Whichever company owns Chrysler has been flailing around from one financial disaster to another for my whole life, and I ain’t that young anymore.

And Harley Davidson.

They go hard on branding. They’re one of the few motorcycle brands that let you go for a test ride (others might have a special event day at a dealership where you can ride around the parking lot). If you go for it, expect to be suited up in all the Harley leathers by the sales guy. It’s not a motorcycle, it’s a branded lifestyle where you ride around sometimes.

It is that kind of party!

We should all aspire to be the Oceans 11 heist of having a library card.

The distinction with a difference is that anyone can flatter Trump’s ego the exact same way. Mamdani seems to have done it. There’s nothing particular about Russia that makes it work.

What kind of third world shit hole makes its dictators face consequences?

EV batteries are often still good to use as they are for other purposes. Like home power storage. Their storage amount gets low enough that they aren’t giving sufficient range anymore, but they still have plenty of life left in different applications.

There’s a million reasons to prefer bikes and public transit over cars in general. The reasons specific to EVs are usually bullshit.

The advantage lead acid has for ICE is that it can dump a lot of current all at once. The C output rate on sodium ion isn’t that high, IIRC.

There have been lithium batteries used for the purpose. The original Miata used one because standard lead acid cells caused corrosion issues in the chassis. But lithium has its own supply chain issues.

Ultimately, this goes away because ICE cars go away.

Vance can’t generate the same kind of cult of personality that Trump can. The GOP would be sunk without that.

If you didn’t know this, it’d be weird how many academics are in the Epstein files. Once you do know it, it’s obvious.

Oh, and Robert Maxwell was legitimately a badass in WW2. Everything terrible about him starts after that.

It’s not like AMD created this situation. It’s pretty well documented, and the culprit is OpenAI plus the three companies that make all the DRAM. Mostly OpenAI.

What it needs is for the rig you have now to be basically playable. If it’s playable on Windows, it should be playable on Linux. Losing a couple of fps is frankly not a big deal if it’s still overall playable.

Setting aside some anti-cheat issues, it mostly is. Nvidia has some abysmal inconsistencies in a few titles.

And yet there’s still LTT forum idiots posting on how “Steve is just running a drama channel”.

The weather was terrible for a jump. Nobody who had training would have tried it.

He almost certainly died in the jump.

He also made an offhand comment about the airline, and that suggests a revenge motive.

Because humans are really, really hung up about sex in general, and we make it complicated. The idea of a potion that cuts right through all the bullshit sounds pretty good to just about everyone at some point in their lives.

No such thing.

I had a 370Z for a while. I dunno if they did this on the 350Z, but they stuck a very heavy flywheel on it that does terrible things for throttle response. Makes it as smooth as a V8, and that’s obviously a cop to people who aren’t buying it for performance. You can cut the flywheel weight in half and still have a perfectly functional car for regular road use.

The shape of the trunk makes a difference. Yes, the 350Z/370Z trunk is larger on paper, but the Miata’s is shaped nice and square. Easier to drop things into.

Felt like sitting in a bathtub. Has much worse rear visibility than a Miata (even with the top up).

Its oil cooling isn’t sufficient on the track without upgrades. Engine will go into limp mode after a couple laps. Can be fixed, of course, but a Miata is pretty close to track ready out of the factory.

Traded the 370Z for an NC Miata and have never looked back. On any kind of twisty track, the flywheel issue prevents the 370Z from being able to use its extra power; I don’t think my track times are significantly different between the two.

I once did a track day with a Nissan GT-R, Ferrari 588, Lamborghini Gallardo, and a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Excepting the 911, I would have been just as happy to have been in my Miata that day.

Supercars are vastly overrated. Even the 911 is a tough sell against the cheapness of the Miata.

This is what gives away the answer (emphasis added):

Russian ultranationalist milbloggers, a key pro-war constituency for Russian President Vladimir Putin, continued to reject the modified peace proposal, criticize the United States for moving away from Russian demands, and claim that Europe only wants to continue the war in Ukraine.[16] The milbloggers called for Russia to achieve its war aims by force instead.[17] The Kremlin has refused to meaningfully negotiate in response to all US-led peace initiatives thus far in 2025, and has shown no willingness to make the significant compromises required of a negotiation process.[18] The Kremlin very likely aims to prolong negotiations to end the war to allow Russian forces to continue advancing on the battlefield. The Kremlin likely plans to use Russian advances to further intensify information operations aimed at convincing the West and Ukraine that a Russian military victory is inevitable and that Ukraine should capitulate to Russia’s demands. The Kremlin continues to show no willingness to compromise for good-faith peace negotiations and has not set conditions for Russians to accept anything less than a full Russian victory in Ukraine.

If they aren’t setting up conditions for the civilian population of Russia to accept less than full victory–propaganda like “we have accomplished what we need to in Ukraine, and now is the time for the Russian people to have peace”–then don’t expect them to negotiate in good faith. Even the full 28-point peace proposal, which was clearly written by Russia and has been whittled down to 19 points, was never meant to be taken seriously. It was meant to say “see, we made an offer, and they rejected it”.

So you bring out “this is my second language” after telling someone else “you might want to put more effort into reading”. No, that does not fly. You put “sorry, English is my second language” first. Lashing out like that is not a good look.