owenfromcanada @ owenfromcanada @lemmy.world

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As someone who lives in the midwest, I can confirm that people sometimes leave it on purpose for the extra weight, especially in vehicles like pickups and vans. Also you kinda just want to see what happens at that point.

Wait, this isn't a shitpost

Out of the American big three, I have the most confidence in Ford. I've worked with engineers at all three, and the ones at Ford are the ones that I felt were most compitent.

That being said, my next car will probably be a Toyota or a Subaru. Both way better than the American OEMs.

They're good for longevity, but they're bad for quarterly profits. In the US, we care much more for the latter.

I work in the auto industry. Can confirm, Stellantis is in bad shape. I wouldn't buy anything from them.

The Streisand Effect

Hmm, probably several possibilities.

• Trans folks establishing their identity, finding relief from the depression brought on by dysphoria
• Cases of domestic abuse
• Cases of stalking or other harassment
• Witness protection (as another commenter mentioned)

Probably others?

Submitted as well

I die cleaning a bicycle chain.

Canadians also use "cheque", but I've got a foot in both countries. Consider me your Bri'ish/'murican translator.

I've had others correct me the other direction (specifically decrying the use of "refund" because it wasn't money owed in the first place). At some point it's just semantics.

I'm aware, I was simply translating for our colleague across the pond.

You might be getting the wrong idea. We have tax withholding on our paychecks, same idea. Then when you file your taxes, you either send a cheque (if your withholding was less than you owed) or you get a return (if your withholding was more than you owed).

I had looked at those, but the hat alone is over $70. Plus they need an RPi5, because earlier ones don't have a PCIe interface. For that much, I could get a Beelink or something similar.

The hat is a cool idea, though.

Ocarina of Time

I hadn't looked at any ODROID stuff, and the HC4 is a cool looking solution! I'm actually even more impressed with the M1S, which has a built-in M.2 slot. Can't use my existing spinny drives, but for the price of the M1S, I could pick up an NVMe drive to go with it.

Yeah, I assume you'd have another one (or more) on earth that would be the "main" one(s). It's like doing computer backups (keep them apart), but with more murder.

A SBC with SATA ports, to use as a Plex server. I've only ever found one (the Zimaboard), but it's a bit pricey for something that I'd still have to find some way to house with an external HDD.

Beelink Mini PCs or ones like that, plus a wireless keyboard/trackpad combo.