Safety.

See that minivan, where the driver is over the front wheels? That means the crumple zone is you. The US stopped making that design in the early 70’s because of the lack of crumple zones.

So thank all the people who complain when the smallest injury happens in an accident, and blame the vehicle. This makes safety requirements stronger (which has largely been a good thing), but makes Kei trucks unsellable in the US.

I have one sibling that does this, drives me insane. Did you read the message?

Do you ignore the messages on the car dash too?

We’re whalers on the moon,

We carry a harpoon,

For they ain’t no whales

So we tell tall tales

And sing our whaling tune.

Wow, the workmanship is incredible.

Anything will work, what’s most important is regular vacuuming, preventing dirt from working it’s way down though the carpet.

In another life I did some reno work. You could tell who vacuumed regularly, and who didn’t. This was long before vacuums became high-ticket items, they were all generic bag-based ones designed in the 60’s and 70’s.

Not to say some of the newer ones don’t work a lot better, just that an infrequently used great one works worse than a regularly used average one.

Self hosting an encrypted app (e.g. XMPP) on a VPS outside jurisdiction, in a country that just doesn’t comply.

Also add a VPN to all devices to make discovery of such things that much more difficult.

Boy, that’s hideous (I know many of you like this).

The “cassette futurism” part is fine, it’s the car itself is part of the bad design from the era, and I really like the boxy car esthetic. This one’s just not good, because it’s from the transition era - it’s not of the all-metal period (or mostly-metal at least), instead it’s that terrible plastic bleeding to the bumpers. The front looks like a (terrible) 1980’s Chrysler K Car. Shudder.

A slightly older car (perhaps 1-2 years) would’ve been better in general, but especially with the cassette futurism vibe, since the interior would be a juxtaposition to the exterior design. Or even the reverse, which CF does a lot - great exterior design around conventional internals (the Walkman, especially Sport versions, are peak example of this juxtaposition).

That interior though, wow, that’s some snazzy design work. The dash just works, it fits with the era so well. Impressive.

Buddy/part of, etc.

It’s all the same bucket of power-hungry people, they’ll accept any mechanism to increase their power/control.

I wonder if there’s a Linux clock you could run under WSL?

In the end, it was petroleum, this article even says so at the end.

Jojoba only provided an additive, it’s not the base. The base is still petroleum.

YouTube does this stuff because it’s effective. The only way to avoif is to not play the game as defined by them.

Switch to other means of watching YouTube, like Grayjay, or an envious instance.

Mailbox.org.

It’s worth paying for a service rather than trust an org that’s been less than direct with us.

(Mailbox has a free tier that’s limited).

Haha, nicely done. I had to work harder and harder to read it.

It’s abnormal.

That kind of speed requires 500hp+, depending on Cd and frontal area.

What percentage of cars produce 500hp+?

(I’m not even sure 500hp is enough, it’s been a while since I’ve done the math).

Small increments in speed require non-linear increases in power.

Haha, wow

It would probably help to define the terms you’re using, as there are many ways to interpret “big place”, “small place”, “many people”, etc.

I don’t even know if your starting point is accurate.

Ok, Dr. Evil!

An Aussie complaining about Americans yelling?

I’m confused.

Neat.

Is there a connection of the Frankish (or Latin) to PIE?

There’s always a connection to PIE (or seems to be). I’m curious if both words connect there somehow.

I don’t think Rosie released the blood herself, the idiot did it to himself on the glass he broke.

Still, good job Rosie, for scaring the blood out of the asswipe.

Also, that’s artery-volume blood.