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by ddingus 2y ago
Man, I have to get my 800xl running again. This looks very interesting!
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by ddingus 2y ago
Old school status statement right there.
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by ddingus 2y ago
That is true. I have often demonstrated that with a thought experiment where there are two stations, one high quality but boring, the other crappy quality, but compelling. Which one do most people listen to? But, there is more to it than th
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by ddingus 2y ago
I am not sure what we would do with the AM band. If it were me, I would very strongly convince half the stations to go dark. Allow the remaining ones to broadcast 10khz, which for some radios and their lucky owners would be a nice, attrac
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by ddingus 2y ago
And vinyl! People like both and there are tons of players out there. Heck, the car I just got has one. (Used 2001 model My granddaughter absolutely loves CD media. She looks at the notes for the couple I have cases and liner notes for. Sh
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by ddingus 2y ago
They may be confusing current state sentiments with possible future state expectations and those sentiments, should expectations be met. I have people in my "sphere"[1] who definitely have positive "let the sanity begin"
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by ddingus 2y ago
[Dons evil cloak] Or, something small and sneaky, like a pixel changing. [Removes cloak] On second thought, that would kill the charm of it.
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by ddingus 2y ago
I love this game! Like others, this morning is rough! Had a late night testing metal deposition machine software. (Tjat went well except for me bumping an e-stop, which killed a test I will be running again tomorrow. Just great! Any hoo, I
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by ddingus 2y ago
Ah, I see. It is the dealers attitude you were writing about. Oh yeah. Some of those ring true for me too. Now, I basically quit buying new, and the shitty dealer experience is a significant part of why. The other part is a lot of cars
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by ddingus 2y ago
Definitely try as an older person! I have similar experiences and sentiments myself. One difference is I was into Apple and Atari computers, but that does not seem to matter all that much. As a younger person, I did demos and explored the
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by ddingus 2y ago
True. I do hate it less these days. Perhaps I am headed your way on this.
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by ddingus 2y ago
On a separate topic, is there anything to be done about the salt? I feel for people living where they do that. I like long term car ownership and that seems like a curse right out the gate! Can the car be treated, washed? Hmmm, our move t
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by ddingus 2y ago
I recently did a Toyota to Honda and back to Toyota cycle. I liked the overall performance of the Honda. Little things like slightly more aggressive gear ratios, steering and such were superior on the Honda. Economy was almost a push, but
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by ddingus 2y ago
Good to know. Does it have EV only range, or just assist?
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by ddingus 2y ago
Yeah, a friend has a Suburu and we just had this same chat. My most recent buy was a golden era Toyota and the difference is notable when I look at current models.
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by ddingus 2y ago
Oregon resolves that by regulating -on motor" only speeds to something a little under 30 and less than a kilowatt. Everything else is simply a pedal assisted ride. And a vehicle needs to offer pedal power to qualify for unlicensed use
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by ddingus 2y ago
I used to as a kid myself. The norms were generally slower overall, limited by muscle fatigue mostly.
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by ddingus 2y ago
And maintaining that proper distance can be worse! I try, and often succeed and generally see risks all around. Too close, and often with few or no escape paths means maintaining best case attention and response times for the whole drive.
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by ddingus 2y ago
Yes, reverse engineering is labor intensive. Expensive too. Your test harness is likely the car!
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by ddingus 2y ago
That depends doesn't it? I keep my cars for a long time. 200k miles is the usual, and that has held true buying used a little ways north of 100k miles already on the board. If we designed for very long car life, the waste equation wou
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by ddingus 2y ago
To me, that makes it their car.
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Maybe in a decade or two, your assertion will evaluate closer to true.
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by ddingus 2y ago
Right there myself. One conversion I want to attempt, but am unfortunately unlikely to, is an electric rear wheel drive. Front wheel can remain gas with transmission. Add more generating current capacity, and have that dumped into the rear
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by ddingus 2y ago
I just picked up a low mile, garage kept Toyota sedan. V6 sedan, my favorite combo! This one has plenty of power, looks totally unassuming, and can get great economy when I drive modestly. I plan on driving it a very long time. Same reas
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by ddingus 2y ago
I am quite happy sharing many things. Facts are great! When I got 'em, happy to share them. Ways to reason or more generally think are of great interest as well. We have many modes of thought here. Was considerably less diverse some
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by ddingus 2y ago
Are you not asking two questions? Credence is a good thing because others can understand websay what we do and do what we say. This is high value! Expectations can be set and met with confidence. So much depends on that being solid! Your
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by ddingus 2y ago
Nope. We fall victim when we fail to understand one another and have meaningful exchanges with a diverse body of critical thought. This means actually having those chats across the "asile" as our politicians like to say. My circle
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by ddingus 2y ago
Edit: The most, most important thing is to understand who your child is. That won't be who you are or wish you were, nor is it entirely likely to be who you want them to be. As you both understand, because the person they become is a
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by ddingus 2y ago
Objective metrics are very hard. I expanded my comment above to explain why. And to your point, these things are glacial. As they should be. Finally, I will point out this dynamic is "signed" in the sense of say benefit of the d
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by ddingus 2y ago
We will see signs over the next Presidential term. And frankly, some from the current one. And we have a couple generations, maybe a few --probably a few, some of age and ready to take the reigns of governance, who feel the US has things t

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