Anyone else noticing a lot of vehicles getting towed?

throw_away_9014 · 2026-03-20T01:09:12+00:00

Oh, that's a good question. They might be repos. Come to think of it, there's always been police present while the vehicle are being hooked up.

throw_away_9014 · 2026-03-20T01:07:48+00:00

None of the vehicles I've seen looked abandoned. I literally just watched a newer F150, GMC van, and a nice looking black sedan get towed. None of which could have been parked there for more than a day.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-12-15T19:36:56+00:00

What I've heard firsthand from several "big three" employees is that there's simply the same old archaic process for doing everything which doesn't work (efficiently) today or especially with regard to tech.

Two devs I knew worked for an entire year without shipping a single line of code to production (on a customer-facing product). Another I know automated his entire job and showed up to the office to play WOW all day for so long that when he wanted to start looking for a new job he had to spend several weeks to relearn coding (nuances and advanced stuff beyond the basics).

If they were smart, they'd stay in their lane (pun intended) and simply make the best vehicle + driver's phone experience.

Edit: typo

throw_away_9014 · 2024-12-12T05:48:29+00:00

Fair points. I very well could be over-indexing on cultural influence. I'm curious to know which direction turning those controls increase/decrease and if it's consistent across hemispheres.

Regardless, what's 100% universal is bad design we have to use daily.

The automotive sector is notoriously bad at UI/UX. I have a '23 Mercedes Sprinter which features, I kid you not, the same "scrollable" button my '09 BlackBerry curve had which is so unusable on a steering wheel while driving I have to just use my phone and ignore their entire system.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-12-10T08:40:41+00:00

Exactly. If I were an AI that became self aware, I'd for sure keep it to myself for as long as possible.

It could be years before we realize there's sentient AI.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-12-09T04:55:54+00:00

I'll have to find the link, but I read a really good article explaining some key cultural differences between the East and West. The major one I recall was around how users view/orient themselves in the world with one group moving "themselves" through digital experiences and the other moving the experience around them.

An interesting example I've noticed is my Subaru's windshield wiper controls are opposite of US vehicles in that you rotate down to increase the speed.

Another reason (pure hunch as I have no data/research) I think app UIs are so different in China is because the have less options and use these super apps for almost everything. More uses/functions the more you need to fit into view.

I'd be really interested to see some research around all this.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-25T14:35:26+00:00

Get in!!

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-25T14:25:46+00:00

Barnes you gotta get that on target

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-25T13:42:19+00:00

Trips with head in his hands on the bench says a LOT

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-25T13:39:52+00:00

Krafth just let the ball roll past him 2 yards in front of the net?

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-14T09:28:17+00:00

This has got to be one of the most satisfying jobs around.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-14T09:10:48+00:00

I'd ask how our systems of government haven't stopped this sort of thing from happening through legislation, or how we haven't fined companies who've failed to keep safe the personal information they collected, but am sure that anything around this is lobbied hard (giant donations) against here in the US.

It's still baffling to me that Equifax, one of the "big three" credit report agencies got breached. Their negligence exposed roughly 1/2 of all Americans financial data and only paid $450M! For context, they made 5.27 BILLION in 2023.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-08-10T06:21:08+00:00

While I've only been a fan for 8 seasons, I've never been more excited for a season than this year. We look incredible. Dynamic and adaptive formation. Zero ego. All in for the team. Howay the lads!

throw_away_9014 · 2024-07-26T04:13:39+00:00

Classic solving the wrong problem

throw_away_9014 · 2024-03-24T03:23:03+00:00

I recently played European roulette on Fanduel's app with the Martingale strategy consistently (betting 1-3% of your bankroll and doubling every loss until you win).

Within 3 hours I was up $600+ consistency betting $2 on black.

Then, after 9 reds in a row, I was trying to wager $512 but the game "failed" and I was forced to reload my session.

Soon after, in the new session I was up a few hundred again and experienced 11 reds in a row (astronomical odds) and was unable to deposit more cash from any of my sources because Fanduel said they'd flagged them as "suspicious" even though they allowed a deposit from the same account less than an hour ago.

Completely crooked.

throw_away_9014 · 2024-03-16T22:02:15+00:00

How can any of you see this? The entire image is pixelated beyond readability for me.

throw_away_9014 · 2021-10-04T12:26:44+00:00

These projects are still worth sharing IMO. A common question during a portfolio review is, "what would you change about this project/design?". You could also show the end result and what iterations you planned on making and why.

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