Nissan’s shares have shed more than 40 per cent of their value over the past year, and in March, the company’s then-CEO Makoto Uchida said he was stepping down.

Meanwhile ratings agencies have cut Nissan’s credit rating to junk, with Moody’s citing “weak profitability driven by slowing demand for its ageing model portfolio”.

Not exactly. In the novel/tv show the Three Bodies are stars that are interacting with a fourth object, the planet Trisolaris.

Because the movements of the three suns are unpredictable, they never know when the climate of the planet will be habitable.

Yeah I was tired when I wrote that original comment.

There’s the 7-9-J-Q four card straight flush

There’s also the A-Q-J-9straight, but I think it doesn’t count as a straight flush.

I dunno, I am always pleasantly surprised when things are actually straight flushes with those two jokers

• First joker allows for skips in straights
• Second joker blurs suits by color (clubs are spades, diamonds are hearts)
• Third joker allows you to make straights and flushes with four cards
• The ace is not scored here

I use Arctic for Lemmy on iOS

Typically for devices that require a hub, it’s because they do not have WiFi chips. Often manufacturers leave off WiFi chips because the power draw is too high for the batteries, but there are other reasons too.

The hub act as a bridge between whatever local networking protocol is used (zigbee, z-wave, BLE) and the LAN. For example, a lightbulb may use z wave to talk to a hub, the hub uses Ethernet/wifi to connect to the LAN, the LAN connects to the WAN.

In some cases, you can setup a system that controls everything locally without needing an internet connection at all. This is often preferred in the home automation space by users who want to ensure reliable access to devices.

Some centralized hubs can talk directly to many brands of devices without needing many proprietary hubs, but they tend to be expensive or require a licensed dealer to install.

For a DIY option, look into Home Assistant running on a raspberry pi

I’ve been using hardcover.app it’d a little rough around the edges but a lot better than Goodreads from a UX perspective

Summary of video

List of Cities Mentioned: 1. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2. Kansas City, Missouri 3. St. Louis, Missouri 4. Cleveland, Ohio 5. Columbus, Ohio 6. Cincinnati, Ohio 7. Louisville, Kentucky 8. Tucson, Arizona 9. Las Vegas, Nevada 10. Salt Lake City, Utah 11. Grand Rapids, Michigan 12. Detroit, Michigan

I think that’s a photo of a Bosnian breakfast

Loved that fun buddy cowboy movie. Such a great time… until

The Babadook had me hiding behind my hands too scared to look at the screen. I was so uncomfortable with what was happening on screen

What is doorstep toast?

I think the best part of the book was the hubris of the government. They threw technology at a problem that was untested and unplanned.

if we spend enough money, surely we can solve the problem

Such a late 80s and 90s sentiment

Actually I really liked The Andromeda Strain including its ending, but it had a similar let down feeling. I think it’s worth the read. See how we thought about pandemics in the 90s before we had a major outbreak in the western world (excluding HIV)

Crichton is best when he’s writing hard science fiction like Andromeda or Jurassic Park. Sphere is too science fantasy for him and he struggles with how to make it work.

You disliked the ending to The Sphere more than The Andromeda Strain?

Hannibal drugged him, then coerced him to slice his own face off with a broken mirror.

The character in the bed is a child molester and all around piece of shit

Oh you’re in for a treat! I love all these books

If I had to pick, I’d go with Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow first. It’s very accessible and very good

Same Bed, Different Dreams is a treat, but it can be a little confusing. Especially if you don’t have much context with the history of the Korean Peninsula

• One Day by David Nicholls because it uses overlapping narratives and different perspectives to tell one story
• The Dog Stars by Peter Heller because it uses a post apocalyptic backdrop to take you on an emotional journey with the characters
• This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud because its overlapping narratives over decades continually recolor events and motivations and outcomes
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin because its three protagonists have their own stories to tell, but they are intertwined and dependent. -Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park because the complex story structure lends itself to a powerful emotional journey for the protagonist and the reader

Coffee: cortado or flat white

Dinner: water

Bar or socializing: soda and lime

France shares a 730-kilometer (454-mile) border with Brazil through French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. This is longer than France’s borders with any of its European neighbors, including Spain (623 km) and Belgium (620 km).