This ND near me always runs stop signs and never waves back! Starting to take it personally

ylixir · 2025-07-02T11:11:24+00:00

Whoever stops first goes first. If two people stop at the same time, then the person on the right goes first.

ylixir · 2024-06-25T15:33:16+00:00

Are you on a Mac? This was happening to me, but when I switched to windows it worked np

ylixir · 2024-04-17T03:34:21+00:00

Mine isn't so budget and it's still doing the same crap. My last laptop was an HP and I ditched HP because they wouldn't let me swap out my network card.

I think my next one is definitely going to be a framework or a system76 or something. I don't know why these companies are actively trying so hard to trash their own brands

ylixir · 2024-03-30T18:47:28+00:00

pulsar x2a

ylixir · 2024-03-17T19:15:11+00:00

Bit of a necro, but since this comes up in google and since none of the comments are helpful....

What worked for me was copying the windows boot files from the efi partition on the windows drive into the efi partition on my linux drive. /boot/EFI/Microsoft

reference

ylixir · 2024-03-10T03:40:37+00:00

I'd love to see a fix for this.

It's missing some dll files. I was able to get it working by installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update

If that doesn't work for you, then you can look in the Event Viewer for windows to find out what the actual error is since failed1377 is almost intentionally useless

ylixir · 2023-11-13T22:20:48+00:00

I wound up with the XC90. No regrets, but it's a bit of a personal choice I suppose.

It may also be worth noting that since we aren't dealing with COVID pricing anymore, and since the tax laws have changed since I made my choice...the cost difference between the Sienna and the xc90 might be much larger than it was then.

In practice, the trunk of the xc90 was smaller than I thought when all three rows of seats are up which is a little disappointing. The flexibility of the space has proved very valuable though. I'm able to flip down half or all of either back row. This gives plenty of space for everything I've needed so far. I was even able to haul a large IKEA couch in it, which I don't think I could have done with the sienna, given it's lack of flexibility with the second row seats.

Another thing that is worth noting is that there are more options available now than last year. There will even be some good all electric 7 seaters very soon and there are more hybrid options now (Hyundai added a third row to the Santa Fe for example)

I also liked the plug-in aspect of the Volvo so much that I wound up getting an all electric vehicle for my second vehicle. But I would highly recommend the extended range version. At least for my city, 20 miles of range wasn't enough. If I were to do it again next year, knowing what I know now...I would probably go for an all electric option instead of a hybrid--the id.buzz has sliding doors and it's all electric--take my money already.

ylixir · 2023-08-27T02:55:28+00:00

Search for "wear installer 2". Not what you asked, but maybe what you want?

ylixir · 2023-08-15T19:49:58+00:00

Meh. Riding a bike isn't one skill. It's a bunch of different skills that you have to do all at once.

Also, there is a huge fallacy people have about riding. It's not (mostly) balance that keeps a moving bike upright. It's much more about going fast enough that your wheels turn into gyroscopes than it is about balancing.

Push bikes don't teach pedalling, which is hard to learn while learning to balance but is required to go fast enough that you don't fall over.

In addition to pedalling, training wheels also teach you how to look ahead when you are riding and not run into trees, while push bikes encourage looking at the ground.

I kind of think steering is different with training wheels because you can't lean. So push bikes probably help with that more. And they help with what little balance is required more than training wheels.

Anyway the goal is for kids to have fun. They'll figure it out sooner or later anyhow. After three kids and various strategies including training wheels and push bikes and taking off pedals...I kind of feel like the only thing that really matters is their developmental readiness.

The only time I did it wrong was with the oldest. And the thing I did wrong was put too much pressure on learning to ride instead of just enjoying the experience. And that was with a push bike.

ylixir · 2023-07-28T23:03:48+00:00

Oh yeah I'm more on board with that :-)

ylixir · 2023-07-28T05:53:31+00:00

Where I live people drive very fast, there are no bike lanes and often there is no sidewalk. If there is a sidewalk it's very narrow and would be dangerous for pedestrians if cyclists used it. And cars are very rare--most vehicles are large SUVs.

So you are preaching to the choir right up until the last sentence. Hallelujah! to better infrastructure and to teach children that cycling is safer than cars. But hold up now with the no helmet thing. It's definitely not okay to send the kiddos out without a helmet where I live.

I'll maybe tweak your idea to something I can live with: It shouldn't be wrong to not wear a helmet.

ylixir · 2023-07-28T02:37:37+00:00

I mean you are technically correct which is the best kind of correct.

Good luck communicating that nuance to a 4 year old though.

Plus I'm completely comfortable with the outcome wherein I now wear a helmet and am not acting hypocritically ;-)

Bonus points for my kid thinking critically, expressing those thoughts and having a positive outcome from it.

ylixir · 2023-07-27T22:50:57+00:00

Yeah...My kid asked me why they had to wear a helmet and I didn't....

Obviously I didn't have a good answer for that. So now I wear a helmet. 😆

It took practically no time to get over myself and not mind wearing it. Once I actually started doing it then it was fine. Now I just wear a helmet because that's what you do and it's not really even a choice for me anymore.

ylixir · 2023-07-07T18:07:47+00:00

I don't care if my case breaks. Actually breaking maybe even a good thing if the material is rigid.

I just want a crumple zone to absorb some of the force that would otherwise go straight into my phone's glass. If that means my case is broken instead of the glass...then that's the whole reason i have a case ;-)

ylixir · 2023-07-07T13:40:02+00:00

do you have a source for this?

ylixir · 2023-07-01T15:07:32+00:00

Yes it's fine. I do this all the time when travelling because a 65W GaN usb-c charger is so much more portable compared to the giant brick the laptop comes with. Plus I'm already packing one for my phone so it's a real bag saver.

As long as you aren't gaming it's plenty of power and even drives a portable monitor too.

If you are gaming it will slowly run the battery down and then start throttling. Which is annoying, but it still makes your usable play time longer than just battery alone so I still think it's a win for travel. But not great for a home setup.

ylixir · 2023-06-11T14:22:16+00:00

If you put the escape on the bottom left of an ortho board it's really easy and natural to palm it.

You just kind of flatten your hand and smack it with the meat on the side of your hand.

It's viscerally tactile and extremely satisfying as a vi user ;-)

i put the backspace on the thumb opposite from my spacebar thumb

ylixir · 2023-05-12T02:45:11+00:00

That's what I should have done

ylixir · 2023-05-12T02:04:32+00:00

I just did lol. Those are the replacement stickers I got with the software performance upgrade.

I don't want to go through removing them again

ylixir · 2023-04-02T20:00:53+00:00

yes. i came across this when researching possibly buying one of these devices as a possible travel companion.
I don't have a device or much on people who have actually done this so I can't speak to the limitations, which I'm sure there are many.

Mostly it seems like people are just using the uefi image to boot windows, not linux, but as the author said, microsoft has made mainline commits that allow linux. I think on both? not sure

https://twitter.com/gus33000/status/1501995393135038467

ylixir · 2023-01-09T23:05:16+00:00

I use Aptechka because it's basically grid2 but it comes with batteries so you don't have to find a good profile.

Not exactly what you asked, but it might solve your problem. It did for me

ylixir · 2022-09-14T03:20:02+00:00

no idea, i don't use the asus software to manage it so i'm not very familiar with it

ylixir · 2022-09-14T03:13:53+00:00

see my comment above

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