smackmyballsoff

When I buy a vehicle, I touch it, if it's solid metal hey awesome, if it's plastic or fiber whatever I just nope out because I've seen what happens when they're in the smallest of accident.

I can pull a ding out of metal, or even just stop by pull apart and pop a replacement door or whatever off something similar. Can't do that when half the frame shatters in impact, might as well buy another car which is exactly what they want us to do

I feel like it would make a huge difference. They're planning obsolescence for vehicles and equipment now too. I have a tractor from the 70's that's still running fine, why? Because they used to make them with the idea that the consumer can and should be able to perform their own maintenance and repair, for a farmer back then a tractor was a huge purchase and was expected to last many years. I

Meanwhile, the new ones require being brought to the shop for all kinds of things, many can only be fixed with software that most people don't have, if available at all.

Instead of repairing what they have, companies want people to just buy new stuff every couple of years if not sooner.

It's just sad when stuff from 50 years ago will still last longer than something you purchase today.

Regarding automotives and equipment, old machinery could last forever really, with the right replacement parts, but those are getting extremely hard to find as well with everyone just buying new instead of repairing what they have. It's something else..

Maybe not with smart devices, but the automotive industry is headed the same way. I can repair a truck from the 70's and keep it running forever with the right parts, and even with some not-so right ones.

Nowadays for example, a tractor or truck from 2020 can't be repaired like that, they're installing systems that we-the user and even our mechanics can't access so you absolutely HAVE to take it back to them for repair. That's just wrong, these trucks have absolutely no need for software like this, it's only purpose is to prevent people from repairing things they've already paid for.

I wonder if her dog is shaved

Nice pic but extremely noticeable that they photoshopped her pussy to be smaller which is quite funny

Sheesh, does that mean Lemmy.ml is property of Mali now or was that sorted out? Weird to think

Hey just joined and already have a question but first, thanks for what you do!

Anywho, so a 12 core, 32gb ram server is $125 a month? Do servers have to be rented like this, subscribed to?

Just makes me wonder why, say just using a PC with the same specs wouldn't be preferable? Issues with internet speed, bandwidth, storage, reliability or something else? I know servers are quite expensive to buy brand new but am curious as to why used servers and setting one up at home aren't viable for stuff like this?