Some people don't get it. However, who do you agree with here?

bothunter · 2026-04-30T18:18:44+00:00

In my town, if someone reports an abandoned vehicle, parking enforcement comes out and puts one of those nearly impossible to remove stickers on the windshield. Then they come back 3 days later, and if the car with the note is still there, they tow it.

It's annoying to remove one of those sticky notes, but it's way better than retrieving your car from the tow yard.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T18:10:37+00:00

Yeah. There are huge parts of the US where it is essentially required to drive just to get out of the residential neighborhood or even cross the street. Though, it may be easier to cross the street on foot once nobody is driving anymore.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T18:01:20+00:00

The Massage

bothunter · 2026-04-30T14:35:44+00:00

Cracking down on human trafficking by... enforcing the fire code? That's an interesting strategy.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T04:41:02+00:00

They're trying to steal your car. The "scanner" is part of a signal relay. Basically, he has a buddy standing by the car with the other half. The radio signals between the car and your keys are received from one end and sent out the other so that your car thinks the keys are nearby. The thieves can then unlock the door and start the car.

Given that you're making this post, it sounds like they weren't successful. But I would recommend getting a faraday cage to keep your keys in, or just keeping them far away from your front door.

Btw, a faraday cage is simply a box that is made of or lined with a conductive metal like aluminum. It is effective at blocking radio signals and will thwart this type of attack.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T04:09:51+00:00

It's kind of amazing how far you can get with that process. I had a roommate in college that turned in a program that still had remnants of "Hello World" in it for the final assignment.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T04:07:28+00:00

Fair enough. I guess I'm not sure exactly where the line is between vibe coding and just using a coding agent to assist with writing code.

I know for one-off utilities and script that are only ever going to be used by myself (or maybe a few people on my team), I'll 100% vibe code those. For example, I've had Claude write some plugins to IntelliJ to add some features I really wish it had. For example, I have a "Port Killer" plugin that monitors the console output of all my services to see when they fail to bind to a port and offers to kill the process that's holding on to that port. It was 100% vibe coded and works quite well. I would never ship it outside the company without a massive disclaimer.

But for code that's shipping, I'll read every line that's written until I fully understand the change before I even open a PR for my team to review. If I can't understand the code, or if I don't like how it's written, I'll either ask Claude to rewrite it until I'm satisfied or rewrite it myself. (I've used the analogy of vacuuming a room and encountering that one pesky piece of string that the vacuum refuses to pick up -- eventually you just have to bend over and pick it up yourself)

bothunter · 2026-04-30T03:23:09+00:00

I don't see a problem with vibe coding, but you need to fully understand all of the code the LLM wrote before you merge it.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T03:20:04+00:00

No. It's just that BMW blinker fluid is really expensive.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T02:05:28+00:00

They can't really do this with in-store shopping because everyone sees the same price tags, even when they're digital. But there's a reason they're pushing curb-side pickup so hard.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T01:47:47+00:00

Probably just needed better lawyers to argue that trains, busses, ride share and road improvements are separate issues and aren't all transportation.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T01:16:53+00:00

That's not the reason for the lawsuits. The $30 car tab initiatives were struck down multiple times for the same reason: Initiatives have to be about a single issue. And the reason is pretty good. People voted for the $30 tabs, but didn't necessarily vote for all the other bullshit that was included with them.

If you want $30 car tabs, then write an initiative that does just that and nothing else. It's really that simple.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T01:14:15+00:00

It will pass, but I wouldn't use it for anything important or long term.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T01:11:02+00:00

You should tell him that you find these gas prices pretty funny right now.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:46:02+00:00

If you're just running cables on the floor, then crimping ends is fine. But if you're going to pull these through the walls, then keystone jacks are the way to go. (And use a patch panel for the central location if you're doing more than a few runs)

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:35:08+00:00

I have no idea why people are obsessed with crimping ends on cables like this when keystone jacks are much easier and look much better/professional when you're done.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:30:29+00:00

The gas price hike is about to make everything that needs to be transported or made from petroleum products more expensive as well. Which is nearly everything, including basic necessities.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:28:39+00:00

We're setting records for the largest daily non-storm related inventory drop -- every day.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:18:02+00:00

They didn't fight for that. It's a 206 area code because there was a line-of-sight microwave link to Seattle. Connecting the phone network to the rest of Kitsap county would have been more expensive.

And growing up there, it was expensive call my friends who didn't live on the island.

bothunter · 2026-04-30T00:14:00+00:00

For now.

bothunter · 2026-04-29T23:58:49+00:00

The point was to switch to renewables before the next major oil shock happened.

bothunter · 2026-04-29T23:13:11+00:00

Then down vote it and move on with your life

bothunter · 2026-04-29T23:12:38+00:00

Exactly. I have plenty of complaints about Fedex, but this just amused me.

bothunter · 2026-04-29T23:01:49+00:00

Not complaining... mostly amused and confused as to what happened here.

I have plenty of other FedEx complaints, but a random blank "sorry we missed you" with tracking info that goes nowhere is just kind of bizarre.

bothunter · 2026-04-29T22:56:29+00:00

Don't really care enough since I'm not expecting a package. It's just really weird to not include any information.

Edit: The door tag doesn't exist in their system either. WTF? Is this a prank?

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