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‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems
  • I've advocate by doing. I work at a computer repair shop with honest rates, and transparent practices. I volunteer at repair cafés sharpening tools for free. This way you demonstrate directly towards them what you're doing and what companies are doing.

    I can show customers that apple's ribbon cables are thinner than tissue paper, all of the freaking glue holding it together, the serialized components, the convoluted design, etc.

    Whenever I speak about it outside of the repair shop people think I'm some conspiracy nut, but people will listen with the evidence right in front of them.

  • ‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems
  • I've been advocating right to repair and have been trying to raise the alarm bells to stuff like this. Unfortunately people have been blind to it and keep putting up with this crap.

    "Oh I have to go to the ram dealership instead of an independent and pay $10,000 more? Sounds good to me!"

    "Oh they track everywhere I drive, the speed I'm driving and also sell it to my insurance so they can increase rates, and advertisers to stalk me? If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear!".

  • What YouTubers did you used to watch back then but not anymore?
  • I didn't like his take, "solving" traffic nescitates the use of self-driving cars. Can't have traffic without cars, it's as simple as that. We need public transport, not more shit to spend our increasingly scarce money on.

  • Oh Joe...
  • Unfortunately I don't think this will ever happen. It has benefitted both parties at different times, and introducing more parties only invites competent competition. Something they don't want to fight with.

    When the US fails (whether it be the next 10, 50 or 100 years) I think It'd be this.

  • Why do some Americans get angry at other people for not speaking English?
  • Those who say this are usually frustrated by the increasing number of misunderstandings/miscommunications due to increasing English illiteracy. Its become more difficult to communicate to those around you.

    It's utterly unacceptable behaviour but I believe the issue lies deeper than simple "racism". I also sometimes find it frustrating from the sheer volume of people that can't speak English, from coworkers, customers, fellow students, etc. I don't even live near the border, where the problem is much worse.

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  • I think it's because of Americanized potato salad. The kind with miracle whip and tons of corn syrup. I've had mayo based salads like this and it makes me want to puke (as an American lol)

    I think this plays with the stereotype that weird eccentric middle aged people like weird/gross food. Sort of like jello salad coincidentally (search it up, it is foul).

  • poverty tips
  • Its very tender and is an extremely fatty piece of steak. It's definitely amazing but not quite mind blowing. Sometimes in chuck steak you'll find a piece with fine meat grain and intense marbling, and that's fairly comparable to Wagyu.

    Wagyu is still beef and tastes mostly the same, just much more tender and fattier.

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  • Yeah for that reason I feel like there hasn't been a single game in the last 10 years worth 100% completing. It's so easy to make a game excruciatingly long that everyone does it. So many stupid achievements that are just raw grind, "do something 1000 times".

  • What's your way of destressing?
  • Sharpening/polishing knives and tools. No music or videos, just the sharpening. Water stone and warm water too.

    It's cathartic to do a good job sharpening and spending the time to get a good result. Especially when you get to the buttery smooth finishing stones. They're quiet but have, quiet, subtle sounds that are relaxing to listen to.

  • Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
  • People who use it (for forum type chatting) are probably trying to avoid non enshittified platforms. Ironically they don't realize discord is heading towards the same path. Free screen sharing, high quality voice calls, image and video sharing and file sharing for FREE is not sustainable. Eventually they are going to crackdown on its users, which is unfortunate but predictable.

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