Poverty has been declining over the past few decades. Over 40% of the planet’s population lived in extreme poverty in 1970, and that is now under 10%.

One thing that’s struck me in these couple of days since the Toronto attack is that it wouldn’t be that hard to program AI to find conditions where the vehicle is being used in an attack.

It’s all a matter of incentives, as the economists might put it.

Oops, my bad, 2.0l. Wasn’t aware of that 2.4; you’re right, that’s awful for an SS.

That SS actually had the same 1.8 turbo 4 used in the Caddy ATS. Not a bad car at all.

NP specifically for film/TV work. Decent, ordinary period cars aren’t that easy to find.

I can see the Fiesta go, period. Not only is it a segment that’s fading in the US, it’s now a dated design that doesn’t agree with the European model.

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Yes.

Friedkin was only one of the truly legendary 70s directors; his two previous to this were The Exorcist and The French Connection, both freakin’ brilliant.

Thief is an underrated classic. It is also the movie that the awful Drive seemed to crib from. A lot. And it didn’t help much.

Let’s face it, the Giulia is a hot mess.

I did intend it to carry a kind of pseudo-Zen resonance, at that :-)

I know I don’t need new tires. Today.

I’m voting NP, but I’ll admit not for me. I’m old enough to be nostalgic for pop-up lamps myself, but even I can’t rationalize this over the uber-sharp new Miata.

I liked all the series, but the 3rd gen and this last one were the most graceful. In fact I’d say the 5th gen was a rework of that 3rd gen stylistically.

It actually was a decent car, and while the design was unfortunately conservative, it was pretty good for the day.

When a technology is dominant, branding is king. For much of the 20th century before 1990, cars were by far the dominant technology. The best thing you had to show off to the world was your car.

That change from the original—awesomely beautiful—SC ranks among the auto world’s greatest atrocities.

The thing is, the automaker makes enough of a profit margin here that they can afford to kick $$$ into the public charging network.