am looking forward to something similar being sold here, but in a small van version, that would be my ideal electric car.

I do live in the US but I'm excited for Telo. Seems pretty close to what you describe.

I mean, what does it say that one of the most recognizable symbols of the United States, worldwide, is a cartoon mouse whose job is to sell toys to kids?

That the rest of the world is as bad about assumptions and generalizations as Americans?

I don't particularly care for Disney either and you raise good points but it being a "symbol of the United States" and a "rite of passage" is buying into marketing from Disney, which only a subset of Americans do.

What kind of Russian propaganda is this? None of the allies could win alone

This is 100% correct. Also, anybody who actually knows the history in detail knows that America concentrated most of their fighting forces in the Pacific theatre and served more as support in the European theatre.

Where do they limit hunting to only bow or black powder?

I know states in the Midwest have special seasons/times for bow/black powder hunting but the regular deer season isn't limited that way.

I can't speak to your specific examples since I don't work there.

The reasons beyond CapEx considerations are things like security, compliance, warranty coverage expiration, standardization across the org, general employee satisfaction, hardware falling out of vendor support.

I doubt the banks computers are single purpose or purchased specifically for each job role. Sure a 15 or 30 year old computer might technically work but there's no way it'll meet regulatory security compliance rules.

The home user/hobbyist approach really doesn't scale to corporate IT.

Banks and corporations change computers every 3-5 years because accounting love to lease rather to buy

3-5 years is a pretty standard depreciation schedule for IT equipment like computers, peripheral accessories etc.

Computers and laptops (using Straight-line method): 31.67% with a useful life of 3 years.

Computers and laptops (using Written Down Value method): 63.16% with a useful life of 3 years

It really has nothing to do with leasing vs. buying.

Did they do what McDonald's did and switch from beef tallow to vegetable oil?

I miss the old McDonald's fries but I like that their less terrible for you, but yet they're still not vegetarian/vegan.

Are the warrants legitimate? Are any of the claims made by DHS or ICE to be trusted? This is a legitimate question because I don't follow boxing and just assume at this point that anything ICE/DHS says is lies.

It's entirely possible that this is because of the 3,000/day quota they were set. If they deport them rather than just let them leave then they can credit that as a 'deportation'.

maybe a small park a 15 minute walk away

This is really dependent on where you live in the US. I just checked and the house I grew up in was within a 15 minute or less walk of 7 parks and 15 minutes isn't really that far to walk. Especially in the US.

Honestly that quote sounds a lot like my childhood in Minnesota in the late 80s and early 90s.

Some of that might be rosy retrospection but I wonder how much this has changed in the US over the years.

Nah, Wisconsin has weather that requires more cautious driving a big chunk of the year.

A lot of the higher end states from the US in the graph are in southern parts of the country which are largely red politically which likely means reduced safety regulations, and have more consistent road conditions and weather through the year.

I support this regardless of the US administration and I'm American. I think everybody should try to shop small and local wherever they are. I'll always prefer to put my money into the local economy when and where I'm able.

I figured it would be hard to determine statistically, but figured it was worth mentioning for consideration.

The UK has a population that's 72% British/Irish. The Netherlands has a population that's 74% Dutch.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in the United States are White (Non-Hispanic) (58.2%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (12%), Two+ (Hispanic) (6.84%), Other (Hispanic) (6.11%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (5.75%).

There are lots of factors that can influence height but about 80% of an individual’s height is determined by genetics and certain populations, like those in the Dinaric Alps (including parts of Eastern Europe), are predisposed to taller statures.

For example, Uganda is generally considered the most ethnically diverse country and the average male height there is 5' 6.4" which is really close to the global average. Correlation by itself doesn't equal causation but it's a good place to start.

Eh, fuck this whole family.

Why? What is the point of this comment or wishing bad things on these children, or this woman? Why support this behavior of targeting immigrants at all?

I've never used Torguard but I'm guessing it's probably pretty good too? The only ones I hear about a lot are the big ones (NordVPN and the like) and I'm always leery of the really large, common and corporate used VPN services.

I ended up on Mullvad 7-8 years ago because of the recommendation of a SysAdmin I worked with at the time.

Isn't global male height supposed to be about 5' 7" on average? The closest to that on the graph is the US, which has a very diverse population.

I'm still not understanding your original comment "Not necessarily. Ethnic diversity is higher in US than in Indonesia."

It seems like you're saying ethnic diversity isn't necessarily a consideration in why the heights of the UK and US are where they are but then support the theory with the next sentence pointing out the ethnic diversity of the US.

I did indeed but I'm glad you saw it because you put exactly how I've felt about Lemmy into words.

Mullvad does this nicely with lockdown mode. It's also really inexpensive and you can pay anonymously so the only record they have is your customer ID number.