Given that China doesn't allow everyday citizens unlimited access to the internet, we can assume the only ones allowed out are bad actors like badbot, so blocking China entirely would be a net benefit for the entire world. We'd have to get the VPN operators to cooperate, which is near impossible since they'd sell their own mothers for a quick buck.

You can use fail2ban to block rude web scrapers. Put a hidden link into your web pages that people would not see, but bots would. Include that link in robots.txt. When anyone hits that link, fail2ban will automatically block them based on the rule you implement.

Crossovers strike a reasonable balance if you want to minimize exterior dimension but maximize interior volume - but yeah, beyond that I don't see the appeal (and want to downsize to a sedan (not much hope for getting estate / wagon in the US) as soon as our current crossover ages out (since we'd no longer need the carrying capacity by then). I cringe whenever we travel in a group and have to ask for an Uber XL in the US - more often than not you get a big SUV that has an uncomfortable ride and does not even fit that many people ... on rare occasion you get a minivan which is much better. In Europe the Mercedes V class van is quite prevalent and that is much better as people carrier - especially because the second and third rows face each other which is great when traveling a short to medium distance together.

Sadly, not anymore. Tesla is a piece of shit.

A girl band needs to write that song, but not as an insult. As a song of obsession.

No. A government agency that contracts out work to a private company has a duty of oversight. They must make at least a minimal effort to ensure the contract is being executed in a lawful manner. They can't just hand out the work and turn a blind eye to any abuses of the law and only act when they are made painfully aware of violations of the law.

Do they have any without LED headlights? I'd like to buy one but I don't want to be an asshole.

The rule of thumb with wifi claims is always divide the claimed maximum Mb speed by 10 (not 8) to convert to MB, then divide that figure by about 2.5 to 3 to get the true, sustained, might actually see in the home, performance figures.

Both Australia and Canada are on desperate fuel the immigration ponzi binge to increase GDP and fuck housing prices and rentals for as many generations as they can.

The quality of life for the average person is falling like a goddamn stone in both countries.

Also when plotting a route, the blue path you follow in the car, is now similar the newly changed grey road colours.

It's not identical, no, but the asphalt/ looking colour in the map for all the roads is a little bit close to the blue route, at least at a quick glance.

Why do UI people have to always fuck up what isn't broken?

I use Google maps 9.85.2 (you heard me) because it's the last known version which still gives me the fucking North GPS compass option (I NEED NEED NEED to know what direction I'm going)

It also offers a picture in picture mode on my phone.

I guess they can change the road colours without me needing to upgrade my maps version. At least they didn't break it entirely.

Is starting to sound a bit more realistic and that doesn't make me pleased.
I don't want the nutcase bitcoin people right and I sure as shit don't want CBDCs either.

This is a pretty dire sign and they've been slowly mentioning this the past 12 to 24 months.

How long until our money is entirely in control of others?

The Hugo is no longer a representative of the best of sci fi and fantasy. They are now excluding many others because their personal political views are different, completely ignoring the quality of the work. They are giving awards to authors for espousing the "right" politics for works that are far below the standards the award should represent. For example, Scalzi's "Red Shirts" got best novel. It's not a bad story, but it's not a great story, and Best Novel must be a great story.

When the conservative authors asked people to consider books on a list, representing conservative authors, they were accused of attempting to manipulate the vote. Not they didn't. They asked people to read the books and stories on the list and consider them. Manipulating the vote was when some higher ups in the organization publicly stated that straight white men should not be given awards, they should all go to women of color. At the height of this fiasco, they skipped giving out some awards entirely because the obvious winners didn't fit their political views.

Perhaps they've come to their senses since then, but I wouldn't know as I no longer pay attention to the award and a book with the "Hugo Winner" label on it is not the selling point it once was.

Getting perma-banned on Reddit is easy. Just post something that a moderator disagrees with. It doesn't have to violate any rules. There is no chance for review.

Israel handed over Gaza to the Palestinians in exchange for a promise of peace. Then the Palestinians used the land to launch even more attacks against Israeli civilians. They were remarkably restrained in response to those attacks. But now the gloves are off. And people like you will keep coming up with excuse after excuse as to justify Israeli women and children are being raped and murdered.

Agreed. Harris is a horrible person and if she ran for president her record in California will be front and center for everyone to see.