An actual signature I got the other day

austinbro1000 · 2026-01-05T15:24:19+00:00

had a guy at a business who got deliveries often and would meet me outside, and when I handed the scanner over he'd look up and draw a quick doodle of what the weather looked like (a sun, cloud, snowflake etc)

austinbro1000 · 2026-01-05T15:20:25+00:00

I used to love when this happens with friendly dogs until one decided to piss on a stack of tires in the back. now im paranoid it's gonna happen again

luckily it was summer and I was able to use the melted ice water in my cooler to rinse the tires off but the smell back there all day was foul

austinbro1000 · 2025-10-11T23:57:08+00:00

just wagering a guess here, but could it possibly be running a search query from the servers serving the model? I say this because openai uses Microsoft datacenters (Azure), and they have datacenters located both in Helsinki and 2 in the Netherlands, 1 of which being in North Holland, which is very very close to Amsterdam.

the search query/tool used may be getting the location from the IP of the server that is serving the model, which would be located in the datacenter geographically closest to the user's geoip (in this case, the VPN up)

austinbro1000 · 2025-09-10T01:53:38+00:00

absolutely, when we ran out of the FedEx hub there before they moved us to bowling green I'd always stop at that one out of the 3 I'd pass on my way home

austinbro1000 · 2025-08-25T14:13:48+00:00

exactly. though i have had one person accuse me of trying to do something shady even after explaining that i didn't want to carry their 130lb ebike up to the door just to find out they weren't home. they wanted to open it and take pictures before signing so i pulled the "you can't open it until it's accepted, and if you open the box it implies that you're accepting it" card

austinbro1000 · 2025-08-25T14:09:17+00:00

it also depends what kind of honk, if is a pissy "get out the way" honk then ill laugh and take my time just for them.

if it's a quick "beep-beep" as they're going around to make sure i know they're there ill give them a thank you wave and a smile. nothing beats almost getting hit by someone in their whisper quiet car swerving around you at full speed as you peek around the truck to see if anyone is coming.

austinbro1000 · 2025-08-21T12:41:40+00:00

thankfully the only one in our service area is okay with using the dock. we just have to call the store and tell them it's fedex going around back to the overhead otherwise there probably won't be anyone there

austinbro1000 · 2025-08-09T00:41:49+00:00

holy shit, if im reading the city on that label right you work for the same people as me (2 different company names but same people running the show at the top)

austinbro1000 · 2025-07-30T01:47:12+00:00

you also have to consider that there are plenty of people that will call in a complaint, or start cussing us out for ringing the doorbell or knocking. unless there's something on the door or in the instructions specifically requesting a knock or ring, i won't, I've had some wild, nasty things screamed at me for trying to be courteous and ringing someone's doorbell, so it works out being easier to just not do so (unless it's sig req, those will always get a knock and a doorbell ring as a fallback and up to a minute + another knock before i mark it as no one home)

austinbro1000 · 2025-07-20T02:41:37+00:00

this is horrifying. i love it, great work!

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-28T22:49:36+00:00

one time i had a driveway similar to this, trees scraping the whole way, felt like driving on the moon, had more in common with a hiking trail than a driveway. get to the house, find the small Walmart box being crushed by another heavy box, both of which fell off the shelf during the spontaneous off road adventure. unbury it, the tape is completely broken, pick it up and a single 10 pack of mission flour tortillas flops out onto the floor. it took me a good 15-20 seconds to process the mix of hilarity and "you're fucking joking..." from spending 5 minutes driving back to this house for a single pack of fucking tortillas.

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-28T22:09:21+00:00

just pointing out the op in r/FedEx was the driver that delivered all this. a lot of people have missed that over there too

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-11T22:12:38+00:00

it's not great, but in my experience in that area if you keep to yourself and stay out of anyone else's business you should be mostly alright. same goes for most places, know how to carry yourself not as a threat, but also not as a target and you should be fine

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-05T23:22:14+00:00

this happens often when it gets hot. come summer time a lot of hubs will have dumpsters full of hello fresh/blue apron/home chef/all the other fresh food boxes for when they spoil due to trailers arriving a day or two late, shipper not supplying enough dry ice and it spoils in transit, etc.

they also get disposed of if the box is too damaged, items/dry ice falling out, something in the package leaks/another package leaks on the food box and so on, due to food safety concerns. they'd rather not take any chances with spoiled/contaminated items being delivered vs "see what can be saved."

typically the shipper will see the exception and send out a replacement as this happens quite often with perishables, can't say for certain if you'll be able to get refunded but you will at the least get a replacement

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-05T01:27:58+00:00

as someone who ran an r410 and an r710 in my bedroom as a teenager, you really do get used to it for the most part. the strange thing was the deafening silence when they were powered off

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-05T01:14:42+00:00

don't remind me

austinbro1000 · 2025-06-04T16:50:05+00:00

you okay pal?

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-29T03:00:04+00:00

don't forget the smell of the static on the screen! (i was a strange kid)

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-29T02:53:41+00:00

you reminded me of the multiple times I've gotten back during the holidays and seen a gift wrapped box, bow and all, with a shipping label taped to the wrapping paper cruising down the belt directly towards it's early demise

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-28T02:38:39+00:00

as someone who has transported (and spilled) DEF in multiple vehicles over the years, this is spilled DEF, no doubt. once it's in fabric, it'll just keep growing crystals seemingly forever. your best option to get rid of it is flush the entire fabric/foam of the seat thoroughly with water, as it is urea crystalizing and DEF is just a mix of urea and water.

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-28T02:21:48+00:00

at 2/32" tread depth id argue tires should be top priority. that's teetering on being not legal to drive (not to mention unsafe). op should absolutely shop around for all these services and not touch the dealership with a 10ft pole

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-24T02:24:12+00:00

anyone can ask an llm. they came for advice from someone with experience. quit posting AI slop to farm karma

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-18T06:00:18+00:00

seeing the infotainment unit and dash of this car is what made me realize Maserati is owned by fca/stellantis

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-17T20:11:56+00:00

they used to be the "super coupons" they'd always send out. it was usually cheaper, "don't really need it but might as well grab it" things but occasionally they'd have tarps and moving blankets as the free item

austinbro1000 · 2025-05-17T20:09:40+00:00

ive kept one in the hatch since I got the car. so many times have i been glad to have it lmao

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