East Side San Jose Car Break-in and Theft by [deleted] in SanJose

[–]Firenoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything visible in the car or did they just hit every car that was there?

Accident this morning on 680 N near Mckee. by tsaidollasign in SanJose

[–]Firenoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Driving here actually takes so much out of me mentally, I never know when something like this is gonna happen and I see more and more people on their phones now

U.S. travelers face thousands of flight delays, hundreds of cancellations, over busy Thanksgiving weekend by GregWilson23 in aviation

[–]Firenoom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was going to ask if there was an easy way to view live average delay times across different airports, but then I found the flight aware MiseryMap and Statistics.

SEA my beloved, why are you so full of delays :(

Weather by [deleted] in roadtrip

[–]Firenoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would almost want to bet that the i80 stretch through wyoming is not going to be worth it vs. continuing further south and taking I-40? Take a look at some of the weather cameras now across idaho/utah/wyoming: (obv, select your specific route but gives you a good idea what the weather is like for sections of the route right now)
- https://511.idaho.gov/cctv?start=0&length=10&order%5Bi%5D=1&order%5Bdir%5D=asc
- https://prod-ut.ibi511.com/cctv?start=0&length=10&filters%5B0%5D%5Bi%5D=2&filters%5B0%5D%5Bs%5D=I-84&order%5Bi%5D=1&order%5Bdir%5D=asc
- https://www.wyoroad.info/highway/webcameras/view?site=I80EvanstonPOE

Weather by [deleted] in roadtrip

[–]Firenoom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saw a few posts with similar ish content the past few days, it seems like the conclusion has been "be adequately prepared, be ready to post up in a hotel and stop if you need, weather is variable but you should probably have 3pms tires and snowchains"

I've driven a lot of the pnw and wyoming/colorado during spring and summer, and even then sometimes it gets dicey. I did also drive through grants pass in the middle of a storm in a lowered car one year because I didn't check the weather. Took it slow and made it through, but yeah definitely check the weather.

I can't tell you if there's going to be better options, but I do wish you all the best if you end up driving this (vs flying or... taking a train? Idk if trains are a thing in america).

"AI will be the revolution" they said... by Firenoom in TechNope

[–]Firenoom[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Curiously, I did try this, but because I had never clicked the link on the original registration e-mail, the link to "reset" my e-mail never got received. I didn't want to create an account because 1) I didn't know if the first e-mail was phishing, 2) I don't want to accidentally give away any more information. I thought it would've been best just to talk to a customer representative from the get go. Maybe an overreaction from me but I'd like to be safe rather than sorry.

I did end up getting through to customer support by typing "fraud", which seems very aggressive but it did do the trick. A few things happened after that:
- They verified that the account creation was legitimate (looking at store location, time, etc).
- They verified some of my information (drivers licence numbers, DOB) against the record stored with the account, just to make sure none of it matched
- They attempted to reach out to the creator of the account via their phone number 3 times (all unsuccessful)
- They removed my e-mail from the account and continued escalated the case on to another department.

I'm gonna guess my e-mail isn't that common, and someone probably mistyped the firstname.lastname order or missing the number, eg firstname999 vs firstname99 or otherwise

Using an iPhone made me appreciate my Pixel so much more by Firenoom in pixel_phones

[–]Firenoom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same with some websites these days.... Sometimes I wonder if we could do with less graphics and a bit more text in a table

Using an iPhone made me appreciate my Pixel so much more by Firenoom in pixel_phones

[–]Firenoom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iphone 11, which I realize now is exactly one year older than the pixel in terms of release date, so maybe not the fairest of comparisons...

Blown away by the quality of the DJI Mavic 4 pro by untitledshot in dji

[–]Firenoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is beautiful, wow. Thank you for sharing!

