Oil prices were up more than 1% for a short time overnight

Sigh

There is no other option than to simply tear down the whole house and build a new one.

Thanks, but that’s just it, it’s not even digging! But just what I remember to have seen in the news within the past few months. Some of which are repeats from last year!
I just thought it would be interesting to collect it all to show for each country, because I doubt many people know this.

There are clear systemic problems with the safety and quality of Tesla cars.

Why are actual numbers in the absolute last part of the article? And when you reach it, it doesn’t make any sense!!??

Retail businesses have also complained of rising thefts. Police-recorded shoplifting rose 20% year on year to reach 516,971 offences in the year to December 2024. By March 2025, the annual total exceeded 530,000.

Like WTF, is that supposed to be readable and make sense?

I think although it reads like old numbers that increased in 2024, what they mean is that YOY from 2024 to 2025 it rose 20% to 516.971, The following by march reacing 530000 anually, is way harder to make sense of. is that YOY from march to march, or extrapolated to an entire year?

Goddammit why are simple numbers so hard to communicate concisely for some journalists?

But looking past all that, the question is why these numbers are suddenly increasing so much? We know the British economy is about 8% lower than it should have been without Brexit. But the majority asked for it, now they have to live with it.
You can’t hit yourself in the head with a hammer, and then be surprised why your head hurts afterwards, and then blame it on the hammer.

Thanks, that’s very much like Denmark. AFAIK the inadequate bushing is what causes the play in the steering.

The headline translates to:

Behind Tesla’s record-breaking inspection figures, a cheap bushing is revealed, the part of which deliberately lets break down

Not the best translation, but it’s a very clear systemic design/production flaw. If it was only that one thing that was bad, it could perhaps be excused, but adding suspension and then even worse bad breaking performance, and we get an image of incompetence in making a quality car.

Apart from that, from what I’ve heard from multiple places, the cars are embarrassingly squeaky when driving on rough surfaces, this is even a thing right from the factory!

We also had a “weird” sound in our 4 year old VW iD.4 that annoyed the hell out of me, but the source was an ice scraper that I had put in the door compartment. That in turns would tilt and make a tiny bump. With that removed, our car is again exemplary in its lack of any noises that aren’t supposed to be there. I can’t imagine driving a Tesla, and it structurally sounding like a 15 year old car.

I’ve seen worst ever results on mandatory safety checks from Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/1iyzmnv/tesla_is_dead_last_in_swedish_quality_control/

Tesla is dead last in Swedish quality control.

Denmark: https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-22/news/round-up/45-of-tesla-model-y-failed-inspection-last-year/

45% of Tesla Model Y failed inspection last year

Model 3 came after as 2nd worst.

Germany: https://electrek.co/2025/12/03/tesla-model-y-named-worst-car-for-reliability-germany-major-tuv-report/

Tesla Model Y named worst car for reliability in Germany’s major TÜV report

Norway: https://www.torquenews.com/18004/almost-half-tesla-model-ys-fail-mandatory-inspection-denmark-and-norway-says-european-tesla

Almost Half of Tesla Model Ys Fail Mandatory Inspections in Denmark and Norway According to Data from Scandinavian Road Authority

Finland: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69074489/tesla-model-3-failures-mandatory-inspections-finland/

Half of Tesla Model 3s Failed Their Mandatory Inspections in Finland

The issues are not about Autopilot or FSD which are only just beginning to be allowed to be used in Europe, but basic safety like suspension, steering, breaks etc.
It is noteworthy that the picture is the exact same across so many countries. Covering probably more about 50% of total sales of Tesla in Europe!

In Denmark Tesla even made a lawsuit about it, trying to argue the test was unfair regarding play in the steering, which Tesla at first refused to fix on cars still under warranty. But Tesla lost the case 100% with no mitigating circumstances. And this issue was only one of many.

You need to be white, male, own land and have at least 3 slaves to be able to vote in Alabama.

