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I work in marketing and only recently realised how closed the internet has become. I've always held that social media can come and go, people can use messenger and Twitter and Snapchat and insta all they like but email is a always a leveller that always works - then I found out about sending reputation. There's a reason no one uses their own mail servers anymore, if you set up an email server on your own hardware then there's a good chance that your emails won't make it to the recipients behind spam filters. Basically, if you want to send emails now then you need to do it through an established service.

Threads has not launched in Europe because it breaks European laws. Yet 100M people jumped straight on it.

We have a dingo having around our neighbourhood. I'm hoping that will take care of the cats

You can buy little IR blasters that plug into the USBC port on your phone and allow you to use it as a remote control. Turn off every TV you see playing sky.

Every little bit helps.

They're also good for turning off Keno TVs.

I don't really get what the hate was for Google+, it was better than the alternative/competitor at the time (Facebook)

And 40% dollamite?

They are performance bikes, so there's a trade off between performance and longevity of parts. But, most of the problems I've had have been because of aftermarket parts or changes that previous owners made.

I have a 2008 690 (650cc) Duke. It's had countless owners and god knowns which parts on it are actually original. It has about 70k km on the odometer (assuming it's the original one and it was always fitted and connected). I've had it for about 6 or 7 years now I think.

Things which have been a problem:

• Clutches are consumables. They seem to last about 20k km for me. They're not expensive or difficult to replace yourself. The feel on them is fantastic though so I'll happily replace the plates if that's the trade off. I don't want to go back to a bike with a cable clutch.
• The cam chain tensioner. I replaced the hydraulic one with a manual one a while back.
• The muffler. This is not a KTM fault, a previous owner replaced the OEM with a cheap aftermarket can and it's shit and constantly needs repacking and rivets replaced.
• The single front disc on the front is prone to "warping" where it builds up material in one spot and pulses at slow speed. I replaced it once and the new one started doing the same thing after a short time so now I just deal with it. The same thing happened on my previous bike with a single front disc.
• The fuel mapping has been played with, and in combination with the supermarket exhaust is not perfect. I've put a standard map on but it's still just ok.

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. I often look at upgrading but all I really want is the same thing but maybe a bit faster.

He's Australian, we're used to getting screwed on pricing for everything.

I'm sick of them. I've seen so many in my life that they hold no wonder. I don't feel like the medium has evolved much in my lifetime.

I think I've learned over the years that I can like almost anything, and although I'm more likely to like music from my favourite genres, it's possible I'll like anything.

The most recent example I can think is that an artist I like did a cover/colab of Unholy by Sam Smith and after listening a couple of times I listened to the original and found I actually prefer that.

I also like things which are borderline not music, like The Shaggs.

I'm getting around this by having no posters or subscribers on the community I created.