A great book but I don’t know if I’d recommend it as a “get into reading” book.

I switched my Alexa to Australian female voice as I found it less annoying than the default UK female one.

Yes! For some reason, she’s way less annoying than the Brit or American options.

I would love to have the ability to know for any journey, no matter how complex, what time I need to leave to arrive on time.

You could also use one of those water pick things that use a pressurised water jet to clean between your teeth. After I started using one regularly my dentist even remarked on how much better my gums were looking.

A good response. Civlised and to-the-point.

Not a new thing in China. I’ve seen similar robots on patrol outside major railway stations back in 2019. Those ones seemed to be equipped with facial recognition and tasked with basically detecting people who are loitering and telling them to move on.

There’s no reason to do that with an electric motor (as far as I know). It would only reduce the efficiency. Maybe it’s something that the car enthusiasts could get on board with though?

I live in a country where manual transmission is the default. I drive a manual and I’m fine with it. This idea of fake manual transmission is bizarre to me. Who is it for? Car enthusiasts will know it’s fake and avoid it and surely your average driver will not care and would actually appreciate the simplicity of automatic transmission.