Brakes are obviously essential, cruise control isn't mandatory, lighting doesn't require a single pcb. Wipers can be pretty simple but are already one of the more expensive/annoying things to fix on a car, a mandated screen (and inevitable infotainment system along with it) to make up for lack of visibility over a mandated high beltline is just... not something I want to deal with. And you know the surveillance state's gonna tap the feeds from those millions of cameras and stick us with the bill for the hardware to do it, way too juicy source of data not to
Buddy my whole car was $500 and I have an insatiable desire to keep it that way. Less components not more across the board please. I don't know what kind of bougie-ass bubble you're living in where a cheap car is $20k, but I sure hope it pops while we've still got a planet
Clankers shouldn't be allowed to drive at all, much less mandated. I miss when cars were more "dangerous" but cheaper, simpler, and more efficient. My 1994 Toyota pickup will still be running long after the last of these rolling smartphones are bricked by a lack of updates or Certified Service Components. We've been through this already on heavy equipment, I'm mad about having to hack tractors and mad people would fall for safety as an excuse to complicate basic tech we rely on and increase dependence on corporations for service
Very cool! It used to be the only option for text chat, and is still the backend for a lot of more modern chat stuff in games etc. There was DCC for sending files, phish for applying encryption, bouncers so you wouldn't miss messages while offline, all kinds of stuff. Really useful protocol
I quit washing my hair entirely, after a greasy couple months adjustment it's nicer than any shampoo/conditioner combo I've tried. It's almost like our bodies are self-regulating miracles or something :p
Jesus was a dirty homeless activist with no love for the institutions of his time. Would genuinely fit in better in under any overpass than in any church. Cool dude.
This bothered me more than it probably should have lol, big advocate of form following function and can't help thinking of all the time and resources that went into making that poor array not work as well :(
I disagree with the applicability of that metaphor to infrastructure entirely. It's not a community you're participating in, it's a tool. Abandoning that tool to the worst of us to prove you're not one of them is self defeating.
My friend, have you considered cleaning the valve ~once every 10 years as opposed to beating it monthly? It's not hard to do!