@fintail China grew so quickly not because of their economic policy, but because they blocked Twitter

@tophercrowder said in OppoAfterDark.....Why Musk wanted Twitter:

@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly See thats the rub. On my very old Samsung, Twitter and Facebook are hard installed. I can't delete them, I can only disable them.

I remember having that problem. Fixed it by never buying another Samsung phone.

@Exage03040 That’s true, and it pretty much describes all social media.
(Present company excepted of course)

@Someoneatacura I guess I don't see how this gives him a market advantage. It's not one of his companies that is buying it, and even if it was, twitter and his other companies are completely disparate, and there are minimal barriers to entry for another platform to emerge (other than "everyones on twitter").
I can understand thinking maybe Musk is a bit unstable, but I'm not sure there is legal precedent for keeping someone from buying a company just because he's done other things that people don't like/are illegal. What if he wanted to buy a 7-11? I understand twitter is different than a 7-11, but it's not currently regulated like a utility, so in the SEC's eyes, I don't think it's any different than a 7-11 other than instead of selling Slurpies, they sell advertising.

@pip-bip noice euro muscle

@tophercrowder I think it will be at an unrealistic 'value'. Fuck the stock market. Work for a living.

@pip-bip Euro beat training!

@WBizarre not on most of them, they don’t. They’re just tacked-on plastic.

@davesaddiction Just be careful sometimes with NBC's sibling: CNBC. Sometimes they try to cover a subject and interview the worst possible people for it.

In recent months CNBC tried to explain the trucker shortage, but somehow managed to interview only trucking company owners and other reporters.

Their conclusion for the trucker shortage was "trucks are expensive, last only three years and it's hard to find someone who wants to drive one".

But if you ask a trucker they're like "I'm not going to sit at a port all day just so I get a check at the end of the week that says that I owe my employer."

Also, that trucks last only three years thing still cracks me up. lol

@pip-bip gonna be a wierd season again...didnt even make it to fp1 before stuff went wrong
still always good to see hulkenberg again

@pip-bip I literally jumped back in my chair when i saw that fonda

@awesomeaustinv no emissions controls required, it’s not a vehicle

@415s30 true.

@Highlander said in Don’t read the comments:

How can you move out of the way if you see this badge on the back of a car, doesn't that imply that the car is already in front of you?

It must be in the sense of "if you can see this you are too close", given the possibility of phantom braking...

@SmallScaleSydney I'd bet on it. The dude was a bit of a trainwreck off the pitch.

@pip-bip casual war crimes are just another Saturday for Putler

@chariotoflove
I think that one's blocked...for borrowing.

@gettingoldercarguy said in wtf? (nsfw-ish):

@pip-bip He properly ejaculated

Ejecto semeno, cuz!
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@pip-bip Night (again)

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@urambo-tauro I don't speak Dutch but I would guess the louder voice you can hear I would assume is the guy in the white cap saying things helping lining up the driver of the rig

@pip-bip Real talk.

@just-jeepin Kinda looks like a biodegradable version of those plastic soda can rings...

And thanks for the Nitter link! I don't tweet, but I'm going to try this for viewing posts. Looks good so far! I like the dark theme too

@pip-bip I'm trying to figure out HOW they did that... The video's sped up, so we're not getting a good sense of how slow the driver is actually going. Maybe he's feeling for the moment that the rear wheel starts to dip in order to know when to stop and pull forward again.

@pip-bip
Being pulled by a D-Max.

@cé-hé-sin I'm not sure if they sold the Laguna coupé here, but I do see the occasional RCZ. That's a car I regret not buying when new. They're lovely things.

@ita97 Good question. I guess difficulty depends on intent. It seems difficult enough to keep the car right side up so maybe a 8?

@silentbutnotreallydeadly Thank you, that’s a wonderful story.

@pip-bip
Oh man, that's good.
I love cloud formations.
Like cloud inversions
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I've always wanted to go to Australia and watch a morning glory roll in.
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@pip-bip Protective of what?

@Taylor-Martin I thought a plague doctor mask would be a laugh, until it wasn't.

@wbizarre

It'll be called the Genesis with the rapid Exodus.

@pip-bip Looks well done enough to me. Though on a car this expensive, Jeep should really be offering custom shaped real wood veneer panels to put on.

@pyroholtz said in Which circle of hell does this go in?:

I always thought your handle was related to the French missile family, I'm a dumb.
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@nickhasanexocet said in Which circle of hell does this go in?:

@pip-bip Don't look in the wiring tray of my exocet if you think that's bad.

It's an easy mistake to make if you spent time in Oppopolitics.

@pip-bip I worked for a giant company that had various fun afterwork soccer or softball clubs. with a large influx of Indians, they added cricket. I was watching them one day. and started talking to one of the older guys and that video was better in 5min then in him in 20minutes.

@powderhound i'm curious to know.

@pip-bip Ha! Well played.

@pip-bip

@BicycleBuck may have the right answer.

https://www.cmgm.net/2021/12/volvo-hybrid-car-explodes-while-charging/

"a user in the WeChat group said that according to all the circumstances known so far, the owner installed a gas stove for camping in the trunk and forgot to turn off the gas cylinder switch (only the knob was turned off), causing the gas concentration in the car to reach the critical point of explosion."

@pip-bip It's an edgy design, that's for sure...

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@ranwhenparked @Nauraushaun Toyota only sells these to you if you live within a certain distance of a H2 station, so it would take some effort to get hold of one in Texas.

@urambo-tauro Shoulda bought a Crown Vic then

@pip-bip Ooof.

@pip-bip
The commitment to that is exemplary. The execution...not so much.

@sovande said in Things I learn:

@thejwt Just wait until you learn about Japanese housing....

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusable-housing-revolution

That's even crazier. I don't understand why you'd even want that. I've seen trailer parks with better maintained older homes than that. I think development on that scale at that frequency can be pretty soulless no matter how hard you design it. It's the quirks and idiosyncracies that arise over time that lend character to a neighborhood.

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Thats all they make! 1 van and stretching the model line up by offering a Hybrid and a very outdated Mercedes

@pip-bip said in this:

@silentbutnotreallydeadlynever heard of Leo but yup, still breathing.

Leo is awesome.

Sorry - started a game and fell asleep.

@pip-bip This is pathetic but also fine by me. I worked as a valet for a lot of years and we always made sure to have at least one person that could drive a stick but most could not...

As an enthusiast, and knower of what can happen when you valet your car, I don't. On the off chance that I have to valet, I ready a larger than normal tip and politely ask where I can park myself.

@atfsgeoff
It would be in North America, in much of the rest of the world there is the Mondeo saloon
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and some markets like China there is the Focus saloon.
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China also gets an escort saloon.
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Clearly not just a British thing
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@pip-bip ATBGE

@ermahgerd said in BMW:

@urambo-tauro Under the engine bay is a questionable location for this. On my Q5, adblue is filled next to fuel cap. Hard to fuck it up that way.

It’s a BMW, so if they added DEF in the crankcase, it’s only a matter of time before they would have put coolant in there as well.

@pip-bip Those Democrats in Korea have good taste.

@pip-bip I hate this less than I should.

@pip-bip Khalifa Shamoon? Man, these email scammers come up with the best names...

@pip-bip
"As long as I don't have to fly..."