r0ertel @ r0ertel @lemmy.world

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Similarly, adding gadgets to cars is not a substitute for a car with well designed visibility. I've driven so many (rental and test drives) cars where I can't see out well. Many of the manufacturers will just throw in electronics as the answer.

Fun fact, many of the external sensors don't work well in winter driving conditions, especially freezing drizzle.

I'm having difficulty backing into parking spots with the mirrors set this way, too. I don't do it too often, and I was hoping someone here had a solution.

Good point on motorcycles. I still look over my shoulder for lane changes, probably out of habit now.

This works for if there is or isn't an afterlife.

I read a philosopher's take once that we're here to experience things like physical things or emotional things. We choose to come here to have these experiences and then go back as a more matured person (soul?). I like to think of it like we're on vacation and then we go back and do stuff and plan another vacation.

This is a good start to explain it. Many of the posts here are also neglecting that the air around the earth is also moving along with the earth, but often at a different speed. It is not fixed in space.

For example, if you've ever paddled a canoe across a flowing river, you'll either end up not across from the point you left from or you've steered the canoe as if you were intending to land upstream. This is because the water is pushing the canoe downstream.

Also, the comments (as if the time of this post) are all neglecting the point of reference.

An analogy on point of reference would be if you're on a train, sitting at a table facing the rear of the train and the train is moving in the forward direction at a constant speed on a plain, if you drop an orange on the floor of the train, will it immediately roll to the back of the train?

In airplanes there is often a big difference between land speed and air speed. That is (one of the reasons) why the return trip is not the same duration when you travel in the east-west (or west-east) direction. The airplane is pushing against the airaround it whereas a car is pushing against the ground (Earth).

I read something long ago that I can't find anymore that said something to the extent of, pay attention to the movement of money, troops and people. I struggle to understand what stuff that the news reports on means, so I like the deeper stories that report on an expert's opinion of what somebody said means or shows like 60 minutes over the Nightly News. I avoid the bloggers and vloggers since they are not experts on the important topics.

Thanks for the reply, it's good advice to try looking at the sensor as a unit by itself. I did take it apart because in some of the reviews, people said that the mechanism inside of the vase jiggles as the filament is pulled in and out during retraction. I ended up wedging some plastic from a raspberry clamshell container (cleaned). Inside, there are two bearing wheels, one fixed and one that compresses the switch. The lower wheel turns another wheel with slots like a wagon wheel with a light sensor on the spokes to detect movement. It seems to work like a mouse scroll wheel.

There are 3 wires. From what I read, one is ground, one is +5v and one is SPI (from memory, I could be wrong). I can definitely check the switch part.

I was originally hoping to hear from a fellow Ender user with a simple, "yes it works without modifications" or, "I followed different instructions to make it work". In thinking through your post, however, I may flip off the motion detection portion of the firmware code and run it as a simple switch to see if that works as expected.

This went way over my head. IANAL.

YES! Thanks for the reminder!

I was thinking to host pirate sites of US movies, software, etc. Get the US companies to tell the orange buffoon to behave or better yet, move the companies to Canada.

I really like the article's reference to manufacturing US DMCA-breaking technologies and forcing devices to host app stores in Canada where the government can declare the 30% Apple tax illegal.

I'm going to keep posting this every time I see a reference to US tariffs against Canada.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/

The TL;DR is that tariffs would violate the NAFTA / USMCA treaty in which Canada agreed to respect US copyright law in exchange for free trade. No free trade? Canada doesn't need to respect US copyright any longer and can become a flourishing economy of products to compete with US products that are massively overpriced. Think printer ink and other stuff.

I didn't expect such a backlash from a dumb comment which was only intended to reference The Gambler.

Actually, my dad hated that song. It was my mom who was whistling it all over the house.

You're kidding me! Now I need to go and read the lyrics.

I'd love to see nothing but PeerTube links in the fediverse. YouTube has become almost unusable for me.

That's a bit harsh. Like my old man always said, "you gotta know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em; know when to walk away and know when to run."

This is pure genius. Hit them where it hurts the most while simultaneously benefiting consumers.

I don't understand why this isn't the first option when a treaty is violated? Whybwould Canada continue to enforce their side of a now nullified agreement? How does Canada benefit from this?

TL;DR: I don't really know.

My health care insurance does this too. I save some $50/yr to agree to a call from an RN to help me with my health condition(s). A coworker who formerly worked in health insurance told me that while they also help you to navigate the health insurance system and/or find cheaper care or whatever, you're actully still talking to your health insurance company and not your doctor and so anything that you say is now on your health insurance record. This can be used to deny future coverage for an existing condition, dissuade you from pursuing more expensive (for them) medical treatments or to raise your company's rates for certain ailments (for example, everyone at your company smokes, they'll drop coverage for asthma).

The health insurance company doesn't know all of your ailments simply based on the billing codes. You are protected by HIPPA. Your health insurance company can ask you anything and anything you say to them is not necessarily covered by HIPPA.

RO filter under the sink with a post carbon filter. It also connects to the fridge/ice maker.

I can taste when the city treats the water just from rinsing after brushing my teeth. The water tastes "salty" to me. I also was disgusted after the ice cubes melted in my drinks, leaving a sludge in the bottom.

Have a conversation and listen to her. I'm guessing that her behaviors are driven by an emotion. Maybe she's overwhelmed by the complexity. Most people who say that they don't care about security actually prioritize ease of use over security. Unfortunately good security can be hard.

If/when you speak to her, don't try to solve her problems during that conversation. Meet her where she's at and empathize with her. When she's done, you get to express your concerns and see her reacting. I'm guessing that you're concerned that she is putting her finances at risk. Explain your concern to her.

Once you both come to a shared understanding, then you can come with some ideas for her to react to. Again, dig deep into her concerns, talking through them. You're going to need to let some things go. It's her life and her money and you'll be there to help in a nonjudgemental way if anything bad happens and then you can have another conversation after the dust has settled.

I ended up with my parents having 3 passwords. One for their bank, one for their health stuff and one for everything else. The bank and health ones are long and difficult to guess, the other one is easy to remember and "good enough".