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If you have an AWD system with fully open differentials all the way around, yes. But many of them (most of the modern ones?) are more advanced than that, with a limited slip differential, at least for the center diff. And pretty much all the modern ones, as far as I know of, can do tricks like automatically applying brakes on the slipping wheel to direct more torque to the other three.

A decent AWD system definitely will get you through more stuff than simple 2WD. Not as good as true 4WD in some situations, but AWD can still be very useful offroad.

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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

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“There are ‘erotic’ elements in countless popular performances that could be subject to both civil and criminal penalties under S.B. 12,” he wrote.

Yeah, lol. That's the real heart of the matter. If you're going to ban such public performances, then you need to ban ALL public performances that have even the slightest hint of it. And good luck with that.

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while most traditional window managers/desktop environments have good enough keyboard shortcuts and window snapping.

The secret that the tiling wm people don't want you to know: with a little effort of configuring settings and setting up/learning some keyboard shortcuts, KDE can behave an awful lot like a tiling wm when you want it to ... while also still behaving like a normal DE when you want it to.

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Apple Maps has Ads now

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Why not?

Yes, it isn't really able to take you to a specific numbered address, just an 'address block' on a street ... but that's enough to get you close, and then you just have to not be an idiot, use your eyeballs, and find the correct address number. (Believe me, it's possible. I delivered pizza back in the day before navigation devices existed at all. Had to look up where a street was on a paper map, and then you were up to your own devices to find the address number on that street. And ... I managed it just fine 99.9% of the time.)

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Yes, I use Debian stable. How'd you know?

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A) Some modern cars have built-in pressure gauges and can tell you the pressure of each tire on a screen on the dashboard.

B) Some fuckers out there (for inexplicable reasons) like to use digital tire pressure gauges with little screens of their own. Why you'd want a tire pressure gauge that requires batteries when an analog one works fine ... that's beyond my understanding.

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Skill issue?

I've driven with rope patches for longer than that and had no issues whatsoever. If done right, they won't leak.