FlexibleToast
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- Comment on ‘Andor’ Season 2 Completes the Best ‘Star Wars’ Story of the Disney Era: TV Review 2 weeks ago:
Okay, so it was originally supposed to be five total seasons. I couldn’t remember exactly. Thanks for the correction.
- Comment on ‘Andor’ Season 2 Completes the Best ‘Star Wars’ Story of the Disney Era: TV Review 2 weeks ago:
The season is going to be made of 5 (iirc) 3 episode arcs that represent a year each. Looks like they’re releasing an arch every Tuesday.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 4 weeks ago:
I fully expect him to try to change something, pull some underhanded thing like the VP switcheroo, or even try another insurrection (why not, he wasn’t punished for the last one? ) but as of right now he can’t run again.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 4 weeks ago:
That would be a natural cause. An elderly man dying of a heart attack is pretty natural.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 4 weeks ago:
Unless something changes, he can’t run again.
- Comment on I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week! 4 weeks ago:
I haven’t lost anything. I haven’t sold anything. You only actually realize a loss if you sell. I’m far enough from retirement that I’m essentially just buying the dip right now.
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think that they think that. I do think that they think you don’t deserve a house if you work at McDonalds.
- Comment on Why DO credit card companies make a stink about adult content anyway? 1 month ago:
Because they were being pressured from the credit card companies to do that.
- Comment on Why DO credit card companies make a stink about adult content anyway? 1 month ago:
I don’t think that’s entirely it. OnlyFans flirted with the idea of not allowing NSFW content because of pressure from the credit card companies. PornHub purged amateur content from the same pressure.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
Dude, a brand new Hyundai Ioniq 5 starts at $42k. The used Mercedes doesn’t cost -$8. Also, if you’re in a country that uses Euros, that explains a lot. Your part costs are much cheaper for those German cars than ours are. If I lived in Europe my opinion would likely be different on German cars. Here in the US, if you used Lexus as an example, it would be a much easier argument for you to make.
I’m not even trying to say that a new car is more financially sound. That’s a silly stance to take. But a 10 year old car just isn’t going to have the same safety standards and tech of a new car.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
You can also buy an EV for a dramatically lower price by buying it just a couple of years old. Their initial depreciation is massive. You can get a 3 year old Mustang Mach E for less than $30k and have Blue Cruise. That will have far fewer maintenance worries than a 10+ year old Mercedes. Even brand new, they can be bought for less than $50k. I don’t think your $50k price difference is accurate. I personally wouldn’t touch an old German with a ten foot poll.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
I can believe that. My job has me travel, so I’ve rented a lot of different vehicles. Some are definitely more intuitive than others. I don’t think I’ve had a Subaru though.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
2025 Hyundai EV is going to require FAR less maintenance than an old Mercedes. I’ve owned a fairly young VW and immediately dumped it when the manufacturer recertified warranty ran out. Every little repair on those German cars are ridiculously expensive.
Or like you said, get an EV and sell it before the battery warranty is out. It’s not like you’re actually going to be able to affect an entire industry by holding out on buying new lol
Yeah, that’s kind of my point. Historically, boycotts just don’t work unless the overall sentiment was already shifting. Like Tesla right now. They were already losing sales because of their tired designs and were already offering deep incentives. Elon just accelerated the downfall by going full Nazi.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
What features do you need that, say, a 2015 model can’t have?
assist, and adaptive cruise control come to mind.
A new EV versus a new ICE, yeah fair enough
Well, buying a new car is what I’m interested in. I want something reliable, not something with 10 years of wear and tear on it. Hell, a big draw of EVs is their dramatically simpler maintenance plan. If I’m in the market for an EV, a 10 year old ICE just isn’t a good alternative.
Especially if you can get your hands on something like a 1.0l with a giant turbo strapped to the side. They’re pretty common in Europe, I don’t know about America.
I really wish… I got back into motorcycles this year, so I have a 250cc engine to move me around now.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
So, I’m supposed to drive an older, less safe car without the features I want? I’m supposed to keep using an ICE? No thanks.
- Comment on Win win 1 month ago:
Sure, but that’s kind of every car manufacturer right now. If you let that limit your choice, you won’t be buying anything. Depending on where you live, maybe that’s better.
- Comment on The Tesla protests are working. 1 month ago:
I’ll believe it when the price has fallen below pre November numbers. It’s right on the cusp. Let’s keep it up.
- Comment on Maybe it's just hitting the side of the bowl. The outside of the bowl. 2 months ago:
Fair enough I suppose.
- Comment on Maybe it's just hitting the side of the bowl. The outside of the bowl. 2 months ago:
And unlike a cat you apparently have no night vision at all along with your dirty toilet?
- Comment on Maybe it's just hitting the side of the bowl. The outside of the bowl. 2 months ago:
If it’s up, you don’t even need to touch it, just sit…
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
I ended up in the system administration world where certs are strongly recommended. In app dev, I have no idea.
- Comment on Maybe it's just hitting the side of the bowl. The outside of the bowl. 2 months ago:
Just be even lazier and sit down.
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
Haven’t taken a cert in a while either?
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
I don’t think you can get the CS degree with being completely incompetent. A bunch of interviews I had were white boarding the logic, not actual coding. Code is easy if you know the logic.
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
Not during a test. But maybe in those 20 hours they have.
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
Yeah, exactly. At least any fairly modern language. I don’t think I could just pick up assembly and read it without the class I took. Heck, I don’t think I could read it anymore now that it’s been several years since that class.
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
It’s super easy to learn how algorithms and what not work without knowing the syntax of a language. I can tell you how a binary search tree works, but I have no clue how to code it in Java because I’ve never used Java.
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 2 months ago:
Many HR departments will automatically kick out an application if it doesn’t have a degree. It’s an easy filter even if it isn’t the most accurate.
- Comment on See something you like? 2 months ago:
I was just at Whole Foods, not the best barameter for price, every brand that wasn’t the store brand was $10+ for a dozen. The store brand was $5.
- Comment on Guga experiment 3 months ago:
The majority of his “dry aging” is actually wet aging. The joke works either way. Either he’s inadequate or he is just click clickbaiting again.