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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:20AM (#38473819)
Most modern SUV's aren't trucks in any sense. They crossovers built on car frames.
Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:02AM (#38264067)
We have heard about it.... you're just not getting your news from sources that mention it. There are multiple things they allow on American TikTok that they do not allow on Chinese TikTok. They allow these things because they know it helps with social decay in America.
Re:Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:07AM (#38098363)
I use a powdered drink called 'Calm'. It's got a bit of a berry flavor to it. Start with a small amount though or you'll be shitting your pants. There are a lot of studies showing magnesium levels are far too low in people anyway so it's a good idea to supplement it.
Re:New York Times Tech Workers to Strike This Afternoon on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:08PM (#38072314)
Or you can have a competitive market where you just take your skills to a different employer. You're essentially just describing making the union a middle man to what you could on your own if you have marketable skills.
Re:New York Times Tech Workers to Strike This Afternoon on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:03PM (#38072212)
This is objectively false. You'd have to show they wouldn't have come into contact with someone who had COVID if they didn't go to the workplace.
Re:Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @10:53AM (#38000013)
They sold it off because they were bad at making money and keeping it running.

Your second sentence it a strawman. Of course it's not capitalism to bail out manufacturers. How's that working out for the US? All you've proven is that when the US implements socialist policies it's detrimental. So, thanks for proving my point.

Not sure with something that big but biologists electrocute smaller fish in rivers/lakes all the time so they can tag them. Mammals are different, but you're not trying to knock it out, only dissuade it from coming closer.
Re:Earth Stopped Getting Greener 20 Years Ago on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:53AM (#37999198)
No... the moisture is still there it's just evaporating faster. You seem to have a bad grasp on science.

Are you trying to claim the Earth is literally losing its water content? If this was the case you wouldn't be able to get it back EVER. It evaporates and then comes back down like it always has.

It's almost like you don't even understand the basic water cycle.

Re:Earth Stopped Getting Greener 20 Years Ago on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:49AM (#37999153)
The title wasn't about the arctic. It literally says THE EARTH stopped getting greener. This is a lie.
They're also more likely to get concussions from things like headers. The female body is just not as adept at physical activity as the male one. It's almost like its main focus is on creating babies.
Re:Earth Stopped Getting Greener 20 Years Ago on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:02AM (#37986627)
"That’s not to say every last corner of Earth is losing its vegetation. Some recent studies have revealed that parts of the Arctic are “greening” as the chilly landscape warms. And there’s increasing plant growth still happening in other regions of the world, as well."

So, a sensationalist headline. The H20 on Earth doesn't change, it might shift to other areas, like has for billions of years. Climate change or not we've always had shifting biomes, which is why we've got deserts in areas now that were essentially jungles in the past.

Re:The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover on Monday October 23, 2023 @10:10AM (#37985888)
Govern me harder daddy.
Yeah that might work as well. A taser isn't going to injure them, but yes it would be painful initially.
I agree... in the past they would have gotten harpooned and quickly communicated to others that going near human boats was a bad idea.

I think coming up with some non-lethal way of deterring them might be a good idea. A killer whale taser of some sort. Just sitting there watching it tear your boat to shreds seems like a bad idea.

Because I needed to know whether I had genetic health issues. I assume you use a smart phone. If so, you've already given up your privacy. You're like the people that scream about someone having Alexa in their house while simultaneously carrying Siri everywhere in your pocket.

What exactly is someone going to do with my DNA? Any entity that's a threat to use it for something nefarious is going to get it from me pretty easily. They could grab any number of physical items that I've touched or left my hair on etc.

Should they do a better job of protecting the data? Yes. Am I going to freak out over something that will likely not affect my life in any way? Nope.

Re:The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:30PM (#37934371)
Yep, and you can bet the government will continue using that as an excuse to bludgeon it with more regulation.
Re:The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:29PM (#37934360)
Easier to just remove local admin from end-users than hope they'll act intelligently.
Re:Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:56AM (#37917063)
Why did GM have to buy them out?

More socialist countries are inherently bad a creating and maintaining profitable businesses.

LOL. Yes, the corrupt DOJ is going to suddenly have a moral compass. State issues are state issues. There's zero reason to involve the federal government. Clean up your own state and stay out of others who have voted the right people in.
How to ensure no one wants to live in your city 101.
"You don’t have to obey anyone’s so-called “property rights.”"

You don't have to obey them now either, but don't come crying to us when someone kills you for trying to take it just like they would have if you tried to come in and take over some tribe's land in the past.

The only difference now is that you might get the luxury of just going to court or jail.

” The right not to preventably and painfully die should be unconditional."

This is a silly statement. You might as well say Superman powers ought to be unconditional.

Whose rights get to be trampled to give you this unconditional right to do nothing while receiving "free" stuff? Anyone with your mindset is an out of touch elitist. SOMEONE will still have to provide you food, electricity, medical etc. So, what you're saying is you actually want a slave class that provides YOU the right to not "earn a living".

Ah yes because sounding like you're casting a Harry Potter spell is a good rebuttal. You could have just admitted you got caught swimming in cognitive dissonance.
Re:NASA: Capillary Cup on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:32AM (#37857717)
Niiiice. I forgot they had the same style uniform in Voyager too.
Re:NASA: Capillary Cup on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:35AM (#37856916)
I'm more interested in the astronaut wearing the Starfleet Deep Space Nine uniform.
Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:51PM (#37851389)
What about my freedom for your modern house and internet powered by coal to not kill me?
Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:50PM (#37851380)
That's not true at all but nice try. (see EV sales)

Creating excuses for totalitarianism is fun.

Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:49PM (#37851372)
LOL. Sure, so you'll be removing your AC, heat, and refrigeration because it's LITERALLY KILLING ME AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I can do it too bud and I can't wait till they come after something you want and take it forcefully from you to "save the children".

It's just plain gross incompetence at this point to think any of this about creating a safer society. How laughable.

Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:47PM (#37851356)
"resolve conflicts when one person's decisions affect another person"

Your silly little metaphor would make sense if it was actually about how it "affected others". It's clearly not for the reasons I explained above.

Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:39AM (#37844231)
Why is what's "required" a consideration? Almost nothing in modern life is required. You don't need AC, heat, refrigeration, video games, movies etc. NONE of that is a requirement and it all contributes to climate change.

Part of living in a free society is that you get to have things that aren't required. IF I want to buy the biggest gas guzzling truck there is, I should have the right to do so since I'll be spending my $80k+ of money on it.

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