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txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

The point is that the Biden administration has options to increase oil supply but refuses.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

That's understandable but forcing it by inflated gas prices is not an approach I can support.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-cancels-offs...

And the Keystone Pipeline was shutdown by executive order.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

The median US household income is around 60k. The average consumer in the US cannot afford an EV as well as the cost to maintain one. Not to mention the very limited charging options available for travel.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

Biden has blocked oil contracts in the US but supported other countries to produce oil, it is very clear the democratic parties plan. There is no reason for oil prices to be this high. It's clearly by design.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

I'm going to assume you haven't traveled around the US a whole lot. The US is big, very big. It takes over half a day just to drive across Texas.

And personally I don't want to be stuck in a bus, train etc. with a bunch of strangers. I prefer the freedom of my personal vehicle.

txsoftwaredevon Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10

The only reason that gas prices are this high in the US is a direct result of the democrat party. They LOVE high gas prices. The elite brag how they aren't concerned as their expensive Tesla doesn't use gas. They believe that the same people that can't afford these high gas prices are going to go out and buy a 60k dollar EV. They believe that everyone can switch to driving an EV and the power grid will some how be able to handle it.

There is no reason the US should not be completely energy independent. There is plenty of oil to drill, if the democrats would allow it.

txsoftwaredevon San Francisco could vote out progressive DA in heated recall

It's clear that TX has been run better than CA. Many large corporations have left CA for TX. Crime in CA is significantly worse and you are not allowed to protect your life or property. You are free to steal and no one does a thing about it, plenty of examples in the news of this happening in the middle of the day. You have celebrities saying "no big deal" about getting your car broken into, just part of life in CA. Look at all the businesses shutting down, Wallgreens for example. TX isn't covered in homeless camps, drugs and feces. TX's economy is strong and will remain strong due to a business friendly environment. Housing is more affordable (though less than it used to be in metro areas) in part due to less regulations.

And the items you point to as negatives are positives for me. I'm against abortion, sexualizing children (including books). Not sure what you mean by "sex toys". Plenty of those shops around if you are in need of some.

And I've visited CA a few times and have seen it first hand. It's not a place I'd want to take my family for vacation, let alone live. I wish that wasn't true, weather is wonderful.

txsoftwaredevon San Francisco could vote out progressive DA in heated recall

Considering how poorly run San Francisco and much of CA has been they should vote out everyone "progressive".

txsoftwaredevon What a gas stove ban means for restaurants

Yes. I've noticed all the wealthy that like to control our lives moving away from the coasts as their mansions go under water.

txsoftwaredevon Behind the Pretty Frames: Elden Ring

How does this play on the Steam Deck? I received mine recently and was thinking of giving that game a try.

txsoftwaredevon Apple Reinstating Employee Mask Mandate at Approximately 100 U.S. Retail Stores

Curious what data have you seen that shows that masks have decreased Covid transmission? When you compare states with and without mask mandates it shows it's made little to no difference.

txsoftwaredevon Tesla removed from S&P 500 ESG index on autopilot, discrimination concerns

So they don't like Musks political opinions.

txsoftwaredevon White House releases plan to boost housing supply

Anything the government touches ends up costing more.

txsoftwaredevon There Is No CD Revival

If you can organize and manage 9k mp3 files could you not just as easily setup your own playlists on spotify?

txsoftwaredevon Khan Academy launches Khan World School online high school

Do you believe that kids that do online learning never leave their home or have any friends? That's a pretty ignorant view. There are tons of opportunities for kids to have positive social interactions with peers as well as younger and older children, as well as adults. Being forced to interact with a handful of kids around their age in a public school is not a great way to socializing.

My kids are all homeschooled, including parent taught as well as online education, and have friends of different ages with caring parents that are all very involved. They have outside activities including, music, PE, play time with friends at the park, zoo trips, museums etc.

txsoftwaredevon DuckDuckGo for Mac

What is misinformation and who gets to decide? At one point we were told the covid vaccines worked and you wouldn't need to worry about getting covid. If you disagreed it was "disinformation". We now know that that is not true. I'd prefer to use my own brain to decide for myself.

txsoftwaredevon DuckDuckGo for Mac

I'm in the same boat. Very disappointed they felt the need to filter specific search results based on their political ideology.

txsoftwaredevon Ask HN: SSN breached, what should I do now?

At this point I assume anyone that wants my SSN, etc. has easy access to it. I did some work for a govt. agency and they ended up having a breach that included all my personal details including fingerprints. I use a credit monitoring service (paid for by them) and keep an eye on it.

txsoftwaredevon Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March – highest since 1981

Based on just the current state of the economy I would LOVE to have Trump back in office.

txsoftwaredevon One in Three U.S. Workers Are Earning Less Than $15 an Hour

Is it not common to have started out working minimum wage jobs? I started out as a teenager making a little over 5 bucks an hour, like all my other peers at that time.

txsoftwaredevon Toll signs on 101 report your transponder setting

It was until everyone from CA and other areas started moving in during Covid.

txsoftwaredevon f.lux

Just wanted to say I've been using f.lux for a while now and find it a required install on my mac. Thanks!

txsoftwaredevon Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

Beyond Meat is down close to 70% this year. I wouldn't be to optimistic that folks want to eat fake meat. It's clear they aren't selling in the grocery stores.

txsoftwaredevon Tinder rolls out in-app access to background checks, powered by nonprofit Garbo

Maybe meeting random strangers from the internet for casual sex isn't the smartest idea to begin with.

txsoftwaredevon Ask HN: What on-call benefits do you get in your company?

I've never heard of on-call benefits as a full-time employee. It's always just part of the role.

txsoftwaredevon Bill to require job postings to include salaries passes Washington Senate

So now all job postings are going to be "Salary range between 50-300k, depending on experience."

txsoftwaredevon Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline

What happened to just hiding the power cord or keyboard :) That's what worked for my parents when I was growing up. But we also only had one "family" computer as the internet and PCs were expensive.

txsoftwaredevon You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible, and representative way

If a person or organization truly believes the earth is flat then let them. It just makes it easier to avoid them.

txsoftwaredevon GoFundMe pauses donations to Canada truckers

GoFundMe is a very left leaning organization. They have shut down numerous right leaning GoFundMe pages. This shouldn't come as a surprise.