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  • BTR1701's next vehicle

    From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 9 06:03:03 2026
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 9 21:54:35 2026
    On 2026-10-09 2:03 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    Another option he might consider is:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTyTUkuem8 [35 minutes but you can get
    the gist from the thumbnail]

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 9 22:05:02 2026
    On 2026-10-09 9:54 p.m., Rhino wrote:
    On 2026-10-09 2:03 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    Another option he might consider is:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTyTUkuem8 [35 minutes but you can get
    the gist from the thumbnail]

    Or, if he's up for something a little breezier....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0X9u452Mrk [4 minutes]

    Note that the last one is a 38 litre engine from a Soviet T-55 tank that
    was left behind when the Soviets left Germany.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 9 22:14:49 2026
    On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 16:06:37 2026
    On 2026-10-10 02:14:49 +0000, shawn said:
    On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    A great example of the ridiculousness of technology for the sake of it.
    So much for "progress" :-\

    I simply get into my 30 year old car, turn the key, and I drive off.
    None of this uselss electronic crap that infests modern cars.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 06:48:04 2026
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    I hate it all. Modern cars are just iPads with wheels.

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    This will be the new horror movie trope: instead of the Final Girl fleeing
    from the killer and getting behind the wheel and fumbling with the keys in
    her panic as death stalks relentlessly closer, now she'll jump into the driver's seat and be forced to subscribe to Google Maps before the car will start.

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 07:59:31 2026
    On 2026-10-10 2:48 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    I hate it all. Modern cars are just iPads with wheels.

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    This will be the new horror movie trope: instead of the Final Girl fleeing from the killer and getting behind the wheel and fumbling with the keys in her panic as death stalks relentlessly closer, now she'll jump into the driver's seat and be forced to subscribe to Google Maps before the car will start.

    Just to make it extra tense, she'll have a wonky touch-screen that
    ignores her taps, like the one I got at the post office the other day....

    --
    Rhino

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 15:33:45 2026
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-10-10 2:48 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    I hate it all. Modern cars are just iPads with wheels.

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    This will be the new horror movie trope: instead of the Final Girl
    fleeing from the killer and getting behind the wheel and fumbling with
    the keys in her panic as death stalks relentlessly closer, now she'll
    jump into the driver's seat and be forced to subscribe to Google Maps >>before the car will start.

    Just to make it extra tense, she'll have a wonky touch-screen that
    ignores her taps, like the one I got at the post office the other day....

    She'll be more frustrated by her inability to avoid marketing and
    promotions than her need to escape the killer.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 08:56:05 2026
    On 10/9/2026 8:06 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-10-10 02:14:49 +0000, shawn said:
    On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    A great example of the ridiculousness of technology for the sake of it.
    So much for "progress"ÿ :-\

    I simply get into my 30 year old car, turn the key, and I drive off.
    None of this uselss electronic crap that infests modern cars.

    I haven't even watched the video and I have to tell you to get out of my
    head!

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 17:21:45 2026
    On 2026-10-10 11:33 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-10-10 2:48 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Fri, 9 Oct 2026 06:03:03 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1p-b-Vq258

    I hate it all. Modern cars are just iPads with wheels.

    Only 7 clicks before driving.

    This will be the new horror movie trope: instead of the Final Girl
    fleeing from the killer and getting behind the wheel and fumbling with
    the keys in her panic as death stalks relentlessly closer, now she'll
    jump into the driver's seat and be forced to subscribe to Google Maps
    before the car will start.

    Just to make it extra tense, she'll have a wonky touch-screen that
    ignores her taps, like the one I got at the post office the other day....

    She'll be more frustrated by her inability to avoid marketing and
    promotions than her need to escape the killer.

    Agreed! Escaping sales people in all their guises increasingly seems the Impossible Dream these days....

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sun Oct 18 06:11:41 2026
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nlftIvxwKlw

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