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I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a “two-sided market,” where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, hold each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them. This is why—as Cat Valente wrote in her magisterial pre-Christmas essay—platforms like Prodigy transformed themselves overnight, from a place where you went for social connection to a place where you were expected to “stop talking to each other and start buying things....

First, a bit of exposition: Back in the 1960s, GM-aligned horsepower junkies had a little bit of a problem – a GM corporate mandate forbade really big-cube engines from being installed as regular production options in cars that weren’t so large that you could park a jet between their grilles and windscreens. However, a few enterprising dealerships found a way around this internal barrier. By submitting special orders using the Central Office Purchase Order program more typically used for commercial fleet vehicles, dealers like Don Yenko were able to order low-spec Camaros with potent 427-cube big-block V8s....

So let’s take a look at the cheapest Verizon Fios Home Internet plan and see which plan offers the best price per Mbps. Honestly, the price of about $40 a month for 300 Mbps download speeds is quite the deal. Not to mention that Verizon requires no annual contracts and doesn’t automatically jack your price up after the first year or so. (Though they don’t promise to never raise prices....

But first, let’s go back in time to yesterday and see which Buick wagon you wanted: And so it is. Shamu the Killer Whale wins. I think this is the right call; I like the looks of the old wagon better, but the newer Roadmaster feels like the “sweet spot” of automotive technology to me, and it sounds like a lot of you agree. So let’s go from that sweet spot straight into the modern age, and look at a couple of cars that might as well be X-Wing fighters to some of us, looking under their hoods....

If you’ve been on the internet for a while, chances are you’ve seen the Boaterhome before. It’s been featured on a Little Caesars Pizza commercial, Ridiculous Rides, and Street Muscle Magazine. You’ve probably seen it on Facebook, Reddit, or anywhere else car pictures end up. I remember first seeing it on Opposite-Lock years ago. Thankfully, the creation is still around, and apparently it’s better than ever after a restoration and overhaul....

So what is this thing? And who makes it? Okay, slow down! And let go of my arm! Thank you. Okay, so, it’s made by a German company calledNext.e.GO Mobile SE, and the sorta stupidly-named e.Wave X is a little electric city car hatchback that can seat four, has a 107 horsepower motor, has a range of about 155 miles in city driving or 101 miles city/highway combined in the WLTP cycle, a 30....

The diminutive Mini Moke has been around since the late 1950s. Back then, Sir Alec Issigonis had been working on the idea of a vehicle built from Mini parts and topped with a utility body. The idea was a vehicle that British Motor Corporation could use to compete with Land Rover’s military vehicles. A prototype was presented in 1959, but its low ground clearance and 848cc engine resulted in it failing to pass inspection with the military....

Let’s start with power. The M2 cranks out 453 horsepower in U.S.-spec from BMW’s S58 twin-turbocharged three-liter inline-six. That’s more than the old special edition M2 CS. Peak power hits at 6,250 rpm while redline doesn’t happen until 7,200 rpm, properly good numbers. Even better, a six-speed manual gearbox is on the options list in true M-car tradition, with defeatable automated rev-matching. In theory, it should be the same six-speed manual gearbox as on the M3, which means it should be quite good....

To make a 911 Carrera T, Porsche follows a fairly simple formula. The boffins in Stuttgart take one base-model 911, add performance bits, remove weight, and sell it for less than a Carrera S. Indeed, the new one starts at $118,050 including a $1,450 freight charge and offers quite a lot of kit for the dollar. Let’s start with the big news, a standard seven-speed manual gearbox. You can’t get a standard 992 Carrera with the manual, so a cheaper row-your-own model than the Carrera S is greatly appreciated....

The irony is largely lost on many in Congress. Lawmakers are renewing their calls for a nationwide TikTok ban and pushing the Biden administration to force a breakup of the Chinese-owned tech company. Meanwhile, efforts to pass a national privacy law, which failed last year, have largely evaporated. International balloon politics have only complicated TikTok’s rapidly deflating US future. “If you’re certainly willing to fly a balloon over your continental airspace—and have people see it with a naked eye—what would make you not weaponize data?...

It was their last normal day. Rory woke up in the middle of the night complaining of sharp pains in his leg, and then threw up. The next morning, his stomach was tender and he had a high fever. His worried parents got him to a pediatrician and then shuttled him to an emergency room. In both places, staff diagnosed a stomach bug. Back at home, his temperature kept climbing, despite the Tylenol his parents gave him....

Thumb through the pages of Volkswagen van history and you’ll find that camping and the marque’s vans have been tied together since almost from the beginning. In 1951, Westfalia created its first camper van, the “Camping Box.” While campervan builds certainly date back decades prior, Westfalia is sometimes credited with helping to popularize the idea of making the idea of sleeping in a van turned into a camper. From there, you can find camping versions of VW vans past and present....

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If you want your business to remain successful, then, you must always be on the lookout for the best e-commerce conversion techniques. Here are the latest tips to help you boost your online conversions. Increase Page Loading Speed of E-Commerce Website Today, customers are impatient. They cannot stand a website that loads slowly. You are at risk of losing sales and referrals if your website loading speeds are slow. To grow your conversions, you must address speed problems and optimize your website for mobile....

By the way, as I was finding those links up there, I also happened to find out that these exist: Why are we like this? Also, Couldn’t one interpret these as acts of love, or at least lust instead of aggression? Anyway, let’s get back to the wholesome world of taillights. The specific taillights I want to focus on are the ones used on third-generation Chevy C/K trucks from 1973 to 1987, and sixth-generation Ford F-series trucks from 1973 to 1979....

If you have already adopted or are planning to adopt DevOps in this year, then here are a few trends that you might want to watch out for and incorporate. Let’s have a quick look at trends that will redefine DevOps as we know it. Shift to DevOps For a while, the focus for most organizations stayed on Continuous Integration (CI). However, with the focus shifting towards continuous delivery and more time being devoted towards ensuring automation of the tasks, DevOps is a major element of organizational strategies....

Welcome to The Morning Dump, bite-sized stories corralled into a single article for your morning perusal. If your morning coffee’s working a little too well, pull up a throne and have a gander at the best of the rest of yesterday. Supra Engaging Ever since the outgoing M240i exited production, American BMW enthusiasts who enjoy a left leg workout have had to pop for an M car. That seems a bit egregious considering the joy of BMW’s deft chassis tuning still carries through to the smaller engines....

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There’s much truth in this. Virality was perhaps Twitter’s greatest strength; yet, like all of the platform’s strengths, it was also a weakness. Virality, at its heart, is global, instantaneous, automated networking. It can connect something you say to millions all over the world who would otherwise never have heard you, without your having to embark on any special effort to reach them. What might cost an advertiser millions of dollars, or require the lofty celebrity that ordinarily accrues to popes, presidents, or celebrities, costs you nothing and requires only that you post with the best of them....