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WhatNitrous

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You can't always do what you want, and your previous choices limit your future choices, but other than a few extreme situations, there are usually some choices
You've obviously never been disabled either with zero funding, no vehicle, and too many favors done for you to the point you have no more...but thats a personal issue and not something I expect someone to grasp as common sense.

I had choices...a tent, a bridge again, killing spree...but none of them are reasonable when someone destroyed 15+ years of building some meager form of existenxe...especially at my age now. I'll be dead before I could get back to where I struggled to climb for years...but this topic wasnt specifically about me, we all know I have a shit desl--it is however proof of fact that there isnt always a choice, not a realistic one...and many people, especially as far as their jobs go are usually stuck (at least in the US), just being able to up and quit on spot because of something you never dreamed would be a real scenario is near impossible for almost every person I know IRL, you need to find more work first and before that happened something else could have...its just not right 🤷‍♂️
For example, if I was in your situation, I'd stop paying rent. Once I had enough money to move, I would. You'd probably eventually get debt collectors, and a long eviction process, but it can usually be done. Once it reaches debt collectors, you can either negotiate it down, or ignore it until the statute of limitations runs out. I never bothered mentioning this before because local laws vary, and I have no idea how you're paying rent or if it can be done in your situation. Local laws varying by jurisdiction etc.
You need to keep the withheld rent in a bank or you can't fight back because they automatically (by law) assume you stopped paying because you couldnt pay.

The real way they fucked me was by putting the court judgement in my roommates name instead of mine so it would have been her debt for being on the lease...all other court papers on record are under my name practically alone and they did that to be sure they got paid because i'm so poor...its also illegal but wtf does that matter obviously after all the rest.
I wasn't trying to piss you off. I'm happy to leave it there too. Like I said a few posts above, you seem to overvalue individual circumstances, while ignoring future benefits.
I overvalue anyones personal circumstances because I'm aware of what its like to be the one who gets the shaft and nobody is held responsible for being the fools that they are

I also overvalue testing before releasing a product...extremely thoroughly. You wouldnt like it if I sent out a program that accidentally wiped your drive even by error in code doing what it should be doing...and I've had a single letter typo cause it before. I was glad it hit my own PC, not because I wanted to wipe my own drive and the code I was working on to boot...but bexause I can imagine being the other person who had nothing to do with the my creation or mistake that caused it.

The difference between us is I can see myself in the shoes of others, in any and all situations, so I can actually grasp the magnitude of what could happen...you seem to think it will only happen to others and it could never be you...thats a corporate mentality and exactly how they think when they do this shit...so sorry if i'm not exactly in agreement with it
sacrificing
Never.

Because you called it 'sacrificing'.

I mean we thought killing the 'witches' would be useful once upon a time too and then realized it could have been avoided had we actually used our fucking brains Thats my problem...not that they're making these things, that theu're just dropping them in real world scenarios rather than spending the money to build a separate area like a restaurant to have it work in.

Its not cost effective....they can just use one they already own...its like when they made co2 detectors range set to 400ppm for 4 minutes instead of 100ppm for 30 seconds to avoid wasting manpower, we can die of it slowly in a breezy home because they didnt want false alarms or to pay the people who responded to them, by the time they go off now you have like 30 seconds to a minute to get to fresh air or your dead.

All about the buck...we can all die as long as its less costly for the few rich and powerful. An thats my issue...not the tech itself.
 
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Ausf

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I mean we thought killing the 'witches' would be useful once upon a time
Witchcraft is still a crime in some places. There's also still a lot that isn't state sponsored where people, mostly women, are killed by the general population as witches. It seems we, humanity, still consider it useful.
I also overvalue testing before releasing a product...extremely thoroughly.
Sure, I have no problem with this. At some point though, only real world testing can take you forward.
All about the buck...we can all die as long as its less costly for the few rich and powerful. An thats my issue...not the tech itself.
This also means lower costs for consumers. It's the reason I don't agree with Trump on tariffs. Consider consumer electronics. These are getting cheaper over time, even with inflation taken into consideration. Part of it is economies of scale, but with things like TVs, various companies want to be part of the OS, or on the remote, and will pay for it.
 

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New cars don't use shifters anymore really...most new cars here use all buttons 🤮
I was mostly looking at EVs. The Tesla 3 just has a screen, and you're supposed to control everything through that. It seems to be less of an issue with ICE cars. Also, the door handles are overly complicated and annoying, and by removing the key, they're making them easier to steal. New cars are terrible in many ways. They also spy on you, and have overly intrusive driver aids.
 

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I was mostly looking at EVs. The Tesla 3 just has a screen, and you're supposed to control everything through that.
Do they still fall apart if you slam the door? :LOL: 🤢
It seems to be less of an issue with ICE REAL cars.
Wonder why.
Also, the door handles are overly complicated and annoying,
That answers my earlier question :ROFLMAO:
and by removing the key, they're making them easier to steal.
Actually thats not true...as much as I hate the concept, jacking a key slot is pretty difficult on cars after like the 60s and 70s, barring a few chesp models nobody would want to steal that can be started with a flathead still.
New cars are terrible in many ways.
Every way, especially hybrid engines...they work until they don't and then you got serious issues.
They also spy on you, and have overly intrusive driver aids.
:rolleyes: everything with a connection to online in any form spies on you these days...i'm pretty sure facebook has my IP jacked so bad through the site only that it knows what I watch on my PC from just file transfers over USB, I've literally never logged in on this computer since I built it :LOL:

I literally refuse to bring my phone when I go hunting...even though i've already made it clear of my intentions. Location matters.
 

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Actually thats not true...as much as I hate the concept, jacking a key slot is pretty difficult on cars after like the 60s and 70s, barring a few chesp models nobody would want to steal that can be started with a flathead still.
I was talking about plugging into the OBD port, or using a signal repeater to open the doors. All tech solutions. Not physical ones. Some are worse than others. For some reason, you can't turn the fob off. I guess you could put it in a Faraday cage? Physical immobilizers work too.
 

WhatNitrous

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I was talking about plugging into the OBD port, or using a signal repeater to open the doors. All tech solutions. Not physical ones. Some are worse than others. For some reason, you can't turn the fob off. I guess you could put it in a Faraday cage? Physical immobilizers work too.
I got my points in reverse...and those theories are all good and fine but actually getting your hands on working tech to do it isnt as easy as online ordering...if o' wrong let me know--I could use wheels for my next life stunt :LOL:
 

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I was mostly looking at EVs. The Tesla 3 just has a screen, and you're supposed to control everything through that. It seems to be less of an issue with ICE cars. Also, the door handles are overly complicated and annoying, and by removing the key, they're making them easier to steal. New cars are terrible in many ways. They also spy on you, and have overly intrusive driver aids.
Isn't this the one where you pay to have certain apps (that are usually free) in your car? If I remember correctly, I may be wrong, but I remember people talking before about that business model
 

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Isn't this the one where you pay to have certain apps (that are usually free) in your car? If I remember correctly, I may be wrong, but I remember people talking before about that business model
BMW had heated seats and steering wheels. Mercedes had increased acceleration. Tesla let you unlock more of the battery, so more range. All of these required a paid subscription. That isn't what I was talking about, but that is also bad. I'm not sure any of them actually did it, but they wanted to.
I got my points in reverse...and those theories are all good and fine but actually getting your hands on working tech to do it isnt as easy as online ordering...if o' wrong let me know--I could use wheels for my next life stunt :LOL:
You can buy them for a few hundred on AliExpress. There are easier and cheaper ways of direct acquisition that don't leave a paper trail.
 

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