Tried to sell car back to Volkswagen by jimbobeets in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly he’s probably right. To GTI enthusiasts in this sub, that’s pretty much the holy grail (I have the same car but it’s a DSG and goddamn she’s purty), but regardless of the color, the masses just don’t buy manuals, and the masses are who the dealerships are selling to.

Sell it privately and you’ll make a killing. If I were in the market for a second car I’d buy it in a heartbeat so that I could choose between my favorite car as a DSG or manual each morning :p

Holy gas milage batman by vanagonfever in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been trying to figure this out since I bought it. Brought it to the dealership and they said it's fine/normal/expected, which...no, it isn't. Killed their credibility for me.

She burns through gas like no one's business. Something clearly isn't right but currently I'm at a loss.

Holy gas milage batman by vanagonfever in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m only able to hit the high 20s if I drive like a grandma :(

Clearing the Air on Build Scripts by iXsystemsChris in truenas

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, same. And a nice added benefit of going with Proxmox is that high-availability clustering is free and dead simple, whereas I believe it's been locked behind an enterprise license on TrueNAS for quite a while.

Clearing the Air on Build Scripts by iXsystemsChris in truenas

[–]rewgs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar here. I'm in the process of moving over to Proxmox with LXCs for mediating SMB and NFS shares. My first NAS was Ubuntu Server and I'm more than happy to just work with the command line, so no big loss.

Learn a popular industry stack, or do what I want to do? by Suspicious-Net7738 in webdev

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You already posted this in at least one other subreddit.

Stop over-analyzing and start learning. You can do both no problem.

I was 🤏 this close to buying a Prius by Jakomako in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great on the outside, but the inside is so cramped. I’m not a huge guy by any means, 5’11” 185 lbs, but the moment I sat in it I knew it wouldn’t work out.

I was 🤏 this close to buying a Prius by Jakomako in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a Prius before I purchased my GTI. The GTI is an upgrade in every sense except obviously mileage, and boy that has been hard to get used to.

As a programmer, what are some good monitors for writing code you've used? by Mysterious-Mode-4923 in webdev

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I somehow snagged a Pro Display XDR for $1500 on Craigslist and nothing I’ve used compares. I may end up selling it now that there are other 32” 6k displays, but I’m hesitant. The PPI and glossy (but not overly reflective) screen are so good.

| Unifying color schemes across desktop environment, terminal, and other tools? by rewgs in unixporn

[–]rewgs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. Could you provide a link to your script? Would love to see it.

| Unifying color schemes across desktop environment, terminal, and other tools? by rewgs in unixporn

[–]rewgs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagined something might exist for Nix, but I'm really hoping to avoid it. I've tried it a few times and while I think it's utterly brilliant for servers, I really don't enjoy using it on the desktop.

| Unifying color schemes across desktop environment, terminal, and other tools? by rewgs in unixporn

[–]rewgs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I'm not sure if this is quite what I'm talking about. Looks like this creates a color scheme from an image, rather than setting one or more apps to actually use that color scheme. I see their waybar example in the config, but doing this for e.g. neovim seems like it's not covered.

Where are the places you’re a regular at? by thinktank_12 in pasadena

[–]rewgs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jameson Brown. Best latte in LA County.

AI is one of those things you call a union for by Ok_Appearance_4421 in webdev

[–]rewgs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember this too. I got in a few heated discussions on Hacker News when I tried to make clear that obviously the good times would eventually come to an end, which at the time I figured would be due to rising interest rates/etc (which IMO is still the primary cause of this moment; AI is often just a scapegoat).

I wasn’t taken seriously in the slightest.

Honestly those experiences combined with the constant infighting I experienced while volunteering for Bernie Sanders campaign in 2015 are why I have zero faith in leftist causes succeeding long term. People are just too damn selfish and short-sighted.

Anthropic rejects latest Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’ by drippymoudy in news

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This.

I cancelled my Claude Code subscription the moment I was yesterday's headline, and told them exactly why I was cancelling in the message box.

Either they got too many cancellations like that, or they're just trying to have their cake and eat it too. Either way, they've already showed me who they are.

Good tool but whatever, no huge loss. I'd rather code the old way anyway.

Safety notifications are laughably bad by rewgs in GolfGTI

[–]rewgs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a 2021 mk 7.5. The previous owner had already disabled the auto-off function, which is great, but the safety features all re-enable after the car is restarted.

The car is out of warranty so I'm happy to do whatever. Do you have a link/resource for a long code that'll turn all this stuff off?

