A big exception to the rule are the HomeKit secure video cameras that work in Apple’s ecosystem. If your HomeKit compatible camera is going straight into HKSV, and isn’t paired with manufacturer’s own cloud video service, then it’s all E2EE and it can’t be accessed by Apple, even with a warrant.

Problem is, camera offerings are limited, and scrolling clips in HomeKit is paaaainful. Also, if you’re not in Apple’s ecosystem, you can’t use it.

First, there’s the pull-forward effect. December 2025 was Tesla’s best-ever retail month in China at 93,843 units, as buyers rushed to purchase before the reinstatement of a 5% purchase tax on NEVs starting January 1, 2026. That tax had been fully exempted for over a decade. Some of January’s weakness is borrowed December strength.

Second, China’s vehicle trade-in subsidies expired in most cities in mid-November and remain in a transitional phase, dampening demand broadly.

Third, the broader NEV market was weak. China’s total passenger NEV retail sales fell 20% year-over-year in January to 596,000 units, according to CPCA estimates. Even BYD saw its NEV sales drop 30% year-over-year and 50% month-over-month.

But here’s the thing: even BYD’s weak month produced 210,051 units. Tesla’s 18,485 is a different universe.

MAGA ain’t going to be able to intimidate a woman that skates at the uptown Oakland rink. She’s seen harder shit they they’ll ever see.

That’s what they’re going to do.

Two good defensive teams. For a minute there I thought the Hawk’s place kicker was going to be the only person to put numbers on the scoreboard.

Orange you glad you’re not depressed?

Whenever I’m taking that stuff as prescribed, I’m usually not high, I’m simply not in pain.

My money is that someone will start pitching it as a green alternative. Dry / powered soaps are hot again because you’re not shipping and storing a bunch of water.

If coke was smart, they would’ve put this green and brown tube, and called it “Juice, by Ecofruit”

Slicked back hair is the wrong move when you have a fivehead like that.

Wut

It wasn’t. This the medical examiner is going to tick one of three boxes. Homicide, Suicide, or Natural Causes.

Even a justified killing in self defense, which this wasn’t, would be “Homicide” for the medical examiner.

From the very same people that worried about “papers please” during covid.

Remember, Trump already backed out on the Bay Area / Silicon Valley in late October.

Yeah. I do find it interesting that the crime control act from the 80’s has a lower punishment tier for a la carte premeditated murder. I wonder what the logic was behind that.

Maybe it’s there to reduce the risk of executing people who are innocent? A defendant has to be found guilty on two violent offenses, which is a higher bar for prosecutors to clear.

I’m not a big fan of the death penalty, but the history nerd in me is mildly curious about why this act was drafted in this way.

The 1984 crime control act is kind of interesting. It was written to walk a line and really limit the death penalty for federal cases. The death penalty requires murder to be stacked with something like robbery, kidnapping, mob shit, etc.

Even though a premeditated murder would be considered a violent crime, the crime control act requires premeditated murder to be sandwiched within another violent crime to unlock the death penalty as a punishment option.

This is one of those things that appears to go right up to the line, but the judge ruled on precedent.

Totally agree. I’ve been keeping ink tanks in ziplock bags so they don’t dry out.

I think I might cut over to a B&W inkjet. There are tiny versions of those now, and I can print color elsewhere.

Only problem is size. Color lasers are chonky compared to a color inkjet. And a small printer is nice if you only print a handful of times a year. They’re easier to shove in a drawer or closer.

The days of me dedicating 24/7 desk space to a printer is over in my house.

We also need some sort of way to prevent heads from drying out so quickly.

Printer companies know heads dry out, and they ship tanks with caps / tape for prevent dry out on retail store shelves. But once the tanks are installed, printers just leave the heads exposed to the air. Like a pen without a cap, the tanks dry out.

I print like 5 times a year. So 90% of the time, when I’m replacing a tank, it’s because the damn head dried out.

Only problem with laser is the desk size for color laser. If you don’t print very often, and you want color, a laser can take up space.

Finally a way to turn clean solar into something I can burn.