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My understanding is that the initial Mini models were made with Peugeot engines, which were underpowered and pretty unreliable. At some point BMW switched Minis over to use a Beemer engine, at which point quality improved dramatically. Mini has been on an upward trend since (as has BMW).

Anecdotally, someone in my family has a Mini with the BMW engine, and it’s been ticking along just fine. Maintenance is expensive though.

I do not think that Subaru models outside of the BRZ or Solterra have Toyota parts.

It’s to distract from the government’s unwillingness to hold a public inquiry into China’s election meddling.

“The rules on making multinationals pay taxes where they operate - known as "pillar one" of the agreement - would apply to global companies with at least a 10% profit margin. Twenty percent of any profit above that would be reallocated and taxed in the countries where they operate, according to the G7 communiqué.”

How will taxing authorities determine which companies meet the 10% profit margin threshold? Which jurisdiction is this threshold calculated in for multinationals?

I went through the same flow and was convinced it was expressly designed to make setting one’s preferences impossible.

I also wanted to know which UX/UI designers put together the password reset process, which was pretty infuriating.

It’s mind-blowing to me that a 3-year car is considered aging.

Anecdote time: my parents bought a secondhand 93 Toyota Corolla that I inherited and drove until 2011. They continued using it until 2018, and got rid of it. It was still running. A few plastic internals had failed and the engine was rough, but still going. It easily had another 5ish years on it.

I once read (or heard?) that the reason why Twitter has such outsize importance is because a lot of journalists use it. They’re on it a lot, follow a lot of people, use it to discover what issues are blowing up...

I’m sure that’s not the only reason, but I thought it an interesting idea.

“The study still does not address a worrisome mutation in the South African variant, called the E484K mutation.”

Yes, we have. Specifically:

1. LIST 2. PUT 3. LIST

would trigger situations where (3) wouldn't include the object inserted in (2). This is well-known however.

Hmm. I use 1Password with a vault we both share. Works great.

One edge is being reclad in blue glass as we speak.

Sadly.

I was unable to figure out how to get this to work with an iMac as a secondary display :(

Looked wonderful though!