vladvasiliu

eergisterendiscuss

In the Paris area, if you commute during rush hour, you'll probably been stuck between 100 people per square meter. At best, you can listen to some podcasts or audiobooks.

When I still had to work from the office, I was fortunate enough to be able to move my hours earlier so I could avoid morning rush hour and could, indeed, read in the morning. Afternoons I couldn't, more often than not.

It was just wasted time. I can also read on my couch before I start working from home. I've read many more books since I was able to WFH on most days.

vladvasiliu

4 dagen geledendiscuss

Yes, I was thinking about this exact situation (drivers waiting around in the "wrong" spots). But that is already a problem, which should be fixed, whatever energy the truck uses. So if they should increase parking spaces anyway, might as well add charging infrastructure while at it.

Yes, I know it's a bit more involved than just pouring concrete and calling it a truck stop, but at some point politicians need to actually do something about this push for electrification.

vladvasiliu

4 dagen geledendiscuss

Well, at least you got to access it.

We use OneDrive at work, so I have all the right apps and accounts and whatnots. When I wanted to download a folder with a lot of files in it, it would regularly crap out.

There's no way to download the files as files unless you do it one by one. If you select multiple files, it produces a zip, which sometimes fails to transfer properly.

The Windows app is somewhat better, in that at least you can move the files as files. But even so, it's unreliable. The tray icon says everything is synced, but in the explorer some files still have the "syncing" icon. And of course, when I look on the browser, said files are missing. But there's no network activity, so it just... does nothing.

I have also not found an easy way to confirm all files are synced from the web. I haven't found an equivalent to the right-click -> properties to get the number of files and the actual size. So if you have a structure with several folders, you're SoL.

vladvasiliu

6 dagen geledendiscuss

Yeah, the questions showed up in non-native dialogues in both cases. I installed the Logitech one, but not the Dell. But then again, even freaking Office looks non-native on Windows, so I don't really pay attention to this aspect.

vladvasiliu

6 dagen geledendiscuss

> Flat pack furniture tends to be very awful compared to alternatives that are also often cheaper and without assembly requirements.

I don't particularly like my ikea furniture. But one big reason why I bought this instead of alternatives that come fully assembled is the price: it's much cheaper.

Then again, I live in France, there aren't many Amish around AFAIK.

vladvasiliu

6 dagen geledendiscuss

The issue is that most corps disable Windows Update and only allow whatever goes through the on-prem Windows Update thingy. This can, of course, fire back if they don't think to include all the updates. We had one such issue where they didn't provide an up-to-date Intel driver for the Wi-Fi cards, and the version we had was a bit broken...

But the point is that companies will probably not complain about this because they'll most likely not see it. Also, they're used to Windows being generally crappy.

vladvasiliu

6 dagen geledendiscuss

I have a logitech mouse and I'm pretty sure I was asked whether to install the logitech app, it didn't do it automatically. Same for the dell mouse I have at work, it asked to install dell somethingorother, which I declined, and it left me alone.

vladvasiliu

8 dagen geledendiscuss

I don't know about that. But what I usually observe is that many people tend to veer off in the next lane in the direction of the turn (even if it's a lane for traffic going the opposite way!) if there is one. But if there isn't (right turn, they're in the rightmost lane), they'll tend to leave quite a lot of space between the car and the shoulder.

So I'd say these people have a hard time figuring out the space on the road their car takes. I can only imagine this worsens with larger cars and less visibility.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

I'm not saying they should drive like a rally. I most certainly don't. Just don't slow down to a snail's pace for no reason. Or if you insist on doing that for whatever reason, let other people pass you if you can see that visibility is low.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

Oh, I thought those signs were on the products themselves. I was probably confused because of the "handlebars being a cancer risk" comment.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

> they think if my car is just an appliance to me it’s annoying when others treat theirs as special and I feel less than.

I doubt that's the point. People are mostly mad about what actively bothers them. Most recurring complaint: the noise.

Look, I love riding motorbikes. The noise they make is freaking awesome. Hearing the roar of the engine grips me at the throat as few other things do. It's exhilarating. So I know what it's like.

But I also know that I HATE it when people wake me up or otherwise bother me for no good reason. Especially with a small engine that's artificially loud. The noise isn't the same and it's horrible to hear.

There are ways to have your enjoyment and not bother other people. My motorbike has its stock muffler. Most ICE cars on the road are louder than it when idling at a traffic light. Hell, most cars are louder than it when I ride it below 5000 RPM. Here's the kicker: in 1st gear at 5000 RPM it's doing ~55 km/h, which is above the speed limit in cities. I usually ride in 4th or 5th gear in towns, around 1500 RPM. So, since a stock muffler can do this, it should be possible to do this with "advanced" aftermarket parts, too. I understand this isn't a common goal, so offers may be scarce. Tough.

