyhound, Flix, Megabus), but those don't go everywhere.

The rail options outside of the NE corridor (Boston to Washington DC, basically) are very sparse. Here's the map: https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/Maps/Amtrak-System-Map-020923.pdf

That's it. Most of those routes are at most once per day in each direction. So if you city even has a stop (which it probably doesn't) the train may only come through in the middle of the night. Some routes are only 3x/week. And because of the massive distances involved and old equipment, it takes at least 70h+ to travel from coast to coast (more really, since connection times are long) and costs twice the price of a 6h flight ($250+ vs $80-120).

Trains are often on schedule, but can be many hours late. Once they are off schedule they are at the mercy of the freight train lines (who own the tracks) for passing. You can get stuck behind a slow moving cargo train for many hours.

Why is it like this? It's complicated. But it starts with very low population density, large areas/distances, and a very different relationship between the individual and the state in the US vs most of Europe. Add the rise of suburbs in the automobile right when many US cities were growing. Another factor is public attitudes. People think that public transportation is for poor people. I know people who have never ridden a city bus, and I live in a city that probably has above average public transportation for the region.

Anyway, as a public transportation rider-by-choice I feel your pain. Having spent a few weeks in Germany recently (with a DT for travel), and having ridden extensively on US train and bus networks, yous is definitely much, much better. Resist the politics of privatization and decay.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

https://imdb.com/title/tt0116908

Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. He said in 2019 that it was his favorite role. It was released after a flop for Davis and director Renny Harlin (then her husband), and may have had poor press related to that.

It has an unlikely hero, plenty of action sequences, some fun performances (I had to pause it after a funny line from Brian Cox cracked me up), and heart. Solidly entertaining. But low expectations might help.

Here's a fun comparison: Tennessee vs Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania

They have very similar population density (70/km² vs 65/km²). Tennessee is roughly 4x the area and population.

There are only 2 inter-city train stops in Tennessee, in Memphis and a small town to it's north, both on the 1x/day service between Chicago and New Orleans. The largest city (and its state capitol) Nashville has no rail service.

The entire state of Tennessee has only 10 inter-city bus stops. Ten! Serving 7M people. The 4th largest city in the state is Chattanooga (181k), and it has no inter-city bus and no rail.

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It's not exactly featureless.

In electronics terms this is a switch.
Pushbutton
Momentary (meaning it doesn't remain in the pressed state when you stop touching it)
Panel mount
Anti Vandal
Non-illuminated (I'm guessing based on the photo)
Green

There aren't so many green switches as red or black, so that can help the search.
It's also probably something readily available since this doesn't look like a device built in the thousands.

I'll bet it's this one or a different size from the same manufacturer:
https://www.buerklin.com/en/p/eao/pushbutton-switches/82-6851-1000/12G0085/

Of course it could just as easily be something sourced in China if I'm wrong and this control panel is mass produced.

People have different hobbies than you? I've never heard such a thing. Truly weird!

OPNsense and pfSense are pretty popular and are BSD-based.

What's the story with this ruler. It seems to be have markings for measuring up to 20.5cm of length, but it's labeled from 10 to 30. Why does it not start from zero?

According to the company, according to legend, after the founder's death, his two sons took over the business. They wanted to rebrand the bottle to enter the bitters into competitions. One redesigned the bottle, the other redesigned the label.
It was either too late to fix the mistake or they were too stubborn. One judge advised them to keep it, since it would be eye-catching for customers. They kept the glitch.

noooooooo!

There can be only one!

Here's another source, with a photo of the breakfast before launch: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/last-meal-neil-armstrong-buzz-130518520.html

Per this story, the steak and egg breakfast as a team before launch started as a NASA tradition in 1961.

The modular approach is very appealing to me, even though I have little use for a pickup truck. For example, I read that the SUV configuration moves the back glass to the end of the SUV shell when you install it. That makes the SUV top lighter and cheaper.

They run Jellyfin and not Plex.

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US-ian here. Haven't seen that quiz before. Scored 100% just now on US states and 100% on the European countries quiz. But I like geography and have traveled somewhat more than the OP map.

I feel like a lot of American travelers weirdly think more about going to Europe in terms of cities rather than countries. It's expensive to go and they may only get one trip. So their friends tell them to go appreciate the biggest historic landmark, a church, a museum (top 3 artworks only), and a restaurant in Rome, then go to Paris and repeat, to London and repeat, maybe to Madrid or Barcelona and repeat. Adventurous ones visit Prague or Venice! Maybe spend 2 nights somewhere to really immerse themselves in the culture. Then they complain back home about how crowded and hectic Europe is and they never go back. It's no wonder, they spent half their time in taxis, airports and discount airline flights.

There is probably a shorty tongs addiction recovery group in your area. You can get through this.

Slate has a size comparison widget on their website. You can show it with the silhouette of a current full size pickup and a circa 1985 small pickup. It's almost exactly the same size as that generation.

After you know the wattage of your load, use the Runtime tab on the product page to see how much runtime you get at a given wattage. https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/smart-app-lcd/or1500lcdrm1u/
The one you have selected will have 2 minutes of runtime ~900w on a fresh battery. If all you want to do is clean shutdown, that's probably fine (as long as you don't have brief power drops that you want your shutdown procedure to ignore). If you need more time then you'll need a different UPS.

Note that some UPS models will do better for a given task than others with similar specs. For example I have a ~100w homelab, and wanted maximum runtime for 50w during a power outage (servers off, router+switch+aps active). Some similar spec Cyberpower models were ~120 minute runtime at 50w while others were 200+ for the same load.

There are long standing problems with this. Not sure of the exact point of the video, but here is an older article with some info: https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-private-jets-being-subsidized-you-and-me-641890

I thought the same. Basic arithmetic gets 500 word padding.

Plus, no mention of hybrid sleep on desktops writing RAM to the SSD on every sleep. Certain usage patterns could make that a larger problem if the PC sleeps multiple times per day. But still, nothing new.

Makes perfect sense! The sharp corners on most rulers like this aren't very pocket-friendly.