Sounds like something a commie spy would say! /hj

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

Vote, vote and vote.

It’s the niche topics that need more activity. I love science - mostly space/physics - and it’s mostly a ghost town. Once the unique corners grow their activity, it’s going to be great.

Off topic, but this is the best Lemmy comment section I’ve ever read through: really diverse, mostly civil, super interesting and insightful.

Desire for money and/or being black mailed goes a long way to compromising a seemingly easy retirement. So many people involved didn’t need to risk so much, but being blinded by money makes it easy to compromise someone. Don’t get me wrong I’m sure some of them were simply brainwashed into believing their nonsense but at the higher levels I’m pretty confident money and blackmail plays a large part.

What’s that got to do with the price of rice in China? … Wait

STIM doesn’t include ethics, psychology, and sociology. It’s amazing how many book-smart people are terrible humans.

This is very likely the reason. Not all downhills will induce it, but the automatic is down-shifting to slow your acceleration. There are various ways for your car to know but manufacturers want the driver in control, not the environment. Depending on the car and speed you may not hear it, but when it slows down does it sound like the engine is revving higher?

I kid you not, my wife is still using her iPhone 8 because recent phones haven’t been worth the upgrade. Battery life is a regular issue but otherwise nothing makes her want to stop using it.