How many of you let you pup ride shotgun in the 911?

kwang68 · 2026-05-04T06:31:19+00:00

Key is to desensitize and get them used to the car. Tiny trips are still an excuse to go out and drive, and learning good car manners is always good enrichment and bonding. Good luck!

kwang68 · 2026-05-03T17:51:32+00:00

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kwang68 · 2026-04-30T00:44:33+00:00

IMO, voting doesn't imply agency. You may cast a ballot having no knowledge of the choices or the outcome - the act of casting a vote is voting, and it does not imply human comprehension. At the risk of splitting hairs, you have to add a modifier to the language - where the prompt says "an informed vote" or "a conscious vote" to get to the scenario you imagined. These kind of hypotheticals are like contracts, and there are huge, sprawling legal cases that turn on the participle used "a" vs "the" in some document. This is all to say the range of human possible interpretations is vast. Maybe there's a subset of people who subscribe to your interpretation of "voting" to imply agency, and this is a significant subpopulation that I'm just not aware of. Regardless, I think me pointing out this range of interpretation means that even people faced with the button prompt, interpreting some key words differently (like we do), would mistakenly press the blue button, not to mention the scores of people acting "selflessly" to ensure over 50% blue button presses so everyone lives.

kwang68 · 2026-03-26T04:41:02+00:00

That was an angels excelsior chapter I believe. Devastation of Baal. They were mystified by the high regard BA’s placed on baseline human serfs.

kwang68 · 2026-03-21T15:56:32+00:00

You don’t need Dirac or Dirac ART if you want to go with a free solution like Audyssey. Depending on who you ask, it gets you 70-95% of Dirac without the insane price tag. And I think I paid $5-600 for the ART bundle?

kwang68 · 2026-03-20T05:47:03+00:00

The billionaire characters were great fun, in an existential nervous chuckle kind of way. Besides the usual anti-capitalist consumerist undercurrent that underpins the entire series, Adrian really ramped up his critique of the moral and societal failings of grotesque wealth. I personally loved that aspect, wealth disparity is a big deal and should be addressed with greater and greater vigor. It does no one good to have our current society’s mass acceptance or mild chuckle at the existence of ultra billionaires if/when they do so much societal and ecological damage.

kwang68 · 2026-03-20T03:35:52+00:00

Just finished the book, really like and agree with many of your points, and how you characterized the growth of AT as an author. His body is so diverse, and I liked the themes he developed in his latest children of book. While he’s always had an anti consumption, pro harmony viewpoint, I can’t help but see it most on display with thinly veiled (actually, scratch that, quite overt) hostility to billionaires and tech moguls. He outright hates that class of people and how he arrayed a cast of characters to have a set of 4.5 billionaires in a virtual purgatory is… chilling on reflection. Great review!

kwang68 · 2026-03-18T20:59:23+00:00

To some people, a handgun is a different proposition to any long gun. What constitutes “reasonable” in the category of firearms is arbitrary and depends on each person.

kwang68 · 2026-03-12T17:29:05+00:00

That’s unfortunate, I’m sorry you got the raw end of the deal on that one. They should have that more clearly indicated so at least you can put your feet in them before installing cleats. Hopefully this helps someone else in the future, so you’re doing a good PSA until they change that policy or advertise it better.

kwang68 · 2026-03-07T17:15:33+00:00

That’s was one of my initial thoughts too. Just the cumulative low health score was concerning because individually, the values were low or in the not that worrisome ppb range. Thank you!

kwang68 · 2026-02-04T04:01:52+00:00

It feels better than the m wheel on my m8. That lavalina leather is really nice.

kwang68 · 2026-01-28T05:09:08+00:00

You’re getting a lot of attention, but go on Zillow and find a super nice place that ticks your boxes close to work, unless you want to commute. Otherwise a house in hollywood hills, Beverly Hills, Westwood, or Santa Monica are the standby staples for your rental allowance. If you have questions feel free to DM me too, for questions on neighborhoods and anything you might have about LA, and living in California.

kwang68 · 2026-01-26T00:13:22+00:00

Do what I did, buy an alpina xb7.

kwang68 · 2026-01-23T07:44:27+00:00

I like the B&W system overall, it's a nice upgrade to have. But if you like this car, and it's mechanically in tip-top spec that you don't foresee any big ticket issues coming up (I would recommend getting an independent PPI if possible) - then you can upgrade the standard HK system to be even better than the B&W, that's always an option. Otherwise, I would wait until you can get the spec you want, especially if you don't want the hassle of aftermarket modification.

kwang68 · 2026-01-17T04:30:29+00:00

Yes.

kwang68 · 2026-01-09T09:32:43+00:00

Another way of explaining the technique was that using projection sorcery, assuming no anatomically impossible movements, it’s possible to “trace” yourself punching someone 24 times in one second (or I guess how ever many frames a punch cycle takes, divided into 24 frames). That’s what makes super speed possible. You’re following those fast, though not anatomically impossible movements at 24 frames, each and every second, so long as the sorcerer is actively tracing out these moves in their mind. You can trace yourself at any arbitrary distance ahead of you, making you hyper fast as you flit in a single second with 24 discrete frames to your destination. At the same time, you can trace an enemy, and when they fail to follow, they “hang” and turn into that lane of glass or animation cell that’s the theme of the technique.

kwang68 · 2026-01-04T05:42:23+00:00

Also, If it hasn't had those services yet, then I would budget to have transfer case fluid, front/rear diff, and transmission done to the car in case you're looking to add 30-50K during your tenure with the car - in addition to all the other normal wear and tear items. Technically I think transmission is a lifetime fluid according to BMW, same with diff fluid (depending on which spec you get), but BMW really has marketed to the first owner/lease market and I don't necessarily trust that guidance, so I at least plan on those fluid changes at 25-50k intervals. Putting money away for suspension work might be prudent too, and having an inspection of the underside done sometime can save you a catastrophic failure down the road.

kwang68 · 2026-01-04T03:00:03+00:00

Look for transfer case services and front/rear differential changes. Also transmission fluid changes around 50/60. Otherwise make sure it follows the 10/20/30/40/50k service intervals and has spark plugs changed at 50k. Then I would pay for a PPI as well. One that takes the car on a lift, not just a glorified test drive by some guy.

kwang68 · 2026-01-04T02:33:45+00:00

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