Pedestrians would probably learn more from the experience if they don't die.
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It's barely sold outside the US because other places (like the EU) also care about the safety of people outside the vehicle. That's why European and Asian cars (except the models explicitly for the US market like the Tacoma) are designed for pedestrians to be deflected, while US cars are a moving brick wall which will squish them like a bug.
Also, I suspect you'd need commercial plates and a special license to drive it most other places, due to the weight.
Was the Pinto really that bad, though, or did Mother Jones do them dirty?
In the numbers above, the Pinto is hardly a standout deathtrap; I mean, by modern standards, sure, everything on that list is a horrible deathtrap, but the Pinto was safer than the Toyota Corolla or the Beetle or the Datsun 210, and none of those cars are as burdened with the oppressive fiery deathtrap narrative as the Pinto is. In fact, the Pinto’s overall deaths per million vehicles is better than the average!
https://www.theautopian.com/its-long-past-time-to-stop-making-fun-of-the-ford-pinto/
I refuse to believe that there are no women who enjoy Warhammer 40k.
ZigBee is already so widespread that I don't see it going away. I'd be much more worried about your WiFi devices.
While WiFi as a network technology certainly isn't going anywhere, most WiFi-connected devices talk to a service on the internet. You probably created an account somewhere to manage your WiFi devices. So if the manufacturer shuts down their service, which happens all the time when they either shut down the whole business or abandon a product line, you will have no way to manage your devices.
ZigBee will continue working as long as your hardware does, because you control the software managing it.
There's not much point in optimizing completely for price per inch, but when I bought my TV in 2013 I plotted this, and discovered a pretty sharp hockey stick in the graph at 70" and above. So I got a 65" TV. If my graph had looked pretty straight like yours I'd probably just get the biggest that is practical for the space.
Mine supports none, so I also don't have to worry about it.
That's why you're getting that stuff. They don't (want you to know they) know anything about you, so they're just feeding you the generic sludge which generates the most engagement: Ragebait. My history is enabled, and I just get an endless flow of woodworking videos, nerdy facts and comedians.
They may not even be trying, it's just an inherent feature of the business model. They make money from ads. The more time people engage with the content, the more money they make. People argue more in the comments (or, in other words, engage more) when they're angry. So by tuning everything for max revenue you get ragebait bubbling up as a natural consequence.
SUVs are terrible, so if that's your alternative I'd say minivan all the way. You could pop out the seats and sleep in the back easily. If you don't need that you might as well get something smaller with better mileage.
"The United States is ready to take control of the reserves of rare earth metals on Ukraine, and Vladimir Zelensky agrees. This [was] stated in a joint statement by US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham*, who visited Kiev [last August]."
This is just another example of Trump announcing "deals" which were negotiated before he was in office. The trade war with Mexico was postponed due to Mexico promising to do something they were already doing. I'm guessing the same happened with Canada but didn't look into it.
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Are you doing this in a desktop browser or on Android? OP is asking about Android.