Pour one out for the real heros

There is a program called thefuck that does this - can fix things like gti instead of git etc…

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Electric cars are heavier, noise dampened, and have the same blind spots, they do accelerate faster though depending on the situation that can just make an inattentive driver more dangerous.

Electric cars are better environmentally then gas cars but they certainly don’t absolve the need for traffic signals the way purely pedestrian and cycle traffic would

Depends on the product, a lot of things exist to be ad bate, and don’t really serve a wider purpose. Tshirts is an example that comes to mind where people just buy dozens of designs they never wear.

The whole premise has become shopping is the fun activity, the product is just the waste from that activity that needs to be discarded.

So I guess sans ads we would see a lot less arbitrary products (and places like Amazon would take a hit [yay])

I would be curious to know how e-commerce would change though as without ads people would likely gravitate to the big box stores

This so usually stored on the photos as exif data

I don’t disagree but in his defence pay phones used to be everywhere and are practically gone today vs relatively few telegraph offices.

My vote is sock em boppers

I used to agree with that. But then Covid happened and I listened to people on the radio call in saying “we gotta let a few old people go to save the exonomy.” As though human life was an acceptable cost.

I genuinely thought people at least were ignorant to the death tole to then but I was mistaken. It got so bad the host cut off calls.

The vaccine then came out and I watched millions shun it, despite being shown to be safe and effective. Sure, some folks thought they were dangerous (disinformation and all) but that radio show told me, some people want the world to burn.

There are people who saw devastation and don’t get vaccinated because it’s an acceptable loss.

This is about 2 decades old now but a bunch of people tried something sorta like a pacing car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoETMCosULQ

I actually ended up switching to Kagi for this exact reason. Google is basically AI at the start usually spouting nonsense then sponsor posts and then a bunch of SEO optimized BS.

Thankfully paying for search circumvents the ads and it hasn’t been AI by default (it has it but it’s off) and the results have been generally closer to 2010s Google.

No for sure I hear what you’re saying, onstar was just a handy example, other vehicles have OTA updates also and systems to disable the vehicle.

My point was the tech isn’t specific to BEV it’s becoming a “feature” in modern cars more broadly

This isn’t specific to electric cars, vehicles equipped with On Star can be remotely disabled in the event of theft (and by extension I imagine a legal injunction). I imagine this extends to other vehicles also.

The real problem is the OTA updates and always-online nature of modern vehicles, not necessarily what powers them.

Ironically a common writing technique is B->C dialog.

Basically cutting out the preamble and post dialog. Most times even in my writing I include “Hello” since that would stand out, but generally get right to the point.

You see this a lot in movies too, if done well it blends in since your scene is focusing on the action and not rambling on.

There are exceptions (teens talking may include a “no you hang up” trope for comedic effect) but that’s used sparingly.

Honestly the only time I’ve said this it was a relief to know that the answer was yes, because while it sucks others are hurting it made me feel far less alone and obscure.