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There are systematic price differences mostly based on distance from Texas and Louisiana where the majority of the refineries are, and distance from major refined product pipelines. State fuel taxes have a secondary effect.

Generally no, because that would open up an infinite can of worms because states have different criminal laws. But, for example, in the case of Trump calling GA Secretary of State Raffensperger to change the election results, the Fulton County, GA district attorney can prosecute it because one...

A woman in Texas was pulled over for driving alone in the HOV lane. She argued that since she is pregnant, that was two people, and shouldn't get a ticket. Do you get to deduct a fetus as a dependent on your taxes? If humanity begins at conception, can you start driving and voting 9 months...

I gave it a review of 1 star and said "This pillow gave me an insurrection".

The purpose of life is to replicate. The purpose of death is to make room.

The original Enterprise sets were built on a very low budget. For example, the upper "screens" around the perimeter were just static pictures. It only had to be good enough for 1966-era televisions. I first watched it in black and white, because color TV was for rich people. But for an 8-10...

What they are doing is keeping part of the Russian forces occupied trying to break into the plant, which means they can't attack less fortified places. Strategically it has been a great move. This plant used to produce millions of tons of steel a year. So by its nature it is very heavily...

If you have a large enough crowd, somebody throws a hook and rope over the fence, and everybody pulls. Then you don't have to climb it, just walk over it. There are fancier ways, but a hook and rope is something you can carry in a shoulder bag.

I have several Magnolia trees around my property, and therefore get seedlings sprouting up on a regular basis. The ones I have given away to neighbors and friends have about a 50% survival rate. My untutored method is to dig up a chunk of soil about a foot square around the seedling. Larger...

A meltdown. Financial markets have those fairly often.

I would just bring a telescoping ladder. But yeah, the security people are the danger, not the fence itself.

As someone who is diabetic myself, and has thus studied quite a bit about how it works, I would need a whole lot more proof to think that statement is anything more than B.S. I assume this is Type 2 Diabetes being talked about (not inherent, but acquired later in life). It can be controlled...

Both Voyagers were already past Pluto's distance before the second Kuiper Belt object was discovered in 1992. Pluto was the first. So we could hardly update the plaque. The plaque just tells you when it was made, based on what we knew in the 1970's. There are now several thousand known...

It's probably not a whole lot, but Atlanta is connected to the national grid, such as the high voltage line that comes down from the Chattanooga area. Depending who needs the power and what plants are producing, the electrons can flow in any direction across the grid. TVA territory includes...

Pretty much everyone does, aside from the services themselves. But there is consolidation going on. Disney bought much of Fox, and Warner Brothers merged with Discovery Networks. Some people have turned to rotating subscriptions - sign up with one, watch everything you are interested in, then...

It's a grass species. Do your local ordinances specify grass species that finely? Or is it yard height they limit?

In the US you don't really own land either. Try not paying your land rent (property or income taxes). The government will show up and evict you.

The Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta was used for many of the TVA scenes. It is partially powered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. I find that amusing. The hotel atrium does have a science fiction vibe:

Those of us who comment on Ars Technical ripped that article to shreds. The article's author, Shel Evergreen, is a "science writer" rather than an actual technologist, and an Ars "contributor" rather than a paid staffer. Many of us who comment there *do* have technical backgrounds.

They're sending three dummies to the Moon. God knows there's no shortage of them down here.