dream_weasel

joined 1 year ago

Yep. And if not now, when?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah... I'm not convinced. After this election, I think the answer is less "it takes everyone" or "it takes all kinds" and more "here's evidence there are quite a lot of people we could do without".

Edit: and a lot of the people we can do without are ostensibly lefties. You want to call maga folks stupid for being single issue voters, then you can't be a single issue "conscious objector". I hope if you didn't vote for Harris you get the rough side of the next two years for being a magnum toolbag.

Edit 2: all you .ml shitbirds can also lick an outlet as far as I'm concerned

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And how wild would that be? Biden shows up, shakes Trump's hand, then garrotes him. What happens next?

The lucky thing is people are going to get punished for being stupid. It won't teach anything, but here we are.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Oh no, it's the consequences of our actions! What a fucking joke of a country we are in.

Must be american. Reading and thinking are just too much effort. Learn to fuck :).

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How many Teslas have been purchased and how many Teslas ended up in this situation? While it's a sucky design decision, it's sucky in an extreme edge case. S/Could it be fixed? Sure why not. Has something equally as ridiculous killed people in Ford f150s, Honda odessys, or Toyota Camrys like stupid gas tank configuration or glass that doesn't break or seatbelts you can't cut? I would put money on it. But nobody reports on that because the cool thing to do is smugly say Tesla sucks.

And they do! I have two and they are shitty made cars, but they have an enviable charging network and are constantly improving software and features. Mostly they are making Ford/Chevy/Honda get off their asses and do something and that's ok with me.

4 people. FOUR? 2 maybe 3 cars out of a fucking GAZILLION? Sorry for those people and their families but that's not a percentage where I complain or make an effort to change anything as a consumer.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Dude shut up lol. Everybody is jerking off on Tesla for an admittedly gnarly problem that will affect practically no one. Yes it's stupid, but so is your furious masturbation to Tesla issues at the expense of actually reading the comments.

And yes, expected values against risk are literally all that matter. If that was not the case, no car would ever move from the assembly line for fear of rolling over a toddler or crashing into a cyclist. Pucker up your flapping butthole you're talking out of and collect yourself. People will still stroke your weiner for saying "Tesla bad" even if you resort to reading and discussion; it will be ok. Stop putting words in other commenters mouths.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Didn't say I wouldn't go back to manual latches, just not going back to ICE (or selling my almost paid cars) because elon is a twit or they are unreasonably dangerous in the event of a freak accident.

This is a stupid problem to have, but expected value says most people will never have it.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Anyone who has ever been in a Tesla knows they're a software company, not a car company. The cars are made like crap.

I still wouldn't go back to ICE though.

 

I have been using the Kasa (TP-Link) branded smart switches around my house, but now that I have a few third reality zigbee sensors for my doors and so on, I am seeing the value of using more outlets/switches that act as zigbee repeaters. Do any of you have pretty reasonable (and cheapish) smart light switches or outlets I can invest in? The Amazon offerings are in the $50 each one which is pretty steep, though I guess I could just do one each room and do the rest with Kasa stuff.

I would like to expand the zigbee mesh network so I can use the devices where I actually want them without using smart outlet devices plugged into real outlets all over the place. If there was something that was $20 or less each item that would be super excellent. The wife and I plan to move in the not too distant future and I'd like to replace the "in the wall" stuff so that HA works throughout the house and I don't have plugs / dongles / wall warts all over the place.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

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