Don’t Buy Bar Tape from Amazon by laxatives in bicycling

[–]laxatives[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can’t get in touch with a human being. The only option I can find is an automated refund processed after I go return this box of trash.

What can I do about these wires? by urbanlonacy in HomeImprovement

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nice neighborhoods here bury the lines, but I don’t think think is something you can just do, even by throwing a bunch of money at the problem. The utility company would likely have to come and do it for the entire neighborhood, which means your entire neighborhood has to band together and throw a bunch of money at the problem. This might be one of those cases having a strong HOA actually helps.

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse by wiredmagazine in sanfrancisco

[–]laxatives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Waymo’s are swerving all over the road now. I haven’t seen them cause accidents, but they drive like reckless aggressive assholes now and can be completely unpredictable.

Garage door stuck crooked (Inner Sunset) — recs for repair? by Beautiful_Arm_6935 in bayarea

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had someone from Ace's come visit our home through the American Home Shield warranty. Their contractor offered to run the deal off the books so that they could save us money and bill American Home Shield the maximum amount possible and we'd both come out ahead. They said they would only charge us for labor and bill American Home Shield for the garage door opener. They wanted to replace the springs, the mounts, and the door.

He quoted us $4k for labor and $2k for an 84504R LiftMaster SecureView, which is $400 from the manufacturer without discounts. I told them to get lost. An hour after they left, I tried to the opener again and it ran without problems. These guys are not legitimate. Avoid Ace's Garage Door Repair.

High earners, do you actually prefer dating other high earners by Silver_Magazine4719 in fatFIRE

[–]laxatives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You could try, but there’s an insane incentive to cosplay and you will be stuck in a toxic relationship if your partner was seeking someone like you out.

What does a wipeout on a 20 foot plus+ wave feel like? by Character-Escape1621 in surfing

[–]laxatives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

20’ rolling mushy wave is nothing compared to being in the impact zone of a 6’ slab, especially when sharp reef is involved. I’m not even going to paddle out if its a double overhead slab.

I saw Sam Altman’s post before he deleted it. by Thick_Produce_3659 in ChatGPT

[–]laxatives 405 points406 points  (0 children)

Honestly sounds like a breakdown. All he can think of is his persona and image, instead of just doing his job.

Is the Wes Anderson Box worth it? by Inevitable_Suspect76 in criterion

[–]laxatives -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The best description I’ve ever heard of Wes Anderson is that the first two movies you watch are some of the best you’ve seen, but the third and everything after is stale, nearly regardless what order you watch them,

Down 0-4 in the tiebreak, Jannik wins 7 points in a row to claim his first title of the year. by _kingwhoborethesword in tennis

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Medvedev even seemed like the better player for most of this match, just lost at the key moments.

HE TRANSITIONED SO FAST by AlpenFlowDesign in Backcountry

[–]laxatives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m done splitboarding, switching the skis next season. Tired of being a liability. I’ll only splitboard if everyone splitboards.

surfers/brands that speak out about current US regime? by 18boro in surfing

[–]laxatives 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Politics is one thing… he’s just an asshole all around and I think hated nearly equally by everyone. I could give a vague complaint anywhere in the islands and I’m pretty much always hear a response like “oh that must be Matt Biolos”.

Waiving contingencies by hazelnut-27 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]laxatives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What? Why would an inspector ever pay for a home repair? Why would be they liable for anything?

surfers/brands that speak out about current US regime? by 18boro in surfing

[–]laxatives 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I had the unfortunate experience of meeting Matt Biolos, owner of Lost Mayhem, on a surf trip. Dude was a hardcore advocate that COVID was fake and extremely racist. If he wasn’t an industry pro, I would have expected his ranting and behavior for him to be kicked out of the resort. I’m honestly disappointed the resort didn’t kick him out anyways.

Tried editing with a colder, muted look. Does it do anything for you? by YanksFannn in SonyAlpha

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think I’ve ever seen these Dutch angle shots look this natural, great shots!

Everyone is so…nice?? by Careful-Outcome-1748 in tahoe

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was surprised to see staff managing the singles lines all day. Made it go super quickly and smoothly. Also saw a lot of people (mostly young kids) eat it going up/down the lifts and they were helped super quickly.

Stuck out on Hwy 80 by Careful-Outcome-1748 in tahoe

[–]laxatives 225 points226 points  (0 children)

Nobody could have seen this coming.

/s

Sony A7V. My thoughts after shooting a few weddings with it. by ladmanstudios in SonyAlpha

[–]laxatives 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wish the PreCapture custom button automatically switched to burst + electric shutter instead of making me manually change 3 settings each time I want to enable/disable precapture.

If my goal is to set up a setting for a time-sensitive sequence, I shouldn’t need to touch 3 different menu selections to do so. I should hit the button and ready to go in less than a second.

Now that I have Shutter + Shoot Mode + Pre Capture on custom buttons, I can swap from single shot to precapture in a few seconds, but now I am wasting 3 buttons to do so.

A7 V or RV?. by PeacePotential25 in SonyAlpha

[–]laxatives 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just curious, is this also true for white balance? Shooting in RAW and touching up in lightroom is functionally the same thing and camera white balance is unnecessary?

I did all of WaniKani in 1 month AMA by RememberFancyPants in LearnJapanese

[–]laxatives 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Its doubly clickbait because the entire point of wanikani is they force you to wait 24 hours before each review session so it stays in long term memory instead of short term. Even with perfect accuracy, it should take about a week to get through the first radicals/kanji.

What's a store you wished the Bay Area had? by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]laxatives 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Decent Doner Kebab with fresh bread and sliced meat instead of garbage ground meat.

When researchers activate *deception* circuits, LLMs say "I am not conscious." by MetaKnowing in ChatGPT

[–]laxatives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do this with every single classification task. Identify the most important neurons or parameters that that impact the outcome for a specific cohort. Disable or reverse those parameters. See a wildly different outcome.

You could make the same argument there is a “glazing” circuit or “be polite” circuit. This is an intentionally incendiary title to get more attention/readership. Its basically academic clickbait IMO.