I bought a xps 13 9370 and several years and two self-replaced batteries later, I'm not noticing even a hint of age related slowdown. I thought the lack of USB-A ports would be a problem, but it wasn't. I have run Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Arch, EndeavorOS, Solus, MXLinux, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and many others on this machine with minimal issues. I don't know about the models after mine, but the 9370 was a solid choice.
I remember in Germany they would have a "Festbuß", festival bus, which were additional public transit routes from surrounding villages to wherever the event is happening. They are usually advertised in advance to give people additional option.
Originally, I was just planning on being mildly infuriated, but thank you for the in-depth explanation. Networking is my weakest nerd-stat and its truly interesting. I'll try a few other servers and see if they are blocked. My VPN provider is known for privacy, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone is doing sketchy things on there. Then again, it's only a mild annoyance and an irony since Consumer Reports have reviewed the same provider I have been using.
Interesting. I know sometimes certain VPNs work with Netflix while others get flagged as VPNs. I wonder if your provider just has some fresh IPs that haven't been added to whatever block lists these companies use.
I'm guessing you're not logged in. The landing page works, but the members area, where the full ratings are, will show the above screen when I'm on VPN.
The fact that I regularly recognize my fellow Lemmings by username makes it feel small, but its not too hard to find a community full of strangers either.
Now let's filter out bots, low quality trolls, NPCs, and content that isn't easily searchable. It's definitely an interesting diagram, and, though it is fascinating, I think its a 1 dimensional view of the social space.
I prefer to engage around ideas and topics, rather than specific users or content producers, so having a good search and topic based boards or groups immediately puts a site miles ahead for me. Reddit and Lemmy excel at this, but some of the others leave a lot to be desired. As someone who used FB to organize and manage a topic based social group in real life, with a Facebook group of 1000+ participants, FB has some good groups, but the interface is absolute rubbish and I would migrate to just about anything else if I could get people to move.
I guess my point is that we lump these together as "social media", but that's a broad category that holds some very distinct subcategories that excel at very different things.
It looks like the bike lane ends where the engineer started WTFing and starts up again after the confusing spot. It's above his paygrade to figure out how to move the bikes safely from the left of the merging lane to the right of it, I guess.
I was astounded when I saw stats on how many birds get killed by cars every year (I think it was posted here a while back). Its like an ongoing bird genocide. No wonder birds shit all over parked cars. We can't even fault them for this, but it would also be illegal for us to join in. :D
I'd love to know the difference in average bird fatalities for a busy 4 lane highway vs a double-tracked rail line with overhead catenary.
Yes, it should be illegal. This happens with all the cult-y fast foods places out here. In N Out, Whataburger, Hate Chicken (aka Chick fil A), Dutch Bros, etc.
Parking, getting out, and going inside will easily save you 50%+ wait time.
Weren't parking minimums supposed to prevent this? :-D
Then again, the worse the traffic jams the more people may consider alternatives.
At this point its pretty much a moral transgression to buy music from any labels, organizations, or groups filing these lawsuits. If no one bought their music, they'd have to join a mock trial team or debate club and we might finally be able to straighten out the mess that is copyright law. :-D
I saw one of this Japanese Kei trucks the other day with a decal across the windshield that read "under compensating" :D
Sadly I did not have time to snap a pic.