I'd take either of the first 2 gen MR2 (you can keep the gen 3). Great car.

The engineering of Toyota for a MR car.

I don't remember Datsun having anything similar to an MR2 back then, not in shape, and certainly not Mid/Rear engine.

I looked up the 200, doesn't remind me of the MR2. Maybe it was something else? (I'd never seen a Datsun 200, so that was a cool thing to lookup for me).

A better engine on the first gen is the answer.

What engine did your friend use?

I don't think a 1000 is any more a right hand risk than a 600.

I've had both, and the 600 will accelerate as much as a 1000, it just won't have the top speed.

The 1000 is much more challenging to ride safely in my experience, not because of power, but because of its weight and (usually) a higher center of mass - so they typically take more effort to maneuver/maneuver well.

Though a lot depends on the type of bike, largely the rake angle which really influences the effort required to steer, and it also affects low speed stability.

For me, going to a 1000 was about long ride comfort and 2-up riding. Two up on a 600, even the more cruiser-like bikes, just isn't as comfortable. There's less room, pillion footpegs are more cramped, etc. But the price paid is the effort to ride it.

It really depends on the bike. If I were OP, I'd look for the features I want and not worry about engine size so much. If it happens that what I want comes with a 1000, so be it. Just take the time to learn to ride that bike well.

Decades ago I found the top speed of my small bike (I forget, maybe a 450?). It would've killed me just as fast as taking my 1000 to the same speed (which I simply don't do).

Very good points.

I was an aggressive driver as a teen. What changed it (surprisingly) was getting a bike. Suddenly the risks became way more apparent. And the performance of a bike made driving a car fast seem pointless. Even moderate acceleration on the bike was far more than being in a car.

Of course that was my experience. But getting a bike did settle down my driving tremendously. Since it's literally my ass on the line, I became acutely aware of everything.

Part of that was taking a class, where they make the risks very apparent.

Just like Robocop, right? 😆

Easier to be automated, like a Roomba.

A mall isn't open 24hr a day, and I'm sure they know when the least riskiest hour is, probably like a couple hours before opening.

Police don't prevent crime - their job is the grab people who commit crime.

Prevention is a much more complex issue (cultural).

Even as kids we all did shit our parents told us not to, and we just tried to not get caught.

You don't need a stingray to simply pickup cell broadcast which has the ID in it. Technically your phone is doing this, as the tower you connect to has an ID.

I suspect it works a lot ore than 30%

As you mentioned, cell ID is there too. Pretty easy to simply capture IMSI data (don't even have to do anything, phones are alway broadcasting their ID).

Combine IMSI, BT, MAC, date/time, and boy you've got one helluva surveillance device.

Add in BT headphones, watches, etc, and you have even more data points to associate.

I wouldn't be shopping there just because of that.

I think they still have an associated number, just that it can't be used for voice or sms (it may have changed, but the number was effectively the equivalent of an IP address in the telco system - it's what all the switching relies on to route). They probably just don't provision voice or sms for it.

Yet Another Call Blocker does block all calls, that is my phone never rings, and I never see any notification of a call.

Not much of a shower thought.

Your complaint is that the world isn't perfect.

Pretty simple really.

Plastic explosives has been around a long time. I could only guess what exists today.

GMRS radios (I'm assuming it was GMRS or something similar) are/can be mostly empty space.

Radios are open receivers, could easily send a signal that the hardware could trigger on, or have a timer to trigger on a certain date/time.

Just need access to the devices before shipping łor be able to intercept them).

"Nazi" Oh, now I'm convinced. 🤦🏼‍♂️

For 50 miles you're going to either need HAM or a repeater on anything else.

Even then, geography will be a huge determinant. Radio is generally line-of-sight, which is why things like GMRS/FRS and CB are limited to 5 miles - the general distance to the horizon.

I don't remember the math for antenna elevation and line-of-sight, but for some reason I have 30ft in my head for 10 miles, given flat country (no hills in the way). Don't quote me on that, but it's an example of how elevation affects range.

Fifty miles is a challenge, unless you can get an antenna really high, or are able to setup a chain of repeaters (I'm not sure how legal this is, GMRS regs are pretty open).

HAM isn't limited by line-of-sight because it can reflect off the atmosphere, but it takes skill at both ends to know how to manage this. Think of HAM as using the atmosphere as a repeater, but one that's constantly changing frequencies, and you have to figure that out at any given time based on conditions (and it's not always available between 2 locations because of those same varying conditions).

I think your best approach for now is to start with GMRS - it's an inexpensive start, and you'll learn this stuff with hands-on. Setting up your own GMRS repeater is pretty easy (once you have a little knowledge), has minimal regulation, and you can get several miles pretty quickly. There's a repeater about 4 or 5 miles from me (on a tower) that provides a connection to vehicles on the interstate more than 10 miles away. Being elevated means the repeater can "see" a lot farther.

Here's a good place to start.

I get the thinking (because it's my first thought too), but the basic force formula (F=M*V^2), means velocity is the greatest influence on Force.

So braking from the higher speed will result in a greater force, meaning more energy dissipation.

I think. Maybe there's something I'm missing here, like including the time to convert that energy to heat via the brakes. Perhaps in the end it's all the same (braking early and keeping speed down), since we're always converting the energy imparted by gravity to heat.

Depends on conditions.

