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    • travisdh1T
      travisdh1 @black3dynamite
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      @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

      Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.

      I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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        @travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

        @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

        Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.

        I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.

        What year? Those were seriously classic in the 80s.

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          @travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.

          I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.

          What year? Those were seriously classic in the 80s.

          It was a 1998 model. So not one of the classics. Just a good all around vehicle.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
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            I drive an 08 with 174k on it. It'll last me for a while yet.

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            • jmooreJ
              jmoore @NerdyDad
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              @nerdydad Nice!

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                September release of MS VSCode is out.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre
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                  I'm Driving an 04 Toyota Pickup with 114k On it, lol. I'll get a few more miles out of it, I'm sure.

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                  • DonahueD
                    Donahue
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                    I just bought a "new" car. It's an 08 with 160k miles. I tend to buy cars when they are around 10 years old and then just pay cash.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @Donahue
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                      @donahue said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                      I just bought a "new" car. It's an 08 with 160k miles. I tend to buy cars when they are around 10 years old and then just pay cash.

                      Yeah I bought new originally, and while it's nice to have new. It's way nicer not having a car payment. . .

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                      • zachary715Z
                        zachary715 @Obsolesce
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                        @obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        We bought two new cars in 2015. Although we got a good deal and a bit less than MSRP, I won't make that mistake ever again.

                        Why would the above lead to the below?

                        @obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        I will never buy newer than 5 or so years.

                        This is just stupid. Like everything else, vehicles are improved (mostly) every year. Better parts, better design, etc. The cars I grew up with in the 80's were never designed to last 200,000 miles or more. Of course a few did, but those were outliers.

                        Today's cars are absolutely capable of 200,000 miles or more when properly maintained with the recommended maintenance and inspections from the manufacturer.

                        Because in 2015, if we had bought a 2010-2011 or something instead, we'd have been able to get what we really wanted for the same price. A 4-5 year old SUV for the same price as a brand new car.

                        It's only been 3 years now and the value of the cars we bought are WAY less. One car has 30k miles on it, the other is less than 20k. And still, if we bought the same cars today, we'd be paying almost half for the same thing, still like-new condition.

                        This can easily swing though. Car values are so low right now due to cheap financing and low(er) gas prices. If gas prices climb again or financing becomes harder to come by, it will help car values (or used vehicles in general). Mostly banking on higher gas prices though as that's typically the key factor for what vehicles people are buying.

                        As long as you're planning on driving those vehicles into the ground, present values are meaningless. Only valuable obviously if you're planning on selling soon.

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                        • mlnewsM
                          mlnews
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                          Amazon data centers locations revealed in leaked documents.

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                          • black3dynamiteB
                            black3dynamite
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                            https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/plex-media-server-ubuntu-snap-app

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Cosmic Cuttlefish (Ubuntu 18.10) is due out on the 18th. Only a few more days.

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                              • mlnewsM
                                mlnews
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                                A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers

                                Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce @mlnews
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                                  @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                  A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers

                                  Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.

                                  LOL what?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    NextCloud 14.0.3 is out.

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                                    • DonahueD
                                      Donahue
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                                      We just replaced our mikrotik routers.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Donahue
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                                        @donahue said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                        We just replaced our mikrotik routers.

                                        What are you using now?

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                                        • DonahueD
                                          Donahue @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller Fortigate

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @Donahue
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                                            @donahue said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                            @scottalanmiller Fortigate

                                            So you downgraded?

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