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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • Toyota or lexus are most reliable, Honda (Acura) is a close 2nd. After that it isn’t even close.

    Yes ford’s aren’t all bad, especially their international designs are not bad.

    After Toyota and Honda the reliable cars to buy are going to be specific models and specific years, you’re going to have to find the many youtube mechanic commentary videos “buy this not that” and do your research.

    It may be that rather than buying the most reliable vehicle you avoid buying one of the known worst vehicles. I’ve been there and now I own 2 Toyotas and a Honda.

    And it goes without saying, before you buy anything have it inspected by an impartial mechanic you trust.

    You will see that Toyotas cost a lot more than other cars. It’s because the cheaper cars end up costing thousands more in the long run because of the many repairs you’re going to have to do. Pay now or pay later.







  • Right now the best cheap laptop I know of with usb c charging etc is the t480 and t580. A refurb or renew with an i5 and 16gb ram is around 300 or less all day long. They are cheap to buy, cheap to fix, modify, or replace and will run great now and for years to come.

    With the internal and external batteries, they can have 2 at once, they can run all day easily and then some.

    Get the 1080 screen tho.

    For $500 or less they can be had with i7 and bigger ram for more powerful duties.

    They just don’t disappoint.





  • djmarcone@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.mlWindows 11 vs Linux supported HW
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    The linux developers have done an awesome job and linux has come so far it’s amazing. But for the vast majority of computer users they don’t even know what a terminal is, period, and linux is useless to them unless a Linux user sets it up for them for a very specific use case and that’s all they ever do with it.

    If all they want is an email and web appliance, a typical computer ignorant user can use linux if it is given to them by someone else.

    Yet an ignorant computer user can go and buy a Mac or a windows machine from a retailer and get the job done without having to know anything at all other than they want a computer for x y or z.

    Its like the linux developers can’t fathom a PC experience without the terminal as a vital participant.



  • Yeah they’re making money but I just saw where “traditional” tv watchers is below 50% now for the first time, the cash flow of the cable /satellite tv subscriptions is in big trouble and everyone was sorta relying on that. The old media production model is dead and I think this strike is related to that.