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BRJurgis posted:Thanks for the responses, and largely not doing this- Maybe talk to a therapist instead of reading the cspam doomer threads
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Jose Valasquez posted:Maybe talk to a therapist instead of reading the cspam doomer threads This thread, hilariously enough, is in D&D.
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I like video games too much (and also good healthcare) to give up on our modern way of life.
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Volmarias posted:How often do people gently caress with your seat position? I get to slowly unfurl from the very short distance that it was set to last time, because a smaller person drove it last Me and my SO share the same cars. She's 5'3" and I am 6'2", mostly it's a PITA when I get into the car too fast after she's driven and I get stuck between the wheel and seat. Fortunately it's really only got move forwards, move backwards when you release a lever. Honestly never seen it as a problem that needed solving.
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Volmarias posted:Trust me, it's one of those little "hell is other people" annoyances that I should ignore but can't. First World Problems, such as it is
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BRJurgis posted:Thanks for the responses, and largely not doing this- I don't think 'I'm going to hit the reset button and it's everybody for themselves, sorry' is the same as your other real life examples though. It sounds a bit delusional that you think one person should be allowed to have that power / make that decision just because you're willing to live under the same system or whatever. edit: Loki could handle it because he was a god. and he isnt real.
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BiggerBoat posted:First World Problems, such as it is death by a thousand cuts
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Platystemon posted:The best pressure cooker is a big ol’ pot that you put on the stove, with a locking lid and a weight that sit atop the lid’s chimney to control pressure. 
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Main Paineframe posted:Instant Pot got bought out by venture capital earlier a few years ago, and "just making a really good electric pressure cooker" wasn't enough for the new owners. As sales declined (once someone's bought a really good pressure cooker, they don't need another one for a while), the new owners forced the company into blowing tons of money on trying to diversify its offerings, not only adding all sorts of useless features no one wanted to the pots but also trying to expand into other types of kitchen appliances. this may have played a role https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1668631268073050115
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That poo poo shutters many a marginal business that can't manage continued growth and honestly should be illegal.
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I would love to see private equity be completely eliminated from existence and banned. Enough of this stupid poo poo.
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The trick with the car seat thing is to only associate yourself with people the same height as yourself.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Me and my SO share the same cars. She's 5'3" and I am 6'2", mostly it's a PITA when I get into the car too fast after she's driven and I get stuck between the wheel and seat. Fortunately it's really only got move forwards, move backwards when you release a lever. Honestly never seen it as a problem that needed solving. Modern cars have far more settings than just moving the seat forwards and move backwards. Off the top of my head, the differences myself and my foot shorter girlfriend would have driving my car: Steering wheel height + depth, Seat forward/back position Seat height Seat incline Lumbar support/lower back support level Seat tightness (I don't know the proper word for this, but how the seat kinda hugs you) Wing mirror positions Rearview mirror position Pushing a button for 3 seconds to adjust all of that (bar the rearview mirror) to the exact right setting for either of us driving is just way nicer than having to do it manually every time we swap whos driving.
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Yeah I think my car has like 5 settings and one day my son hosed with it and I never quite figured out how to get it back to where I liked it.
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Adding in the automatic stuff is bullshit too, nothing was wrong with me manually turning on the lights. Gfs car just always has all the lights on (my vehicle is completely manual lights), but one work truck has "day lights" that are always on, but the tail lights won't come on unless I flip a dial. This led to me driving at night without tail lights, because I saw the headlights were on and just assumed. I'm pretty sure my dad can't figure out how to start my mom's car, it involves a button.
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Push button cars have a different start up sequence than key ignition. If you're not used to it I can see somebody flailing around failing to start it properly.
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BRJurgis posted:Adding in the automatic stuff is bullshit too, nothing was wrong with me manually turning on the lights. Gfs car just always has all the lights on (my vehicle is completely manual lights), but one work truck has "day lights" that are always on, but the tail lights won't come on unless I flip a dial. This led to me driving at night without tail lights, because I saw the headlights were on and just assumed. Having lights on in the daytime at all times significantly reduces your odds of getting into an accident, your girlfriend's car is in the right here. Lots of studies have shown this, ie https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850978/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437523000099 I've never heard of a car with automatic lights that only turned the front lights on and not the tail lights, thats hugely counterintuitive. Sounds like theres something wrong with the car.
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Seems to me the goon saw the DRLs and assumed they were headlights so they didn’t turn on the manual headlights (some DRLs are super bright, fwiw).
