Hypocrisy Sours COP28
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Oh no. Anyway...
Seriously though, if it doesn't come out on PC it probably means I won't be missing anything for the first couple years it exists. I can't recall an exclusive that I felt I needed right away.
Especially the old-school ones. Halo is just so much better on PC, especially now that I can torture my friends with brutal legendary difficulty mods for halo 3... Good times.
Ooof, I'm sorry about that. Yeah, as much as I like the idea of PHEVs getting the best of both worlds, it also means risking the worst of both as well. Ultimately if the manufacturer cheaps out in the gas engine it'll be a rough experience no matter how good the EV side is
This tracks with my anecdotal experience. The EV drivetrain on my 2017 model 3 has been bulletproof, but I've had plenty of issues with Tesla's poor build quality in other areas. Here are the notable examples:
- Tesla had to replace two control arm joints that were poorly designed and didn't seal out water, so they started squeaking/creaking extremely loudly
- Two repeater camera assemblies that also didn't seal against water well enough and stopped working
- A faulty frunk actuator that locked the frunk shut (no, there's no manual release except from inside the frunk lol). I don't keep anything too valuable in there now.
- So many software bug fixes. I'll add to that, the original Intel computer just wasn't good enough for this car needs it to do and it shows.
Honestly this isn't too much worse than some of my ICE car experiences. I had a brand new Subaru Crosstrek which just kept going back for software updates (not having OTA or at-home usb updates SUCKS) as well as a pair of recalls around the engine. In one of those, the Subaru dealer nearly destroyed my engine by fucking up the timing chain alignment entirely on their own. Fun times.
No, I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to make it sound like being vague was a bad thing. I just wanted to make it clear that I can only speak to my perspective. It is 100% fine to be worried about being identified online.
My acquaintances (or friends)...
At some point you'll need to ditch those "friends." Real friends do not behave like that. Real friends will genuinely listen to you. That is part of the definition of being a true friend, not my expressed opinion.
Not sure where you're currently living as you didn't say, but where I am (US) the conservative chunk of the nation is generally hostile toward any type of minority and will happily spread lies about them. Some "progressives" will as well, honestly some are progressive in name only and are just as bad. As an LGBTQ person I've had to cut people out of my life because they chose that cult of intolerance over being able to be a fucking human and listen to people's problems.
Difference is I have the luxury of being able to hide that status at work by not being visibly out. I know things would be much harder if I wasn't able to mask my status. So, I know it doesn't fix anything, but I'm really sorry that people treat you that way.
If you are looking for a permanent cable run, rather than those fuzzy-brush covers (which have zero insulation or fire-block potential) you can get in-wall ethernet wall plate ports that will seal air out and provide a permanent ethernet receptacle in the wall. The advantage of these is that once you install them, you can disconnect the cable from either side of the wall if necessary, rather than having to snake the cable back out of the the wall again. In your case, even if you're just going from one side of the wall to the other, this is worth doing if the cable would stay there permanently or if you plan to pipe Ethernet in even after moving the modem to the garage later (not that I recommend that - just keep it inside if you can).
If you use foam to fill any voids or gaps around the cable, make sure you use fire-blocking foam inside the wall (can get it at any hw store). It's required by code in some areas, better safe than sorry. This is for inside the wall, i.e. you don't want to see it because it's typically a bright orange color.
I recommend you use a shielded and outdoor-rated Ethernet cable if possible to cut down on interference. Most good quality cables now are shielded, but wanted to mention just in case.
The only two places I proactively remove leaves are the street drain (to prevent flooding) and my roof. Maybe the sidewalk if I'm feeling adventurous.
If they're in the lawn IMO they're not a problem. I'm honestly shocked anyone even has time to fuck around with taking/collecting them, regardless of how they look.
HOAs are a cancer that drive people out of good homes.
Agreed. I started out with r-pi for the TV and and refuse to ever go back to just the smart-TV or stick interface. I've since moved on to more powerful HTPC/dedicated game server PC so I can host games for our friends but I still have the r-pi.
Honestly as nice as some of the smart TV or smart stick functions are, they're only nice because they're zero-effort. For just a slight amount of effort and no technical knowledge you can have a much better and safer setup.
Personally I can say the only reason I don't ride my e-bike more for daily use is due to the rampancy of bike theives and vandals. Shit is genuinely getting hard to deal with and I don't have time or money to put up with it.
If I could guarantee with just a high end u-lock or bike chain, something not too unreasonable, if that allowed me to park my bike at a busy grocery store and be able to ride home 15 minutes later, I'd use it that way. I genuinely love my e-bike and find it fun to ride, even with the annoyance of locks and security.
