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The good restaurants also shop at those same distributors. They all have different quality lines for different customers, but most restaurants buy for the cheap line so that is what they get.

It takes a lot of thought and research to come up with a good opinion on some subjects. Some subjects are easy because of values, but you need a lot of study to understand other subjects.

You need to have an opinion on things you don’t understand. There are people for and against vaccines - this is a very complex subject and both sides have what sounds like science behind them, and both also have real medical doctors. You are affected though so you better get to the bottom of it as both sides will tell you the wrong choice is a disaster.

The problem with the Gripen is it is a 4th generation fighter. Nice, but it lacks the stealth of the F35 which means you either lose pilots a lot or you keep them well away from the fights. They are still useful in their role, but you want a better plane for a lot of roles that it cannot do. And of course 6th generation fighters are already on the drawing board.

There are a lot of good cooks in America who make good food. They never eat in restaurants because it is always disappointing. (there are a few exceptions - but be prepared to pay mover than $50/person, which means not affordable)

What other side? Sure there are always a few rational people. However the vast majority choose a side and then blindly oppose anything the other side says/does. When their side happens to have critical thinking on their side they are for that, but that isn’t a factor in why they choose something.

Trying to convince yourself otherwise proves that you are ignoring the issues on your own side. If you really were a rational thinker you would have to choose your side separately for every single issue - nobody has time for that which in turn means you sometimes rely on someone who turns out to be irrational but because they have proved rational in other areas you trust them here too.

US engineers would thank you - we only work in metric units anyway.

The other way too. Nobody has made a SAE bearing since like the 1950s. You will see bearings that are a somewhat odd size in metric, but they picked nearest measure to the SAE value asked for and then rounded to metric to not be as odd.

Toyota has always been metric only in the US. Once in a while a “shade tree” mechanic will fit a SAE bolt/nut to hold something in, but the cars didn’t come from Japan with anything SAE, and when they built factories in the US they didn’t design anything for SAE.

No auto manufacture in the world designs a new part with SAE parts, and they haven’t since 1980 or before. There are still a lot of things like alternators that haven’t got the case changed since they were designed in the 1960s that have SAE parts, but anything newer is all metric. Once in a while they put a oil plug in with a SAE bolt head, but the threads likely metric.

Every mechanic who doesn’t specialize in antiques uses their metric tools more than the SAE. Those who work on US cars still have the SAE tools, but they don’t get much use.

I’ve worked for both over the years. Small companies have their own downsides. There is no clear winner. People complain all the time, so if you have never worked at a large company you have no clue what it is really like. Sure there are things not to like, but there are also things to like.

Works for a small company. If everyone in a large company is allowed the same leeway nothing could ever ship - while no one person (except a few incompetent that get fired eventually) makes too many mistakes, the combination of all of them mean the system is always horribly broken.

Of course 50% of my job is just getting simple changes though which is annoying - but more than once that process has meant I didn’t break everything.

The only good part is there would be a long line out the door and we could get a table for 6 with no waiting. Even though only 25% of tables were non-smoking, that section was empty which made it great for kids as nobody cared how out of line we got.

I wasn’t trying to suggest that you are biased, only that I have no clue and so it is possible you are somehow unfairly doing something.

like regulators not allowing dangerous products,

I include human drivers in the list of dangerous products I don’t want allowed. The question is self driving safer overall (despite possible regressions like this). I don’t want regulators to pick favorites. I want them to find “the truth”

Humans are terrible drivers. The open question is are self driving cars overall safer than human driven cars. So far the only people talking either don’t have data, or have reason cherry pick only parts of the data that make self driving look good. This is the one exception where someone seemingly independent has done analysis - the question is are they unbiased, or are they cherry picking data to make self driving look bad (I’m not familiar with the source so I can’t answer that)

Either way more study is needed.

I still want to know what happened to all the free trade Republicans of just 2 decades ago?

Usually not. When they do it means a big storm overwhelms the sewage system and raw sewage is released someplace. Most places get a storm this big several times a year.

For people on septic systems it isn’t unheard of for shows to bypass the septic system and go directly to the drain field - only water from your toilets and kitchens needs treatment (as a parent I can inform you kids sometimes poop in the tub so this is a bad idea). I’ve also heard of people diverting their shower to a tank that is then reused for flushing toilets - if you live where water is scarce this might be a good idea, but for most of us it isn’t worth the costs.

We have been investing in battery tech for centuries. It is a hard problem and there hasn’t always been a path forward. Engines are much easier, but we are near the end of where we can go with them according to the laws of physics. (too bad, liquid fuels are such a great energy dense solution)

Are they going to invade Russia, North Korea, Iran? That would be about the only useful exorcise to solve problems fast. Technically we can make code and servers more secure, but that will do nothing about social attacks which are a large source of the problem.

Once you get the above countries still have to make it clear your plans to invade countries like India and China are serious to get them to shape up, but there is a chance you won’t have to. You might have to invade a few countries in Africa or something though as well.

Pi’s built in audio is terrible. Even if it works you will want a better audio interface. The PI only has digital inputs (I think there is a mic input), so you need something to get audio in. If you can get the digital audio that is best, but often that is behind encryption and so you end up with analog inputs. (I’m not sure what the options here are, worth looking deeper).

Once you have the audio in, there are a number of Jack (which port audio supports) to network low latency products that will work. Configuration will be hard but that is something you only do once. (configuration is hard because almost everyone who uses this wants a different complex setup and so there is no way to make it easy in a way that would help anyone else)

AT this point it is safe to assume you will fall for scams like this in your life. They are too like the real thing. We need the laws and police to catch up to investigating this thus making crime not pay (most of this is from countries that don’t work with police - so probably some major international efforts required as well).