[-] [email protected] 93 points 8 months ago

For the record, the problem in Norway was that government programs to encourage electric vehicle ownership were too successful and incentivized people to drive instead of use transit. Also, the financial incentives for purchasing electric cars mostly went to people who were already wealthy.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

Better before. The brick gave the facade character. The "modernized" exterior is bland and weird.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago

Leopards eating faces is exactly what this is, though. "Muslim who supports Christian Nationalists because they hate gay people shocked that Christian Nationalists also hate Muslims."

[-] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Another confirmation here. At my previous job, I was they guy who built Access databases and wrote VBA code. While not ideal, it was a very small business (less than 10 employees) and it was fit for purpose.

When I got a new job at a company with almost 3,000 employees, I was like, "Finally, I'll be working somewhere that has proper IT resources." Ha! I soon find out that my department runs critical business infrastructure with Excel macros. And we have a proper IT department.

As everyone has already said, if IT resources are in short supply (or the wait is too long, or building projects with IT support is a PITA), then people will build systems with the tools they have at hand. And that's often MS Office.

[-] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago

It’s a cult. MAGAts need deprogramming, not negative ads.

And this particular group are not good guys, either.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

72 million Americans lived through four years of Trump and liked what they saw so much they wanted four more years. We ignore him (and his cult) at our peril.

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The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy from 1950 to 1984.

Photographed at the Cascade Warbirds Air Show, Kelso Washington, August 2006

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SP 4449 Night Shot [OC] (photos.smugmug.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4693864

Southern Pacific #4449 at Portland Union Station. The locomotive will depart with an excursion train the following morning.

Photographed in Portland Oregon, September 2006.

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SP 4449 Night Shot [OC] (photos.smugmug.com)
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Southern Pacific #4449 at Portland Union Station. The locomotive will depart with an excursion train the following morning.

Photographed in Portland Oregon, September 2006.

[-] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago

My current car is an '07 Yaris. It's totally bare bones, but everyone who has been in it comments on how spacious the interior is.

I've always driven small cars, because they're economical and I've never needed anything larger. I hate that small hatchbacks are so scarce in the US and that our roads are overrun with ludicrously huge pickups and SUVs. We transitioned from land yachts to small cars in the late 1970's and 1980's, we could do it again with the right incentives.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

MHO... I would not miss Hexbear at all if they were defederated. Most of the content I see from them is pretty obnoxious, and even the "nice, polite" posts have a strong sealion scent to them. I block most of their communities when I encounter them in my All feed, and will probably block the instance once Lemmy has that capability.

That being said, I support the decisions that @sunaurus is making in regard to Hexbear. His decisions about site administration and moderation have always been sensible and competent.

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A good in-depth discussion of media bias in political reporting, or why is it that Biden voters are encouraged to understand an empathize with Trump voters but Trump voters are never asked to understand Biden voters?

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Going for a ride [OC] (photos.smugmug.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4208955

Spokane, Portland and Seattle #700 on the turntable at Union Pacific's Brooklyn Yard in Portland. When this photograph was taken in September 2006, both SP&S 700 and SP 4449 were housed in the Brooklyn roundhouse. Neither the roundhouse nor the turntable remain, but 700 and 4449 now reside in the publicly accessible Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

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Going for a ride [OC] (photos.smugmug.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Spokane, Portland and Seattle #700 on the turntable at Union Pacific's Brooklyn Yard in Portland. When this photograph was taken in September 2006, both SP&S 700 and SP 4449 were housed in the Brooklyn roundhouse. Neither the roundhouse nor the turntable remain, but 700 and 4449 now reside in the publicly accessible Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

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Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, June 2007

[-] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago

I guess the reviewer doesn’t care about software updates, because Motorola’s support is abysmal.

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EMD SD9E #4433 (photos.smugmug.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4061448

Another locomotive from Portland & Western's collection of first generation diesels, this SD9 still shows its unmistakable Southern Pacific heritage. Built in April 1955, this loco was celebrating its 51st birthday when this photo was shot in April 2006 at the St. Helens yard.

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EMD SD9E #4433 (photos.smugmug.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Another locomotive from Portland & Western's collection of first generation diesels, this SD9 still shows its unmistakable Southern Pacific heritage. Built in April 1955, this loco was celebrating its 51st birthday when this photo was shot in April 2006 at the St. Helens yard.

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A sibling of the famous Boeing 707 airliner, the KC-135 was a regular sight at PDX until the Air National Guard tanker base was closed in 2006. This aircraft entered service in 1959.

Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, September 2005

[-] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago

I'd like to see right to repair laws expanded to right to unlock. I think you could make a reasonable argument that a working device that's not receiving security updates is just as broken as a device that's experienced a hardware failure.

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The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation).

This aircraft was in service with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 (VMFA-134). Registration #162433.

Photographed at Portland International Airport (PDX) in June 2006.

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UP 3985 Challenger [OC] (photos.smugmug.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3141578

At the time of this photo, Union Pacific 3985, a Challenger class 4-6-6-4, was the largest operating steam locomotive in existence. This locomotive was donated by Union Pacific to a museum and has been replaced in excursion service by an even larger 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotive.

Photographed in September 2005 at the UP Albina Yard. Portland, Oregon.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

The Emperor's New Groove is, IMHO, the funniest film Disney has ever made. Most of the films from the Disney revival era are basically musicals with comic relief, but TENG is pure Looney Tunes. It has a great cast and it's laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

Just a reminder that real people suffered as a result of the Giuliani's contemptible lies. For me, this was the most gut-wrenching testimony from the January 6th hearings.

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