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by mikestew 11mo ago
why slushbox is bad for fuel efficiency Automatics have been more efficient than manuals for decades. And the computer can shift a DCT faster than you can. These days a manual tranny is right up there with hand-crank starting your car: if
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by mikestew 11mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058125
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by mikestew 11mo ago
Apparently yes, given that I’ve been using macOS for about fifteen years now. And given that the topic seems to imply desktop/laptop use, isn’t macOS already the more popular OS?
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by mikestew 11mo ago
Good article, and the point of the author is well-taken, but I found the examples a bit disappointing. When I think, “never meet your heroes”, I’m thinking “great guitarist, but Jimmy Paige also shacked up with a 14 year old”, or “he made e
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by mikestew 11mo ago
Starting with the fact that every one of those novelty songs on the soundtrack were actual period songs. “Atom Bomb Baby” might not have been a huge hit (or maybe it was, I can’t seem to find info), but it’s period music: https:/&#x2F
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by mikestew 11mo ago
HD would probably do good with a line of generator products So, the suggestion is to pit HD against Honda in a segment that expects reliability? One doesn't buy a HD because it can be sure to start when a hurricane is coming.
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by mikestew 11mo ago
The correct move 30 years ago would have been to create a different performance brand and poured R&D money into that... They sort of did that when they bought Buell. I don't know that they put a whole lot of R&D into it, thou
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by mikestew 11mo ago
What if, indeed… https://www.skolnik.com/blog/how-airlines-are-enforcing-the-...
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by mikestew 11mo ago
I read your whole comment, and damned if I know what you’re trying to say. The problem does not lie with the reading comprehension of your audience.
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by mikestew 11mo ago
And the Google rep says otherwise: When we asked Google whether it developed this feature with or without Apple’s involvement, Moriconi confirmed it was not a collab. “We accomplished this through our own implementation,”
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by mikestew 11mo ago
Haven’t driven a new car lately, eh? A lot of them set the brake automatically, and automatically release it when the car is put into a forward gear and the accelerator is pressed. I’d have to take a good look on the dash of our Hyundai to
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by mikestew 1y ago
It’s rude to pretend OP said something they didn’t say. And a little side insult to Americans, nice.
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by mikestew 1y ago
EVs will sit there until you hit the accelerator, Some do, some don't. Most I've driven try to replicate the bug in ICE automatics that causes the car to creep when your foot's not on the brake. manual ICE cars (especially
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by mikestew 1y ago
How else would you have any control of the forward motion of the vehicle otherwise, especially when starting on an uphill slope? By learning to drive a manual? Pardon the snark, but that technique should be reserved for severely steep hil
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by mikestew 1y ago
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. I’m sure that might have been fine 30 years ago
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by mikestew 1y ago
Same country that seems to disproportionately like Buicks? Yeah, “there’s a reason”, but it might not be what you think it is.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Then it took me a year and a half (!!) to get my deposit back from time of request After we decided against an F-150 Lightning because it wouldn’t fit in the garage, one click of the “cancel reservation” button, and the money was back in
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by mikestew 1y ago
They charge at about 5 kW, or 16 amps, not super fast Our 14 year old Blink (no, not that one) Level 2 charger only does 5.8 kW, and it has served us fine for overnight charging even the 77 kWh battery in our current car.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Oh, as a Washington resident[0] I completely agree. [0] The "joke" here being that WA drivers are notorious about parking in the left lane while driving 5mph under the limit.
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by mikestew 1y ago
The rule in Indiana is that on a multilane highway you must move to the right to allow overtaking traffic to pass. That's a rule just about everywhere, but that's not what's being discussed. I'm in the right lane doing
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by mikestew 1y ago
It’s more complicated than that because several (most?) states have contradictory laws about impeding traffic. No they don’t, you’ve misinterpreted what was written. “Not impeding traffic” is not codified as “exceed the speed limit if eve
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by mikestew 1y ago
I was kinda hoping for new HomePods today, if rumors are to be believed, but instead I get this.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Your first paragraph doesn’t just beg the question, it outright harasses it. …and identify or track suspects? For starters, we’re all suspects when those cameras are running. Granted, AI-driven facial recognition is 100% accurate, so if
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by mikestew 1y ago
Memory is fuzzy… Yeah, I can’t recall well enough to agree with you, can’t remember enough to dispute it, either. That was a long time ago. :-)
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by mikestew 1y ago
For a period after 9/11, ID was required to be shown at the gate on domestic flights. I don't recall when that stopped, but it's been a while (and apparently long enough ago that apparently some have never had to do it).
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by mikestew 1y ago
I’ve wired a 3000W inverter into an RV, and the cables were a bit thicker than my thumbs. Use welding cable, it’s much more flexible.
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by mikestew 1y ago
It's as if the author made the same misunderstanding as described in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article.
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by mikestew 1y ago
In which case I think you've misread OP. It's not a well-written opening sentence, but it might not mean what you think it does.
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Tesla delays 'flying' Roadster demo to April Fools' Day, production to 2027/28(electrek.co)
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by mikestew 1y ago
But how are they exporting such a modern document format? Holee crap, because it's still being sold an updated! https://www.wordperfect.com/en/ And the suite includes Quattro Pro, for those that are itchin' f

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