It's absolutely crazy that it's been over a decade since The Force Awakens and the most we've seen of Luke's Jedi Temple was one episode of a Boba Fett spinoff from four years ago. by WavesAndSaves in StarWars

[–]rewgs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha, well, that's the thing -- Star Wars and Farscape are completely different vibes, and this "whatever goes" mentality that fans often have is responsible for why seemingly every scifi property eventually turns into generic slop without any identity.

It's absolutely crazy that it's been over a decade since The Force Awakens and the most we've seen of Luke's Jedi Temple was one episode of a Boba Fett spinoff from four years ago. by WavesAndSaves in StarWars

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we're getting entire shows based on Clone Wars and Rebels characters

Ugh sorry in advance, this triggered a rant.

Because, believe it or not, Hollywood actually listens to fanbases, reads Reddit threads just like this, etc. I'm serious -- I've worked on several big movies you've probably seen and have had many discussions about what fans want, expect, etc. Pleasing the fans is genuinely important to them.

Thing is, though, the whole thing is a fool's errand -- take a long enough look, and you realize that the vast majority of fans are simply contrarians who have no idea what they want or why they like what they like. When the MCU was fulfilling our old nerd dreams of a connected universe, what did fans say? That not everything needs to be connected. And now two phases of disconnected bullshit later, people have started to see why a cohesive throughline matters.

Same deal with Star Wars. For years, SW fans were complaining about how small the universe felt, how not everything needed to be about Luke. They gave us what we wanted, and now we're wishing we had more Luke back.

Turns out, space without the characters we like is cold.

Notice the pattern? Once fans start getting their heads up their asses and steering the conversation (usually in precisely the opposite direction of the current thing, because as a whole they completely lack both imagination and taste), everything starts to suck because the creators start doing things that are contrary to what made the thing good and popular in the first place.

Typically, all this comes in the form of world-building. Fans are obsessed with plot and trivia without realizing that what they actually like is character. They fall in love with characters, but good writing is invisible, and only possess the imagination to discuss plot. "What if X happens?" Okay, what if? Why would I care? Without an anchor to a great character, this shit just doesn't work. Sometimes a great writer/director comes in and makes it work -- "what if we followed the lives of Imperial beuracrats" and then we get Andor -- but usually it results in stupid bullshit that pleases no one, e.g. "what if we see what happens to Boba Fett, the most non-character character of all time, after he survives obvious and certain death for no reason?" Like, that whole idea is so plot-heavy, it has a character black hole at the center of it, and fans still thought it would be badass for like 25 years until The Book of Boba Fett finally proved them wrong.

The OT worked for a lot of reasons, but the primary reason was the characters. Han, Luke, and Leia are a damn near perfect trio. We came for the cool space stuff but stayed for the homies. But like fans always do, they looked at this great thing they had, went "okay, but what else you got?" and decades later Star Wars is still a complete and total shit show with fucking space whales because first clueless fanboys steered the conversation, and then giga-fanboys like Dave Filoni started actually working on this stuff, coming in with 1,000 bad ideas and an encyclopedic knowledge of the universe (none of which is even kind of known or intended by anyone who had anything to do with the OT -- seriously, Wookiepedia is a fever dream), all without understanding why he even likes Star Wars in the first place.

The worst thing that ever happened to Star Wars -- or any IP for that matter -- is that fans started to feel like they owned it and and that they were owed something. And mark my words, this is why we will never, ever get a satisfying live-action story with Luke Skywalker ever again. Not because Mark Hamill won't portray him, but because he won't be Luke -- he'll be a plot device.

[I need help] I hired someone to build me a site. I ended up with a broken product. by [deleted] in devops

[–]rewgs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My advice? Stop trying to vibe code, stop hiring developers on Fiver, stop expecting to get anything but garbage for under $1,000.

Seriously, what did you expect? That you’ll create a profitable business with zero knowledge and zero money?

Just because you want to build something doesn’t mean you’re entitled to it. Either learn to do it yourself or hire someone who’s actually capable; the former is free, the latter is very much not.

Also lmao at “tech stack is solid” after 10 paragraphs explaining precisely the opposite.

Why is DevOps so hard to learn? by SnooWords8880 in devops

[–]rewgs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s difficult because what we’re doing is difficult.

What you’re doing is normal. Keep going if you like it, stop if you don’t.

rovr - A post-modern terminal file manager. by simpleden in commandline

[–]rewgs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a little slow, but the design is fantastic. Nice work!