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by qwerpy 1y ago
> The initial experience had left me drained and disheartened, so I decided not to pursue a second attempt. I now deeply regret this decision and wish I had given it another chance. If anyone is in a similar situation during their colleg
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by qwerpy 1y ago
The proportional steering with a yoke on their trucks is awesome. I did not want a yoke, but I wanted the truck and had no choice. I now can’t imagine going back to any other kind of steering. You acclimate to it within minutes.
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by qwerpy 1y ago
If someone made an electric one with self driving I’d consider it! Not for the running over of others, of course. That wouldn’t be very nice.
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by qwerpy 1y ago
This is one reason why I got a cybertruck. Tesla safety, now with even better protection! There are some crash test videos of a cybertruck getting T-boned by a metal sled at near highway speeds. Ever since seeing those, we always drive the
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by qwerpy 1y ago
Agree. Now I watch the rat racers with bemusement while I put in just enough to get a paycheck. I have enough time and energy to participate deeply in my children’s upbringing. I’m in America so the paychecks are very large, which helps wit
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by qwerpy 1y ago
Those fans just take nasty air and blow it up into your nostrils. I still haven't figured out how to get any value out of them.
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by qwerpy 1y ago
What should we call it when the other side does things in the opposite direction? https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-legisl... Punitive legislation? Lawfare? Crony capitalism but for the other c
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by qwerpy 1y ago
Washington state is going in the other direction: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-legisl... I'm sure the targeted aspect of that one is applauded by the same side that is unhappy about t
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by qwerpy 1y ago
It’s a personal phone enrolled in work MDM. Seems very surprising that it would affect the Health app in this specific way though.
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by qwerpy 1y ago
I deeply hate this behavior. Another example: The Health app on iOS has a closeable banner for the "Health Checklist" UI, which gives me the option to turn on things like crash detection, fall detection, etc. All of which are noti
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by qwerpy 2y ago
The worst is both parents working high pressure jobs that bleed into hours outside of "9-5 on weekdays" and even when not working, the stress is omnipresent. I haven't met a single person who is superhuman enough to work one
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Yes. I don't know at what age it's no longer feasible to restrict apps, but my young kids will never get access to youtube, tiktok, twitch until at least middle school if not high school. Until then, it's slower moving kids s
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by qwerpy 2y ago
I completely agree (I use yt-dlp to download curated content onto VLC on the iPad) but in practice, for two working parents and 2+ kids, there are often times where you're too exhausted to do anything but plop them in front of screen s
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by qwerpy 2y ago
That long ago yeah it was pretty bad and a mistake to pay for. I also bought it 6 years ago and regretted it. These days it’s actually something that people pay for. My dad tried it for a month in his new car and decided it’s worth it to hi
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by qwerpy 2y ago
> owned/operated by an unregulated billionaire nutcase that will turn off your access if he doesn't like you any more (c.f. Ukraine front line) Is this actually true? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_
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by qwerpy 2y ago
My opinion on this is that as a generic business it's better to just stay out of politics and not pander to specific groups. You may score some short-term wins but if you fail any purity test from that point onwards, or pull back at al
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by qwerpy 2y ago
I wonder if it only works for a dedicated walking time (e.g. walk for 3 miles nonstop) or also for bursts of short walking during the day. I consistently get 3-5 miles of walking per day due to chasing kids around, taking short breaks durin
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Yeah, be careful about going to Thailand: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx48egpgq1o
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Adding on to this. Had one K-1 come late and my CPAs strongly advised filing for an extension to give them enough time to do thorough reviews. Didn’t save me any money, they still told me roughly how much to send to the IRS immediately.
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by qwerpy 2y ago
+1. I'm cutting people out of my life who think it's justified to harass families on the street or write Nazi symbols on their property because they happen to be riding in a particular brand of car. Fascism/Nazism should not
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Yeah that's one of the reasons my dad went with Tesla for his recent car purchase. My wife helped him get a RAV4 (Toyota) a few years ago and the three of us lost four hours on a weekend because of the song and dance that dealerships p
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by qwerpy 2y ago
It's definitely less ergonomic but I successfully trained my extremely non-technical wife to use a VNC client on her phone to control the media center PC so she can watch streaming/youtube with an adblocking browser. If you go to
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by qwerpy 2y ago
I suspected it was that which is why I spelled it out, but wanted to see if anyone had a more charitable explanation for it.
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by qwerpy 2y ago
What is MS's motivation to push so strongly to have everyone on a Microsoft account? I really hope it's not primarily so that they can more effectively target your computer for ads. Or upsell some service subscriptions.
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by qwerpy 2y ago
The classic HN/reddit combo of overconfidence and wishful thinking. HN comments use bigger words and are somewhat less emotional but the main ideas are the same.
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by qwerpy 2y ago
> Applying hate crime to a property crime is absurd https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes > The "crime" in hate crime is often a violent crime, such as assault, murder, arson, vand
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by qwerpy 2y ago
I can see it making sense. An entire class of people are now afraid and feel targeted because they happen to own a particular brand of car. Random attacks aren't hate crimes, but attacks targeting a protected class are. DC apparently n
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Curious how this is the case. Do European companies not provide 24/7 services? Or staff a "follow the sun" model so no one has to answer pages outside of working hours? Do Europeans write better code so they don't need o
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by qwerpy 2y ago
It’s very functional! Where else can you get a self driving truck that protects its occupants extremely well and automatically powers the house during an outage? It has been a great vehicle for family ski trips and camping. Don’t just liste
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by qwerpy 2y ago
Having political viewpoints is fine. Protesting at their showrooms is fine. Making purchasing decisions for yourself based on your political viewpoints, also fine. Punishing people (vandalism, scrawling Nazi symbols, hostile/threatenin

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