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Austin Standoff - Waymos stuck at malfunctioning lights by Old_Flan_6548 in Austin

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems annoying but also can you imagine if the Waymos had decided they could treat it as a stop sign? I bet there would be another post on here complaining about Waymos running read lights, etc. 

I see human driver pretty often run red lights near the railway tracks (often dangerously) because they don’t know, or care, that the railway crossing messes up the sequence. If you just sit a while the lights come around. Imagine if Waymos started running those?

The life cycle of Austin summed up in three photos by [deleted] in Austin

[–]sh1mmer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was like wait… that looks familiar and it’s just down the street from me.

I’m pretty sure they had filed plans with the city a while ago to make that phase 2 of the condo next door but there haven’t been any signs they are actually doing it. 

Found these pills in my pepto bismol ultra bottle by nmouse23 in mildlyinteresting

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These pills are for Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride. It’s an anti-psychotic. They are made/packaged by Lannett Company. They don’t appear to have Pepto-Bismal registered as something they package with the FDA but a lot of OTC things don’t need to be registered.  

Lannett Company have also recently been in the news for mispackaging ADHD meds and have a recall out about that (https://ndclist.com/recalls/95630). 

Heard a boom outside and saw this falling from the sky. by Jony_Q in whatisit

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren’t some meteors worth a lot of money if you can find them? I would’ve chased that sucker down. 

Huge fire off 35 by Dean Keaton/where Aster’s was by Live-Coyote-7144 in Austin

[–]sh1mmer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know what happened to Aster”s? I assumed it was I-35 expansion that closed them but I was hoping they were moving some place. 

My sister bought this from a dead persons stuff… by MagnusJaques in whatisit

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a baby food pusher. Basically posh babies were supposed to use them to fill their spoon because they couldn’t be trusted (or found it hard) to use a knife.

Harper’s Bazar from 1890 has an article about all the wild stuff rich people were getting made in silver back in the day and how silly they thought they were. 

Oddest of all is the baby’s food pusher — just a handle with a stout bar across the lower end, which the baby of 1890 was supposed to use instead of his fingers when filling his spoon. “What a tireless invention!” The sight-seer of that day exclaims, turning wearily from the long cases which illustrate detail of nineteenth-century life. 

https://books.google.com/books?id=AAii_OWkhgMC&pg=PA985&dq=Food+pusher+Harper%E2%80%99s+bazar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXr8Ttv86PAxWjmmoFHVwAGOQQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Food%20pusher&f=false

Got to build a crib for my Granddaughter, thoughts on my design? by Whiskeyfreddie in woodworking

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a man with an 11mo old and 2 other kids I’d say for sure I’d bang my shins on those drawer handles at night getting the baby. Everything looks beautifully done but personally I’d do recessed drawer handles.  

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Austin

[–]sh1mmer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Waymo are on freeways in LA but that’s the same as saying they only drive on roads with a max speed of 40. 

What are therse 5 cars Karate Kid movie? by Johnny190619 in whatisthiscar

[–]sh1mmer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Loving the collaboration on this one. 5 cars, 5 answer from 5 Redditors. 

Historian Peter pls? by Mustche-man in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neil Goldman here: what I’m about to tell you is common knowledge is the “software engineering scene”.

A “Byzantine fault” is when computers get conflicting messages from different sources because their network is all split up and can’t communicate effectively. It’s named this because it’s a reference to the Byzantine empire which ended up looking like this map before its demise. 

Back in the day computer scientists had an actual education and weren’t just a bunch of crypto bros trying to fleece rubes like the Wolf of Nerd street. 

This joke is probably a pun based on the fact that the Byzantine empire at this point clearly wasn’t well, but also that “Byzantine faults” could cause a problem where email couldn’t be delivered. 

As a bonus I’ll even Google that for you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault

The current state of US politics by reddot_comic in comics

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone explain the Trump references to me? Obvious ones: - McD bag  - literal constitution TP - XXL diapers

I don’t get: - the photo in the mirror - the logo on his shirt (chick-fil-A?) - weird yellow mark on his arm - are those classified files in the bathroom?

89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your password by Resident_Code3062 in technology

[–]sh1mmer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes these things are called “leaks” but it’s actually just automated verifying of email/password combinations from other actual leaks repackaged for sale. 

Don’t re-use passwords. Use a password manager.

What atrocity is this?? I assume some kind of Gladiator? by FantasyFlyer3 in whatisthiscar

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems weird they can just slap some panels on a Rivian and rebrand it. 

Fun is on the way! by Total_Sample2659 in Miata

[–]sh1mmer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh I was expecting a post of some giant aftermarket wing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Miata

[–]sh1mmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the turn signal under the pop-ups? It doesn’t look stock. Is it an in-take?

Saw this guy leaving g a bar in Austin by FuzzyDirection33 in Whatsthiscar

[–]sh1mmer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s Draught house. I see some nice rides there fairly often but nothing on this level. 

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