AWD wagons are useful regardless of your sexual orientation.
Are you implying that Subaru owners awesomely climb over more than curbs in parking lots?
Looking over at the $75K truck crowd who assumes dirt on the tires of their 4WD is grounds for taking the plastic off the seats and trading it in at a less-than-mint loss, I'm just a tad skeptical.
A co-worker of mine owned a Subaru Outback - he was kind of a hippy with long hair.
Dammit, I wonder gave their target demographic away.
I mean sure, not every car comes with your choice of patchouli dispenser or roll-your-own tampon maker, but still..
Eventbrite was an good way for small music venues to sell tickets electronically without have to deal with ticketbastard or axs. Easy to use and low fees for customers. For $500m, there's no way that persists
Next week we'll hear about a "strategic partnership" between Bending Spoons and Ticketbastard while regulators pretend to be shocked, shocked I tell you about it.
enshittify the product, saddle it with debt, strip of parts
Private equity and betting against success (hedging) should be shit out of the asshole of Capitalism and flushed forever.
Sure, DIY PC builds will be a thing of the past, but that is the price of freedom right?
Wish we could say a couple of decades of leftover RAM is gonna sell like fucking Charizard one day, but I kinda doubt it.
My doctor mentioned that he likes to use AI transcriptions for my annual physical. I thought no problem until I got the bill. The visit which was supposed to be covered 100% was billed out at $400. When I called billing, they read back the transcript where he mentioned I had some redness from acid reflux and should consider an acid blocker. For this, my free annual physical became an office visit to treat this condition I did not even mention.
(Lawyer) "Sir, did you document this observation personally, or did AI write that?"
(Dr. Meatsack) "I do not recall."
(Lawyer) "I see. And you?"
(AI EverLearn) "I'm gonna go with..what he said."
(Lawyer) "Wait, you can't do tha.."
(AI) "Objection. Overrulled. I plead the fifth circuit board of bananapeels."
Wonder how long before we bust the first dozen offices that already decided a doctors receptionist can diagnose people using chatgpt or whatever wrapper it's using.
FTFY. The Wild West is indeed wild.
* pulls Uzbekistan to the side *
(Data Analyst) "There, now see? That's much better! I think we can all relax a bit now."
* Uzbekistan starts walking to the door *
(Reality) "Uh, hold up there. What-The-Fuck doesn't even begin to describe my curiosity."
That would require effort and I am not sure there is a ROI. It is easier to just avoid considering a Subaru purchase.
If even three in sales reported this in their weekly updates, it would be a rather obvious increase from zero in front of the monthly sales reports, if they give a shit about why people didn't buy.
At the end of the year, it's just a bloodbath anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if some dealers are still trying to get late 2024s pushed off the lot at a loss. Only took an entire influencer industry dedicated to new car price mocking and overflowing lots to get them to come below MSRP.
I'm not sure Cory Doctorow had this in mind, but, why not.
In mind? Hell, I smell an infringement suit.
From here.
Imagine the leaks.
Came for the jokes about that shit job. Was not disappointed. 3.8/5 stars. Would pun again.
First, the UK has a major problem in that their only large metropolis is London. London is a huge city about the size of New York,just under 10 million people. The UK's next largest is Manchester, which is under 3 million. The UK got two more with more than 1 million, but that's it. Much of England is rural. With so much concentrated around London, power becomes a major issue.
Secondly, the grid is more of a problem than the power plants. In a large metropolis It is often easier to create a power plant on a set area than it is to send the electricity to the individual houses. The grid of transmission wires is usually near capacity on a city that is growing, so you need more power lines as well as more power plants.
A data center does not require people to visit it in order to use it.
If the data center is almost justifying its own power plant, then build both of the damn things in rural dirt.
Data lines are what is needed after that to “plug in” the user community. Fiber is a hell of a lot easier to deploy than power infrastructure.
I happen to know a seasoned mechanic personally.. He said 8000km.
I started in the late 80s at 5000km intervals (~3000 miles) with standard oils. Changed to 8000km (~5000 miles) in the last 20 years with synthetics. I’ve personally logged more than 750,000 miles in my cars, and have done 95% of the maintenance myself.
The mechanic often knows best.
They don't allow detergents in oil any more?
They do, but that’s not the main issue I believe. If your current motor is rated for 5W-30 and I forced you to change to 0W-20, you would not be reducing that down to merely a detergent problem. American cars are being recommended a non-optimized viscosity because CAFE standards are (ironically) more important than engine longevity. Which ultimately translates into premature vehicle replacement, something only a car maker in the United States of Capitalism could love.
Sadly, even auto makers aren’t loving life under CAFE. No one trusts modern car reliability anymore. CAFE is largely responsible for that by pushing viscosity too far. Automakers are responsible for creating maintenance intervals only a stealership maintenance department could love. These worlds have collided in greed and corruption. Time to end it. The environment isn’t being saved by replacing your vehicle twice as often.
I fail to see how fuel economy legislation is responsible for rod bearing failures.
Ask your local diesel mechanic to name one good thing about eating your own exhaust shit via Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) mandates.
That’ll be enough to get their rant engine revving. You’ll get to 10K factory oil change intervals and shitty oil pump designs leading to premature failure with those damn needle bearings within two beers.
I’d bring a 12-pack if you really want to know the answer.
Almost anything derogatory you could say about today's software design would be accurate. -- K.E. Iverson