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Nah I owned a car like that. The daytime lights weren't as bright as actual headlights though.
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Got rear-ended today and the backside of my car got mangled somewhat. It's still ok to drive until I get it to the repair shop but now it thinks the trunk is open. So now it beeps at me. And doesn't stop beeping. And there's no way to disable it. My key fob doesn't work, because why would I want to lock my car with an open trunk? So now I have to take out the manual emergency key thingy hidden inside the fob to lock the door. Zero overrides anywhere, sigh.
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The thread is devolving into goons getting mad about "new" technologies that have been around since before they were born. Electronic seats were around in the 40s and daytime running lights in the 70s
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Sagacity posted:Got rear-ended today and the backside of my car got mangled somewhat. It's still ok to drive until I get it to the repair shop but now it thinks the trunk is open. Have you taken a look at the latch mechanism to see if anything is obviously stuck or if any wires are damaged? Latches are usually fairly simple to trick.
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The Dave posted:Have you taken a look at the latch mechanism to see if anything is obviously stuck or if any wires are damaged? Latches are usually fairly simple to trick.
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You wouldn't have to deal with this bullshit if you were hunting squirrels to feed your family. 
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The automatic seat on my self checkout broke again 
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Mercury_Storm posted:The automatic seat on my self checkout broke again Mine's saying it's out of cyan
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Nobody's "getting mad" about electronic seats. We're discussing the true measure and meaning of convenience, time saving and quality of life "features" like that for the price. The whole "what problem is this solving and how big of one was it really in the first place?" thing. I have an annoying thing going on because my car automatically locks my rear doors for me and 95% of the time when I'm unloading groceries or luggage and need to get into the back seat with my hands full, I have to fumble for the fob/door lock again when no one was in the back seats in the first place and I never wanted the loving things locked to begin with. gently caress you, car. If I want the doors locked, the switch is right there and I am more than capable of handling it. I'll let you know when I need help, thanks. I don't even like the auto up/down window thing where I'm trying to crack my window just a little to let some air circulate but my car decides to make it "easier" and rolls it all the way down for me.
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Jose Valasquez posted:The thread is devolving into goons getting mad about "new" technologies that have been around since before they were born. No one cares if the concepts existed but were never encountered in daily life. You can criticise the Luddites for opposing labor-saving machines, but it’s just silly to bring up that technically Hero of Alexandria made a steam engine in the first century.
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Platystemon posted:No one cares if the concepts existed but were never encountered in daily life. I had a 92 Chevy Cavalier with electric seats and a 95 Buick with daytime running lights
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Jose Valasquez posted:These are things that have been incredibly common on cars for years, not some niche technology that is just now becoming mainstream. Just because you had something in 1992 doesn't mean that it was common then. And you started off with quote:Electronic seats were around in the 40s and daytime running lights in the 70s so maybe just knock it off a bit.
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Nenonen posted:Just because you had something in 1992 doesn't mean that it was common then. And you started off with Knock off what? We're just talking about things, this isn't some heated argument. I was mildly flippant on Something Awful dot com DTL and electric seats have been incredibly common for 20+ years and have been around for an even longer time, they aren't in the same category as the stupid tablet trend or putting wifi on toasters
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I really miss the good ol days before power steering and anti lock brakes.
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Jose Valasquez posted:The thread is devolving into goons getting mad about "new" technologies that have been around since before they were born. Please give me the time frame I'm allowed to dislike something.
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Mega Comrade posted:Please give me the time frame I'm allowed to dislike something. You can dislike things for as long as you want but that doesn't make them tech nightmares
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i will forever be allowed to hate this and anything, anything at all that allowed it to propagate 
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BRJurgis posted:
This post encapsulates this thread.
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BRJurgis posted:Adding in the automatic stuff is bullshit too, nothing was wrong with me manually turning on the lights. quote:The tail lights won't come on unless I flip a dial. This led to me driving at night without tail lights, because I saw the headlights were on and just assumed.
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Kavros posted:i will forever be allowed to hate this and anything, anything at all that allowed it to propagate Yeah, but can you still adjust the seats with your presets?
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Seat position presets are stored in the cloud.
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Daytime Running Lights became mandatory in Canada in something like 1989 or 1990, and I recall at the time there was some concern (possibly not in good faith  ) about how drive-in movie theatres were supposed to survive with such an onerous, overreaching nanny-state law on the books. I think you can turn them off if the parking brake is on? Although maybe that actually wasn't a thing when the law was passed?
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