So there are ways to not piss people off. People are rightly annoyed because such behavior is antisocial. Just because you love to do whatever to your car doesn't give you the right to impose on everybody else. By all means, go to meetings or whatever at an isolated place and rev that engine until your eardrums give out. I don't care. Just don't impose your nuisance on me, who never bothered you about anything.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

Here in Europe, fat American-style SUVs are still somewhat rare, especially outside cities (!). People still can't corner worth shit in their "regular" sedans. And I say this as a pretty chill motorbike rider.

I've lost count of the number of Golf GTIs and similar behind which I have to wait around when riding on roads that aren't perfectly straight. And these cars should have better cornering ability than my fat bike. I know my dad's Corolla does.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

I think there are plenty of places that need to be up to spec and whose tolerances may add up.

I have a USB-C cable pretending to do 10 Gbps + 4K60 display port. I've used it to connect my HP laptops to my HP docking station. I have two similar laptops, 840 and 845 G8s, both with two USB-C ports each.

The 840 works as expected. The 845 only works if the cable is plugged in one specific way in one specific port. I now have a Lenovo laptop, also with two USB-C ports. I haven't tried DP-out with this computer, but Linux complains about there being issues when the dock is connected with this cable. On Windows, the whole USB stack sometimes goes foobar after a sleep/wake cycle. If, say, a mouse was initially connected, it'll keep working, but any new USB device won't, even the mouse if disconnected and reconnected. Shutting down Windows takes around 10 minutes and shows some driver issue at the end. Everything works after a reboot.

With a separate no-name docking station, everything works perfectly on the 845, but the 840 can't do 4k60 on it; it doesn't show up in the options. Haven't tried the Lenovo with this particular dock.

Both docks have DP alt mode, not DisplayLink or whatever other USB-attached GPU.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

The issue with a generic cord is that it won't connect the earth pin on those chargers.

But it does work in a pinch.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

This often comes up in discussions pitting the US against the EU countries.

I'm not familiar with all of them, but here in "free, socialized healthcare" France, if you don't have a "mutuelle", which seems similar to "employer-dependant healthcare" in the US, you're going to have to pay out of pocket quite a lot of money. Maybe not as much as in the US (not familiar with that country), but very much not free. Think dental, glasses, needing to spend a night in a hospital for whatever reason (even public ones!), etc. On top of your salary being much lower.

Sure, you don't need an employer to have a mutuelle, you can pay for your own. But it's usually pricier and worse coverage.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

> If you can afford it, anywhere has excellent healthcare.

I don't think so, judging by the many heads of state and other filthy rich people choosing to get healthcare in the West instead of their local countries.

vladvasiliu

9 dagen geledendiscuss

Well, here in France, pregnant women are also discouraged from drinking alcohol because of birth defects.

I don't know about aloe extract, but pregnant women are also discouraged from taking aspirin.

Here's a random online store selling it, with a big warning for "usage during pregnancy and breastfeeding" (French only): https://lasante.net/nos-medicaments/douleurs-et-fievres/aspi...

vladvasiliu

16 dagen geledendiscuss

I don't think they are. I've already filled a ZFS pool almost to the brim with no adverse effects.

vladvasiliu

16 dagen geledendiscuss

> The centering will continuously nudge you towards what it decides is the center of your lane.

This. It's not just beeping; if it thinks you're moving too close to the edge of the lane, it will steer the car to the other side. The only way for me to prevent doing it is by gripping the steering wheel like crazy. Who the hell drives like that?!

No, having to fight the car just to stay put is a failure of the tech.

IIRC, this is a 2022 model, so hopefully the tech has improved since.

vladvasiliu

16 dagen geledendiscuss

> IIRC, veering from the lane is the cause of most collisions, so it makes sense to have this.

My dad's Toyota has this. The issue is it seems to have a hard time actually centering itself in the lane, so it'll just sway from side to side like a drunk driver if the lane is somewhat narrow.

And you can forget about driving on secondary roads, which usually don't have markings on the sides. It'll keep trying to drive in the middle of the road. It's also extremely dangerous to try to correct your trajectory when there's an oncoming car on one of these roads where two cars barely fit, and you have to basically drive on the shoulder.

Then there's the collision detection thing. It's basically guaranteed to beep at me whenever I enter my parents' narrow street with cars parked on both sides.

Bonus points for it just beeping whenever it's unhappy about something, without having any kind of "log". So if you don't look at the instrument cluster at the exact moment it beeps, you'll have no idea what it wanted. I know about the "imminent collision" one because I saw the dashboard turn red from the corner of my eye and immediately complained to my dad about it. Apparently it does it pretty often when he's maneuvering in and out of the garage.

Now, I know many people drive without paying any kind of attention to traffic, which is obviously very dangerous. But I'm not convinced these systems are that useful if people get used to ignoring them.

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