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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Seatbelts, disk vs drum and antilock brake systems, crumple zones, backup cameras, suspension design (wishbone, progressive spring rate) for handling.

    I will concede the backup sensors. Those have worked pretty well, though still give false alerts occasionally. Auto headlights/wipers are also another plus, but more of a gimmick.

    Other than that, there are better electric/hybrid/engine efficiency which is all good. New models and styles which can be interesting, and cars got fat, which isn’t too good. But the actual technology for safety features used to keep people safe today, is basically the same as almost 25 years ago. Old cars from today’s perspective are not like the old cars from the 1990’s perspective.



  • I’d argue the imported ones do meet all applicable standards, since they’re exempt.

    Well, yeah. That is the loophole being used.

    As for 25 year old vehicle, my daily driver is 21, has satellite navigation, California LEV (low emissions vehicle), 5-star safety rating.

    There hasn’t really been some revolutionary advancement in safety in the past 25 years other than slapping some more computers, cameras and design tweaks. Actually, the beeping sensors in the bumpers are pretty nice. I like those.

    We had good tech back then that stands up well to modern-day cars. It may not have the nagging of modern safety systems, but I don’t get false warnings either.








  • I tried to update my lemmy instance and it all went so horribly wrong. DB never came up, errors everywhere, searching implied I updated to a dev branch sometime in the past (not a dev, don’t think I did) and it’ll be console and DB queries for a fix.

    Ran out of time and overwhelmed, I restored backups and buried my head in the sand. Nope, not now. Future, yes, but oh not now.




  • While I’d like this to happen, I don’t (currently anyways) see conventional protesting an effective demonstration against this particular administration that’s turned it’s back on so, so many Americans and citizens. Can’t shame idiots that pride themselves in shockingly shameful behavior.

    I feel like other forms of rebellion, boycotts and lawsuits are the most effective methods so far.

    The Tesla fires though… that poked a bear and gave me a smile.



  • Same here. I don’t like some of the recent decisions, but I remember the time I looked at the value and thought “yeah, this is working, valuable, and I can get behind it”, and bought the lifetime pass.

    And I used the hell out of it! I don’t regret supporting the developers at all.

    But features like plugins disappear, rolled to in-house teams. They work better, but cost more to maintain.

    It’s ambitious, and gives developers plenty of work, but I feel the new redesign bit more than they can chew and overran budgets. They may be trying to balance budgets.