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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

It was in the same weight range as what Ferrari was putting out at the time. Those stainless steel panels are very thin sheets over fiberglass. They don't add as much weight as you'd think.

Most of the other issues were fixed by VIN 3000, but their reputation was set by then. Getting framed by the FBI in a drug sting didn't help, either. It has a lot of very thoughtful features, like a gull wing door design that only comes out 11" and won't hit the car parked next to you.

It got caught up in a bunch of regulatory changes that were happening the late 70s/early 80s. Just a bad time to start a new car company, or to make a sports car at all. There aren't many memorable cars from the time period for anything other than looks.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last time I checked, if you had bought an Edsel new, its value would have kept up with inflation. Some of the higher end trims do a little better than inflation. Which isn't a particularly good investment either way, especially one that needs to be maintained with more money and effort. Tossing it in t-bonds would do just as well or better with almost zero effort.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Do you mean the Edsel? Studebaker was a successful car manufacturer for decades, and is still beloved by many.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

It's worth noting that some data reporting issues mean OS X and macOS are sometimes split, even though macOS is the newer branding for OS X. When combined, Apple's desktop presence is around 24%

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I think mfed112@discuss.tchncs.de has it right in another subthread. Star Trek: TNG doesn't quite reach the level of competence porn. Scotty does, though. Guy who is delighted to be sent to his room so he can catch up on his technical journals? Yeah, he's hyper competent.

Grand Admiral Thrawn of Star Wars is full out competence porn. Most of Timothy Zahn's novels are.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Or they just think if they see tits it makes them horny so women MUST be the same way?

This one. The problem is that by the time 90% of the hetro cis male population of one generation has figured this out, a new generation of teen hetro cis males are right behind them. A better sex education class would cover this.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

If there's higher redundancy, then they are already giving up on density.

We've pretty much covered the likely ways to calculate parity.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not necessarily.

The trouble with spinning platters this big is that if a drive fails, it will take a long time to rebuild the array after shoving a new one in there. Sysadmins will be nervous about another failure taking out the whole array until that process is complete, and that can take days. There was some debate a while back on if the industry even wanted spinning platters >20TB. Some are willing to give up density if it means less worry.

I guess Seagate decided to go ahead, anyway, but the industry may be reluctant to buy this.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago

That's the stick where if you line it up with the sun at noon on the day of the summer solstice on the desert moon of Endor, you can line it up with the exact location where Rey picked her nose and left a booger on the Death Star debris.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (9 children)
[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

If burning oil and coal can be considered weather modification and geoengineering, then yes.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

They're usually put on highways where pedestrian and bike traffic wouldn't be, anyway. OP is an exception because of the ditch right next to the sidewalk.

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