piranhaphish 3w ago • 100%
Definitely has a sense of humor about himself. See Jean-Claude Van Johnson for some good fun.
piranhaphish 1mo ago • 100%
My key.
piranhaphish 2mo ago • 100%
"Sphere"
That pronunciation ... like WTF ... did word inventors just figure we had totally exhausted the sound combinations that we could splice together?!
piranhaphish 2mo ago • 100%
If somebody sneezes more than twice, I will typically berate them for seeking attention.
piranhaphish 3mo ago • 94%
You're being downvoted, but you're not wrong. At least in the case of the Ethernet module, which most people aren't going to leave plugged in most of the time.
The utility in the ports being modular is more so in the initial configurability at purchase rather than swapping them out by the user on a regular basis.
But having a laptop with 4/6 USB-C is pretty nice. Add on the fact that my dongles don't dangle and it is even cooler.
piranhaphish 3mo ago • 100%
I disagree on the comment about cost disparity. Spec'd equivalently, even the Framework 16 (without GPU) is no more expensive than the smaller ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The more comparative Framework 13 even less so.
The modular ports (and GPU on the 16) are a nice bonus, but I agree that the largest attraction is for the tinkerer.
I think the fact that it is easily upgradable makes it a clear winner on the merits alone.
piranhaphish 3mo ago • 100%
This was me, basically.
I had a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10 that, by the books, should have been a beast with good Linux support to boot. I tried for so long, but ended up replacing it with a Framework.
The thermal management on the Thinkpad is awful, under Linux at least but by all accounts attributable to the EC itself. Running the most basic workload would cause the CPU to spike for about one second before it would throttle all cores back to 400 MHz where they would stay locked for the next few minutes despite the CPU temps remaining at 50-60°C the entire time.
And it wasn't just me, numerous reports from all over. This made the system nearly useless. I shared pages of diagnostic info with them and they just seemed completely uninterested in trying to do anything about it.
Spec'd out equivalently, the Framework 16 (without GPU) is no more expensive than the X1 Carbon but with even better Linux support and unsurpassable upgradeability. I'm glad my company was onboard for me to switch.
piranhaphish 3mo ago • 100%
I know this reference
piranhaphish 3mo ago • 100%
There's a Korok seed there I guarantee it!
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piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
Man, I really feel like GM had been doing a lot of things right. Every manufacturer has their ups and downs, pros and cons, but they seemed like they were really trying to innovate.
But then they had to go and remove Android Auto and CarPlay and, with a straight face, try to tell us it was for our convenience. Instead, behind our backs, they admitted it was for their data-grubby fetish.
Fuck off, GM.
And fuck you for destroying the faith and hope I had in your journey. The goodwill you lost from me and others will take some time to rebuild.
So, in the meantime, who cares if this EV is affordable or not. It has no spot in my garage.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
I've heard that exact sound used on some computers (lottery maybe?) in gas stations in the US. I'm not sure why they picked that exact sound, but it's definitely distinct and recognizable.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
Uh oh
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
Completely true. And I would dictate my driving characteristics based on that fact.
I would drive at a speed and in a manner that would allow me to not almost crash into things. But especially trains.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 91%
In what way is it not ready to use?
To me it seems you just spent three paragraphs answering your own question.
can't even see 50 meters ahead
didn't understand what it was and how to react to it
FSD is not a finished product. It's under development
doesn't mean it's obvious to the AI
If I couldn't trust a system not to drive into a train, I don't feel like I would trust it to do even the most common tasks. I would drive the car like a fully attentive human and not delude myself into thinking the car is driving me with "FSD."
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
I've never hit a train. And I've also never almost hit a train. I think I could go my entire life never almost hitting trains and I would still consider that the bare minimum for a mammal with two eyes and a brain.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
It's unreasonable for FSD to see a train? ... that's 20ft tall and a mile long? Am I understanding you correctly?
Foolproof would be great, but I think most people would set the bar at least as high as not getting killed by a train.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 100%
And was a dancer. And was a competitive diver. And was a fencer (the stolen goods kind).
To your point, he honestly made me appreciate how actors have lives outside of the set.
piranhaphish 5mo ago • 94%
I invested way more time in designing this then I should have, but the original was brittle and breaking and I didn't want this slice of early Internet to disappear into a landfill.
This wasn't recent, but thought it was a worthwhile post to get this community kicked off. A while back, my car (2011 Kia Optima) started having an issue where the gas fill nozzle would click off early during fill; I would have to fill slowly which was extremely annoying. I did all of the basic troubleshooting I found on Google with no results. I ended up fixing it, but it was a very difficult problem to track down, so I was particularly proud when I solved it, especially at no cost. EVAP was just a nebulous term to me at the time, but I started really digging into the service manual and systematically testing things like canister blockage, purge solenoid operation, anti-siphon blockage, etc. I even made a special apparatus that allowed me to blow air (with my mouth) into the gas fill neck to rule out some final suspects. It turned out the problem was the vent valve (ORVR, "B" in the picture) in the tank. After ruling everything else out and convincing myself it had to be that valve, I dropped the tank and removed/disassembled the valve. It works like a float, an open vent until the tank is full, but it was stuck at the top because it had swollen in its cage for some reason. I sanded the float down just slightly, reinstalled it, and never had an issue since. Maybe it was a batch of bad gas that made it swell?
I can't imagine this being a good thing. A past article quoted somebody as basically saying people would be trusted to use their best judgment to keep their vehicles in a safe operating condition. This doesn't even help low-income folks because the fee isn't going away, the name is just changing.