Kia and Hyundai are the most stolen cars in North America due to missing basic security measures like steering wheel locks and the ability to spoof the key fob with a cell phone. You could also take a Hyundai or Kia that is near it's fob and just drive off in it. There was no proximity shut off until a recent OTA update, and it didn't work on every model

They're cheap in NA and they're likely to stay that way until they add proper security measures. In response, both State Farm and Allstate have raised insurance rates on Hyundai and Kia made after 2015. They're cheaper because they cut corners, and the end customer foots the bill on the insurance side

I'd buy in to that. You could even do it the way NASCAR does it: here are the specs. You can buy it from us to guarantee you are in compliance, or if you're good enough to replicate this setup you can use your own, but we'll tear down your setup to inspect after every contest. The only changes allowed are peripherals

Toyota is one of the largest auto makers in the history of the world. They're practically their own government, and have more than enough money bankroll a burgeoning technology tree. To say they fucked up by testing a brand new technology and developing it in-house, seemingly on their own until recently (BMW and Mercedes have both joined Toyota in their development process within the last 5 years) is bonkers.

Any new technology or idea generally has a long road to maturity. You wouldn't say the quest for quantum computing or the unified field theory are complete wastes of time and money when we're discovering things along the way. Hydrogen may not work out for your consumer vehicle, but it absolutely works better than electric for those trans-oceanic container ships and shooting rockets to the moon.

There was a South Park episode and everything!

Seriously.. It isn't that hard to use painter's tape

You realize the people in those photos are Russian citizens and connected to Wagner PMC, right? Identify each of them for us and prove you know what the hell you're posting. Anyone can post a picture of a Nazi flag and say "See? SEE!??"

Oh man wait until you hear about China starting a territory dispute with India, Japan, the Philippines, and building artificial islands to try and claim more territory!

What dumb fucking country tries to start a land war with THE ONE OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH A COMPARABLE POPULATION?

That athlete represents the government in an official capacity at a world event. You're making it out like they somehow don't represent Russia.

I can see by your downvote but failure to reply that you believe the athlete does not represent Russia. Then why have country distinctions at all?

I think it was irony, bro.

I really can't think of any relationship besides a dom/sub agreement where a person would hold another like that

Glad this community is moving to Lemmy. I miss the Reddit community, but I won't go back. Things are starting to settle in over here and I like it