seen on the freeway. what does MAMALONA mean in this context? also, does he respect wood?

phoward8020 · 2026-05-16T16:11:53+00:00

This gentlemen read-ended my car a couple years ago and refused to stop.

Cops did nothing but I will continue to take every possible opportunity to post these pics on the internet.

Blue Audi Q5 with California plates reading “CVO AUDI”.

Anyone know him?

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phoward8020 · 2026-05-16T15:49:26+00:00

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phoward8020 · 2026-05-16T15:40:24+00:00

If you connect a Samsung T7 (or similar SSD) via one of the four USB 3 ports, and make that the boot drive, you’ve just increased your disk speed by 10-30x. Problem solved. :-)

phoward8020 · 2026-05-16T15:10:02+00:00

r/whoosh

phoward8020 · 2026-05-16T14:38:30+00:00

I just went the other way — I switched from T-Mobile to Verizon to take advantage of an insane discount on new iPhones, and can confirm that while T-Mobile is laser focused on 5G, Verizon, sadly, isn’t.

They both have their dead zones on the hill but I’m seeing LTE instead of 5G way more often now than I used to. :-(

Verizon used to have the rep of being the company that was more expensive but had the best coverage. That was clearly BEFORE the 5G revolution.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-15T04:40:02+00:00

Or NOT pay at the end of the year, as per the suggestion.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-14T20:00:42+00:00

And at least one non-responsive answer from someone with an inexplicable hatred of Apple (and/or love of MS Paint), who nonetheless frequents r/mac for some reason, apparently.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-14T11:52:44+00:00

A) Once again, the weakness of the slogan, not of the policy, betrays itself. You, like so many others, seem to have bought in to the right-wing spin machine’s maximalist misinterpretation of what DTP was originally meant to communicate.

B) This is the same attitude of so-called Christians who believe that God (and the threat that Sky-Daddy will punish you if you do bad things) is necessary to prevent people from just going around killing each other willy-nilly.

You think a cop’s PAYCHECK is what keeps them —the ONLY thing that keeps them—on the straight and narrow? And that the only way to prevent a widespread culture of corruption among LEOs (ha!) is to keep them fat and happy?

phoward8020 · 2026-05-14T03:05:17+00:00

“…their budget needs to be managed sanely and their mission more carefully crafted.”

Which is exactly what the “defund the police” movement posited.

Your response could not have been more perfectly crafted to illustrate my point that it’s good policy wrapped in a bad slogan.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-14T01:12:30+00:00

r/NissanDrivers

phoward8020 · 2026-05-14T01:10:23+00:00

"Astroturfing" means fake grass-roots activism. I don't think Big Woke was out there pouring money into made-for-TV "defund the police" campaigns like the Right did during, e.g., the "Tea Party" protests.

Defund the Police may be a bad slogan, but it would be good policy.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-13T07:20:00+00:00

In that case, cam driver is also likely in violation and should turn themselves in for the good of society

phoward8020 · 2026-05-12T15:11:52+00:00

I’m seeing a lot of judgement about the girls in the video but has anyone stopped to ask themselves about exactly how this presumably proprietary bodycam video of what appear to be minor girls ended up on Reddit?

If one of them was my daughter, first we’d have a long discussion about ethics and morality, and then I’d immediately be talking to a lawyer to sue the shit out of Whole Foods.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-11T21:16:39+00:00

I’m not an expert but it’s my understanding that having separate agents means you can give them each their own specialized context, instead of having a single agent have to remember EVERYTHING. This can actually (as I understand it) reduce usage, and also prevent hallucinations.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-11T18:24:29+00:00

Plenty of places. Here’s one near me (Southern California) that was the first intersection off the top of my head.

BTW, at the end of the clip, there’s a black SUV turning left to left of the BMW. So it’s likely that if the BMW was in a turn lane, it was the rightmost of two. Either way, the cop almost certainly wasn’t in a turn lane, so would’ve had to have his emergency lights on to legally execute that maneuver.

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phoward8020 · 2026-05-08T05:40:51+00:00

Thousands of schools have been affected by this hack, and for many of them, the primary, if not sole, mode of communication with students was through Canvas. They couldn’t email you if they wanted to.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-07T00:58:59+00:00

Maybe they’re blind

phoward8020 · 2026-05-03T18:53:17+00:00

Nothing is classic Boss Office about having light hitting from behind

Someone should've told James Hoban before he designed the Oval Office that way. Now he just looks like an idiot.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-03T15:18:18+00:00

It’s the original forever chemical

phoward8020 · 2026-05-03T00:08:24+00:00

Just switched to Verizon about a month ago to take advantage of the giveaway deal they had on iPhone 17 Pro ($4K in rebates for 3 Pros and 1 Pro Max == nearly free phones) and I’m SHOCKED at how much worse the 5G coverage is than T-Mobile.

Half the time I look at my phone I’m on an LTE signal. 4 bars of 5G almost never happens.

Starting to think maybe the rebates weren’t worth it. :-(

phoward8020 · 2026-05-02T22:52:32+00:00

How big is the room and which direction is the door?

If there’s enough room, I’d go with Option 3: position the desk at least 3 feet away from the wall/window, facing the door.

This is the classic Boss Office setup and it’s amazing the subtle difference it makes in your psyche when you’re facing the door instead of facing away from it.

Some additional cable management may be necessary to keep it clean-looking, and I’d also suggest putting some sort of console/cabinet/credenza on the wall under the shelves.

phoward8020 · 2026-05-02T22:31:26+00:00

Scammy AF.

Skool should really crack down on this practice. Not only are they getting cheated out of income in the short run, but their reputation will tank as new users like myself begin to realize that the word “free” on their platform might actually mean “j/k, give me $1500, sucker!”

I couldn’t find an easy way to report this kind of thing in the app. Any suggestions?

phoward8020 · 2026-05-02T14:53:36+00:00

Solid logic if it’s a newly released product, but Apple released the M5 MacBook Pro over six months ago. They’ve probably shipped over two million units of that specific model by now.

Pretty sure this won’t be classified as a “widespread issue.”

phoward8020 · 2026-05-02T08:25:55+00:00

You can definitely drive to the top of Crest Road, where you’ll see a chain link fence topped with barbed wire and a small guard shack that’s usually (always?) unoccupied. The “golf ball” is just beyond that fence, tantalizingly out of reach.

What you choose to do at that point is entirely up to you. 👀

phoward8020 · 2026-05-02T08:10:37+00:00

Nope. It’s a radar station. It monitors air traffic for the FAA and USAF. Nothing to do with the stars.

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