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I was surprised cause I thought the Focus was fairly reliable.

Turned out the post was about an Escape. Title is wrong.

Must be viral if it says so in the title.

Sounds like an Ayreon song.

If they could remember they wouldn't keep making the same mistake multiple times. But I guess no danger of that.

I may be in the market for a new car soon, which I hope to keep for at least a decade, so this kind of thing bothers me. I don't want to buy something that's already years behind on efficiency.

I think that's the point - to discourage (certain) people from living there at all. Except it turns out people are capable of never-ending suffering and persevering through it.

You would think Israelis would already know this very well.

Grieving for a pet is totally a thing. Comparing its importance to that of a child might be taking it a little far. Nothing would compare to losing a child.

Been using Zoho for years with no issues. Both via the web interface and IMAP.

Putin is a traitor to Russia but there he is still, 25 years on with no end in sight. The public is too easy to manipulate.

A couple of tiny steps between the likes of Venezuela and Greenland and China though, eh?

We're gonna need that cornea back.

Not exactly a sentence you would hope to hear...

This is ridiculous. A burger is a construct.

Sure, you can't call a veggie patty a beef patty, but how does the meat industry own the word burger?

So they sold their account to a fraudster who also moved into their old address? Sure, it's possible but now verging on the ridiculous.

They can use common sense for the refund. They are just choosing not to.

I thought about this too - own a small electric vehicle for 90% of the family needs and rent a bigger SUV when the need arises.

Until you do the math and realize that the 3-4 annual trips of multiple days would end up costing thousands of dollars in rental fees per year. Plus the usual inconveniences around renting.

Suddenly the math does not look so appealing.

My guess is Jerome Powell.

My wife was recently re-hired by a place she had previously left. The director who wanted her back was given a hard time by HR precisely because she had pointed out issues during her exit interview. She didn't feel like she was burning any bridges at the time.

You may have the best intentions but it doesn't mean the other side does. Lesson learned.

Especially on the Tesla he drives.

My last problem with pihole was that I had forgotten the root user password on the system I installed it on. Exactly because I had set it up and then literally forgotten it...

Only if you use them in conjunction with an HTML5 supercomputer. (Sorry, I couldn't resist with Nikola in the news again)

Been using opensuse for both my personal laptop and a server for many years now.

Still don't understand why it's not more popular.

The vast majority of WordPress sites are static sites with no use for comments.

Only if you already have a narcissistic personality.

Reminds me of the Pilatus PC-6. Another ugly duckling (in some people's eyes) that's a workhorse.

Astonishingly precise driving should be reserved for a closed circuit, not a public street, where there are a million other variables you can't control.

That's why a good driver in public is a smooth and predictable one, not one who can just parallel park with 2 cm space in one go every time.

I saw an episode of "Mighty Ships" just this weekend, which followed such a ship around as they were working on splicing one of these cables.

Very cool stuff.

There's always been nutcases (apologies to people with actual mental illness). The problem is that politicians (worldwide) have figured out how to utilize them for their own benefit.

I agree that at times it does seem like a very bad premonition.

Hello, HP!

My "portable" AC has capacitive buttons. One time I covered the top with something to eliminate the intense glow at night.

The next day, the thing went completely haywire and would rapidly switch between modes without being touched.

Short story short, capacitive buttons suck and putting them on a steering wheel was a terrible decision. And the worst thing is that everybody complained when VW did this years ago. VW then claimed to have listened and promised a change, but kept on using them. For that reason alone I would never consider VW for a future vehicle. Something is pretty messed up there.

Three Comrades by Remarque.

I'm not sure what it is about it. On the surface it's a fairly straightforward story but the way the everyday struggles of the times, strong friendship and love are interwoven, is perfect.

So just use Windows for gaming only. That's what I do which means I'm in Linux 99.9% of the time.