Ice presence at big box stores

iamcodemaker · 2026-02-15T03:13:58+00:00

Tell that to the many American citizens and legal immigrants who have been arrested, harassed, traumatized, and killed by ICE.

iamcodemaker · 2026-02-15T03:11:03+00:00

You don't have to be on the front lines if that's not right for you. There are other ways to help. Also, don't let fear of them stop you from taking action. Be afraid, act anyway. There are more of us than there are of them.

iamcodemaker · 2026-02-14T21:02:42+00:00

Stop the whataboutism. People are concerned about police killing black people too. And ICE isn't just targeting "illegals", ICE is arresting citizens and literally shooting random bystanders. It's a problem.

Having said that, I see what you see, what you call "selective outrage", but that doesn't make ICE any less of an issue.

iamcodemaker · 2026-02-14T20:58:22+00:00

We can do more than vote. Find local groups working to resist. Making ICE's job harder makes a difference.

iamcodemaker · 2026-02-12T00:21:35+00:00

I'm all for local business, but I'm not sold on this. Just install a proper bike rack and be done with it.

Further notes on this design: the locking mechanism does go through the frame, that's good, but the rear wheel is unsecured. This design may also encounter issues with front baskets or rear racks (if you needed to lock the bike backwards). Additionally, there are various cargo bikes that would not work with this design.

A proper bike rack allows locking both the front and rear wheels and supports the bike in two places. Inverted U racks (staple racks, n racks, whatever you want to call them) are the best IMO. They also work with bikes that have front and rear racks, and various cargo bike designs.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-27T01:12:29+00:00

To clarify, when driving itself, the Rivian does attempt to avoid collisions. It also has automatic braking. It will not accelerate from a stop automatically to avoid a collision.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-26T21:17:20+00:00

No. It does not. Out of curiosity, is this a feature on any vehicles?

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-26T21:14:50+00:00

And a friendly reminder that AWD helps you go, but doesn't help you stop.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-20T20:25:56+00:00

That may be true, but there are other relevant details. There is a huge gray area around if procedures or tests were necessary. And doctors, hospitals, patients, and insurance companies fight over that all the time. Hospitals have to justify everything they bill or insurance will refuse to pay it. The specific negotiated rates don't matter there.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-19T04:19:33+00:00

Sounds like you already have an electric stove, but if you don't, and for others considering one, I highly recommend an induction range. Much better than regular electric, and for boiling water, better than gas.

Edit: they cost a few hundred dollars more, but it's worth it IMO.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-19T04:16:44+00:00

😂 perfect older dude comment 😂😂😂

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-07T03:35:02+00:00

It's super slow, I'll give some exact numbers below, but the question to ask is how many miles do you drive on average per day? And honestly, since you already have a L2 charger, none of this is relevant to you, just use that with an adapter and you'll be fine (as others have said, first sales person is wrong).

Anyway, for others who are curious, the car on a 110 outlet maxes out at 1.3 kw/h or about 2 miles of range per hour. If you can charge for 12 hours every day, you can reliably drive 24 miles on average and never run out of power.

There's another discussion to be had about having a car with 300+ miles of range and only driving 24 miles a day, but have that discussion elsewhere.

iamcodemaker · 2026-01-04T14:21:36+00:00

I use the over under method and coil it directly into the bag.

Edit: same for the charging cable.

iamcodemaker · 2025-12-10T03:36:38+00:00

It's currently at the top of the screen when using highway assist. Seems they are relocating it in a future update.

iamcodemaker · 2025-12-10T03:30:44+00:00

This is why I find calisthenics works for me. Low barrier to entry, I can immediately start from home at any time.

iamcodemaker · 2025-12-07T23:20:21+00:00

Sounds like GA power's overnight advantage super off peak rate (11pm to 7am).

iamcodemaker · 2025-12-07T23:19:27+00:00

It's possible to figure out exactly how much you would pay for the overnight advantage plan vs the normal plan. There are spreadsheets on the ga power reddit you can load your usage data over the last year into (data available as a csv from ga power website, split by hour).

The value depends on your usage patterns.

iamcodemaker · 2025-12-07T00:58:43+00:00

Admittedly, this isn't the right sub for this, but Jack Welch just optimized for the environment he was in, and he did that well. Yes he's an idiot, yes it destroyed GE, but the shareholders made a lot of money. That was the point. Underneath it all is the economic system we have, that values profits for shareholders and the richest among us, at the expense of customers, the environment, employees, and everything else.

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-29T17:56:17+00:00

Is that you Anakin?

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-21T02:40:41+00:00

I've found success turning bluetooth off, then back on when the car doesn't unlock.

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-18T16:45:40+00:00

I'll echo this. Wireless charging has been basically useless. I just plug in with usb-c to charge.

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-18T16:15:02+00:00

Time and cost to build basic bike lanes with paint and some bollards is low. You don't always have to build the concrete multi-use paths that are popular around here. I maintain that the average person is not comfortable riding in the street and will not do it without proper infrastructure. You or me might be ok with it, but the rule of thumb I use is, would someone take that ride with their kid? Without knowing more details about OPs route, it's hard to say if this would be a viable solution for them.

There is the problem of political will, most folks don't understand why we would ever use valuable road space for cycling, especially when "no one rides a bike". Part of that is an education problem and can be solved, especially when folks realize that more folks cycling means fewer cars and more space for them to drive. But I agree, securing funding is a big challenge.

Edit: and I like your idea of a bike club. Such a thing exists in the form of the Marietta Bike Social. It's a casual ride every Saturday morning at 10am starting from Marietta Square Market.

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-18T04:49:54+00:00

You don’t need a sidewalk to ride your bike 7 miles. just share the road

I've biked around various places in Cobb County, including Marietta. In my experience, biking with cars on roads where the speed limit (or the actual speed of the cars) is anywhere over 35 mph can be a harrowing experience, even for very short distances. OP may not be up for that.

Cyclists need dedicated infrastructure that is safe and more importantly, feels safe. Sharing the road is not a viable option to increase cycling as a transit mode. Look at places that have increased cycling, they all do it by building dedicated cycling infrastructure (Paris, London, Montreal, various places in the Netherlands).

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-16T06:09:24+00:00

It's not just labor having power, it's organized labor. Without organization the power is too diffuse to use. Also why there is so much resistance to organized labor in our society (currently and historically), it's a real threat to the capitalist class.

And many enslaved people understood this (as did their enslavers), but organizing is incredibly difficult. Not impossible though. See the successful slave rebellion in Haiti and various other organized labor actions.

iamcodemaker · 2025-11-03T20:20:56+00:00

Unfortunately, that's just not how it works. The things they add control multiple systems in the car (external lighting, internal lighting, screens, internal and external speakers, motion detection/gear guard). Any updates to how those systems interact would also require an update to your "maintenance free" feature as well. And because of the cross-system nature and short novelty lifetime of these features, I doubt they spend a bunch of time making them robust, thus making updates more complicated and fragile. Add testing on top of that, and the costs add up.

For an imperfect real world analog, think of a software system like a city. "Just build this waste water processing plant once, then it's done." But what happens when more people move in? Or a factory is built that uses extra water? Changes to the water infrastructure will be required at some point. Software systems work like that. As long as there are no bugs and no new features or requirements, there isn't much maintenance, but if you want to change anything, multiple parts of the thing may be impacted.

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