BearOfaTime

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Showing Atlanta the same as Denver means the level of abstraction is so high as to make this meaningless.

East coast cities are more chaotic than this implies, because of time and growth patterns.

Denver was first aligned along the river, then a NS grid later, which this graphic doesn't show at all. So while it's primarily a grid, it's 2 grids, one that's rotated about 45°.

I've driven in a number of these cities, and this graphic really doesn't reflect the on-the-ground experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And people wonder why I have hundreds of PDFs for shit I don't own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yep, it's a trim level thing.

I worked in an import dealer for a while back then, lots of upgrades installed by the mechanics, saw how sub harnesses and components to complete an upgrade came as a package. Those guys were fast, knew the shortcuts to get things installed without taking half the car apart.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yea, this map is nonsense.

I've never heard half of these names used like this.

"Chesapeake"... First I've never heard it used as a region, second the region so labeled on the map would be better called Mid-Atlantic (~~and that wouldn't really be accurate either~~) that really is the Mid-Atlantic region, and there's no Mid-Atlantic on this map, but there's a Mid-Atlantic South (which I've never heard anyone use - VA is Mid-Atlantic).

Third, the Chesapeake doesn't even extend to PA, let alone up to NY or Jersey, over there is the Delaware Bay, so should we call that region "Delaware"?

I've never once heard anyone call that region Chesapeake - it's the Mid-Atlantic.

Then there's the Texas nonsense - there's West Texas, Central, East (sometimes jokingly referred to as Arkansas) I'll allow Rio Grande though I've never heard that used.

The West stuff... Yea, no. The Rockies, OK.

A source would be useful, perhaps knowing the context (like how this is used) would clarify things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Leather stiffens up with age, especially if it hasn't been cared for.

Today's leather (in cars newer than yours) is almost a plastic.

You can try slathering on a leather conditioner, then closing the car up on a warm day and let it sit. The leather may soften up (but probably won't).

You can also get them redone using modern synthetic leathers, which are surprisingly better than real leather in my opinion - softer in winter, cooler in summer, and much less exoensive, like 1/4 the cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Nice blurry screen caps

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha, that's rich coming from a French org.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly.

I'll admit to being lazy and not enabling encryption on my Windows laptops. But if I deployed something for someone, it would be encrypted.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Switched back to a CU a year ago, saving several hundred dollars a year now, at least.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

With you.

Fuck RCS. It's trash. Who benefits from a messenger, in the 21st century, that's tied to a phone number?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They're working on something other protocols have had for years. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

RCS has been around since 2010

15 years and it's still problematic? Sounds like something that just needs to be let go.

Stop pushing this garbage that's tied to hardware/sim/phone number on us. What value is that for the end user, seriously? Why would an end user today want a messenger that's tied to a phone number?

Fully-functional, cross-platform, network-based, open-source instant messaging has been available (even on mobile) since 2009, maybe earlier.

What I always ask about RCS: who benefits today from a messaging system that's hard-bound to a phone number?

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