Don’t worry, it’s still sufficiently janky. Apparently the databases containing all that info just disappear when the companies shut down.

https://www.aaha.org/trends-magazine/publications/microchip-company-closes-unexpectedly-what-it-means-for-pet-owners-veterinary-practices/

Whats shitty about the guy? Because knowing nothing else, getting arrested for demanding ICE show a warrant immediately gets my vote.

No; I don’t think there will be.

https://www.twz.com/air/russia-covering-its-aircraft-in-tires-is-about-befuddling-image-matching-seekers-u-s-military-confirms

An attempt at optical camouflage.

You 3D print something with no serial and it’s untraceable.

Except for all the metal parts they used a debit card/paypal to buy.

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For what it’s worth I have yet to actually physically see a new vehicle without an oil dipstick.

It seems to be mostly a euro thing. BMW stopped using oil dipsticks nearly 2 decades ago. Land Rover also somewhere in the late 00’s.

But I agree it’s a moronic idea. Not only does it prevent you from checking oil condition like you said; if it’s after an oil change, it takes about 15min just to check the level (and another 15 if you messed it up). At $150+/hr shop rates, that adds up.

Is that even remotely feasible without spending more money than it would take to buy a rolling medical center?

Here’s a decent rundown.

https://hackaday.com/2025/02/28/tech-in-plain-sight-shopping-cart-locks/

Won’t anyone think of the children poor Apple, Boeing, Nike, & Starbucks? How will they survive?

https://old.lemmy.sdf.org/post/31008365

Easy fix.

I’ve heard some smart people say her husband might be Don jr’s daddy.

“Pokable” was my first hope too, but it doesn’t look so.

Well, my original question stands. Is it really a better business decision to choose not to sell at all vs raising prices.

I run a US business where the cost of materials has always been volatile and the cost of the end product follows that. 40% swings aren’t uncommon and just get passed onto the end user; my profit stays relatively the same. So I can’t fathom just locking the doors when things get expensive (and people are still willing to pay it).

I could understand it if they were doing it as some form of protest, but then it doesn’t make sense to only stop selling the low priced options. That’s just hurting the people furthest removed from what you are protesting.

But like that article says, automakers have ~3 months of inventory already in the US. They aren’t pausing sales, they are just continuing selling what they have here while betting the tariffs get lowered before they run out.

How is pausing sales in one area, rather than just raising prices accordingly, the better business decision? No one is forcing them to sell at a specific price point.

If you are using the web client can you go to: settings -> blocks -> Block community, and block it from there?

I think you’re misreading my reply (or i worded it poorly). I agree with you 100% and do contribute to the instances I use and the content creators I watch.

I meant it as “So what if they ask for help? Do, or don’t (donate)”

The initial post came off to me as a dig at the admin for openly asking for money.

So? Do, or don’t. Either their service provides people with enough value to donate to keep it running, or it doesn’t and goes under.

Altruism doesn’t pay the bills; but it doesn’t hurt to ask. Can’t blame them for that.