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[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

That is wildly inaccurate and you know it. There are like 6.5 million articles on Wikipedia and the majority (since people are pedantic, we'll say 50.1%) are well cited and accurate

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Kia and Hyundai are the most stolen cars in North America due to missing basic security measures like steering wheel locks and the ability to spoof the key fob with a cell phone. You could also take a Hyundai or Kia that is near it's fob and just drive off in it. There was no proximity shut off until a recent OTA update, and it didn't work on every model

They're cheap in NA and they're likely to stay that way until they add proper security measures. In response, both State Farm and Allstate have raised insurance rates on Hyundai and Kia made after 2015. They're cheaper because they cut corners, and the end customer foots the bill on the insurance side

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

The oldest Mayan ruins are from 1000-800BC That's what..~3000 years? Not bad.. Will this glass be as resistant to the elements as carved rocks?

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Wait how do you download stuff without torrenting?

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

I have them all downloaded. 25 years of old hard drives and nerdy piracy have me well stocked for the apocalypse

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, and if you teach this to your friends and children, the big companies will eventually adapt to what the market is offering vs trying to dictate the market

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'd buy in to that. You could even do it the way NASCAR does it: here are the specs. You can buy it from us to guarantee you are in compliance, or if you're good enough to replicate this setup you can use your own, but we'll tear down your setup to inspect after every contest. The only changes allowed are peripherals

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

I paid full price for both Factorio and Skyrim because they are full games that I get to own. No micro transactions, and modding is almost encouraged through Steam. I will never buy another microtransaction game. I will never buy another "subscription based" platform like Xbox. I'm so fucking over not owning the thing I bought

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Toyota is one of the largest auto makers in the history of the world. They're practically their own government, and have more than enough money bankroll a burgeoning technology tree. To say they fucked up by testing a brand new technology and developing it in-house, seemingly on their own until recently (BMW and Mercedes have both joined Toyota in their development process within the last 5 years) is bonkers.

Any new technology or idea generally has a long road to maturity. You wouldn't say the quest for quantum computing or the unified field theory are complete wastes of time and money when we're discovering things along the way. Hydrogen may not work out for your consumer vehicle, but it absolutely works better than electric for those trans-oceanic container ships and shooting rockets to the moon.

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

This is the Internet. You can't say ass here!!!1

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

So what’s the new solution in place of DRM to make sure that the things you make aren’t ripped off by China or any other rich competitor?

This you?

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

How does forcing a company like Apple or John Deere to allow their customers to repair their own products lead you to think China isn't already ripping off every bit of tech they come across?

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