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Scrubbles poptalk.scrubbles.tech scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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TheReturnOfPEB reddthat.com TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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People gonna start booting their own vehicles.

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robomuffin79 lemmy.world robomuffin79@lemmy.world
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America sh.itjust.works Gullible@sh.itjust.works
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Remember, some cars have essential systems looped through the 5g antenna. Check whether your car is one of them before clipping it with a pair of wire cutters, costing only $3.

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toiletobserver lemmy.world toiletobserver@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
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Remember, some cars have essential systems looped through the 5g antenna. Check whether your car is one of them before clipping it with a pair of wire cutters, costing only $3.

What "essential" system could require a connection?

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
#6 · Quote Reply

How the fuck can you payent like borrowing a car.

I'll patent borrowing umbrellas.

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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Why use Biden for this? He took the train to work for decades and was the poorest president in I don't know how many years.

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CaptDust sh.itjust.works CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

What "essential" system could require a connection?

I know someone that removed the comms on their newer lexus, it knocked out the whole screen, radio and HVAC but only after a few weeks later. The touchscreen displayed something like it "could not authenticate to validate subscription" with no way to move past it. Had to take it to a dealership and get the telemetry reconnected and reprogrammed to get functioning again.

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
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We will own nothing

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toiletobserver lemmy.world toiletobserver@lemmy.world
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I know someone that removed the comms on their newer lexus, it knocked out the whole screen, radio and HVAC but only after a few weeks later. The touchscreen displayed something like it "could not authenticate to validate subscription" with no way to move past it. Had to take it to a dealership and get the telemetry reconnected and reprogrammed to get functioning again.

That's not essential. That's asshole design.

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Archangel1313 lemmy.ca Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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Man, Ford really doesn't want to sell any more cars, do they? I say let them have their "patent", and ensure that only Ford can do this kind of shit to their customers.

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
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Why use Biden for this? He took the train to work for decades and was the poorest president in I don't know how many years.

Wasn't he also the one who ordered a railway strike to end instead of letting unions negotiate a better deal for workers?

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robomuffin79 lemmy.world robomuffin79@lemmy.world
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Why use Biden for this? He took the train to work for decades and was the poorest president in I don't know how many years.

😂😂😂😂😂 if that was your take from this meme, then that is why America is truly fucked!

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robomuffin79 lemmy.world robomuffin79@lemmy.world
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Wasn't he also the one who ordered a railway strike to end instead of letting unions negotiate a better deal for workers?

And that is why bipartisan politics represent two sides of the same coin

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Scrubbles poptalk.scrubbles.tech scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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Man, Ford really doesn't want to sell any more cars, do they? I say let them have their "patent", and ensure that only Ford can do this kind of shit to their customers.

Yeah, Ford was my last two cars and I won't again.

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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
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Wasn't he also the one who ordered a railway strike to end instead of letting unions negotiate a better deal for workers?

Reagan, either Bush, Cheney, Trump are all better examples though.

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technocrit lemmy.dbzer0.com technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

We will own nothing

I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as ownership. It's just the state enforcing the arbitrary claims of the privileged with violence.

This slogan is just promoting the capitalism that's causing the problem.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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Remember, some cars have essential systems looped through the 5g antenna. Check whether your car is one of them before clipping it with a pair of wire cutters, costing only $3.

just cover the fin with aluminum foil sealing tape from any hardware store.

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
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I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as ownership. It's just the state enforcing the arbitrary claims of the privileged with violence. This slogan is just promoting the capitalism that's causing the problem.

Ownership is a very real thing that's different from property.

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
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How the fuck can you payent like borrowing a car. I'll patent borrowing umbrellas.

Thr U.S. patent office is terrible. They'll approve any bullshit as long as the forms are in order.

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w3dd1e lemmy.zip W3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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My next car will be a slate truck with no telemetry or something from 1995.

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w3dd1e lemmy.zip W3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

[GUIDE] Jailbreak Guide for Sync 3 - FMods

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fubarx lemmy.world fubarx@lemmy.world
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Just slap some tape over the sensors along the bumpers, side mirrors, and behind the rearview mirror. Best of luck to them getting it back to the repo-depot in one piece.

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Wataba sh.itjust.works Wataba@sh.itjust.works
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I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as ownership. It's just the state enforcing the arbitrary claims of the privileged with violence. This slogan is just promoting the capitalism that's causing the problem.

Verbal diahorrea.

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Wataba sh.itjust.works Wataba@sh.itjust.works
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And that is why bipartisan politics represent two sides of the same coin

Be sure to thank the trans community for being sacrificed to appease your ideology.

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NateNate60 lemmy.world NateNate60@lemmy.world
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#26 · (edited) Quote Reply

I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as ownership. It's just the state enforcing the arbitrary claims of the privileged with violence. This slogan is just promoting the capitalism that's causing the problem.

I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as violence. It's just the manipulation of objects that causes the molecules in an area to be disturbed in one particular way.

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dimjim sh.itjust.works dimjim@sh.itjust.works
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Can't wait for vehicle jailbreaking to become the new norm!

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psycholocomotor lemmy.world psycholocomotor@lemmy.world
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#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

I hate this corny phrase. There is no such thing as ownership. It's just the state enforcing the arbitrary claims of the privileged with violence. This slogan is just promoting the capitalism that's causing the problem.

I mean I don't like the slogan either because it's mostly used by right libertarians, who are the least serious political alignment.

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