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I moved from Europe back to the US Midwest this spring. While I'm still getting my financial situation stabilized, I will at some point in the next year or so need to buy my own car (currently I am living with my parents and borrowing their cars as needed). Given the state of the world and gas prices, an electric car seems like a no-brainer to me. Less maintenance and with current gas prices I'd save money even if I could only charge at the stations in my neighborhood, much less if I install something simple at home. I'm an anxious driver and have incredibly little desire to drive long distances, so range is also not super important to me. The problem I've found is that I'm not a "car person" and I'm not sure how to find and pick the right car for me. I figure we've got some car people here on Tildes who will have a better idea of the market and manufacturers involved. My parameters: - No Tesla. This is non-negotiable. I will buy an ICE vehicle before I get a Tesla. - Nothing super luxury. I'm not made of money. I know there aren't any really cheap electric cars available that I'd dream of here in the States yet, but I want to stay as affordable as possible. - I do not want anything bigger than a sedan. SUVs and crossovers make me nervous and I want to drive a small car. * A hatchback would actually be my preferred form factor, but I don't think there's many options of that size. The only one I've found upon searching is the Fiat 500e, which appeals to me for that reason. * ICE cars who appeal to me in terms of size and design include the MINI Cooper 2-door, the Volkswagen beetle, and the Kia soul. - I'm not wed to getting a new car, but as an anxious driver (thus wanting a lot of the fancy modern safety features and alerts) and someone who isn't super knowledgeable about cars (thus not wanting to rely on my own ability to spot a dud before buying it), I'm leaning towards it. I'll take suggestions for used cars to look for, but keep in mind that since I'm in the Midwest, there may be a smaller pool of used EVs available for me to buy locally. --- Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~transport/1w1v/help_me_choose_a_small_electric_car Votes: 14 Comments: 30

Anyone can participate. CGA does not require membership and is always open to all. Ballot Formatting - Ballot entries are NAME (VOTES) e.g. Pong (3) - Copy and paste the game titles from the list so they match exactly. - The ballots will be tallied using this script from u/Spore_Prince. - Any improper ballots will not be counted (but you will get a polite message from me or someone else asking you to fix them beforehand). Topic Rules - All top-level comments must be ballots and ballots only. - Child comments can be anything -- feel free to talk about why you chose what you did. Voting Process - Each person has 20 votes to distribute among games as they see fit. - Each person can allocate a maximum of 5 points per Single Game/Arcade Special. - Arcade Specials count as one block (do not vote for each game in them individually). - Voting closes 4 days (96 hours) from the posting of this topic. Example Ballot 1 - Valid Ballot Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (5) Portal 3 (5) Half-Life 3 (3) Team Fortress 3 (2) Night Trap (2) Xexyz (1) Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (1) Left 4 Dead 3 (1) Uses 20 points total, and no game exceeds 5 points Example Ballot 2 - Invalid Ballot Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (10) Protal 3 (7) Wand of Gamelon (5) Uses more than 20 points; games exceed 5 points; titles do not match --- # Voting Outcomes - The top 6 games/Arcade Specials will become the next 6 months of CGA (or more in case of a tie). - Of the remaining games, the bottom 50% will be cut from the list. - The remaining 50% will stay on the list and will enter the next voting round with 30% of their final vote totals. --- # Game List | Game | Rollover Votes | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | Another World | 6 | | Back in a Flash Bloons Tower Defense Line Rider Motherload QWOP Stick RPG | 5 | | Beneath a Steel Sky | 4 | | Crystalis | 10 | | Descent | 5 | | Donkey Kong 64 | 0 | | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | 8 | | The Genesis of Treasure Gunstar Heroes McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Dynamite Headdy Alien Soldier Light Crusader | 5 | | The Grue That Binds Border Zone Twisted! Zork | 13 | | Mother 3 | 11 | | Ratchet & Clank | 0 | | Resident Evil (REmake) | 8 | | Sonic the 3D Hedgehog Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure 2 | 0 | | Spooky Mansion Adventures Alone in the Dark 5 Days a Stranger Maniac Mansion | 4 | | StarCraft | 0 | | Tetris | 11 | | Wizball | 0 | | Ys Origin | 0 | --- Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1w15/colossal_game_adventure_september_2026_voting_topic Votes: 12 Comments: 27

