johnbrodie

If you have an Ace around you, they are awesome. I've talked to a reasonable number of employees that both cared _and_ knew what they were talking about. They also tend to have a huge variety of nuts and bolts and other hardware. Store was a little disorganized, but seemed to carry quality goods overall.

I'd be careful here, you have to _very_ carefully assess the domain of the subreddit visitors. My own anecdotes:

r/miata - Useless for the entire subgroup that takes their car to the track, and will very likely still give advice, it'll just be bad or outright dangerous.

r/cigars - Totally jump on bandwagons, and generally are "new" to the world of cigars.

To highlight another point, a lot of more niche subs largely cater to those new to the niche. Those are the same people commenting and giving others advice, whether they really have the knowledge to or not. This mechanism over a few months seems to turn everything into an echo chamber, and you end up with new people jumping onto a bandwagon without enough info.

Same goes for Amazon reviews, to a large degree - That $50 set of sockets might be great for someone who wants to change their oil filter, but will literally shatter for someone doing more involved work.

I think this is where the traditional forums are much better. I want my info from "serious" people who hang around the community for years, not from someone who came into it a few weeks ago, and really just want some upvotes/points/whatever.

Penny stocks are usually traded OTC and aren't in any index fund I've seen anyway.

Picking losers is just as hard as picking winners. If you think you know of a loser, just short it. You'll be hard-pressed though, because other people, likely with more info than you, have already done this, and the price has already come down.

One of the most annoying aspects of this, minus the whole dying part, is the reactions it leads to after near-misses. Since people effectively "don't see" motorcyclists, they often assume we're "riding crazy" if there's a near miss, since from their POV we just warped into being a moment previous to the incident. People are already biased towards not blaming themselves, so this just makes it worse.

It's even worse in "accidents", where the motorcyclist might not be able to give their side of the story immediately due to injuries. Now the police report is heavily biased (in practice), which makes sure there will be future insurance issues.

I thought this was me. I started tracking calories, sure enough I just plain old wasn't eating enough. Actually eating the calories planned made all the difference, although I felt stuffed pretty much all the time.

I'm not hip to all the various state's stands on THC/CBD containing products, but from your first link:

>Laboratory test results showed very high levels of vitamin E acetate in nearly all cannabis-containing samples analyzed by the Wadsworth Center as part of this investigation. At least one vitamin E acetate containing vape product has been linked to each patient who submitted a product for testing. Vitamin E acetate is not an approved additive for New York State Medical Marijuana Program-authorized vape products and was not seen in the nicotine-based products that were tested.

Those aren't necessarily employees of Amazon, you can sign up to be a shipper and buy the vans. https://logistics.amazon.com/marketing/opportunity

I've found it very helpful in distributed environments to ensure that you are giving the incoming request an extra "Request ID"-style header. Make sure this header is propagated everywhere, and logged everywhere. Makes debugging much, much easier. Still gets hard at scale, which is why tools like New Relic have various "distributed tracing" features now.

Why do you say that? Honest question - nowadays it seems like most users are just using web apps, so less need for native apps anyway. Plus the users are still there, so I'd think market forces would keep highly-used native apps going anyway.

Didn't have my coffee yet. Yes, Amazon. Doesn't really change my point.

There is a huge amount of Uber right now that needs paid for but is out of sight, though. Developers for the app and infrastructure, but also entire offices of engineers dedicated to R&D for driverless cars. Eats into that $3 quick.

It's not really random citizens that have the footage though, it's Google. I don't want to slippery slope too far, but we've been shown time and time again that data in private hands is essentially also in government hands. You only have to look back at whisleblowers/leaks in the past decade to see that this is true. Worse yet, with techniques like parallel construction, it could be many, many years until you know the truth.

What?

The towing capacity of a Model X is around 5k pounds. It's illegal to tow more the door sticker says on public roads in the US. For comparison, depending on what kind of Ford F-150 you get, you can tow from 5k to 8k pounds. According to some [1], you're also looking at a 45-60% decrease in range if you tow something like a camper.

[1] https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1122487_towing-a-camper...

For the life of me I can't understand why touch screens built in to a car are considered "different" than phones. Cities and states are finally waking up and making it a crime to use your phone while driving, how in the world are car touch screens any different?

There's no way I'd fly with my pet dog given the horror stories of those that do. At best, pets seem to get sub-par treatment, at worst, they are abused and die. I'd think pretending they're a service animal so they can fly _with_ you is better than putting them in a cage and in with the luggage, at least for the animal.