But after having wheel(s) stolen, a shifter broken, lines cut and even a lock fucked up, and after having transients and crackheads harass me for parking and locking up, I've just given up. Our police are still choosing not to do anything about this kind of crime, and I can't get insurance against theft like I can with my car.
Plus, my EV has security and cameras, and critically is big enough that even a jacked up thief can't walk off with it. Worst they can do is break windows or smash mirrors. I'll waste the extra time and energy driving to the store if it means I won't lose thousands of dollars to theft with absolutely zero chance of recompense.
This is so insanely corrupt. Really, Louisiana should be penalized by the feds for even allowing a sham court like this to exist, let alone go as far off the rails as fenton has. And the mayor - and anyone associated with them - really ought to be behind bars serving mandatory minimums.
If it a) successfully fools people into thinking their products are good, b) further fools them into thinking they're worth the batshit insane pricetag, and c) isn't illegal enough to be unprofitable, then they'll keep doing it.
So yeah, I'd wager they keep the blue/green boxes. Bet they'll also change non-rcs+non-imessage to another color to further divide things up as well.
GOP: Gaslight, Obstruct, Project
I just feel like musk wants a western version of wechat for a hybrid user base of hardcore republicans and hardcore libertarians. That seems like such a fundamental oxymoron... but here we are.
And in fact, I hate to say it, but given how good those groups of people are at bending reality and making themselves conform to a warped capitalist standard, it might just work out for a while. But more than likely it'll probably also go the way of "trump bucks" or whatever those psycho-loyalist cryptocoins were called. Basically it'll end up a big old miserable fraud.
The again if it's Elon's coin on the table I'm not so sure I care. He's just ruining spacex, tesla, et. al. Let him bleed money.
What's genuinely sad is that the people who can't bail from twitter quickly will be spitroasted by musk in the process.
I get suspicious about stuff like this because it reeks of corporate attention engineering, though at least in this case I think there's a possibility that they genuinely screwed up and had to pull back from fully killing off the bolt.
GM for a while has needed to refresh to bolt to a lower cost and more efficient battery and platform architecture, and while it would definitely cost quite a bit to do that its certainly not an unreasonable challenge. But, they could also solve that problem by entirely replacing it with a more efficient (cheaper to make) product offering. But thanks to GM dragging hind leg getting the equinox, blazer, and silverado EVs to market in any meaningful way, plus their inability to adjust to union needs, it's clear that they just don't have it in them to replace the bolt (or really, any of their offerings) with another car right now.
So, what other options do they have? The bolt is great because the manufacturing line exists and parts are mostly tooled, and there's immediate potential for federal rebates. But, again, it needs a refreshed battery and charging architecture. Maybe some knucklehead GM c-suite finally saw the benefit in not chucking the bolt line out the window and just investing in that refresh cost instead of killing the line. Maybe it was just that simple.
But more than anything, I'd make the cynical bet that this is what they planned to do all along, and were just saying "discontinue" to drum up excitement when they announced it'd actually come back to the plate as a refresh.
He won the birth lottery, as it were
Honestly the range isn't even an issue. Yes they did something wrong, but IMO in terms of misleading customers it's not at the top of the list long list. They have all this horseshit about "full self driving" that they stick all over their website with pretty animations and graphics.
Then you actually read into it and the fine text says "oh by the way, it's technically just a slightly suicidal/homicidal level 2 ADAS that nobody has signed off on, and that Tesla can yank it out from under you at any time, and thst WILL be conveniently forgotten about and valued at $0 if you decide to trade in your car with tesla, but it's cool brosky just do it for the likes"
I have to play devil's advocate here. Are you really fine with the current level of ads? Fine with some past/historical level less than now? What level is ok exactly?
To me the current level of youtube ads is unhinged. Even minus the privacy issues it's not usable. And it got that way (to me, at least) as soon as skip wait timers (remember when that was all we had to deal with?) became a thing.
Now? With unskippable ads, huge wait timers, and ads injected into the middle of 8-minute videos? Nope nope nooope. Not a chance in hell would I watch unblocked or non-premium youtube.
Pretty good analogy though. Steam has some ads (out of the box it literally launches an ad window at startup) but it isn't really a pain in the ass about it. You close the window, you move on, it only happens once and there's nothing unskippable. It doesn't shove ads in front of my face every time I launch a game from the library (I'd immediately leave the platform if there were.)
Fact is if steam and the other major platforms were ever to devolve within striking distance of how bad youtube has become, piracy would become unhinged. So far Valve has resisted the illusory "infinite money lever" that idiots in c-suites have misunderstood ads to be.
Yeah turns out that hosting a critical climate convention in the heartland of big oil companies with anti-scientific marketing and absolute monarchies with anti-human rights policies... Isn't a great idea.