Every time I fly United I'm taken aback by how old and worn out their planes are, especially the interiors. How come United has one of if not the oldest fleet, but Spirit and Frontier with their "dead" model can afford far newer planes?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fchanging-america%2Fsustainability%2Finfrastructure%2F4663413-which-airlines-have-the-oldest-planes%2F

Can you please hand over Deja News archive to Internet Archive so its searchable again? This important part of Internet History is effectively gone because of how broken Google Groups is.

I hope so, but watching Youtube channels like Rich Rebuild's Electrified Garage shows how hostile some manufacturers - especially Tesla - are openly hostile to right to repair. I wish we had stronger right to repair laws so make sure people have access to the parts, knowledge, tools too keep their cars on the road but we do not. Tesla has a lawsuit right now about this - the case is Lambrix v Tesla Inc, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 23-01145.

What about how last year NHTSA told manufacturers not to comply with Massachusetts right to repair law because of fear of vehicle hacking! Until we have actual consumer rights laws I'm going to stick with older, simpler technology that is easier for independent mechanics and owners to work on. I don't like buying things that depreciate, so I try and keep my cars on the road as long as possible.

Its not, but thats what differentiates and ICE machine from an EV. On an EV I'm still replacing lock actuators, window motors, HVAC fans, wheel bearings, etc, etc.. that both types of vehicles have in common.

I drive a 2006 honda accord v6 I bought used in 2009 when someone traded it in. Itâ(TM)s fine and shows no signs of stopping any time soon. Never had to replace an engine or transmission.

I worry what driving an 18yo EV would be like. My friends with teslas, kias, Chevy volts - theyâ(TM)ve all had under warranty battery replacements. And parts availability and technician availability are scarce - the Chevy owner waited over a year for the battery! The Kia niro ev owner waited months!

I go up to autozone and fix my accord myself. When any shade tree mechanic can get a rebuilt battery pack and replace it, maybe Iâ(TM)ll consider an EV. Until then they are too expensive to own.

I could pay for an EV cash - but Iâ(TM)m prioritizing paying for childrenâ(TM)s college and retirement savings - cars are way down the list considering my old accord still gets me places same as a new car would.

I contacted Spotify for a refund for my Car Thing, and they want me to send all my checking account number - including SWIFT code?? They want it send to them via plaintext email into their ticketing system where it will presumably sit forever as a nice cache of financial info for future hackers.

Thanks for reaching out to us via messaging. Your case has been escalated to the highest tier of Customer Support here in Spotify. All communication within this email thread will be from the Escalation team from now on.

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I don't like buying things that depreciate. I can pay for an EV, but it seems like a terrible investment. Every large purchase I make I calculate the opportunity cost of not having put this money into my brokerage account instead, and how long the large purchase is delaying early retirement. If the tradeoff isn't worth it to me I don't buy it.

For the cars in our family, I tend to buy 3yr old off lease certified pre-owned cars, then keep them 13-15 years or so until they need a repair that costs more than what the car is worth. Then I get another car. I also do a lot of repairs myself because I enjoy it.

I know three colleagues so far who have had batteries replaced in Tesla model Y, Kia Niro EV and Chevy Bolt EVs - and in the case of the Chevy and Kia, they had to wait extraordinary long times (the Chevy over a year!!) because of battery pack availability and the lack of factory trained technicians in the area who knew how to replace it. They are lucky the batteries were under warranty - the costs I've seen for out of warranty replacements are astronomical!

I get that EVs have lower maintenance costs, but I'm afraid of the repair bills when things do go wrong especially with how long I keep cars. When replacement/remanufactured battery packs are available at low prices and the dozen or so independent repair shops within a couple miles of my house can repair them, then I will get an EV. I don't want a $20K battery repair bill 11 years into ownership or being stuck with dealer as my only service option.

I have a dual fuel system - modulating natural gas furnace with a variable speed blower, and a variable heat pump. Since gas is so cheap right now (in Ohio), $3.3900 per MCF and electricity is about $0.13 per kWh, its cheaper to use the gas furnace for heating. I've used various changover temperature calculators online and the one built into my thermostat, and its never cheaper to heat with the heat pump.

The default changeover temperature was 30F anyways. When I asked the HVAC contractor why not just a giant heat pump, he said because of the size of the ductwork (mine is a ducted heat pump) it wouldn't be able to heat the home in much colder/windy temperatures because the air isn't as hot from the heat pump versus gas furnace. I'd need larger ductwork to keep up with losses, which isn't possible on my 2 story home especially on the farthest runs from where HVAC equipment is in the basement.

I donâ(TM)t like buying things that depreciate in value. I can afford new cars but choose not to, instead buying 4-5 year old cars and keeping them until they are inoperable. I currently drive a 14yo Mazda SUV that is pretty easy to work on and parts are easy to get.

These horror stories of people spending $20K because you have to replace entire battery pack scare me. I know two coworkers who had to replace batteries - one GM and one Kia - and the GM owner had to wait 1.5 YEARS just to get the battery! Kia owner had to wait months because only one tech is trained in tri-county area to do the repair.

Iâ(TM)ll get an EV when I can get parts at AutoZone and any shade tree mechanic can fix them.

I like the 128 version since my Commodore 128 has 80 columns mode!

Font Master by Xetec is pretty good too.

âoe Drinking-water systems in Ohio were knocked offline.â

Anyone know where this happened? Article says âoesystemsâ plural and I canâ(TM)t find evidence of even one drinking water system in Ohio being knocked offline

Puma 6 chipset has been used in modems/gateways since 2012. Here is a partial list of potentially impacted products:

Arris SB6190
Arris TG1672G
Arris TM1602
Super Hub 3 (Arris TG2492LG) (commonly - virgin media)
Hitron CGN3 / CDA / CGNV series modems:
Hitron CDA-32372
Hitron CDE-32372
Hitron CDA3-35
Hitron CGNV4
Hitron CGNM-3552 (commonly - Rogers)
Hitron CGN3 (eg CGN3-ACSMR) 2013 link
Hitron CGNM-2250 (commonly - Shaw)
Linksys CM3024
Linksys CM3016
TP-Link CR7000
Netgear AC1750 C6300 AC1900
Netgear CM700
Telstra Gateway Max (Netgear AC1900 / C6300) (Australia) 2014 link.
Cisco DPC3848V (eg High latency/ping to Shaw router? )
Cisco DPC3941B / DPC3941T (commonly - Comcast Xfinity XB3)
Cisco DPC3939
Compal CH7465-LG / Arris TG2492LG (commonly - Virgin Media Hub 3)
Samsung "Home Media Server"

The best part of being grandfathered onto the unlimited data plan with Verizon is unlimited tethering!

I pay $29.99 for Unlimited Email & Web, and $30.00 for "4G Smartphone Hotspot" - which is also unlimited. So I get unlimited LTE tethering, which is great - I work from home so I use this to go work from the park, etc.. for a change of scenery. Use about 20GB of data per month that way.

Downside was paying full price for an iPhone 5s.. I am thinking about buying iPhone 6 - with VoLTE I could be on the phone and tether at the same time! That was only thing keeping me from using LTE full time and getting rid of my cable modem connection.

I've recently discovered DrayTek routers - they're apparently popular outside of the states. The 2930 series is rated up to 70Mbps, the 2950 series 90Mbps. There might be beefier solutions in their lineup, but these are the two I was looking at. I came across them looking for a Dual-WAN router - I eventually settled on the 2930 router (non-WiFi) to load balance my Cable Modem and DSL connections. The combined upstream/downstream bandwidth on both connections was more than most entry-level Dual-WAN routers could handle.