throwthroyaboat

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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Yes, brake lights are illuminated under any deceleration above a certain threshold, or application of the brake pedal.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
This is a good point. This is also somewhat dependent on how a particular country does mortgages. The USA does 30-year fixed rate, but that is not the norm in most countries. The main benefit of lower house prices (even if the monthly finan
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
As an addendum to 4., I believe emergency service vehicles are also allowed to use the tram tracks.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
I think this comes down to market economics more than product design. Many manufacturers have been production limited by cell supply for a long time. You _could_ make cars with extra large battery packs for those who live in exceptionally c
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Eh, sometimes thats not an option if the an onramp doesn't create a new lane. I've lived and driven in California, Western Europe and New Zealand. Many (not all) California onramps come from tight cloverleafs or they are metered
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
The front window on a Tesla M3/Y sits behind the bright trim attached to the exterior of car (there is no frame around the top and sides of the glass). Normally the glass will drop down a bit when you press the door open button to clea
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
> I keep seeing people on the street with n95 mask walking alone Those people might be sick (either with covid/the flu/cold etc) and using the mask as a signal to others "please don't come near me I'm sick"
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Same issue with my spouse. Solved it by buying a fancy manual espresso machine, and me learning to steam the milk to the correct temperature by feel. For tea we have an adjustable temperature electric kettle.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Sets off the alarm (an in a Tesla, gives you a phone notification) whenever a window is broken, or something enters the vehicle while it is locked. In an American car (at least last time I checked a few years ago), the alarm only goes off i
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
As the article points out, it remains to be seen if this is for self-driving use or in-cabin. Europe requires interior intrusion sensors in passenger vehicles, which afaik can be radar-based. There are also possibilities for fine-tuning of
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Could be, but it's also likely that 1x big HVAC is more efficient than 10x smaller units.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
I applied for ~50ish jobs online when I graduated (90% at overseas firms). Only one company (FAANG-ish) sent me a response, and that's where I ended up getting a job.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
I value the small amount of retail in my little downtown main street. There is a reasonably sized ace hardware within 5 minutes walk, and I'm there almost every week to pick up lightbulbs, screws, etc. The staff are friendly and helpfu
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
I find it weird that the two are directly tied together. In my hometown, property taxes are proportional the overall market and the cities budget. E.g. during 2020 my house valuation increased 1.5x, but the property taxes barely changed (be
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
> Pretty sure an HOA could fairly easily collect this data I agree, but on a large scale this would mean that every HOA needs to have access to someone who can/is willing to do this. If you expand this to other environmental factors
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Maybe it's time to change the meaning of YIMBY from "Yes In My Back Yard" to "Yes In Marc's Back Yard"?
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Doesn't Prop 13 also apply to commercial property? And second/third/30th houses? I think they smuggled a bear in as a rabbit with this one.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
NZ doesn't do 30 year fixed mortgages like the USA does, so I presume this effects things a lot when interest rates go up? The bipartisan "medium density residential standard" legislation gave me a lot of hope for the future
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
I use this! Intermittently, mostly when I'm moving to a new location, or for family events. But it's great otherwise. Even just using it as a "news feed", scrolling through a list of people you care about and reminiscing
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Last time I went hiking in Yosemite, and there were people who would hike all the way to a pretty spot (like, 4hr+ hike), change into a dress/suit/etc that they had packed, get some pictures taken, change back, and then presumably
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Interestingly enough, I can't send the appspot link in FB messenger, it thinks its spam and blocks the message.
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Another side to this is, how possible it it actually to acquire a team of "superstars"? If you work at a big, well paying company maybe. But for anything non-FAANG, you might not have enough talent coming in that you'll be pe
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Are fords engineers unionized? if not, you might be comparing apples and oranges. None of the Tesla layoffs so far have effected hourly positions, and they are still hiring plenty for people who actually build cars/packs/panels. T
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Look at the incentives. Spotify pays more for more popular artists. If you assume popularity is roughly "better", they want to keep costs low by playing cheaper (worse) music, except they are willing to spend more near renewal to
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
Being gratuitously anti-social in a pub or supermarket already has consequences, name tags or not (you'll get kicked out). It doesn't matter if people know your name or not, they'll recognize your face, and you might not be w
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by throwthroyaboat 4y ago
The mech4cars.com article is conflating the service brakes and the parking brake. The service brakes (the primary, foot-pedal actuated brakes) in a Tesla are hydraulic. The mech4cars.com article uses a link to [1] as evidence for the "
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by throwthroyaboat 5y ago
I guess one thing that hasn't been clarified is how much time you spend dedicated work, v.s. actually working? Possibly the OP is assuming that you are only putting in effort 5-10 hours, but still at your desk (or equivalent) for the r
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by throwthroyaboat 5y ago
I spent three hours the other night trying to get my kobo glo HD to work with Adobe Digital Editions. I've tried multiple different computers, multiple cables. ADE fulfulls the book OK, and my Kobo can read books from the store. But tr
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by throwthroyaboat 5y ago
I remember it being a button in the URL bar, but now it's gone?
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by throwthroyaboat 5y ago
I agree with your general premise it's exploiting loneliness and the clients aren't always engaging in these things in a healthy way (see also, parasocial relationships with streamers, etc). But I'm not sure if there is any t

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