simplejack
@simplejack@lemmy.world
- Comment on They used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolution 2 days ago:
Apparently, in order keep the “die cast” label, either the base or the top are die cast.
Some cars are plastic on top and metal on the bottom, and others are metal on top and plastic on the bottom.
As I recall, the wheels are also no longer 4 separate axel pins. They’re just two long pins. One in the front, one in the back.
- Comment on The Death of the Junior Developer 3 weeks ago:
IMHO, the biggest problem with outsourcing is the distance and time gap. There isn’t enough overlap to help people get unblocked in the middle of the day. So they either make stupid assumptions and plow ahead, or freeze up and slow down.
- Comment on Look at this Kinder toy I got. What? How? Who?! 3 weeks ago:
IMHO, the best ones are the figurine.
- Comment on Would you trust AI to scan your genitals for STIs? 1 month ago:
Twitter is mostly verified dicks these days. That might be the better platform.
- Comment on LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers | LG's TV business is heightening focus on selling ads and tracking 1 month ago:
Yes. This was taken on iOS.
- Comment on LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers | LG's TV business is heightening focus on selling ads and tracking 1 month ago:
Oh the irony. The site reporting LG’s ads wants people to remove ad blockers.
- Comment on My wife misspoke and said "Neil Degrasse TITAN" 1 month ago:
- Comment on Jony Ive confirms he’s working with Sam Altman on a secret project 1 month ago:
Midwest.social uses Al oomen umm
- Comment on Stay motivated 2 months ago:
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- Comment on Beams, Beans, Battlestar Galactica 2 months ago:
After rending 18 images I said “close enough” even though it couldn’t spell “Beans” and added a star destroyer.
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- Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words? 2 months ago:
Disck
- Comment on Deep Discounts 2 months ago:
Yeah, good point. Hyundai / Kia is one of the few companies giving Telsa some proper range-cost ratio competition in the states.
- Comment on The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble 2 months ago:
I’m more annoyed that Nvidia is looked at like some sort of brilliant strategist. It’s a GPU company that was lucky enough to be around when two new massive industries found an alternative use for graphics hardware.
They happened to be making pick axes in California right before some prospectors found gold.
And they don’t even really make pick axes, TSMC does. They just design them.
- Comment on Deep Discounts 2 months ago:
It really irritates me that the best range for $ ratio in the US is still dominated by Telsa.
- Comment on Gotta love these new folding phones.. 2 months ago:
Shit. Can-and-string phone it is.
- Comment on Gotta love these new folding phones.. 2 months ago:
Take it to that repair booth at the mall
- Comment on I bean meme for the ladies 2 months ago:
Less talk. More beans.
- Comment on whose house 2 months ago:
- Comment on 1337 2 months ago:
Yeah, shitty places in the US do the bare minimum that the law requires. A door, a sink, and a chair.
- Comment on 1337 2 months ago:
Sterilizing equipment, heating a bottle, or just heating up lunch so you can kill two birds with one stone.
- Comment on 1337 2 months ago:
These rooms are more than just a door. They have tables, microwaves, mirrors, outlets and a number of other things that make feeding and pumping easier.
Also, even in pretty progressive places, a lot of people just want some alone time and a dedicated place to deal with a kid or a clunky pump.
- Comment on 1337 2 months ago:
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- Comment on Toilet specific plungers get the job done faster and with way less effort and mess. 2 months ago:
Here’s the second iteration of the OG patent.
Originally the simply device on the left was the one plunger to rule them all. It works in sinks and toilets. The flange and the concept of a toilet-specific plunger was a later concept.
- Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? 2 months ago:
Possibly, but these technology are a decade old, their product roadmaps still look very robust, and a lot of drivers actually base new purchase decisions on that feature’s availability.
IMHO, it’s low risk, and if it does get killed, oh well. Voice control and a dash mounted phone isn’t the total end of the world.
- Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? 2 months ago:
I can speak for Volvo and Audi’s platforms over the past 5-10 years. I spent a lot of times using those. They’re connected up the wazoo, but they also work just fine if you stop paying for cloud connectivity or get into a remote area.
You basically lose access to advanced maps, streaming apps, and being able to remotely control / monitor your car with your phone.
When I briefly looked at a Telsa, it looked like those things were kind of in a similar boat. Biggest problem with Tesla is that, since they don’t support CarPlay or Android Auto, you -need- a cloud subscription if you want streaming apps and maps. Other cars can pipe that into the center console through Apple or Google’s projection systems.
- Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? 2 months ago:
People stop paying for smart car’s online services all the time.
You typically lose access maps or only get basic offline maps without traffic and charging stations listed. You also lose the ability to use streaming apps, the ability to remotely control locks, windows, cameras and climate from your phone, stolen vehicle tracking, alarm notifications, etc.
But if you have CarPlay / Android auto, the good maps and streaming apps can be pumped in from your phone.
- Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? 2 months ago:
Probably just should said “phone key” instead of assuming NFC. It looks like a lot of these cars use other technologies to unlock without a fob.
- Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work? 2 months ago:
To be fair, Fiskers are likely to brick themselves and the company is still alive. They have some of the worst software in the auto industry.
That said, my point is that a lot of “smart” cars are designed work just fine offline. Being offline is common in rural areas and or when the driver decided to stop paying for mobile connectivity.
I’ve done the latter with a couple cars. You lose the ability to download new maps, see traffic, install updated streaming apps, and or remotely control climate / windows / locks with your phone. But I use my phone for music maps, and I don’t really care about unlocking the car with my phone.
