baller_w

@baller_w@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s another way. Adaptive headlights can fix this: youtube.com/shorts/AgxVuXC0T44

  You’re not wrong though. Even crappy headlights on taller vehicles seem much brighter to observers. My buddy’s 2005 RAM is proof. When we’re in it, I’d have better luck seeing with a flashlight, but when he’s driving behind my car, it’s like someone’s shining the bat signal into my rear window.

  Also, don’t get me started on people who replace their bulbs with HID or LED bulbs but don’t spend the money on projector headlights. It’s infuriating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is this???⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Best “car guy” trope I’ve ever heard is that BMW signals work fine and the drivers use them. They just emit a spectrum of light that the poors can’t see.

  As a BMW driver myself, I’m on the opposite end of that spectrum. I signal my intent to an obnoxious degree. If I get into an accident, the other motorist can’t claim they didn’t know where I was going.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally reading it now. I hit that section last night. I put the book down immediately and started reading about the Chinese Room.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

  Worth a read for anyone who thinks AI may be sentient, or for those trying to pop the psychosis bubble of an buddy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Travel. Ignore him. I’ve had the pleasure visiting 7 countries, 5 non English native. Top of the list are Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic, England, Ireland, Canada (Montreal). I’d travel more if I had more money and time to. It’s been one of the most impactful things on me as a human.

  The US has no national language by design. We’re a melting pot; a country of immigrants. That is our greatest strength. Taking the often humble, mixing it, mutating it, and making it our own.

  I don’t speak any other languages, but I try. Only on very rare occasions was language a barrier. I understand I’m a guest in other people’s countries so I mind my p’s & q’s. You’re representing your country, so be kind. Approach other cultures with genuine curiosity. At least learn basic phrases like hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and anything else you can manage, but you don’t need to fluent.

  IMO, US born tourist are the worst. Loud, entitled, obnoxious, ignorant. They expect everywhere to be just perfect for them and how they like to live, like it’s Disney World. Those people won’t get a whole lot out of travel and just make us look worse than we already do on the international stage. Oh and the “influencers”… In Venice, they were like locusts.

  I’ve also traveled all over the US and it can be beautiful, but you live here; you’ll get much more of a perspective shift going somewhere completely different. Also, by comparison of other countries, the US is pretty mid. Traveling help you see the US for what it is, not for what we’re told it is.

  Definitely go with your instinct here. Foster that curiosity. I promise it will pay dividends you can’t imagine now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been putting a lot of thought into this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Removing my gross socks after a long day on my feet. The dressier the socks, the better the feeling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely agree. I live in central NY and public transit is so gutted it’s basically nonexistent. I think there’s a way to increase demand though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this even that big of a problem?

  If so, take away their license and plates. Bus pass or bike from now on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Elder millennial here.

  …that just about sums it up. Well done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good night sweet prince⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the same model