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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
I wish Apple's ads were delivered as notifications. Then I could disable them. But Apple allows me to disable notifications for everyone but themselves. I get emails, popups, and banners on my iPhone. They're on my lock screen, in
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by throwworhtthrow 2y ago
That's horrific. You would hit another car or person every two years if not for automatic braking? Also, it's inexcusable to turn in front of a pedestrian without even looking where you're going. I know it's common drivi
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
You can't leave your assigned altitude/trajectory without coordinating with ATC. Otherwise you may collide with another plane, which would make a bad situation worse.
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Did you purposely write this comment so it reads like a series of commit messages, or are you just wired that way? (I agree on all points.)
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
If you are driving a large vehicle that you are not used to or trained for, you should absolutely not be making high speed passes within narrow gaps in traffic. Also a 15mph difference in speed should be plenty to make a safe pass. Finally,
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
> BedBath&Beyond I have some bad news for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_Bath_&_Beyond#Bankruptcy_a...
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
I'm fond of the aside about "self-relferential [sic] meta-commentary" within a blog post that is itself self-referential meta-commentary.
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Tesla has more Cybertruck articles on HN than it has Cybertrucks on the road.
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
I visit Hacker News regularly, but no other social media at all. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&query=cybertruck... There's a lot of Cybertruck news on the HN front page in the past month. Which is wha
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Humans are mauled every day by cars. I think general awareness of this is lower than it should be, as is the desire to do something about it. Perhaps this hyperfocus on the Cybertruck will help jumpstart a larger shift in public opinion on
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Don't be deceived by the paltry YouTube view count: this is way bigger news than Rockstar's GTA 6 trailer from earlier this week.
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
I know what it's like to be in the presence of a typical old truck, compared to a typical modern truck. The modern truck is wider and taller, accelerates faster, and has worse visibility. I'll trust my own eyes and experience over
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Surrounding my child's school are blind s-curves and streets barely wide enough for 2-way traffic. All densely lined with parked cars. And yet I people speed through these areas on most days during pick-up time, and often they looking
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
Thank you for the context. This is great parody, up there with MSCHF’s best.
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
In the case of Target, they might mail your pregnant teenage daughter a flier for newborn items before she's told you the news. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits....
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
"Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severity" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36031254/ Just one of many reports from the past 20 years documenting the correlation between vehicle
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by throwworhtthrow 3y ago
> Big trucks aren't causing social ills for anyone except people that have nothing better to do but complain about other people enjoying their own lives. "These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us" https://ne