falcolas

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by falcolas 2y ago
Funny enough, as a neurodivergant person, I feel like we've taken the slur weird and turned it into something we revel in. Much like homosexuals did with 'gay' decades ago. I'll happily refer to myself as weird just befo
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by falcolas 2y ago
Nada. The only QR code is the VIN number.
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by falcolas 2y ago
Where? Genuinely curiuos, I've been over my vehicle and haven't seen one. It's a Ford Mach E, so knowing how to isolate the HV system if I must would be nice. The owner's manual version includes removing the frunk, which
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by falcolas 2y ago
In every other respect, I have excellent insurance. But the shit they put my therapist through seriously makes me wonder why she even bothers. Every story in that article echoes her own experience with insurance.
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by falcolas 2y ago
The normal way I hear it stated is "half of X are worse than average". But an average would not work with that statement in a pedantic environment. HN is a pedantic environment. "On a distribution curve of driver skill, half
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by falcolas 2y ago
The big trucks I'm referring to are a Dodge Ram, or Ford 250, etc. They have more than enough power to do hills. Shitty semi drivers are thankfully super rare, if you drive normally. AKA, I've never had a semi driver get annoyed a
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by falcolas 2y ago
Half half the drivers on the road are worse than median. And road rage is a very real thing. Being passed triggers road rage like you wouldn't believe sometimes. Yes, even when they're going under the speed limit.
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by falcolas 2y ago
Yes. And if you're pulled over for speeding way up, I have never heard of a traffic cop who will ticket you. Some online study aids for passing start with "increase your speed so you may finish the pass quickly" and end with
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by falcolas 2y ago
Close enough to be a danger in a car is "visible" (even if the view of them is blocked). More specific to the example is someone going 20 under the ambient traffic. They are someone you should get past safely, not stay behind.
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by falcolas 2y ago
If you are accelerating, particularly in an EV, and your car starts screwing with your controls while pelting you with a high decibal alarm you used to only hear in an imminent collision, your chances of losing control are going to skyrocke
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by falcolas 2y ago
> Eg: the person you are trying to pass, passive-aggressively speeds up. Happens all the time to me. It's usually people in big trucks who get angy that a car dares to pass them. They'll go up over 80mph in a 45mph zone if you
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by falcolas 2y ago
> But I don't understand why people seem so resistant to the idea that some sun is probably beneficial. The sun ages your skin. It makes you look older. I've known people in their 40's who have avoided sun who look like th
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by falcolas 2y ago
That is actually how Cassidy works in Overwatch - the tradeoff is the exceptionally small hit radius of the projectiles. But there are other games where your ability to hit buttons quickly matters. Fighting games, for example. The recent ke
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by falcolas 2y ago
Am I missing something, or are we talking about two different things - commercial vs. military usage? Starlink is not a military asset. Well, not for the US at least. Ukrane and Russia, certainly.
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by falcolas 2y ago
Judge maybe needs to learn the same lesson. Power tripping is not appropriate behavior either.
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by falcolas 2y ago
Creators disagreed when Patreon last increased their fees (2019), especially since their fee is on top of processing fees. In contrast, Apple's fees are directly in line with their competitors (Sony, Microsoft, Google).
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by falcolas 2y ago
They're for keeping track of and finding friends at events like raves or big concerts. I don't know if this one does, but others have an "I'm in distress" feature that alerts all their friends as well. Disclaimer: I
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by falcolas 2y ago
"Food insecurity is an official term from the USDA. It's when people don't have enough to eat and don't know where their next meal will come from." How is this a drastic departure? Also, some of the earliest researc
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by falcolas 2y ago
> AWD means that all the wheels receive power from the power train. I used to think that, until my car (Dodge Charger) with AWD had its tail swing out on ice. Basically, AWD for that vehicle meant "Rear Wheel Drive until it slips,&q
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by falcolas 2y ago
We have seen some improvements for some diseases. But so many others, especially any mental health issues, are not seeing much progress from the "drown the brain in these chemicals" method of treatment. So yeah. I don't want
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by falcolas 2y ago
> The fear of insufficient calories to survive is all but eradicated. Obesity is the new marker of poverty. Tell that to the millions of families in the US who are food insecure TODAY. And calories alone are not enough. "the USDA fo
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by falcolas 2y ago
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/26/1208760... And if you don't trust NPR, feel free to pick another one of dozens of sources under the google search "food insecurity us&q
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by falcolas 2y ago
It's not just aging that's a problem. It's also issues we're born with (mental health, autoimmune disorders, and thousands of others), or issues inflicted upon us (back pain, cancer, etc). All of these , practically s
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by falcolas 2y ago
The older I get, the less I want to live forever. I mean, hell, my knees have hurt in some fashion or another since I was 10. It's not gotten better, it's gotten friends. ADHD... I can barely plan for today, let alone make sure I&
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by falcolas 2y ago
I'm going to be a bit US centric here: Definitions such as food security? We don't have that. Housing for every person? Nope. How about the ability to ensure our health? Nope. Jobs? Nope. Help when you need it for your mental heal
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by falcolas 2y ago
A simple sump (basically a hole in your basement floor), and sump pump, can help identify it before it reaches your basement floor. IIRC, this is also covered (albeit briefly) in the video.
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by falcolas 2y ago
Theoretically, they also have a fiduciary duty to remain solvent, to which killing their biggest traffic driver would be highly detrimental.
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by falcolas 2y ago
I agree with you about ads. But I couldn't disagree more about search. AI search is a lot like asking your friend. Your friend who relies on their memory and refuses to look things up online. Searching with AI requires too much brain p
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by falcolas 2y ago
Or maybe people living in mid-tier cities can't afford San Francisco grade rents? If we need to pull out a catchy (if overly simplified) Econ 101 principle, we could use "What the market can bear," and Houston jobs don't
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by falcolas 2y ago
> The claim that "supply and demand" somehow do not apply to housing as they do most goods is an extraordinary one, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The extraordinary evidence is the proof of collusion -

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