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Cake day: August 15th, 2024

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  • If you didn’t check your tire pressure in the last 20 minutes how do you know you didn’t just drive over a nail and get a slow leak? TPMS checks every few seconds so you know when there is a small problem. Anyone will notice a fully flat tire, but a lot of people used to drive on low tire pressure for months without knowing. Once someone knew their tire had a problem they would check daily (until they got it fixed), but many people never knew in the first place, and even though who did know often took a week before they found out - they of course have no way to know since nobody checked their tire pressure daily much less every 20 minutes.



  • better laws.

    if houses/apartments are expensive the poor lose first so ensure it is legal to build tiny houses, shared bathroom/kitchen apartments… ensure there isn’t so much paperwork that only expensive places can apply. Be careful about tenat rights - they are needed but don’t lost sight of landlord rights in the process.

    some are homeless because society has left no optians - things are getting better but there are still some out there that can’t be anything else because if they get a job their ex takes all they earn anyway.

    Unfortunantly the problem is hard. we know from painful experience that the abuse in institutions is often so bad risking freezing to death is the more human option. Be careful that what you propose / support isn’t also worse.



  • I have a Chevy Blazer which is nice except it lacks android auto. If I drove professionally their OnStar is enough better than Android Auto (and I assume Car Play) as to be worth the price, but I don’t drive much and so it isn’t worth the cost.

    My wife has a Pacifica PHEV which is a decent compromise - we probably save $200/month by driving electric, but can make long trips through desolate areas without worrying about finding a charge (some of them are desolate enough that we have to worry about finding gas - though if you plan either will work: gas just needs planning the next 20 miles while electric is plan the next null.








  • I took typing in school several times using QWERTY. I learned the IBM typewriters were really nice to type on, and what the “correct” way to type was. It didn’t make any difference though at the time because typing speed was never the limit, it was thinking speed. Then in college I got into IRC and most things didn’t need deep thinking and so typing speed was the limit so I learned to apply the “correct” way because it was faster which I needed. (I never did meet a worthwhile girl on IRC so it didn’t do anything for me even though I now type faster)