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Colorado is way better than last year but clearly isn't next level yet.

But I do not think USC's defense is good enough for this to be an elite team.

Black cats are the best cats. Welcome to the club!

The best way to stop the cats from destroying furniture is to give them better targets for scratching. Make sure every room has a scratch pad or similar; if you find ones that the cat likes the problem will fix itself.

Don't discourage kneading behavior. Instead, keep blankets around so when the cat homes in on you for a lap and some kneading time you can just put a blanket under him to shield yourself from the claws. Over time he'll grow attached to some of the blankets and be content to just knead those on their own without sitting on you at all.

If you really want to help with these things buy a cat claw trimmer and learn to trim his claws every couple of weeks. Give him treats afterwards so he has a positive association with the process. If he fights it then swaddling him in blankets and just poking each leg out as you trim it helps a LOT. Like with all behaviors, starting this when he's a kitten will normalize it for him and make it way easier down the road.

FSU is top 5 if they find consistency. Otherwise they’re a top 20 team.

Why in the fuck do you go for two passes in a row needing 1 yard in overtime. What a complete self own by Clemson.

This ended up being correct because Clemson’s playcallers galaxy brained themselves into losing

FSU is asleep at the wheel.

Is LSU that bad or did the hype get to their head?

Looking at the Patreon and LiberaPay linked on the join-lemmy page it's >$600 a week. Still not a lot.

Yes. There are innumerable topics and interests that don’t have a robust presence on Lemmy yet because the platform is just too small and niche. Lemmy is great for tech and tech-adjacent stuff but I still wander back to Reddit from time to time for sports, for instance.

Honestly the biggest long term threat to Lemmy is its technology not being able to keep up with its own success. Issues like bad moderation tools, spam, and fractured communities need to be addressed within the software platform itself.

If you've removed or disabled the telematics module and its antennas then your most sensitive data - your location - can't be collected. GPS and mobile data technologies don't work without hardware, antennas, and electricity.

At that point even if there's a back-up collection system the most a dealer could dump would be general driving and usage data. That's a non factor for 99.99% of people, but if that is an issue in your threat model then you should avoid dealers and work only with trusted, independent mechanics. And frankly if your average speed or odometer reading is that sensitive you're probably on the run and have bigger issues to worry about.

I guess they could also dump your contacts or call data if you've synced those with your car, but you shouldn't be doing that in the first place. Data collection isn't magic. Don't give the car data and it won't have it.

Shop for cars that work fine with their telematics modules & antennas disabled or removed, disable/remove them when you buy yours, and you'll be fine.

It wasn’t until right now, reading your post, that I recognized the joke in Abis Mal’s name.

Damn 🫠

No, that isn’t likely. People have fully disassembled these cars. There isn’t a secret second telematics module inside the seat cushions. If you disconnect power from the telematics module it can’t transmit data. If you want to be extra sure you can also wrap the module in faraday material, disconnect the antennas, or remove it completely. Data transmission isn't magic; it requires hardware.

At that point the most that could happen would be a mechanic dumping the data and uploading it to GM. Big corps are high resource, low motivation adversaries. They’re not going to spend tons of time and effort going after the <0.1% of people who physically disconnect telematics modules.