Traditionally potatoes were harvested in fall (just before the first freeze) and stored in a root cellar with stable, cool temps (above about 45) and moderate humidity (IIRC, between 40-60%), and well stacked (good airflow between them, like with straw or even in bushel baskets. I've read storing them in sand is a great way to stabilize moisture loss.

Stored like this they last all winter. They tend to dry out some, get soft and wrinkly, but completely fine to eat.

My root cellar is low humidity and a little warmer, so at 3 months they're a little dry and wrinkly. I've never, ever had mold on potatoes. Mold is a result of high humidity and no air flow.

They do require attention while stored - like other fruits and veg, if one goes bad it'll affect the others.

Even better, just give up on the shitty protocol that's 20 years behind existing protocols

"alleged fare-beater had charged at the officers with a knife and made verbal threats against their lives; "

The fare jumper sociopath escalated to violence and threats with a deadly weapon. That's the person responsible here.

I'm sure you would use your Jedi mind tricks in this circumstance.

Read up on how knife attacks go down in close quarters. Theres a reason British police frequently wear knife vests.

Boy, I'm real hesitant to go to HR. May as well ask to be fired.

It really depends on the business, culture, climate. The better places I've worked, this kind of interest is genuine, an attempt to foster better relationships at work. Of course, some people are just nosey Nellies...

Without knowing the environment and culture (and the questions), it's hard to say what to do.

Best I can say is to make it clear you like to keep your work and private life well separated.

Also OP, if someone else feels insulted, that's on them. They've chosen to feel insulted. Besides, how do you know she feels insulted? If she's communicating that, then she's being manipulative, using "emotional blackmail". Look, I'm not responsible for how you choose to feel, that's on you.

One trick I've used with people who continue with questions is to respond with a non-sequiter, something jarring, and use it all the time, repeatedly. Something like "how about the weather", or "how about those <insert local sports team>". Make it your catch phrase for when people continue to pry, and don't be afraid to repeat it. Keep in mind tone matters, so say it like you mean it, like you walked in on Monday after a team did well, or got their asses beat. You don't even have to like the sport or the team, in fact it's kind of funny if you don't like them.

It's a bit of re-framing the conversation, while also communicating you aren't interested in the subject, without being an ass. And if anyone complains, well, you were just talking about a sports team.

Circling back around, I do feel like not all hope is currently lost.

My own contradiction: I feel pretty cynical about it, and yet I'm working on my own solutions for my family and friends. Part of me thinks it's pointless, but I refuse to give in completely.

I already try to use better comms, minimize the data my phone shares (setting up a de-googled pixel now), and have always avoided most social media (never been on FB/Twitter, etc, as in never even gone to the websites).

I dunno, all my younger family and their friends are neck deep in the shit, and aren't interested in hearing my "conspiracy theories"...despite them being front page news every day (all the ransomware, hacks, etc).

Be the change you want to see.

Since people won't (for example) switch to privacy-respecting comm apps just because I ask them too, I'm building my own self-hosted box that I can duplicate for my family and friends.

My goal is to provide them with a single box solution for DNS filtering (PiHole), media server (including auto disc conversion and sharing between boxes), local backup (which will replicate encrypted backups to the other boxes similar to what Crashplan Personal did), phone backup and management (MDM and file management from PC), image and file sharing (something like Facebook for family only), instant messaging (most likely XMPP), etc, etc.

Yes, it's a pretty bold plan, but my family and friends are tech illiterate, so if I want to see an improvement in privacy for myself and them, it's on me to do it, and make it attractive for them.

Side loaded apps can't bypass anything more than play-provided apps.

Play still does all it's protection, annoyingly (even when you turn protection off).

Root is the only way to get around those protections (or using a ROM that doesn't have play installed).

Because what you wrote is unnecessarily convoluted, circular and overly complex.

Going right along with that is your sophist projection of someone "complaining". Nowhere was there a complaint. That was nothing more than an argumentation tactic by you: sophistry.

I don't.

They said that they try to reserve their spots for people who specifically fall short of other places.

Sounds like bias.

They are crazy fast on their element.

30 years ago

Magisk is the root tool to use today.

Look for it on XDA.

Basic procedure:

Extract boot image from rom or phone

Install Magisk to phone.

Use magisk to patch boot image

Copy boot image to PC

Use PC to flash boot image to phone.

Are those seven separate physical drives?

A reset shouldn't affect them, but if you want to be sure, first you should have backups, like with a cloud provider. For example, my data is replicated in 3 places at home (to protect against drive failure and me being a dumbass), and one online backup.

If it were me, I'd make sure I had a backup, then I'd disconnect those drives just to be sure. Software can't delete a drive that's not connected.

Then I'd do the reset, setup the machine, and then reconnect the drives.

Yea, fuck those guys. She was moving on, that should've been sufficient.

It uses some form of VNC (forget the name). Performance is fine for the VMs for non-video stuff.

You can run whatever you want inside a VM too.

You, I like you.

So, you're telling us how to use this?

Who died and made you God?

You posted this just so you could make that comment.

I'll accept it. Have my upvote. Lol

Giant fucking egos and totally disconnected from reality.

Basically Hollyweird in a nutshell

Works for me, but damn it's dog snot slow. Like typing takes 1-2 seconds for each character to show up

They also had water wheels which could do work, like lifting.