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by meowster 2y ago
> blind spots on cars "Believe it or not, some drivers point their side mirrors inward — so they see only their own cars — instead of rotating them outward" [2]. Blind spots are self-induced. I've never driven a consumer
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by meowster 2y ago
Pretty good video if anyone wants to watch it all the way through, otherwise the Xbox controller part starts at 8:38.
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by meowster 2y ago
I have a dozen domain name generators bookmarked, half of which are actually pretty decent, and they're all free. I'm not going to pay period, but I'm especially not going to pay without seeing how good it is first.
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by meowster 2y ago
> but they don't stop maniac drivers showing off. but they probably don't increase maniac drivers showing off either. In my neighborhood, some a**.... did donuts in a regular four-way stop intersection. In a previous neighbo
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by meowster 2y ago
I think it's plausible. I believe a lot of traffic would disappear if people drove the same speed. I do a lot of highway driving and use cruise control, and I see lots of cars go faster, then slow down, then go faster, then slow down
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by meowster 2y ago
There's quite a difference with your example than the exchange you were replying to. (For what it's worth, I have no problem with people wanting to accessorize their bodies with lipstick. I don't see beauty in those things,
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by meowster 2y ago
Do you mean people want a straw if they want to wear lipstick and want to not ruin its application?
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by meowster 2y ago
The battlestar Galactica was on to something.
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by meowster 2y ago
I am interested in seeing something like the original MySpace. I'm not very active on it, but there is subreply.com (formerly sublevel) that made the HN frontpage a couple of times in the past.
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by meowster 2y ago
Tapes/stickers are relatively easy to bypass without being evident.
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by meowster 2y ago
> As long as you don't damage anything when opening up electronics Considering the nature of hard drives, I think that would fall under damage caused by opening. My understanding is that they are not in a vacuum, but they are super-
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by meowster 2y ago
Just a friendly reminder for everyone: in the United States, companies cannot legally void your warranty for removing "warranty void if removed" stickers or similar (like wax seals). Companies can only void the warranty on specif
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by meowster 2y ago
I'm sensing some kind of (sad) irony here.
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by meowster 2y ago
The ability for a phone to give away a victim's location to the perpetrator as well as encourage parents to get in the way of first responders.
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by meowster 2y ago
I'm a Scoutmaster (USA). It is disheartening to see kids and their parents give up Scouting to in order to attend practices or games. Some do it because they think they'll have a better chance at scholarships (they won't),
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by meowster 2y ago
A measured attempt at goodwill to counter all the negative they do? Or to win over at least one group?
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by meowster 2y ago
Yep! I know a ton of people who never lost money on Beanie Babies because they haven't sold yet and are waiting for the market to rebound! /s
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by meowster 2y ago
> Now the employees are having all their claims revoked during that period and are having to pay them on their own. Was it a contractual arrangement? They just have to front the money until they sue the company; they're suing as th
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by meowster 2y ago
In this thread: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
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by meowster 2y ago
If the sellers are aiming for a flat rate of profit per unit, then a 20%-only increase makes sense.
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by meowster 2y ago
It sounds like the journalist(?) was in a tough spot, because it sounds like he either had to out his source which which journalists don't seem to be keen on doing, or leave it up. How many future potential sources are going to go to h
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by meowster 2y ago
The volatility of voting on my comment seems like an explanation is deserved: Here's a different SR-71 pilot saying it's probably not true: https://old.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/xis19w/redd
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by meowster 2y ago
The original story doesn't pass the smell test, but it's fun and hard to disprove. Sled Driver is a great book for anyone looking for something to read. Physical copies sell for the hundreds of dollars, but there is a PDF floatin
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by meowster 2y ago
I never paid them, but used to receive their mailers. I once called them to stop sending me mailers, and they said they'll stop for two years, I said no, stop forever. I took my vehicle to a place that sold my information to SiriusXM a
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by meowster 2y ago
Their discounted rate is $5/month. I once called them to stop sending me mailers, and they said they'll stop for two years, I said no, stop forever. I took my vehicle to a place that sold my information to SiriusXM and they resume
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by meowster 2y ago
And it's required by U.S. law.
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by meowster 2y ago
What's illegal about a low-tech (aka "dumb") electric car? Is there a law that requires connectivity, or for manufacturers to abuse that connectivity?
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by meowster 2y ago
Their Android App appears to be an online-only web-something in an app wrapper. As long as I have a signal, I've been pretty happy with it.
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by meowster 2y ago
In my de-Googling process, I switched to Fastmail. I think they have a pretty good email, calendar, contacts, and notes interface. It has a quick and easy Gmail importer. I also gave it access to my Gmail account to pull emails whenever s
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by meowster 2y ago
I think OP forgot the quotes around "accidentally". You're right it won't be a true accident; it will be intentional and just called an "accident".

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