Odometers aren't all that reliable in general. A few percent at best. They don't account for things like putting different size wheels on the car either, and can be wrong if the wheel size is set wrong at the factory.

Doesn't excuse Tesla illegally voiding warranties.

I haven't been able to find a source for this 12,000 claim, but it seems likely that it's untrue.

My guess would be that they simply looked at every arrest where evidence included social media posts, e.g. if someone was assaulted and the attacker happened to have posted on social media about it, that counted.

I am no fan of the UK or the way it is going, but there were clear directions from the government a few years ago that social media posts should only be the basis of arrests in very specific and fairly extreme circumstances, e.g. where it is reasonably believed that there is an imminent threat of violence.

That was not a joke, that was part of a very long running campaign to incite violence against trans people.

Graham Linehan has just been convicted of smashing a child's phone when she confronted him about the months long harassment campaign he waged against her on social media, which included attempts to dox her.

He got off extremely lightly, all things considered. The only reason he beat the harassment charge was because the judge didn't think that the victim was sufficiently harassed, and the prosecution didn't prep her very well.

He's a bigot and a convicted violent criminal, and has gone straight back to harassing people.

The biggest problem for the government is that the welfare bill is expected to rise by around £90 billion/year by 2030 (OBR forecast), and half of that is pensions alone. The population is ageing and also turning against immigration of the young and healthy workers we need.

Mistakes were made going back to the 1960s and no government has the will to address them, only to kick the can further down the road.

The more expensive public charging is about on a par with a decently efficient fossil car. When it can get expensive (aside from rip-offs) is when you also have to pay for parking, which is common in London.

If you can charge at home then it is much cheaper, around 2p/mile, or free if you have solar.

It's not about fairness or who wears the road out the most, it's about what the economy needs. Because we destroyed much of our rail infrastructure, road is the only way to move most goods. If you tax it too much, it damages the economy. Same with work vans.

In the UK we have an annual inspection, but not until the car is 3 years old (from the point of first sale). They have said they will have a free odometer reading at the same place that does the annual check for the first two times.

The more annoying part is that you have to pay up front, i.e. estimate your annual mileage and then at the next odometer check you get a refund or pay more depending on if you are under or over. I can see why they did it, car tax is paid up front for the year too, and it allows people to spread it over monthly payments.

I'd be happier about this if they hadn't also frozen duty of fossil fuels for cars. The cost per mile for EVs has gone up 150%, or rather will do in 2028, if they don't cancel it first.

150% is based on charging at the 7.5p overnight rate and typical efficiency, resulting in 2p/mile energy cost.

The people who get them have usually suffered some kind of extremely traumatic injury. IIRC the first woman to have one was mauled by a dog, which literally ate her face.

Before face transplants, the only option was to take skin from elsewhere and use it to repair the face as best as possible, to he point where it looked awful but at better than having no skin. The upside was that because the skin came from their own body, rejection wasn't a big problem.

Face transplants were supposed to offer better functionality (ability to talk, eat and breathe more normally, as well as facial expressions) and look cosmetically a bit nicer.

There does seem to be some kind of issue with "external" transplants like this. I recall someone who had a whole hand transplanted, but wanted it removed. Even aside from issues like parts of the transplant not getting enough blood flow and dying, it seems that having part of someone else's body visibly grafted onto you (not an internal organ) comes with psychological challenges.

Canada is just ceding ground to other countries, who will race ahead with clean tech and lower costs.

We have AI to summarize the AI slop articles.

I'm the same, always use a good credit card, but the occasional hassle is worth it. The prices are 1/10th the Amazon ones.

Used to be, but Trump has kinda ruined it for the rest of us. He complained that they were charging Americans more, so instead of reducing their prices, they just increased them everywhere else.

As an example, Mounjaro went from around £180 in the UK, to around £300.

I saw a YouTube video from a guy who bought a mini excavator from AliExpress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It's surprisingly good. Japanese Kubota engine, everything else looks decent quality, especially considering the incredibly low price. I've seen similar videos from other people who bought heavy machinery like farm equipment and lathes.

On the one hand it's a shame that our domestic manufacturing is finding it hard to compete. On the other, they aren't doing themselves any favours with things like DRM to stop you working on your own tools. The price competition is a good thing for consumers.

Take Germany luxury/performance cars, for example. The Chinese ones are every bit as luxury and well made, and often exceed them for performance. On top of that, the German manufacturers can't resist screwing their customers with bullshit like subscriptions for heated seats and no owner access to the engine bay.