Personally, I think people that need service animals deserve that right and should be respected. So I just don't fly with my dog. No real need to, there are plenty of local boarding options, including "doggie daycare" places where he's never locked up.

I used to be like this. Rarely drank water actually, mostly drank soda. Moved to Arizona, even in the winter I _always_ carry a large water bottle around with me. I don't keep track, but I'd be willing to bet I drink a fair amount over 8x8 without thinking about it. Climate, anecdotally, plays a large part, which makes sense to me.

There's more to it than that. Traffic is as safe as it is (I won't call it flat-out "safe"), in no small part because people can anticipate other drivers. A _predictable_ driver is a safe driver. Having self-driving cars randomly stop short is a quick way to rack up a lot of "not legally at fault", but perhaps morally at-fault, accidents.

FWIW, if you've ever done car/bike track days, this is a huge reason why it's so safe. People are split into groups according to skill level, with restrictions on passing (normally "only on the straights") for the lower groups. Much of the "skill level" here is actually just being predictable, not being outright fast. Someone can be in a Miata getting passed with a 50mph speed differential on a straight _because everyone is being predictable_. That same Miata might pass the same car with a huge speed differential at 90 mph in a turn, and it works because everyone is predictable.

The explanation in the article is fairly well done. One thing I can't help but think whenever there are more involved processes for catching someone though, is that we'll never know if that was the actual method used. For a large enough case, they could utilize some other, more secretive method, and then parallel construct this (believable) one, with the benefit of already knowing the final answer.

Not something I'm saying _happened_ here, but certainly something I think everyone should keep in mind when they read these types of cases.

It's not the initial cable that's the problem, it's those that come after.

My wife wanted a charger with a longer cable for her phone. We need it to be able to fast charge, which is called a variety of different names on both the phone and charger sides. Can I get the $10 charger, or do I need the $40 charger the size of the MBP charger?

We ended up just biting the bullet and getting one of the more expensive, MBP-charger-shaped chargers, since I have laptops that use USB-C - but it was a confusing mess, and I still wasn't really sure fast charging would work on her phone till I plugged it in the first time.

I don't understand Mozilla's position regarding extensions. First, they released a new desktop version with way less extension support, gimping the largest reason I use FF for - vimperator and it's successors.

Now they are going to kill extensions in Android FF, which will kill the only non-ideological reason my family is using it - for the adblocking extensions.

If someone is asking a basic question like this (no offense), they probably should be dabbling in options plays.

Updated how? If I'm on a motorcycle and get hit, it should be assumed to be my fault?

We upgraded to a "media filter" when we got new HVAC at my house. IIRC they are 4 inches thick, which gives a lot more surface area due to the deep pleats. You can then run fairly tight filters without putting undue strain on the motor - plus they last quite a bit longer. It made a moderate difference in our house in regards to dust in the air, but we also have 3 pets and live in a very dry, dusty area.

I just created a Venmo account today, since I'm going to a class that requires payment via Venmo or cash, and I have no cash. They had a few screens at initial sign in that went over public vs private, and let you set it right there, although they advised leaving everything public. So at least they are making it easy to change for a first time user now that this news has come out.

I have a lot of the same issues. Bluetooth headset turned up to almost max + foam earplugs works reasonably well, as long as I already have a good idea of where I'm going. Handlebar mounts work fairly well, but putting the phone in the sun in Arizona during the summer often leads to it turning off. There's also quite a few reports of phones either flying off mounts or camera lens/focus dying due to the vibration.

In the end, I normally leave the phone in my pocket, make due with voice alerts, and leave a few minutes early so I can safely miss an exit without panic. The last thing you need on a highway filled with texting drivers (completely legal in AZ) is to be distracted and making multi-lane changes at the last second.

If you have cheap earbuds that don't really seal out the other noise, this is a recipe for serious hearing damage.

Modern supersports are pushing ~200hp, no need for the extra weight that would generate the thrust.

Agreed. I want to let my dog run around in the backyard all day, swim in the pool, etc. I want to be able to work on my cars in my garage with all my tools. I want to be able to play my music and movies as loud as I please.

Not OP, but we are using Tyk (tyk.io) at my workplace. It's definitely more user friendly than Kong, but we've had other issues with it. Having not used Kong extensively but knowing what it is, I'll go out on a limb and say Kong is likely more performant.

A person or group of people that I've met personally and don't change often is much different than letting a random low-paid employee/contractor into your house.