Why a republican? There's literally no difference between parties at this point.

There's a BIG difference between what it appears is taking over the Democrat party, the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America)...aka US Communists....and the Republicans, and even the traditional Democrats.

It isn't so much they are "progressive"...looking at their platform they are mostly communists AND are actively wanting to burn down the US and how it is run and put together by our forefathers and the Constitution, etc.

I don't know if this Kansas candidate is one of them.....but right now, there is definitely a BIG difference in how much of the Dem party is rolling....

Oh sidenote: If I disconnect the TSCM module from my car it will fail the next roadworthy test. In most of Europe a functioning SOS system is mandatory and checked during roadworthy test as part of the e-Call directive

What exactly is a "roadworthy test"?

Not familiar with those...a European thing?

The radio always switching on at startup is a real bugbear of mine in my mazda too. I just don't understand why they do it , it would be so easy for the system to remember the state at shutdown and leave it there , but no, switch on each feckin time. FFS

My Mazda remembers the state it was last in upon restart of the car......

Not sure why yours doesn't...?

You won't buy a car that shows you ads, but you would ride a bus that shows you ads.

Err...I have a CAR...why the fuck would I ride a bus with a bunch of smelly bums?

Not in europe, they come free with the car plus they trigger in a serious accident where you might be unconcious when phoning the emergency yourself isn't an option.

My phone and watch have this built into them already....yours don't over there?

If you're in an upsidedown car and unconscious, it's nice to wake up in a hospital because your car automatically called 112 for you.

Don't you folks have smart phones and smart watches there?

I mean,, my iPhone and Apple Watch Ultra both have fall/crash detections and will call if activated and I don't respond that I'm ok.

I had this happen last year just walking and I tripped and fell and hit the ground somewhat solidly....nowhere near the force of an accident tho...

But my watch went off on fall mode detection and countdown started prompting me to acknowledge if I was ok, otherwise it was calling 911 and also notifying my emergency contacts.....

I had left my phone at home just walking the dog...but the watch sure caught it.

I thought pretty much all smart phones and smart watches had this capability by now?

Thank god europe is a whole different world to the US where you don't have to get out a credit card before someone hauls you into an ambulance.

Thank God that's not the case in the US either.....

Unfortunately doing that will also break the built in breakdown/emergency services auto call system if you have a crash not to mention you won't get any further software updates.

Well, thankfully...I've yet to have to buy and live with a car like this, with connected all the time, updates, etc.

I can tell you confidently, I've not missed it.

That being said, pretty much everyone these days, buying a car at this level, already has auto crash/fall detectors in our PHONES and smart watches.

And for the life of me...it's a fucking CAR why would I need software updates?

If I want to flash a ECU I'll do it myself. And if it was something that had to be done, I'm 99% sure I could drive it into the dealership and they could hook up a USB somewhere and upload any emergency fixes?

I do not want a connected car...ever.

This. Also the car you test drive won't be the one you buy unless you're trying to buy a used demonstrator.

Err....I've never heard of such a thing.

Granted I've never bought a BMW, but I've had plenty of sports cars in my life and every time I bought a new one..the car I test drove WAS the car I purchased.

I mean, isn't that the point of test drive....to see if THIS is the car that suits you?

Funny how you can now get arrested for Texting While Driving, even just holding your phone, yet BMW wants you to watch ads while driving. Waiting for the accident lawsuits.

I went from concern that they might get sick and die, to acceptance that it was their choice, to understanding that they were self-culling the herd of stupid paranoid people, and figured they were just being helpful. Always look on the bright side of life.

P.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Martha Lillard passed June 2026 as the last known person living in an iron lung after Paul Alexander spent 70 years in one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.... Yeah - good times.

Even stupid people believed in vaccines at one time.

Busy exposing his perineum to the sun. The key to health.

I wonder how the "I only work at home deals with say, the job I retired from. Oh - I traveled - by plane, across time zones, to places we had work, millions of miles not counting the commute. I traveled many hundreds of thousands of miles of driving.

Don't feel sorry for me though, the pay was very good, I could retire at 55 on 6 figures. But if you don't want to travel, then don't travel. You do you. The people I worked with that although they didn't WFH, in many cases refused to travel (they were a group that the institute tried to increase)

Was it worth it? Hell yeah. I enjoy traveling. I enjoy expense account living and per diem. But others have a different outlook. My father for instance, would be happy to never go further than the perimeter of our yard. OTOH, many people find commuting an excruciating experience and would be happiest id they lived their life at home.

If you don't want to do it - do not do it! I'm not claiming that you should. There are many different outlooks. You do you, I do me. I fully support your refusing to work at an office, only from your home. There are many paths, and the one I chose is just different, and one that causes a good deal of angst for some who have possibly as monolithic view of the workplace.

I prefer using Migration Assistant and Time Machine for new Macs.

Also, while impossible to eliminate Google from one's experience, you have to understand that all your data are belong to Google if you go Chromebook. I did have a Chromebook at one time, experimenting. It was smooth, and I didn't have to mess with it for updates. Hated the screen. Eventually I converted it to Linux.

So, my Windows machine can run my Mac only Software? I use a lot of Final Cut Pro Studio. And Adobe CS is definitely smoother on the Mac. Time Machine provides backup of everything, including programs, with hourly backups, multiple custom backups.

And the closest thing on Windows is disk imaging, which is remarkably deficient by comparison.

I have a Windows VM because there are a couple programs that are Windows only.

Perhaps your inexperience with MacOS, and your need to hate on it is based more on ignorance than anything else, because your statements aer easily proven wrong. Thanks for participating.