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> Changing your own car's oil is actually not that hard It is. Changing oil requires a place where you have sufficient access to the vehicle to drain it; the r

> Changing your own car's oil is actually not that hard It is. Changing oil requires a place where you have sufficient access to the vehicle to drain it; the right equipment; the right disposal solutions. Most people who have cars do not have that. And it takes significantly more time to change your own oil than to have someone else do it as part of other specialist maintenance. > Think of QR codes, people hardly used them for many years, because you needed to download an app for it, small step. It only started to catch up when you had it built in the camera app in most providers. Exactly. Using a QR code app required specific knowledge of the app, an internet connection, some time, knowledge of how and when to use it, and something to use it with - the barrier of which surpassed the convenience gained from the QR code. > So yes, everyone could open a file and edit it, also everyone could watch a youtube video on how to do X and yet choose to have someone else do it for them :) I'm struggling to find a non-contrived group of people who: - do not know how to open and edit a file on their system - do use npm - would find installing pnpm or running `sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings; curl -fsSL https://depsguard.com/apt/gpg.key https://depsguard.com/apt/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/depsguard.gpg; echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/depsguard.gpg] https://depsguard.com/apt https://depsguard.com/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/depsguard.list >/dev/null; sudo apt update; sudo apt install depsguard` simpler Of course, cooldowns.dev is a very long winded way of telling someone to run `npm config set min-release-age=3`, which is the simplest.

eranation 4mo ago
That group of people is the loosely affiliated people called "vibe coders". Even to get them to install depsguard is a challenge. I just ask them to point Claude to depsguard or cooldowns and follow the instructions (to save the tokens, of course Claude can figure it what needs to be done on its own) The issue is that Claude Code also will be super happy to npm install axios / tanstack etc unless you explicitly tell it to add cooldowns.
- nicogentile 4mo ago
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- Normal_gaussian 4mo ago
  Ha. Yes I haven't calibrated myself well for that form of users. It would seem that telling them to tell their agent to read cooldowns might be the best advice there; they sure as he'll won't read it.
jmb99 4mo ago
Changing oil requires > a place where you have sufficient access to the vehicle to drain it Probably the only valid argument for people who park on the street. > the right equipment One $5 wrench, one $10 filter wrench (optional). One set of ramps ($40), or jack stands ($30) if you already have a jack. One drain pan, $10 (or free if you're resourceful). Total cost max $65. Cheaper if you look for deals, buy used, borrow from a friend. If you can't afford $65 once to save money in the long run while owning a car, you probably should've bought a cheaper car. > the right disposal solutions Every oil change requires a jug of oil to be purchased. You can drain your used oil into this jug and then dispose of it along with your other household hazardous waste. This is not hard. > Most people who have cars do not have that. I might believe this for a place to do an oil change, maybe. I struggle to believe most, but I would believe many. Aside from that, if you don't have those things, you are choosing not to have them. Which is kind of the point. None of these things are hard, at all. The majority of car owners 100 years ago could adjust their own timing, clean distributor points, replace belts, etc. because if they couldn't, they'd be calling for a tow truck every few hundred miles. Those are all harder, and things have only gotten easier with time. If you can't do them, you are choosing not to, because there's an even easier solution - spending more money and getting someone else to do it for you.
- matwood 4mo ago
  > One set of ramps ($40), or jack stands ($30) Given the number of SUVs and trucks, many people don't even need these.
- mercurywells 4mo ago
  Good job, you forgot a new crush washer and now your oil pan will leak
  - jmb99 4mo ago
    In ~300k km worth of diy oil changes, I’ve yet to change a crush washer, and yet to have a drain plug leak. I always replace them on friends’ Toyotas, because they seem more important, but on every car I’ve owned it hasn’t mattered. And if you take the least amount of effort to google “how to change oil on ________” (fill in the blank for your year, make, model), some forum or video will probably tell you exactly what steps to take, including whether or not changing a washer is necessary.

eranation 4mo ago

That group of people is the loosely affiliated people called "vibe coders". Even to get them to install depsguard is a challenge. I just ask them to point Claude to depsguard or cooldowns and follow the instructions (to save the tokens, of course Claude can figure it what needs to be done on its own) The issue is that Claude Code also will be super happy to npm install axios / tanstack etc unless you explicitly tell it to add cooldowns.

nicogentile 4mo ago
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Normal_gaussian 4mo ago
Ha. Yes I haven't calibrated myself well for that form of users. It would seem that telling them to tell their agent to read cooldowns might be the best advice there; they sure as he'll won't read it.

jmb99 4mo ago

Changing oil requires > a place where you have sufficient access to the vehicle to drain it Probably the only valid argument for people who park on the street. > the right equipment One $5 wrench, one $10 filter wrench (optional). One set of ramps ($40), or jack stands ($30) if you already have a jack. One drain pan, $10 (or free if you're resourceful). Total cost max $65. Cheaper if you look for deals, buy used, borrow from a friend. If you can't afford $65 once to save money in the long run while owning a car, you probably should've bought a cheaper car. > the right disposal solutions Every oil change requires a jug of oil to be purchased. You can drain your used oil into this jug and then dispose of it along with your other household hazardous waste. This is not hard. > Most people who have cars do not have that. I might believe this for a place to do an oil change, maybe. I struggle to believe most, but I would believe many. Aside from that, if you don't have those things, you are choosing not to have them. Which is kind of the point. None of these things are hard, at all. The majority of car owners 100 years ago could adjust their own timing, clean distributor points, replace belts, etc. because if they couldn't, they'd be calling for a tow truck every few hundred miles. Those are all harder, and things have only gotten easier with time. If you can't do them, you are choosing not to, because there's an even easier solution - spending more money and getting someone else to do it for you.

matwood 4mo ago
> One set of ramps ($40), or jack stands ($30) Given the number of SUVs and trucks, many people don't even need these.
mercurywells 4mo ago
Good job, you forgot a new crush washer and now your oil pan will leak
- jmb99 4mo ago
  In ~300k km worth of diy oil changes, I’ve yet to change a crush washer, and yet to have a drain plug leak. I always replace them on friends’ Toyotas, because they seem more important, but on every car I’ve owned it hasn’t mattered. And if you take the least amount of effort to google “how to change oil on ________” (fill in the blank for your year, make, model), some forum or video will probably tell you exactly what steps to take, including whether or not changing a washer is necessary.