Hyperreality

The ford mondeo (I think it was called the fusion in the US) was ‘inspired’ by the Aston Martin Rapide. This was at a time when Ford owned Aston Martin. Fisker and Porritt, who worked at tesla when the model S came out, also worked for Ford/Aston Martin.

It’s not just me either. For example, here’s a ten year old thread on the tesla forum which mentions it:

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/ford-mondeo-copying-s-design.42767/

The tesla model S looks like a decade old eurospec Ford Mondeo.

Certainly look more alike than a porsche and a byd.

What happens when something requires maintenance in a month/week/day?

Insert more poop emojis.

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when israel releases the 3000+ Palestinian hostages they hold in concentration camps we can reach a ceasefire.

In other words, you would rather that Israel continue bombing Gaza, than that Hamas and Israel sign a ceasefire today.

Almost as if you don’t actually care about the innocent men, women and children who are dying, as you find it politically convenient the conflict continues. Especially in the run-up to the US election.

It’s not The Wire or The Sopranoes.

It is genuinely fun and bingeable.

Been like that for a while.

For example, /r/videos supposedly has 30 million subscribers, but you can sometimes hit the front page of that sub with 50 upvotes.

Subs like that have been decimated by tiktok, so it’s safe to assume most of the subscribers have left. It simply doesn’t make sense.

I really liked mini Yoda. I don’t get why you hate Disney so much.

So much great content. Really is the golden age of television now that the companies like Disney and Netflix are all trying to compete with each other.

I always enjoying pirating their shows and movies.

Might also be bots using certain VPN exits.

Not logged in, still works for me.

Consider changing your ip/location.

My government isn’t particularly nasty, especially compared to some of the worst autocratic regimes, because they’re worried about the next election.

Sucks if that isn’t the case for you.

I assume it’s also priced that way because it can be used for propaganda.

Legacy media, hasn’t made a profit for years? There’s always some rich fascist cunt or nasty foreign government willing to buy it for more than it’s worth so they can push their agenda.

It’s not about making money for them. It’s about power and influence.

Forget who said it, but: “Kill your darlings.”

Photography, painting, writing, jokes. You produce a lot, you cut most of it, you gain practice along the way.

This being said, there are people with inate genius who produce 90% gold.

The people who gave up because they couldn’t solve their issues aren’t posting either.

Yeah.

This is why I bought myself some blink cameras. Obviously, privacy is shit (and I’ve factored this) and you’re affectively forced to pay for use their cloud service, but at least the (initial) purchase price is cheap.

But I’ve ‘bought’ cameras for far more, only for them to hobble functionality a few years down the line. And they’ve had vulnerabilities or whatever.

For the sensitive stuff, I have a camera with an SD card, but obviously phone notifications is a big selling point of systems like this.

It says it’ll be free for Window 365 users. Ie. 70 bucks and that includes office.

Obviously it’s not great, but it’s better than adobe.

Windows 95 cost two hundred 30 years ago.

Keep it on the old 1TB hdd and buy a sata to usb cable or usb conversion kit?

Obviously don’t google this, but IRC one of the terms used was lemon party.

Suspect it depends on where you live, but you’re not wrong.

I think I’ve driven a million kilometres by now, it’s all become so fucking boring and second nature, that you start really being sloppy and distracted. Because you gained so much experience, you start to (unconciously) overestimate your skills.

But the two hands thing really is necessary for if you hit something slippy or need to make an unexpected manoeuvre. The risks of driving are incredibly low, but if shit does hit the fan you’re in for a world of trouble if you’re doing something else.

Lawsuit waiting to happen.

PSA for admins and mods: GDPR fines can go up to 20 million euros per case. To give you an idea, Meta has been fined over 2.5 billion euros in recent years. If you think that’s bad, the real worry is Germany’s NetzDG.