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  • Not really as they mostly have different rolls.

    Diesel is pretty much limited to commercial usage. I’m sure some idiot is driving a diesel truck around but that’s not common.

    The remaining are all commuter based yes, but the hybrid at least indicates the market is preferring cost saving measures over traditional gas. I would expect hybrid sales to transition to EVs as they drop in price and as battery tech improves.

    Honestly for the average hybrid buyer they likely only pick that over an EV due to Germany’s insanely high electric prices. Highest in the EU if I recall.

    If Germany got their electricity prices under control I’d expect a portion of that market to switch.

    Also the last hurdle may be access to charging stations. Charging at home is the most affordable, but there are not many Germans with parking and charging access. I know at my Oma’s apartment they have like 4 parking spots (no charging) per building and then everyone fights for street parking. Infrastructure has a long way to go to make EV viable for the average German.








  • Is the director not a worker?

    Universal profits from the movies and shows written by people.

    Some of these actors and directors do eventually amass a lot of wealth, but there’s a surprising number of even known actors/directors that are not that wealthy.

    There are even more unknown actors in particular living in an apartment with 12 roommates in LA.

    It’s kinda how the system works. Have thousands of lower tier actors trying to make it big and uplift a few to show it’s possible. Then they can cast “no-name” actors and extras for an unlivible wage because you have to do this type of work for the chance to make it


  • August 3rd is the last day the governor can call a special election. Otherwise it’s just combined with the general election.

    I’m not sure if this is even that advantageous for the Republicans. Even during a special election a Republican will likely win, even if it’s a less Trumpy one, still a Republican. Seems better than an empty seat.

    Unless they have reason to believe a dem would outperform in a special election.

    Also since there has been confusion in other threads, Kentucky does not allow the governor to fill a vacant senate seat by appointments, he can only call a special election












  • On your point about printing off a human readable copy that can be verified manually, you have now invented the worlds most expensive pencil. You’ll always want to verify the manual copy, so why bother with the computer one?

    This way the state can count the votes quickly and if there are any audits they have a physical analog to compare. Honestly if the state just randomly audits 1 county per election to check for issues they will catch anything weird going on and save a tremendous amount of time and money.

    If the audit discovers something weird they can then count up all the paper ballots and fix the software.

    Additionally in 2024 the UK had 28,809,340 votes cast. The US had 158,427,986 votes cast.