blackn1ght
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- Comment on Every time I get an email about 1 week ago:
Those aren’t compliant. The reject all needs to be as prominent as the accept all option without any additional clicks. So many sites get it wrong it’s insane!
- Comment on Iraqi refugee's 7-year old daughter who died in the Channel was born in Belgium and lived in Sweden, but has never been in Iraq 2 weeks ago:
I couldn’t imagine losing any of my kids, absolutely devastating.
But something I’d never do is put my kids in such danger, he had the choice not to put his family on a raft to cross the channel.
- Comment on [BBC News] Claims that smart motorways tech leaves drivers at risk 3 weeks ago:
…no shit. The moment I heard of this concept years ago it sounded like a terrible idea.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 6 comments
- Comment on Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been watching a lot of car reviews lately and yeah, I think you’re right on all points. I watched a review of the new BMW 7 series and even the air control vents are capacitive sensors refer than little levers and it just seems unnecessary. What was hilarious was that the door release is right by the air vent control, so the review I watched saw the reviewer accidentally open the door when they were trying to control the air vent.
There’s way way way too much reliance on touch screens in cars. I’m not even sure if you’d legally be allowed to use them in some countries, I feel like you’d have to pull over to just change the HVAC settings! You’d swear it was designed by someone that’s never driven a car. They’re decisions that are probably coming right from the top and the actual interior designers are pulling their hair out.
There’s also a common theme across manufacturers where settings for features are lost when the car is switched off. So you have to go into the settings and change them back every single time you get into the car.
If I were in the market for a car (specifically electric), I’d probably go for Kia. The ev6 and ev9 look really nice. I’ve seen a couple of EV9s on the road recently and I was surprised at how much smaller they actually seem than on videos.
Like you though we’re going to keep our car (Nissan Quashqai) as long as possible. There’s no bullshit and it’s practical and comfortable.
- Comment on Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road 4 weeks ago:
On a slightly unrelated note, the Mercedes EQ class are really ugly, both internally and externally.
- Comment on Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road 4 weeks ago:
The human does it out of self preservation, but the car doesn’t need to feel too preserve itself.
By getting the in the car, the passengers should be aware of the risks and that if there is an accident, the car will protect pedestrians over the occupants. The pedestrians had no choice but the passengers have a choice of not getting in the vehicle.
I feel like car manufacturers are going to favour protecting the passengers as a safety feature, and then governments will eventually legislate it to go the other way after a series of high profile deaths of child pedestrians.
- Comment on NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden 4 weeks ago:
What does it even mean to collect it as an nft?!
- Comment on What's inside the London Tower Bridge? 5 weeks ago:
Steak and ale pies on the left and gravy in the right.
- Comment on World first UK prototype could pave the way for constant energy all the time - from space | Science & Tech News 1 month ago:
It was North Korea, but yeah it does sound familiar! I wonder if it could be used to insta cook a pot noodle…
- Comment on So sad 1 month ago:
Ketchup.
- World first UK prototype could pave the way for constant energy all the time - from space | Science & Tech Newsnews.sky.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 10 comments
- Comment on Princess of Wales says she is undergoing cancer treatment - BBC News 1 month ago:
Didn’t expect that. Hopefully she’ll beat it! Can’t imagine trying to reconcile that you’ve got cancer and then the public are making up conspiracy theories about you and your husband.
William has basically just found out his dad and wife both have cancer, that’s got to be tough.
- Comment on I'm loose bottom, tag yourself 1 month ago:
How did Penistone not make it on this map?
- Comment on The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions 2 months ago:
I hear you, but the vast majority of Audi customers just won’t care about this DRM or property rights on their car. If they’re leasing then it’s irrelevant as it’s never their car in the first place. It just won’t even be something that they even consider.
What their customers will care about is the fact that they don’t have to financially commit to getting an “optional extra” up front, but instead can pick and choose when they want to use it.
- Comment on The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions 2 months ago:
Or you can just purchase any of those features permanently The subscription model for features on a car is shitty for a host of reasons, but at least they’re still offering the option to buy them outright like normal. If you really value ownership then at least you can purchase the car and buy these addons up front.
I’m going to go against the grain here and say I do see why they think doing this could be attractive to customers. I’d wager to say that ownership of their vehicle isn’t a priority, just look at how many people lease their cars now vs buying outright. This is a market that will have the car and replace it within 3 years. So these type of people may purchase upfront an extra they absolutely do care about and must have, but if there’s something else they’re a bit unsure of, they could leave it off, get the subscription for a month to try it, and then decide if they want to continue on a longer plan to keep the feature.
- Comment on More than 11 million Britons have less than £1,000 in savings 2 months ago:
I think every country in the UK requires vehicle tax information to be resubmitted every year unless Northern Ireland is different? I’ve not heard someone refer to it to vehicle registration before though, only car tax.
- Comment on More than 11 million Britons have less than £1,000 in savings 2 months ago:
What’s vehicle registration?
- Comment on King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says 3 months ago:
No, they’ve got it bang on.
- Submitted 3 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 2 comments
- Comment on A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US 4 months ago:
I had a paper round at 13 and washed dishes in a pub at 15. It was my choice to work and earn money. Not sure what’s so dystopian about that.
- Comment on Fuck the balloon police 4 months ago:
The FAA are an American organisation that only has jurisdiction in the USA, so no they won’t unless you do it in the USA.
- Comment on Honda debuts new global EV series, Honda Zero, coming in 2026 4 months ago:
The low, sloping shape gives it a sporty feel that cribs from Honda’s Formula 1 experience.
So the car will be terrible for several years, then they’ll bring out a model that’s amazing with sales going through the roof, and then they’ll immediately pull out of the market.
- Comment on 'I told police who my burglar was - but they did nothing' 4 months ago:
I hate Brexit but this is a symptom of Tory Britain making severe cuts everywhere.
- Comment on UK accused of hypocrisy in not backing claim of genocide in Gaza before ICJ | International court of justice 4 months ago:
Probably because Mossad have a treasure-trove of dirt on multiple politicians that they’ll threaten to release if our government says anything bad about Israel’s actions.
- Comment on NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian 4 months ago:
That’s why I said Telegram isn’t :D
- Comment on NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian 4 months ago:
WhatsApp is, Telegram isn’t.
- Comment on Where did the exploding-heads people go? 4 months ago:
Eli5 exploding-heads?
- Comment on You can only pick one 4 months ago:
I assume so, you can just never go back.
- Comment on Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. 4 months ago:
Surely NT (No Time) would be better?