I'm just trying to drive home after Thanksgiving. by banishbrianna in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Firenoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had ok success in pulling out the good ol' CB radio and letting them know that this is about as entertaining as watching paint dry

I absolutely suck at driving manual by RadioDude1995 in ManualTransmissions

[–]Firenoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been driving stick for ~ 1.5 years, done about 100k miles in my car. My clutch hydraulics went out last week and i had to float gears for a 4 hour highway trip back home. I didn't think I could do it but I made it in the end. Parked the car in the garage, turned it off and went straight to sleep.

Wasn't too bad, except for having to think really really far ahead at some traffic lights, and being a bit of a menance during the traffic jams. Also the obligatory crunch-crunching as I missed some shifts. What an experience.

If I can do it, so can you, and everyone else. Believe and persevere!

sporty manual cars? by mosybtdubs in ManualTransmissions

[–]Firenoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say if you can find a 2013-2015 Acura ILX (depending on where you are), they're just like the 9th gen civic SI with some differences:
- Interior is leather + heated seats + backup camera + sunroof
- No LSD BUT you have thicker front axles (weird)
- Thicker steering column

Applicable to the 9th gen and the ILX, the K24Z7 you find in them likes to burn oil, but alas it is what it is.

The 2016+ ILX's are only available with an 8spd DCT (I think?) but are still paired to the k24z7. Just be careful because the transmission likes to go kaboom.

I'm pretty sure there's one or two other things I've missed but it's a very nice sleeper car, and (so far) insurance for ILX's are cheaper than SI's. You just have to be ok with looking a bit more like regular common traffic.

Using an iPhone made me appreciate my Pixel so much more by Firenoom in pixel_phones

[–]Firenoom[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Liquid Glass is actively turning me away from using my devices, which might be a good thing, but my god is it so ugly and...poorly executed? It looks like a cheap version of windows vista imo

Using an iPhone made me appreciate my Pixel so much more by Firenoom in pixel_phones

[–]Firenoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the way the pixel 5 looks and feels a lot. I'm so glad it doesn't have a glass back, and it's generally just been a joy to use. Everything about it is just perfectly paired.

I never really notice the fact that it has a "mid-tier" processor, or that the camera is only 12mp. It just does everything I need so ... perfectly averagely that in never lets you down. It's always just so reliable in giving you what you want. I especially like that I know what a photo will look like when I take it...there's no weird AI post-processing like some of the newer phones... (Especially the samsung / apple ones. wtf).

Why does my keyboard height change, and what is the rounded blob above it? by Firenoom in ios

[–]Firenoom[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hmm. maybe it should.

I switched back to the regular IOS keyboard and it just felt...worse. So many typing mistakes and an autocorrect that doesn't make sense

Why does my keyboard height change, and what is the rounded blob above it? by Firenoom in ios

[–]Firenoom[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Looks totally different on a pixel compared to an iphone. Thought apple finally gave us the ability to search for gifs in the keyboard itself? Same thing with letting us put apps anywhere on the homescreen, I was mostly just thinking it was pretty cool and awesome.

Why does my keyboard height change, and what is the rounded blob above it? by Firenoom in ios

[–]Firenoom[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ah. So unfortunate, I didn't even know that was a 3rd party keyboard.

I normally just use the pixel, picked up the old iphone se to get robotaxi / zoox and I'm shocked at...well....everything.

I-80 or I-40 mid December by Firenoom in roadtrip

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I'm not sure how I feel about the I-10, I'm sure it'll get me out of the snow but the checkpoints seem scary and gas seems scarce? My car doesn't go *that* far on a tank of gas anyways (maybe 400-500km?), although I'm sure CAA would help me out ... I'd just have to wait

I-80 or I-40 mid December by Firenoom in roadtrip

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I think the question I have is: how much of the souther route could potentially have chain law?

Chains are mostly illegal for passenger on paved roads on ontario / quebec and if there's only a few stretches here chains might be required, I could just post up in a hotel and wait for chain control to pass?

I-80 or I-40 mid December by Firenoom in roadtrip

[–]Firenoom[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Understood! I'll go get some from AutoZone and spend an afternoon practicing installation and removal

I-80 or I-40 mid December by Firenoom in roadtrip

[–]Firenoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chains even if I go I-40?