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I use it because it makes A/B testing different models really easy

They could ship it with a pair of those bolts where the heads break off during installation

I feel like Ray Kroc in the McDonald's movie trying to figure out how his hamburger could possibly be done when he just ordered it

I'm pretty sure Fable 5 isn't by OpenAI

The platform in question was openly hostile to people asking questions and made discussions against the rules. That's why people left the moment a better option came along

I am fine with not having physical media for games on Steam because I trust Steam to do the right thing.

I already know for a fact that Sony won't do the right thing because they have always done the worst possible thing at every chance.

I've been using Steam for 15 years and in that time they have never done me wrong. I trust Valve to do the right thing.

On the other hand, I know for a fact that sony will do the worst possible thing over and over again every time they have the chance to.

Remember that time Sony took away features from the PS3 that were advertised selling points? Remember when modders added the features back and Sony sent them to prison?

I just have a desktop computer plugged into the TV in the living room.

If we had the dotcom bubble, why are you still on the Internet?

Please review the legal definition of aiding and abetting before giving bad legal advice

Except that's not even remotely similar to what happened in this case.

I have yet to try a pair of earbuds with better active noise canceling than the airpod pro 2.

I actually really like the airpod pros from an audio standpoint. I find that a lot of wireless earbuds are way too heavy on the bass compared to the airpod pro.

A lot of the regulations to do with vehicles in the US are compliance theater.

We have regulations that make cars take more damage in low speed impacts to make them safer for pedestrians, but pickup trucks with a hood line higher than an average adults head are legal.

In many countries in the EU, vehicles will flash either the brake lights or the signal lights when the ABS system activates to help warn the driver behind them. This has been proven to reduce the rate of multi vehicle accidents. That type of system is still illegal for car makers to use in the US.

Other countries had adaptive headlights that reduced glare for oncoming vehicles for years before the US finally allowed it.

Sony already sent people to prison for developing a way to let users jailbreak their PS3's. And the jailbreak was just to re-enable features that Sony advertised at launch then took away after people bought the consoles.

Refusing to understand something and are making an uninformed decision as a result isn't a great thing to brag about.

The fact is, emissions regulations in many ways have nothing to do with health or clean air. I don't drive a diesel truck myself so its not like I'm trying to defend my own behavior or anything. I'm a former automotive engineer who is unfortunately very familiar with the regulations and how nonsensical they are.

If my car fails while I'm driving over the mountain in the winter and leaves me stranded outside of cell service in sub zero weather, that would be a critical situation.

If my car fails while I'm driving through the desert and leaves me stranded in 100+ degree heat in the summer, that would be a critical situation.

If my car fails while I'm driving on a busy part of I5, that could be a critical situation.

I get that the rolling coal mods or whatever aren't designed to improve reliability, but things like deleting EGR or modifying the control logic for the DEF system are and can prevent a vehicle from failing in a situation that could be life threatening. Again, the government already knows this which is why they order their vehicles with those exact modifications already done.

My car wouldn't pass, not because it can't pass the emissions test, but because the original equipment that California requires by law failed years ago and replacements are not available. So I would be forced to get rid of my perfectly good car and buy an expensive new one not because it doesn't work, but because the law strictly requires original equipment.

California's way of doing it is really frustrating and very clearly meant to force older cars off the road and push people into buying new ones in an effort to help out dealers and car manufacturers.

My car is a bit older but its perfectly reliable. It doesn't require a monthly subscription, it doesn't track my location, it doesn't have a remote kill switch, and the title isn't owned by some bank. It would even blow fine on an emissions test. I still couldn't use it in California though because some of the original emissions equipment has failed and original replacements are impossible to find so alternative replacements have had to be used instead.