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  • Trump Is Making an Enemy of the Gun Lobby

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  • "YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

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  • I think it’s in the pipeline, and we can only hope. And if ford doesn’t do it, hopefully the Slate Truck gains traction.

  • "YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

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  • This is where manufacturers should have started years ago.

    It’s annoying as ford has repeatedly stated they won’t being the plug in hybrid ranger that gets 30 miles on a charge to the US because it will cannibalize sales from the maverick and f150 lightning….

  • "YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

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  • I agree. Finding a car that is front wheel drive and not 1000 hp is ridiculous.

  • "YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

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  • That’s the thing, most of these trucks were ~$50,000. But people see the ~220 mile range on the base truck and overdid it on range anxiety and blew the problem way out of proportion.

  • "YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

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  • I think they overestimated their market. I think the Lightning was the perfect truck to spearhead the EV transition. It looks, drives, and feels like a normal (yet powerful) truck. Being the highest volume seller, electrifying the F150 made sense on paper.

    But that’s where it really stops.

    The kind of person that buys a 4x4 F150, is not the same demographic that wants to be seen in an EV. As childish as the mentality sounds, that’s the demographic.

    Where they sell 70,000 F-series (150 through 550 I think super duty’s included until dump beds), they only sold ~1,500-2,000 lightnings a month. Which honestly isn’t that bad for such a niche product.

    I think the move to give it a plug in hybrid style powertrain will help sales as our travel charging infrastructure is still garbage. But try and tell people that they can just charge at home with an L2 and they freak out. It’s also frustrating that most people who are against EV’s just don’t understand technology in general.

    In contrast, Ford sells about 15,000 mavericks a month. More when it was newer, same with the Lightning.

    I do agree with your points and that Ford isn’t happy, and they could have handled the whole situation a little better.

  • Americans can’t afford their cars any more and Wall Street is worried

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  • Don’t forget about insurance and property tax. The monthly payment isn’t all you have to spend.

    Registration fees too.

  • Jimmy Kimmel is more popular than Trump, new poll finds

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  • I had never paid much attention to Kimmel, (or any late night host personality) but sure I’ll watch Kimmel now.

  • Do you try to protect your onsite backup from fire?

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  • Well, honestly they’re not really good for anything. Most manufacturers use a bake type method, which is not in anyway comparable to a house engulfed in actual flames.

    As a general consumer, this is about the best you can do. Put whatever in a “fireproof” bag inside a “fireproof” safe and you might save your data in the event of a fire.

    It’s the same thing about gun “safes”. They’re not really safes unless you spend big money. Like $10,000+. Otherwise they’re categorized as “residential containers”.

    I should have clarified whether or not my answer was in response to “is it possible” instead of “is it recommended”.

  • Do you try to protect your onsite backup from fire?

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  • I think they mean if you’re using removable media that is easily portable then the answer to your question about fire proofing is doable.

    You can store them in a fire safe when not actively backing up or need constant access.

  • The filters in my Corsi-Rosenthal Box look after 30 days of continuous use...

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  • If you go for the 2” thick filters they breathe better and have more surface area.

  • In Finland, they advertise the largest container of mayonnaise as "American Size"

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  • When I worked in foodservice, we bought it by the gallon. People would ask for it as a dressing on their salads. Gross.

    Typical South Eastern US.

  • Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC

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  • It used to be easy to build a PC that was double the performance of a console for the same price. And it was even easier if you sourced slightly used current hardware. Now you’re lucky to get last gen hardware for a decent price used. The market is garbage.

    Back in 2014 you could get brand new motherboards for ~$50, where it’s difficult to find any under $150 that provide decent features. I think the most expensive thing at the time was NAND due to flooded factories but everything else was super cheap.

  • Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

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  • It was removable, but used Dells weird connection. I just had to solder the connections of the new battery on instead of paying Dell $20 for a watch battery haha.

  • Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

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  • I had one of the Alienware Alphas with the 860m and desktop haswell 4130t. You could swap in a 4160 but your big enemy would be heat.

    I swapped the steam OS for windows and threw in some cheap 240gb adata ssd. Ran it for years.

    Only problem was the cmos battery would fail every now and again and I’d have to solder a new one in because Dell…..

    Anyways, I was in it ~$400 and it was a great htpc. Only real problem was haswell couldn’t decode 4k YouTube.

    The steam controller I still have, and it’s quirky. But I like it for the mouse function.

  • Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta

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  • I thought the steam deck already had this. Admittedly, I’ve only had mine for about a month, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it charge to 100%. I think 95% was the highest I’ve seen. It seemed like it had something similar to smart charge like Windows has.

  • Skyblivion fan project lead reacts to Oblivion remake news with "all love and no hate"

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  • They’re features, not bugs in Bethesda games.

  • This is my 100th post. Ive been using lemmy close to two years now.

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  • Engagement is way up in normal forums like politics etc. compared to 2 years ago.

    Oddly, since the community is so small I get some news articles way faster than if you were on Reddit. By a few hours in most cases unless it’s some crazy event.

    But the niche ones are still struggling. The initial boom from the api exodus was good, but momentum quickly faded after ~2 months.

    This stuff will grow eventually. There was a metric on Reddit ages ago that listed the top 1% of contributors were responsible for 99% of the content. Most were lurkers or non account holders.

  • MS restaurant excludes LGBTQ couples from promotion, drops MAGA discount, issues apology

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  • I’ve worked at a couple of Mom & Pop places in the south during my youth, and generally they were terrible with money, racist, and tried avoiding taxes any way they could.

    Small sample size with a sprinkle of confirmation bias on my end, but there are usually signs.

    Always need help? Discount on cash purchases? Making the customer pay the credit card transaction fee?

    There are many others, but those are generally the biggest ones where management is just interested in customer sympathy and the bottom line.

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Old Car City, a junkyard museum.

    www.motortrend.com /features/old-car-city-usa/
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    MR2 Butt

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    anime_irl

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Some rumors on the next GTI

    www.motortrend.com /news/2026-volkswagen-gti-electric-car-future-cars/
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    anime_irl

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    1960 Ford Galaxie

  • Dungeons and Dragons - Memes and Comics @lemmy.world
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    What’s alignment worth anyways

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    anime_irl

  • Shirts That Go Hard @lemmy.world
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    Truck Love

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Rust is a good color

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    1977 Toyota Celica Liftback

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Custom Vette Truck

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    My local Mazda dealer in 2013

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Ford Falcon

  • Dungeons and Dragons - Memes and Comics @lemmy.world
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    Where do they put it….

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Boss 302

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    My first turbo car

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    Autozam AZ-1

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Found an old Packard