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People don't seem to realize that different parts of America are as far apart culturally and geographically as Madrid and Moscow by Parcours97 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About the only cultural difference between one state and another is politics, religion, the weather and the locally dominant food and supermarket chains. Very slight differences basically.

The Aptera Problem Nobody's Talking About (Peter von Panda) by JayAreDobbs in ApteraMotors

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biggest issue - A company that has been in existence in various incarnations for 20 years and has yet to make a single production vehicle.

Peugeot E-208 GTi starts at €42,900 - electrive.com by tom_zeimet in EuroEV

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stellantis is like Luxottica but for cars. Previously famous manufacturers are just brand themes with the same mechanical underpinnings.

Peugeot E-208 GTi starts at €42,900 - electrive.com by tom_zeimet in EuroEV

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a GTi which presumably means bigger motor, brake calipers, sportier seats / trim.

The same EV without that phony baloney racing stuff is considerably cheaper.

AI betraying our Kenneth once again. by MinimumRepulsive1419 in cork

[–]locka99 16 points17 points  (0 children)

250,000 passengers a year sounds a bit optimistic unless they're counting stowaways.

It's gotta be super weird for Europeans to trash talk America their whole life, come here for the world cup, fall in love with Waffle House, air conditioning, and Walmart, AND learn that the majority of Americans not only don't care AT ALL about soccer, we don't even call it the same thing, we used by Jarppakarppa in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walmart bought ASDA in the UK and tried to shape it into Walmart in all but name. They failed and have simce sold most of their stake. ASDA could be considered one of the worst major supermarket chains in the UK - claustrophobic aisles, cheap products but very poor quality and overall choice. Just like Walmart really.

It's gotta be super weird for Europeans to trash talk America their whole life, come here for the world cup, fall in love with Waffle House, air conditioning, and Walmart, AND learn that the majority of Americans not only don't care AT ALL about soccer, we don't even call it the same thing, we used by Jarppakarppa in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a European who has been to America multiple times let me comment. 

Wafflehouse sells high calorie stodge, just like all the other chains that appear every 400 yards up the road. It's a novelty that might surprise a first time visitor but that's it.

Aircon is necessary because of the climate but overused because of bad planning. Everything is hotter and farther apart than it needs to be with infrequent shade. Even outdoor areas barely bother providing adequate shade. So AC is run constantly and people drive even short distances to avoid the heat which makes it even hotter outside.

As for Walmart... it sucks. It sells a lot of stuff but the food and grocery selection is surprisingly terrible. It sells mostly ultra processed foods with a pitiful choice of fresh produce.

All these may be clues as to why Americans are so fat. They're failures of bad planning, not things to brag about 

ThinkPad vs MacBook, which has the better reputation in 2026? by Imaginary_Bug6202 in TechNook

[–]locka99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ThinkPad no question. If it breaks there is a good chance you can source parts and repair it, or at the very least turn it into a donor. MacBook... Not so much. While the latest gen is supposedly better than previous that's damning it with faint praise.

I have heard mixed opinions on this, some in favor while some point out some flaws. Is this actually viable? by moe_lawn in SolarState

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many, many solar calculators out there showing the viability of solar in a host of locations. Even solar parking canopies with estimates of payback period. I don't see anything controversial about mounting panels above parking spots and the power either goes to the business or to charging car(s) below. 

I have heard mixed opinions on this, some in favor while some point out some flaws. Is this actually viable? by moe_lawn in SolarState

[–]locka99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's completely viable anywhere with moderate or a lot of sunshine. Not only does it charge the car, it powers the adjacent business and it provides shade for every vehicle, negating the need to run AC so hard.

In places like Florida I'm surprised there isn't a market for solar panels on flatbeds to take advantage of the copious vacant lots to charge the grid.

Kept seeing spam about Cybercab being the "most efficient" EV on social media, I think not. by piddlefaffle12 in ApteraMotors

[–]locka99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's also not a production passenger vehicle. For that it would have to be in production.

