shakestheclown

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Comment · 6 years ago
3 and Y are vegan leather. The others had a cloth option, but for the new ones the leather will be vegan.
Comment · 6 years ago
Exactly, certainly not if we are talking used cars in the Internet era. These dealerships are not pricing cars for $7k+ over auction price unless they rebuilt the title because it's going to show as a horrible deal on any internet site.

I was pretty much laughed out of two dealerships for trying to get $2k off sticker and they refused to negotiate much.

Comment · 6 years ago
Well that depends on if Elon is a believer in Time Cube Theory which says due to 4 corner Earth there are 4 simultaneous days each rotation.
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Comment · 7 years ago
I think their point isn't that the terms are incorrect but that the word freelancer is undervalued by respective clients versus consultant/contractor. Similar to how if you say you are moonlighting, people will take you less seriously regardless of actual skill.
Comment · 7 years ago
Interesting that their suggestion "People often get tired of hearing their own name. Switch tracks and use your name instead." is at odds a bit with Dale Carnegie's "Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language."
Comment · 8 years ago
Personally, I've considered deleting all mine because quite often years old posts will get flagged for spam or inappropriate material or some other rule despite it being the top voted (and often only) answer. I used to reply and send them their own rules back that they claim I violated and get 90%+ lifted, but after a couple old answers got flagged in the same week and it locked my account for x amount of time I stopped dealing with them. And often I'd have to appeal the same post over and over again anyway. It would get blocked, I'd get it reinstated, and then it would get blocked again so it was just frustrating.

I used to be top 7 in a specific niche but it wasn't worth dealing with their moderation appeals constantly. It's not quite as bad now that I am not in the top lists.

Comment · 8 years ago
Outside of registered trademarks, no one really has a "right" to a domain name. If the Mormon church couldn't buy LDSMatch they'd use something else. Now it's obviously financially or otherwise beneficial to them so they are willing to pay for it, but that's not really a need.

If there was a rule, squatters would just put up a WordPress blog with two posts.

Comment · 8 years ago
My insurance requires 3 at-home failures (as in bad data, etc) before they will even approve an in-lab. I'm sure you can request one if they don't; it's cheaper for them.
Comment · 8 years ago
By which metrics?
Comment · 8 years ago
I don't believe cars are designed for a 15 year span, despite the average lifespan. A number of those are going to reach an early demise due to accidents and improper maintenance. Many of the parts are designed to last 50+ years.

Takata detonated 27,000 airbags and the highest failure rate vehicles had a failure rate of 2.16%. Those were at that time 12-14 year old vehicles with a faulty airbag detonator and still only 2% failure.

Either way, having no airbag in your car is demonstrably less safe than even a faulty, old Takata airbag.

My main point about the Takata recall though was that there are now 50 million used cars out there that have a new airbag system. So you can find a used car covered by the recall and check to see if the airbag has been replaced and if not then get it replaced for free, and then you have the best of both worlds: new airbag and relatively cheap, used car.

Comment · 8 years ago
Looks like there were some concerns with mid-90s and earlier airbags only having a 15 year life, but modern bags are designed to last the life of the vehicle: https://www.edmunds.com/car-safety/do-car-airbags-expire.htm...

The good news about the Takata recall is that 50 million airbags out there either have already been replaced (including mine) or are able to be replaced under the recall.

Comment · 8 years ago
Don't worry the AI will be very realistic; it will be better than interacting with locals.

/s

Comment · 8 years ago
Yeah, no insurance. I use primary coverage through a premium credit card, which covers damage/theft, towing, and loss-of-use charges.

There was a status upgrade involved and an online coupon code.

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