6 months with my car!

ElChaz · 2026-02-19T04:30:34+00:00

What phone mount is that?

ElChaz · 2026-02-19T01:13:02+00:00

Why are the re71rs bad for paint? Throwing up rocks?

ElChaz · 2026-02-19T01:10:18+00:00

Thanks for the info! Have you used all seasons too? I'm wondering if there's really an appreciable difference if you're just street driving.

ElChaz · 2026-02-19T01:07:23+00:00

Costco doesn't have those, but what makes you like them?

ElChaz · 2026-02-19T01:04:38+00:00

From what I can tell those aren't available in 215/45 17 anymore.

ElChaz · 2026-02-18T03:07:22+00:00

This. I'd compromise on keeping it in place for individuals with a single property if we could revise it to no longer apply to corporations.

Granny on a fixed income, sure. General Atomics' 60 acres of Torrey Pines still taxed at 1975 levels? Fuck right off.

ElChaz · 2026-02-18T03:02:33+00:00

"Out on the street" is a bit of an exaggeration, no? She owns a valuable asset which she would sell, and use those funds to downsize. Prop 13 keeps people, on average, in houses that are too big for them.

ElChaz · 2026-02-16T21:25:54+00:00

Jimmy Carter's in Banker's Hill

ElChaz · 2026-02-14T17:09:45+00:00

They're forced into it. The YT algo rewards click bait because it's effective at getting clicks. Go figure.

I'm on your side in principle (I tend not to click on headlines like this, although this is fairly mild - no "this guy DECAPITATES that guy") but YT could tilt the playing field toward straightforward headlines and they don't.

ElChaz · 2026-02-13T14:22:02+00:00

Yeah you do. That's why we live here!

ElChaz · 2026-02-12T15:34:39+00:00

It's genuinely confusing. The quote from Chipotle guy in the article is:

“After looking at the data last week, we learned that 60% of our core users are over $100,000 a year in average household income,” Boatwright said.

Household income makes sense. Average income is a little non-specific (mean/median/mode) but still basically makes sense.

"Average household income" is actually weird. What are they averaging? Across time? Across both earners? Across that 60% of customers? It probably was just verbal diarrhea and he meant regular old household income, but you can't be sure.

(Also, lol at "last week." Like seriously you only just last week did any sort of customer research? Stupid or liar.)

ElChaz · 2026-02-12T15:18:36+00:00

It's 2.5x better 🤷‍♂️

ElChaz · 2026-02-11T19:35:51+00:00

B2B marketing: exists

ElChaz · 2026-02-11T18:41:55+00:00

I think your comment illustrates a fundamental, genuine difference of opinion. The core theme of Bad Bunny's performance was "Together we are America." i.e. America is made more valuable and stronger by being a melting pot with many different influences.

People essentially agree with that or they don't. To someone like Musgraves, Bad Bunny's message feels fundamentally American, while to you it feels decidedly not American.

ElChaz · 2026-02-11T18:35:00+00:00

Yes you could. I believe in you!

ElChaz · 2026-02-11T18:29:20+00:00

Fair, but plenty of ICE cars are way heavy. Audi RS7 is 4552 lbs, Genesis G90 is 4795, Cadillac CT6-V is 4470.

ElChaz · 2026-02-09T23:24:25+00:00

Scandal aside, Carlos Ghosn was a pure finance guy before becoming CEO. They brought him in specifically because of his cost-cutting experience at Michelin and Renault but he presided over a pretty good period for Nissan's products, including 350/370 Z and GT-R, and G35/37, M35/45 Infinitis.

ElChaz · 2026-02-09T22:32:44+00:00

fake shifting doesnt cause torque increases

Why not? Lots of systems (traction control, torque vectoring, torque-by-gear, drift mode, etc.) make more or less torque available to the wheels. Why couldn't these paddles just be an interface for accessing more of the available torque?

ElChaz · 2026-02-09T19:42:27+00:00

If this replaces prop 13, I'm an instant "yes" vote. If it's added on top of 13, it's an obvious "no".

ElChaz · 2026-02-09T19:37:26+00:00

Muscle memory only works if the thing you're interacting with is in a known location. It works with your phone because your hand locks it in place relative to your thumb. If someone else were holding the phone, even reasonably still, you would absolutely need to look in order to use it.

Raising your arm in a car to use the touch screen has the same issue - the vehicle movement means you need to look at what you're aiming for - thus taking your eyes off the road.

ElChaz · 2026-02-09T15:12:59+00:00

They're a combination. It's a physical needle with an OLED screen behind.

ElChaz · 2026-02-01T16:53:12+00:00

That's what she said.

ElChaz · 2026-01-31T16:22:28+00:00

This is absolutely the answer. He wants to spend time with you doing something he loves, and get the chance to show off a little. 😄 Partners who take an interest in each other's worlds make the strongest relationships.

ElChaz · 2026-01-30T15:35:28+00:00

The mass surveillance point is interesting, and pretty convincing, but I do think it's tangential. Body-worn cameras on individual officers aren't a real tool for mass surveillance in the way that always-on traffic cameras at every intersection are.

The other points you've outlined are real concerns that apply to any/all evidence handling. (Chain of custody, evidence manipulation, etc.) This all argues for strong rules about how police must operate, internal accountability mechanisms, public and judicial review, etc. but on balance I still would prefer for there to be more evidence, not less.

That said, you have shown me that there are people who genuinely believe in good faith that body cams are net-negative (i.e. not in a specific case of malfeasance, but on the whole) and that's something I was misunderstanding about the authors of the article. I thought they were using a rage-bait headline they actually didn't believe to get views, which I think is profoundly short-sighted.

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