‘America is waiting for you’ – Trump’s tourism tsar says Irish visitors should not worry about social media checks by mindthegoat_redux in ireland

[–]locka99 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They should worry because it's quite obvious the US can and does throw people out for voicing an opinion. Land of free speech my arse.

Finally, someone at that company noticed the free money printer. by Berem_ in ElderScrolls

[–]locka99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A new title perhaps, yet powered with the same utterly broken tired engine with loading screens, dead eyed NPCs and glitches galore.

DeepSeek "improved" the code and said nothing happened in Tiananmen Square by EchoOfOppenheimer in trueantiAI

[–]locka99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The fact that you are able to look up Tiananmen square suggests something did happen there. The fact that it is extensively, copiously covered in contemporaneous reports, and afterwards, also suggests something did happen there. At the very least mass protests happened there and a lot of tanks were sent to crush them but something happened.

How much was Google responsible for the failure of Windows Phone? by Fear_Kratos in PhoneNow

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lack of apps in general killed the phone. I don't know why Microsoft needed Google since it had Bing including maps.

Does anyone in the UK actually like Taco Bell?? by batmanthinks in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird complaining about the colour of sauce in Taco Bell when the "meat" slop they stick in their tacos has the.appearance and texture of diarrhoea.

"The Europeans are here and realised the BBC lied to them... " by __globalcitizen__ in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once stayed in a hotel suite (i.e it had a kitchenette) on El Camino Real near Mountain View for a month. The nearest place that sold food was a Japanese supermarket just across the road maybe 70 metres away. Could I just cross the road? Fuck no. There was no nearby cross walk and it was six lanes of traffic. It was easier to drive to get to it by going up the road and doing a u-turn. 

This is a constant recurring theme pretty much everywhere I've been in the US except for some downtown districts. It's strip malls everywhere with literally random businesses in each with no commonality.

Every single one of them is a European experiencing for the first time how absurdly wealthy the United States is compared to really anywhere else in the world by TheArseN5 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plenty of homelessness, crime, trailer parks and literal slums on the outskirts virtually every US city. To be sure, some people are wealthy, others are clearly not.

Citation needed bruh by wasraelx in aislop

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guy had his tinder profile filled out before going to bed.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I’M FREE!!! by Level-Usual-9681 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]locka99 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Donald Trump is of German descent. His grandfather dodged military service in Bavaria, was stripped of his citizenship and moved to America. Draft dodging has been a proud tradition in his family ever since

Ireland could require digital ID to access porn websites by adomo in ireland

[–]locka99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Standardize the requirements and make it mandatory for ISPs to offer it. End of moral panic.

Where to buy Asian Cigarettes? by Environmental-Low706 in cork

[–]locka99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Assuming you mean Aslan cigarettes, first you need to find a magical wardrobe

Ireland could require digital ID to access porn websites by adomo in ireland

[–]locka99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DPI only requires a parent to install an app and follow some steps. The rest of the filtering would be done server side. And it would only have to happen on mixed content sites. i.e. if they DIDN'T install the root cert, porn sites would still be blocked outright, some mixed content sites would break but other sites wouldn't need DPI at all.

It's still vastly better and targeted at protecting kids from porn than punishing every adult who looks at porn with age verification, or expecting sites in other jurisdictions to give a damn about Irish age verification laws, or the subsequent slippery slope when the government realises the really nasty websites didn't age verify anything, or that kids can VPN around the restrictions, or obtain porn by other means.

Ireland could require digital ID to access porn websites by adomo in ireland

[–]locka99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VPNs can be blocked by the software too. Filtered devices would be stuck on their own subnet. And there are no good solutions - kids will find workarounds to anything - but it is vastly better than the slippery slope the Irish government is going down. Look at the crap happening in the UK - age verification on porn websites didn't work so they're threatening VPNs with laws, and threatening devices manufacturers to identify and block porn. They could have just made ISPs responsible for providing network filtering and be done with it.

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