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- on US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
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on The unseen dangers of Antarctic documentaries in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026
this is sick. I’m saving this for later.
Fancy gaming debian (with openbox) here I come.
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on My home server was a totally justified purchase in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026
Mine is currently a not so old pavilion laptop. Runs debian and has 2 drives in it. I need to upgrade it bc it has no storage space but upgrading the m.2 is a motherboard out procedure.
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on Skip today's Windows 11 update: it breaks cursor styling, resets wallpaper, and more in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
Unfortunately work/jobs. We are full into Microsoft and have lab equipment which is annoying at a bare minimum.
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on No Game No Season 2 in c/animemes@ani.social · 26 Aug 2026
Me with Ameku Md Doctor Detective
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on Phones should have a 'guest lock' feature in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Aug 2026
Guided access on ios.
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on Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
I knew someone on Reddit who did it. Be thankful that Lemmy renders the thorn.
I will be honest, I don’t think that will be the case. Also even Chevy moved to a thicker oil that should maintain fuel economy on their newer engines and maybe fix it. It’s still 0w. Its probably not going to do much of anything tbh and GM is covering their ass.
Also the recall is literally manufacturing debris on the Chevy trucks. It’s a race to the bottom in quality. Making cars less efficient isn’t going to make them magically more reliable.
We have 2 cars that are 4 years apart in build. 2008 sienna, paint is perfectly smooth, (ignoring the many scratches on it from it being a work van). 200k mi. The 2012 VW Passat, the paint quality is actually horrific. You can see the orange peel 10 feet away after all the jpeg compression and the denoiser in a photo. The 2gr is a new engine for that platform. The 07K in the Passat is oops all plastic for literally everything. Mind you this is the second revision of an engine that came out in the mid 2000s with a gearbox that came out in the early 2000s. So they’re cost saving where they can, the plastics do kind of break. (I’m also aware that it’s an iron block so it’s gonna be heavier than a comprable aluminum block engine)
The engine issues are almost always manufacturing failures. WHAT DO WE MEAN SWARF/METAL DEBRIS is in the engine block. How the fuck do we forget how to clean an engine.
It’s the Hyundai GDi recall all over again. Also, these are new engine families. Even if we reduce the fuel economy limits, it will happen again when car manufacturers introduce new engines.
Edit: the last engine recall I can think of that wasn’t a manufacturing issue was the Saab oil sludge issues.