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Cake day: January 12th, 2024

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  • Every car you could buy in the past 20 (probably 30) years had a computer system, because you can’t meet emissions regulations without fuel injection.
    In Europe, the Dacia Sandero base model is a car that literally only comes with what’s needed to drive or mandated by law.
    The previous generation was still available with wind-up windows, no power steering and no radio.

    I don’t know about any offerings in the US market.




  • KISSmyOS@feddit.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzlaunch him anyway
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    4 months ago

    The minimum would be something like punting your kid to the orbit of Venus for a gravity assist that takes it to one of the outer planets where another gravity assist can push it to the edge of the solar system.
    Out there, the angular momentum of the orbiting child will be very low and can be canceled out by a small thrust.
    The child will then fall back into the sun. But this requires remote controlled thrusters strapped to the child. And a life support system if you want your child to actually die by burning in the sun. And then, the child will be well into their teens by the time they reach it.