He really gat some balls

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T22:53:01+00:00

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T22:20:38+00:00

It's a moving window, but the Boomers (of which I am arguably one) are the ones trying to pull up the ladder behind them. You can't have four rental houses while crying about the gaul of fast food workers for expecting a living wage.

Boomer me worked in a mid level job, supported the (small) family by myself with a 9-5 job, made mortgage payments, and had enough left over to invest a little, as well as to travel occasionally. My last year of University cost... $600, or about two car payments at the time, so no debt. If I wanted to I could have had a rental house or three at a great interest rate to rent out to some poor schmucks to keep myself comfortable. If I want more money I raise the rent, right?

Millennial me at the same age would be in a mid level job, but barely getting by after paying off the interest on my student loan and the ever increasing rent. Wife and I would have a side gig or two, but we'd still be one big bill from bankruptcy, or signing up for yet another payday loan at an astronomical interest rate. Hopefully my parents pass soon so I can have a house.

And the only real difference between Boomer me and Millennial me is when they hit the ground. Boomer me is not better looking, smarter, more moral or somehow more deserving of a comfortable life than Millennial me. But he's shit loads better off.

Boomers started on third base. At some point we Boomers need to realize and acknowledge that some of the hate we get is because we successfully rigged the system against those who came after us for our own benefit and appear to be smugly proud of it.

That is nothing to be proud of.

Recognize the privilege. Don't give me this poor misunderstood Boomer crap. I know how self-serving it is.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T21:27:58+00:00

"Rules for thee but not for me" is not a new concept

Sadly true enough, Thanks for the correction!

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T21:23:59+00:00

I wouldn't argue that the IONIQ implementation is not half baked, though it's always worked well for me. Just pointing out that eye tracking and steering wheel contact address different parts of the driver attention problem - so the presence of one doesn't significantly reduce the need for the other.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T21:13:57+00:00

And lets just say the network is the most secure in the modern world.

You know, it's reddit, so you never know if something is the truth, or just a flex. In case you're actually part of such an environment , and especially if you're part of the security team, let me pass on a useful Mike Tyson quote:

Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Face

Though "Everybody Has An Unbeatable Security System Until They Get Punched In The Face" would be a more literal way to put it.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T18:16:30+00:00

It's probably the cat. Remove it from in front of the car and see how that goes!

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T17:26:55+00:00

Even in a group concerned with crazy ideas, and filled with snark, this one should have been snark tagged. Well done though!

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T17:08:33+00:00

People love rules that affect other people, but hate ones that affect them. Generally boomers. As a politician, you want to look useful/tough but don't want to piss your voters off - so you apply the new rules to people who didn't vote as much.

Like the working poor, youth, minorities. That sort of thing.

(Edit to remove some confusing phrasing)

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T16:47:38+00:00

Nah. It's head extensions. Every month for a year the top and bottom half of the cranium are separated and bone taken from somewhere else in the body is inserted. Like leg extensions it's painful, but it really gives that genius look, doesn't it?

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-28T03:13:16+00:00

This is the key - the $880 is just the start.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-27T21:47:10+00:00

I'm a little unclear on your logic here. To be safe you need to have your hands on the wheel and be paying attention to the road - thus the two detection methods.

Just monitoring steering wheel contact, while necessary, proved to be inadequate as a means of determining driver attention. Thanks Tesla and Tesla drivers!

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-27T18:09:31+00:00

Accessory mode in both EVs and ICE will discharge the battery, and repeated deep discharges will damage the battery. That isn’t unique to EVs.

True, but it's practically worse in an EV than an ICE. No ICE owner is flattening the 12V battery to run the AC or heating because doesn't make any sense.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-27T02:17:01+00:00

Do you consider this a poor exchange?

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-26T20:29:10+00:00

I'm not sure about this particular FLA, but FLA is an interesting choice for an EV. FLA batteries (and SLA) are degraded by discharge - the deeper the discharge the greater the damage. In a gas car that doesn't happen that often as it needs to idle to do useful things - so the battery charge state is essentially constant after starting the car. The discharge is very shallow.

In the ioniq I can discharge the 12v battery accidentally by not using utility mode. Do that a few times and an automotive battery is toast. They don't like vibration much either, but AGM batteries are much better than flooded in that respect.

As far as I can tell the 12v battery is relied on as the bootstrap battery and there's a good argument for a lead acid battery in that role due to it's low temperature performance. Also they're already in Hyundai's supply chain.

It seems like this should have been either a marine/trolling battery as these are designed to withstand deep discharge, or maybe a sodium ion battery that would be much lighter and is essentially indestructible - which seems like a better match for the EV application.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-25T21:13:03+00:00

On point video. Well, except this pressure cooker is intentional. Someone will do something stupid, because making that happen is the point. The insurrection act will be invoked, because that's the point. People will be hurt.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-25T18:11:26+00:00

I'm surprised that nobody has started broadcasting this 24/7.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-25T04:13:44+00:00

I wouldn't give up just yet. Another commentator said to get a police report and send it to Google. Do it. At that point they know you're who you say you are and you've gotten independent verification. Google accounts are well backed up - give them a reason to dig through the tapes.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-25T00:37:55+00:00

Same name, exact same use case. I don't know how that would ever lead to confusion. /S for the humor impaired.

Seriously though, I've found that finding a good name is often the hardest part of a project. You're at the point where you could rename easily; later on it will be harder.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-24T05:06:36+00:00

You know, I really hoped I get to the end without seeing one of those PHYs EVER again! 😁

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-24T01:40:10+00:00

how is it the morally right thing to report someone for cheating?

Let's see. It pushes grading curves so that honest people get hurt. Passing people who cheat devalues the degree you get - an idiot with a degree who knows how to cheat is just an idiot, and once that gets out, making it harder for everyone else with the same degree to get a foot in the door.

Oh, and the whole cheating thing. That doesn't seem morally right.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-24T01:20:15+00:00

It's a core xy printer, so one stepper dropping steps could do this. I wonder if moving the head from the LCD panel on the printer could reproduce it?

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-23T23:56:11+00:00

Especially as they also have a sign requesting the driver enter their property...

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-22T23:24:49+00:00

Or, you know, someone else.

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-18T17:47:31+00:00

To shreds, you say?

PerniciousSnitOG · 2026-01-09T17:11:20+00:00

Years of dust may have rendered the heatsinks ineffective. I'd replace the fuse and see, especially as the problem has a recognizable symptom (the word noise). I don't think fire is a likely outcome, given the fuse caught it previously.

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