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  • Next step in data storage

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  • Just wanted to jump in here - I ended up doing as the commenter below me has said and bought a 20TB external hard drive. Well worth doing imo. I'm going to keep all of my important media that I want to save on the 5TB as a backup.

  • non-stickied PSA: Beehaw has signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact

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  • Really pleased to hear this. I will be staying on Beehaw for the foreseeable future, I'm on the same page as the admins.

  • What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

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  • Amen to that!

  • What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

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  • It's a status symbol. I used to live next to tradies who would laugh about a guy turning up on the worksite with a cheap Ute or an automatic transmission. Having a big, powerful muscle car is - as Nick Offerman describes it - like having a carapace for these men to hide in and feel protected.

  • What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

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  • I have owned a SUV in the past - Toyota Rav. I really liked that car. It was a pain to park and I scraped it a few times, but it felt nice to be higher up and comfortable, especially when I was a new driver.

    I know in hindsight now I don't need any of those things. I'm a lot more confident as a driver and am perfectly happy with smaller cars.

    You should watch Not Just Bikes' video on Light Trucks, it's pretty eye opening.

  • What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

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  • That's sad. But do you think it's less to do with wanting to own a bigger car, and more that regular people can't really afford to buy new cars anyway? So the sample size is skewed in favour of rich people (or moderately well off) who can actually afford a new car in the first place?

    Maybe that's why we are seeing a surge in e bikes.

  • What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

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  • We need to start having waste be part of the consideration when producing a product. If your product is meant to last a long time, there should be a strategy for bringing it back and recycling it fully. This goes for computers, phones, cars, whatever!

  • City Life @beehaw.org
    Kwikxilver @beehaw.org

    What's going to happen to all of these SUVs?

  • The decline of American playtime — and how to resurrect it: The world can be terrifying. But we should still give kids the freedom to explore it.

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  • Regulate SUVs / Pickup Trucks properly for safety and tax the shit out of them. Nobody needs these cars, they're status symbols first and foremost. Make it preferable to own a small car.

  • Public transport determined to win hearts and minds | Cyprus Mail

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  • So - the announcements are in Greek, they've just modernised the buses. Cool. Seems like it should be something used more often by the locals.

    There has got to be more to this story. Do the buses get stuck in the same traffic jams as other cars? Are they infrequent? Do they only service certain areas?

  • What would a modern Enterprise series look like?

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  • Well said. Archer could have been such an interesting character who grows throughout the series, and I think that was much of the original plan, but I think the writers were straight up exhausted from TNG - DS9 - VOY for like 30 years and gave up trying.

    9/11 allegory with the Xindi - I mean, it was a pretty big event and it's only natural for America's biggest sci fi show to try and tackle it. The Xindi arc was interesting and I think really good in some parts - but it didn't feel like Trek to me. This wasn't the show to try it on.

    I feel so bad for Scott Bakula. This was going to be an absolutely defining role for him but he was given nothing to work with, and was cut loose right when the interesting stuff started showing up. I really want him to get another chance to shine, with some decent writing up to the calibre of Strange New Worlds at least.

  • Buying used drives from Amazon Warehouse

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  • Thank you, this is great advice

  • Buying used drives from Amazon Warehouse

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  • Yeah if I had full warranty I would be happy taking a punt but not sure I should take the risk... probably better to wait for a sale

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    Buying used drives from Amazon Warehouse

  • Across the Spider-Verse: Unsustainable Working Conditions "death by a thousand paper cuts"

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  • I work in the media industry. Yes, sometimes there are times when you have to work like hell. But it shouldn't be this way by default and expecting people to work insane hours to compensate for a lack of planning is stupid, unnecessary and burns out your team. If you really think like this, you're the kind of person I would never want to work with.

    By the sounds of the article the director didn't understand how to plan for 3D animation - which just makes them a bad director who made others spend time fixing their mistakes.

  • What would a modern Enterprise series look like?

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  • Nothing else to say other than this is an interesting plan! I would really love to see the original cast return.

  • What would a modern Enterprise series look like?

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  • You're right...I am thinking it would basically be a reboot. Or some kind of time shenanigans which change history. Not sure.

    I've been looking for the Good That Men Do for a while, no luck yet...but I hear it's good!

  • What would a modern Enterprise series look like?

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  • They kind of had to get up to speed quickly to even have a fighting chance against the enemy of the week. To be fair, when they went up against the Xindi it was pretty clear the NX-01 had barely any chance, it was in pieces.

    Some of the best moments of the series was when they'd rig up something out of the primitive tech they had like the grappler and figure out a way to punch way above their weight in fights. So I don't think they fully lost the scrappy underdog status.

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    What would a modern Enterprise series look like?

  • City Life @beehaw.org
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    War on Cars Podcast - Nick Offerman Interview

    open.spotify.com /episode/5WsljLFUXcFskVYoAtEIQ6

  • Kinda hate how much car-centric infrastructure has ruined the act of driving around in my city

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  • I feel that this problem has only got worse with the popularity of SUVs. I live in a small town in the UK with a large number or wealthy residents who love their posh Land Rovers. They make driving around the streets a mess - lots of waiting for people to pass due to an effective one way street or because their car is way too big and I can't safely squeeze past them. If they all had regular cars like me traffic would be able to move a lot easier.

  • Next step in data storage

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  • Thanks for responding, appreciate it. I don't really need a "NAS" so to speak because of my mini pc which stays on 24/7 - I just need a place to store stuff. I was thinking a RAID or similar hard drive enclosure might be best because I can find some cheap drives and shove them in. I never considered a single drive with a massive capacity.

    Do you think something like this 18TB drive is a good shout? I'm not sure if it's shuck-able...

    WD 18TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0, Black https://amzn.eu/d/i7Xi05A

  • So Much for ‘Carmageddon’ (Philadelphia Edition) — Streetsblog USA

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  • It's a joke that this kind of expense is expected as normal for road infrastructure but when you propose spending the same on rail or public transit it's always "but so expensive!" "What a waste of money!" "Who's paying for it?"

    So what if a transit project is over budget? People will use it, and it's possible for these projects to have more ways of measuring value than fare takings - nobody questions the fact that driving your private car on the motorway is free!

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    So Much for ‘Carmageddon’ (Philadelphia Edition) — Streetsblog USA

    usa.streetsblog.org /2023/06/13/so-much-for-carmageddon-philadelphia-edition
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    Next step in data storage

  • Cities: Skylines @lemmy.ml
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    Overcharged Egg gives their take on the new CS2 trailer

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    Cities Skylines community?