Spanish Grand Prix Madring September 11-13, 2026 --- Qualifying Results -- SPOILER | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps | | ---- | --- | ----------------- | --------------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | ---- | | 1 | 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:33.469 | 1:32.873 | 1:31.824 | 19 | | 2 | 12 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:33.267 | 1:32.591 | 1:31.835 | 20 | | 3 | 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:33.381 | 1:32.431 | 1:31.964 | 18 | | 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:33.531 | 1:32.710 | 1:32.013 | 21 | | 5 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:33.532 | 1:32.755 | 1:32.019 | 21 | | 6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:33.211 | 1:32.850 | 1:32.149 | 22 | | 7 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:33.829 | 1:33.204 | 1:32.294 | 22 | | 8 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing | 1:33.310 | 1:32.780 | 1:32.316 | 18 | | 9 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:33.963 | 1:33.038 | 1:32.903 | 17 | | 10 | 41 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | 1:34.340 | 1:33.204 | 1:33.041 | 21 | | 11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Audi | 1:34.417 | 1:33.223 | | 13 | | 12 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 1:33.986 | 1:33.388 | | 12 | | 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.667 | 1:33.667 | | 11 | | 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:34.246 | 1:33.753 | | 11 | | 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | 1:34.311 | 1:34.084 | | 15 | | 16 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:35.307 | 1:35.532 | | 14 | | 17 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:35.312 | | | 9 | | 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:35.388 | | | 9 | | 19 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Cadillac | 1:35.913 | | | 9 | | 20 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | 1:38.011 | | | 8 | Source: F1.com Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts. | | ---- | --- | ----------------- | --------------- | ---- | -------------- | ---- | | 1 | 12 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 57 | 1:34:23.754 | 25 | | 2 | 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 57 | +4.351s | 18 | | 3 | 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 57 | +5.089s | 15 | | 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 57 | +29.116s | 12 | | 5 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 57 | +29.829s | 10 | | 6 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing | 57 | +86.746s | 8 | | 7 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 57 | +94.281s | 6 | | 8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 57 | +95.839s | 4 | | 9 | 41 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | 56 | +1 lap | 2 | | 10 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Audi | 56 | +1 lap | 1 | | 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 13 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 15 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 16 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | 56 | +1 lap | 0 | | 17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 55 | +2 laps | 0 | | 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | 54 | +3 laps | 0 | | NC | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 43 | DNF | 0 | | NC | 11 | Sergio Perez | Cadillac | 31 | DNF | 0 | | NC | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 12 | DNF | 0 | | NC | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 6 | DNF | 0 | Fastest Lap: George Russell // 1:35.587 on lap 49 DOTD: Max Verstappen Source: F1.com Next race: Azerbaijan Grand Prix Baku City Circuit September 24-26, 2026 --- Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~sports.motorsports/1w0h/formula_1_spanish_grand_prix_2026_race_weekend_discussion Votes: 1 Comments: 1

This is your chance to try to sway people's votes in the upcoming Voting Topic by endorsing certain titles! Let people know why a certain game is awesome, or how a particular entry is of historical value, or why others really need to play this gem of yesteryear. Parameters: - The topic will remain open for 2 days (48 hours). - Lobbying is not limited in any way, so you can endorse/support as many entries as you like. - Negative lobbying IS allowed (but please make it fun). - Anyone can participate. CGA does not require membership and is always open to all. A reminder on the upcoming voting topic Just so people remember how the Voting Topic will go and can plan accordingly: - Each person will have 20 votes to distribute among games they see fit. - Each person will be able to allocate a maximum of 5 points per Single Game/Arcade Special. One the votes have been totaled, here's how the list proceeds: - The top 6 games will be chosen to be played (or more in the event of a tie). - The top 50% will advance to the next round. They will start the next round with a base score of 30% of their vote totals. - The bottom 50% will be removed from the list. --- # Game List All nominations and boosts have been added, so this is the final list of games and their vote totals that we will be deciding on. | Game | Rollover Votes | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | Another World | 6 | | Arcade Special: Back in a Flash Bloons Tower Defense Line Rider Motherload QWOP Stick RPG | 5 | | Beneath a Steel Sky | 4 | | Crystalis | 10 | | Descent | 5 | | Donkey Kong 64 | 0 | | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | 8 | | Arcade Special: The Genesis of Treasure Gunstar Heroes McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Dynamite Headdy Alien Soldier Light Crusader | 5 | | Arcade Special: The Grue That Binds Border Zone Twisted! Zork | 13 | | Mother 3 | 11 | | Ratchet & Clank | 0 | | Resident Evil (REmake) | 8 | | Arcade Special: Sonic the 3D Hedgehog Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure 2 | 0 | | Arcade Special: Spooky Mansion Adventures Alone in the Dark 5 Days a Stranger Maniac Mansion | 4 | | StarCraft | 0 | | Tetris | 11 | | Wizball | 0 | | Ys Origin | 0 | --- Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1w0a/colossal_game_adventure_september_2026_lobbying_topic Votes: 4 Comments: 3

TW: AI discussion. Recently, things have been getting rather crazy with AI to the point that I think many are being forced to reckon with its potential. It has been demonstrated that this technology is capable of solving things like millennium math problems, which has drawn response from many fields medalists. There have been very public instances of big tech losing control of their experiments. Many top researchers are expressing discomfort. Now, of course you could dismiss this all as marketing but I personally think that would be a bit of wishful thinking. I would like to have an open discussion about the current moment in time. Therefore, I ask you, people of tildes, where do you think we are and where do we go from here? Please feel free to pull out your crystal ball and speculate wildly. Or, please feel free to call it all bunk. I just want to hear your opinion. - Do you feel concerned about AI or are you still unconvinced? - Do you think AI will take your job? Why or why not? - Are you considering a career change or any other big life decisions because of the changing world? - How are you advising your children, regarding schooling and careers? - Do you have a subscription to an AI service? If you have one, how do you feel about it? - Do you think that this technology will be a net positive or a net negative? - How do you think the human race will change, if at all? - Do you think we will see a serious incident driven by AI in the near future? - Does it bother you that humans may not be the dominant intelligence at some point? Do you think this is even possible? - Does any of this affect your sense of identity or individuality? How do you feel about your skill set and hobbies? - What do you think it means to be human in a machine dominated world? - Overall, are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic? For me personally, I have shared my opinion many times before. It is a rather pessimistic one. I recognize that this is a heated topic, and I would like to request that even if you disagree with someone, that we treat each other with respect and kindness. Thanks. --- Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tech/1vzt/where_do_we_go_from_here_regarding_ai Votes: 5 Comments: 13