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how do you transport your stock ?

err... the driver said "you’ll need two drivers and you almost have to drive 24/7,” Murphy told The Driven. (quoted from the page you linked) ??? is your post a joke ?

QR codes only if you are confident enough with security for having the banking app on your phone. The better solution from a security point of view is an online wallet that you top up from the bank account, and use that online wallet app on the phone.

"range anxiety" is not a good term for a rational huge disadvantage of EVs : chances are, your EV will not be available in case of an emergency, nor can its range be extended, nor can you stock up on fuel. it's not a big risk when living in a city, but outside of cities it could make you into a sitting duck. my mom and dad live in a place where the next hospital is 30 minutes away, sometimes there are storms and electricity is repaired after 2 or 3 days. another huge disadvantage are the downtimes. I occasionally drive 1400 Km, an EV would add significant time to the trip, possibly causing additional costs for a hotel and food stop.

if Putin is admitting 300k dead and wounded, we can safely assume the real number is at least double. the Kremlin has been lying about nearly everything. and when the Kremlin talks about "Russian losses", they mean Russian losses, still lying about it, but they limit their lie to Russian losses. Not Wagner, not LNR, DPR, Belarusian, etc. losses. unsure about Chechen. They don't include all losses of Russian-uniform-wearing soldiers in their lie, only those that were provided with a Russian military book. In the meanwhile, Ukraine is reporting 342.800 enemies killed and ~1.028.400 wounded.

maybe watch a couple of videos from this Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvsny1x119U It's a Russian draft dodger who explains what is happening in Russia and why things aren't likely to change quickly. How the war will end is a grim prospect at the moment - both sides think about 2025, 2026 ... 2030. Putin wants to grind down Ukraine and Ukraine wants to exhaust Ruzzia. Currently, Ukraine has trouble defending because it's low on ammo, so Ruzzians keep advancing even incurring huge losses, but Ukraine holds the line. Once ammunition production ramps up, Ukraine's defence will be much better. Support from Western allies is also crucial. And think about it: if Putin is able to do what he does without much opposition from his citizens subjects, what will stop him once his strategy will have worked in Ukraine ? Putin and Ruzzia need to be stopped at all costs.

That was indeed my understanding as well, however, as AFAIK the EU does not have a defence pact, I'd guess war with one EU member would not mean war with the others.

Yes you are wrong. They are only starting the accession talks, and then maybe starting the process. The process involves preparing institutional structures in Ukraine for EU membership, for example changing Laws, Customs procedures, etc. In no way does this mean membership. My understand is that EU membership, as well as NATO membership, can only be granted once Ukraine is at peace. I'm sure about NATO, but even if I'm mistaken about the EU membership, the EU does not have a defence pact. So even if Ukraine was to become a EU member, it wouldn't mean war with the rest of the EU.

which "all the links in the article" are you referring to ?

For the past weeks, the internet has been awash with warnings about that UEFI / BIOS vulnerability, urging everyone to look for mobo manufacturers' firmware patches and update their mobo firmware. Hackers can exploit that vulnerability if they replace the logo image file within the BIOS firmware. And that code has to somehow get there in the first place. In other words, the hacker needs to find a way into a target system by other means – such as an unpatched security flaw – and gain elevated privileges, or via a physical attack vector by using an BIOS flash program to inject the malicious image. This could be a real threat to organizations where people have physical access to machines. For home users, the threat should be very limited if their software is up-to-date, but anyone who is potentially a target should be aware of the vulnerability. And doubly aware : 1- it's still possible to be targeted by hackers using zero-day exploits that will enable the attack vector 2- rushing to manufacturers' websites to download firmware updates could potentially lead to disaster if the manufacturer's website has been spoofed, or if a man-in-the-middle attack delivers the wrong file to the downloader. In the case #2, it would mean that making the target aware of the threat, and if then the target takes the expected action, would also enable the attack. Very elegant.

"Monarch legacy of monsters" is streaming now. started out quite ok, but from mid-episode 3 it all becomes nonsense. entertaining nonsense. after a while, it feels like 50% of episodes are made of sentimental flashbacks.

I remember reading about "slow horses" in this forum, that was season 1. Season 3 is streaming now, and I watched season 2 last week. Season 1 was pretty good, but in spite of many people saying the contrary, I felt the plot of season 2 was weaker.

Well, the article you quoted explains very well why there are no other names on the primary ballot in Florida. I suggest you read all of it, especially the part after "There are roughly 4.5 million registered Democrats in Florida. In 2020, ...". Your comment is a perfect illustration of my earlier post in this thread. Ignore facts, ignore rules, just misrepresent facts to mislead the public and make opponents look bad, but just stop short of outright lying, so as to avoid being called out and sued. And for the record, I'm not left-leaning, but I am pro-truth.

Trump's actions are those of a banana republic's leader, his irresponsible actions enabled all of this. Look what the republican party has become, the remaining republican statesmen have become the hostages of populists without morals pandering to and elected by social media crazies. All very reminiscent of the movie "idiocracy". Except the movie's mistake was to assume decadence would rather come from "liberals". Something has to be done by democracies against stupidity, but what ?

and there it is: https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-soldier-stopped-shooting-on-russians-running-out-of-ammo-2023-12 I had been speculating about this for over a month already. USA republicans - stop playing around and behave like statesmen ! SEND AMMO

just order your food in Thai and get what you want

setup a toll gate at the entrance to collect the daily fee for using the common roads.

Almost a month later, the situation is now dire in Avdiivka. Inspite of a losses ratio rumored to be as high as 1 to 10, Ruzzian orcs continue creeping forward. Avdiivka is now 80% encircled. Regarding my previous interrogations about artillery support for Ukraine, I can only conclude that Ukraine must be low on ammo. Anyway, it's not good news for Avdiivka.

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You don't even have 2 bobs. Even a single bob wouldn't come up with such nonsense. Western powers didn't deliver much to Ukraine pre-invasion, except a couple of cargo planes of Javelins. And after the invasion, Western help was not that great either, falling far short of delivering what Ukraine needed for a "rapid victory over the invasion". Get your facts straight. You are posting disinformation.

apparently they ripped his shirt off

you got what you deserved for "assuming" and taking no interest in what someone else was trying to tell you, and lying about understanding. 100% your problem. it wasn't even about watching the bag or not, so this thread's title is a misrepresentation of what happened. title should be "would you listen to what someone says to you on the beach" ?

1 to 2 minutes oven time for napolitan pizza.

checkmate ;-)

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