pokemaster787

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[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 3 points 2 months ago

Yep, EU as usual having reasonable and well-thought out laws, give the US about 5 more years and they'll make it law here too.

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Because there are laws that specify when the brake light has to come on, and it isn’t when the car shows down (slightly).

To be clear, the laws say when it must illuminate. They do not (in the US) prevent illuminating it for other reasons in any way. The law says the light must illuminate/burn if you are actively pressing the brake pedal, but does not prevent it from also illuminating if a certain amount of regenerative braking is applied or a deceleration is detected. Theoretically an automaker could get away with making the brake lights simply always illuminate (and that loophole would be fixed in days, so no one does it).

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Got a source for that?

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No one’s keeping you here.

It's actually very difficult and expensive to leave your home country for 99% of the population.

Just in terms of cost you need a plane ticket (or other travel costs), money to navigate the country's immigration programs and all the fees associated, you probably need to pay to learn a new language for a year or two before you're fluent enough in that language (DuoLingo/self-learning has very mixed results), you need to pay for housing for when you arrive until you're able to get a job. Realistically the ones fed up with our society are the ones living paycheck to paycheck, do you think they can shoulder those costs?

This is all assuming they even let you in, most developed countries won't unless you have an in-demand skillset and/or a job already lined up in the country of question (i.e., the type of jobs that are doing well here already). And often times even if you have valid reasons and a job lined up they can still just tell you to go fuck yourself.

Add on top of that that if you somehow get that far, get past all of that, you're giving away your right to vote in your new society for several years due to requirements to become a naturalized citizen.

Makes a lot more sense to try to improve your own country and local society when you consider all of those factors. "Don't like America then leave" is something only the privileged that can hop on a jet to a new country at a moment's notice think is a valid suggestion. At best it's shit advice and at worst it's a bad faith argument to push aside any and all criticism of the current system.

 

Hi everyone,

As the title says, recently purchased my first house (yay), but while I initially noticed these stains in the floor during a daytime walkthrough, I realize now they're a lot more bothersome when it isn't super bright inside. Images in the attached link

I'm not moving in for a few weeks, so wondering if I can fix this beforehand (I know for a fact it won't happen at all if I wait until after I've moved in...). It's mainly this one section in the hallway and one of the bedrooms, as shown in the pics.

I did some initial research and it seems that they're likely going to need to be completely refinished, and I had a few questions about doing that myself (or would love to hear if there are other options!).

  1. How easy of a task is this for a beginner to woodworking etc.? Most of my DIY has been in the realm of tech, so I don't have any experience or needed tools. Maybe I'm in over my head here and it isn't something I can do myself.
  2. What tools/equipment do I need? I believe just a sander (any recommendations would be nice), wood stain, and sealant. Plus brushes to actually spread the stain/sealant.
  3. Can I just refinish the areas that are stained, or will it look horribly uneven if I do that? Do I need to refinish all of the flooring if I do some? (80% of the floor is this hardwood floor throughout the house, there's not a break in it or separate sections)
  4. Given the answer to 3., about how long would such a task take? I assume there's a lot of passive time waiting on stain, restaining, sealing, etc.

Thanks for any help, really appreciate any advice!

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Android auto runs on your phone. Android automotive runs in your car.

Yes, but Android Auto does need some work on the car OS side to operate, i.e. within Android Automotive in this example (although Blackberry QNX is probably more common these days, automakers are moving away from it)

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Not entirely unrelated, Android Auto is basically a projection app for Android Automotive.

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not saying it's a good idea, but a lot of the complexity surrounding automated driving is actually because you are confined to a 2D space and have to follow roads/road signs. When you can just lift off and adjust verticality to avoid objects all you really need is a way to detect and avoid obstacles and some navigation logic. Landing is probably the most difficult part to automate.

Not super easy but it is actually easier than self-driving cars (which is why almost all of a commercial flight is running on autopilot)

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC, Tesla claims their connector is rated for 1kV as well, and at a slightly higher total power rating than NACS. They haven't actually fielded chargers above 400V, though. It seems though that the general consensus is that the NACS connector is actually more or equally capable overall compared to the CCS (J1772) connector, in a smaller form-factor. At first I thought it was a pretty odd switch, but now that it's an open standard managed by SAE and the specs seem to be at worst comparable... it's not exactly a bad idea for the OEMs to use it.