Ebby @ Ebby @lemmy.ssba.com

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[He] was abducted off the street and taken to government security forces to an undisclosed location, where he was tortured, facing electrocution and suffocation.

So he fled to America and started the asylum process... where he was abducted by the government, shuffled to undisclosed detainment locations, and shipped off to El Salvador known for harsh treatment and torture of prisoners.

Way to go. /s

Link working for anyone else?

I tried to update my lemmy instance and it all went so horribly wrong. DB never came up, errors everywhere, searching implied I updated to a dev branch sometime in the past (not a dev, don't think I did) and it'll be console and DB queries for a fix.

Ran out of time and overwhelmed, I restored backups and buried my head in the sand. Nope, not now. Future, yes, but oh not now.

If you're considering life360, you've already lost the privacy game.

There are different levels of privacy to consider.

Apps: limit number of apps or essential only. Many have built-in trackers for developer kickbacks. Even developers don't know the full extent of how the data is used.

Device settings: harden the phone by checking all the privacy settings. Install an ad/tracker blocking VPN app.

Evesdroppers: Your phone is a radio transmitter. Companies know this. Your mobile company may have privacy settings and track phones independently of any device settings or app. Also, bluetooth loggers are placed around high traffic areas, such as stores, to record precise location and movement. Disabling wifi, Bluetooth, or Mobile may be considered depending on level of privacy paranoia*.

There may be some privacy respecting tracking options (well, as a family anyway) over on the selfhosted lemmy community if you're ready to go down that rabbit hole.

•It's not paranoia if it's real.

Welp, I know what I'm doing Sunday.

Never crossed my mind and sounds amazing. Sorry poor, overworked NAS, you're hosting another something.

Oh, absolutely.

The article is comparing current protests with those of the past but I don't think it is a fair comparison since crap going down is different this time.

They've been locking down the play store, important features, and I suspect revanced had blown a gasket or two in meetings. Time to crack down, DRM up, and enshittify.

Time to break another monopoly.

While I'd like this to happen, I don't (currently anyways) see conventional protesting an effective demonstration against this particular administration that's turned it's back on so, so many Americans and citizens. Can't shame idiots that pride themselves in shockingly shameful behavior.

I feel like other forms of rebellion, boycotts and lawsuits are the most effective methods so far.

The Tesla fires though... that poked a bear and gave me a smile.

Oh that would still apply. It's the application of law that defines the new American caste system.

/s

Wise, wise decision.

I swear it is true, though probably not the first search result. Citation available upon request.

Ha! I remember people ranting about turtle when I fucked on outta there a year and a half ago. Are they still around on their ego trips? Never missed them.

Rule 34 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: War is good for business

Well, that's just a new level of fucked up cruel. Their plan from the start, but certainly not the last.

I'm out of swears at the moment. Care to lend me some?

I should clarify, it was a free inspection, courtesy of the shop, with the car in for a repair I scheduled, not at the request of government.

We so have "star stations" where some vehicles can be selected for more elaborate smog-related inspections, but that can be a crapshoot.

I've had one car pass only if we installed leaky OEM exhaust pipes on, and another fail because it did not have a CARB decal on the catalytic converter. (Fun fact, the cat we were forced to buy and install didn't have a decal either, but it "passed" after. Yeah, it was a shakedown)

Not looking for perfect, but I'm not finding consistency with this math. I've had tire non-alighment related issues this year including a blowout and crunching scenarios doesn't come up with a tax applicable to road wear.

I ran rumbers on a few cars I have access to ranging from 2100 lbs to 7100 lbs. You can use estimated miles and load rating, but your tax would be worst case scenarios. I also put larger tires on a very light car because the amount it floated on the freeway stock was disconcerting.

Point is, if everyone had to use OEM, it would be a bit more accurate. But the variety in material, application, and availability adds a lot of variable as to make this moot.

My second lightest and second heaviest car in all my family use the same tire.

Only time my car has been inspected has been a rare repair or during smog tests, and many are exempt.

Actually, yeah, it was 120,000 mile service. New clutch, water pump, timing belt, and synchro ring. Pretty much the only inspection. Hmmm, timing belt is coming up again...

Hey, he just said most lethal aircraft. He did not specify friend or foe.

Tire wear is not as standard as you are implying. There are many factors in tire wear including the hardness of the rubber compound. Stickier tires for better steering and braking wear faster than, say, high mileage tires for hybrids to get the best MPG or electric range.

The tires on my hybrid are designed for more miles that my Honda that weighs half a ton less.

There is no requirement for emission rules to necessarily reflect real world applications, rather some are "goals" impractical/unrealistic to obtain, so as to phase out technology.