That’s what they really mean by taking back the country.

Most of Christianity in USA is disgusting and unchristian.

I thought it was a pretty well established fact, that more vegetables and less meat help generally help prevent cancer.
But going full vegan also has health issues, that requires supplements to avoid, otherwise a vegan diet can cause anemia, bone loss and fatigue.
A vegan diet can easily lack 5 major nutrients like: B12, Omega 3, iron, calcium and zinc.
And a vegan diet increases risk of Colorectal Cancer, but this can be helped with calcium supplements. 1 of the 5 mentioned above.

You bet I know how to read terms of service agreements, I even had a major dispute over it with Autodesk in the mid 90’s. With the company I had started with a friend.
And after a couple communications they stopped making demands against us, because their fucking terms of service was illegal, which here in Denmark defaults the whole thing.

So stop making claims about what people know and don’t, the Facebook terms of service was equally illegal here, but there is no way to stop an American company to abuse your information as an ordinary civilian.

I have never used Facebook, because I actually read their terms of use. And they were disgusting from day 1.

But that absolutely doesn’t mean I don’t know about the company. I’d argue that working in the company only marginally increases your knowledge of it from a personal anecdotal experience, that may even skew your perception of the company.
You can’t understand a company, just by being inside and be 1 of 70000 employees.

I’d argue that already early on I knew more than many that worked there, just by actually reading their terms, and understand the mindset behind them.
I also have the age and experience to have followed Facebook and Zuckerberg, and his appearances before congress, the fines that have been issued by EU, and many other things where it has been proven that Facebook is a shitty company.
For instance their role in the first election of Trump, and cooperation with Cambridge Analytica.
Generally a company that is total shit towards customers and children and even authorities and a population as a whole, and displays a shitty personality in general, will also be shitty towards their employees when it counts.

It’s sad the the gaming industry so often turn toxic. 😒

Yes, if you are unfamiliar with the situation, like I was, it isn’t 100% clear IMO.

OK I didn’t see the article mention that. Only that they leaders were fired, and everybody lost the bonus.
I guess it ended OK then?

And people buy it in record numbers anyway? 😬

The three claimed, however, that Krafton had betrayed them by firing them right before delaying Subnautica 2, a move they allege was designed to deliberately prevent its Early Access release, and avoid it selling well enough to trigger a $250 million bonus for the development team.

Disgusting if true.

Their most economical speed is usually city speed.

What part of using renewable energy over oil is it that you don’t understand?

And even on a kWh basis, an EV uses way less energy even at (legal) high speed road speeds. an EV uses typically about 18 kWh per 100 km at that speed (110 km/h), and an ICE car uses almost 50 kWh of fuel if it drives 17 km/l. The 50 kWh energy used by the ICE car, could make 27 kWh in a power plant, and could be used to deliver 24,5 kWh to charge an EV after losses in the grid and charging.

I’m just going to ignore you being ignorant and irrational. I’m not “growing” my own energy, the energy is generated on the roof of my house, and doesn’t take up farm land.

it makes you a look like a dip.

You probably just don’t like cars generally out of principle, which is why you acted like an idiot, but we live in the country where a car is absolutely necessary.
Cities have other options like bicycles and public transport, we don’t have those options here.

But you do when you drive a car,

OK, but I explicitly stated that I did not object to limitations based on safety. But that a very different debate.
Also these limitations are for high speed roads and have nothing to do with city traffic.

And apart from that, I wouldn’t participate in online discussions where I get the impression that people are trolling.

You are CLEARLY the troll here, arguing besides the point, and being contrarian.

So the purpose of the idea is irrelevant?
Because making an EV go slower does not serve the purpose, but is actually contrary to it.
Because it doesn’t stimulate people to abandon ICE cars.

You are a weird unpleasant person that want to make life worse for people for no good reason.

Just because it can look good on the surface when you visit, doesn’t mean the effect isn’t there.
You just don’t see it, until you see it.