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dexzod commented on Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience   myvolvoex90.com/... · Posted by u/prova_modena
asciii · a month ago
Volvo may not want to replace the car for the guy...but from a marketing standpoint, they truly picked the wrong hill.

The site is very nice and pretty thorough.

Makes me not want to get this car or any Volvo!

dexzod · a month ago
Agree 100% the website is very well layed out. The information is presented in very readable format. After a single scroll I was able to fully understand the issues and conclude that the guy has a valid case. Too bad for Volvo for having a horrible customer support

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dexzod commented on Making C and Python Talk to Each Other   leetarxiv.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/muragekibicho
dexzod · 3 months ago
The title of the article is misleading. Making C and python talk to each other implies, calling python from C and calling C from python. The article only covers the former.
dexzod commented on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'   thedrive.com/news/tesla-c... · Posted by u/computerliker
dexzod · 7 months ago

   Thank you @Tesla for engineering the best passive safety in the world. I walked away without a scratch.
I walked away without a scratch. This could have easily killed an innocent pedestrian or bicyclist. How is this best safety engineering? If the FSD failed there should have been some secondary system to detect an imminent collision and apply brakes.

dexzod commented on Beej's Guide to Git   beej.us/guide/bggit/... · Posted by u/mixto
beej71 · 7 months ago
TIL! The funny thing about Vim is that you can have used vi/Vim for 30+ years and still learn new things. I'll add this to the Vim appendix. Cheers!
dexzod · 7 months ago
It is the same with Git
dexzod commented on Is 'Toxic Fashion' making us sick? A look at the chemicals lurking in our clothe (2023)   npr.org/2023/07/19/118834... · Posted by u/LordNibbler
dexzod · 10 months ago
> have access to medical care. Often the types of doctors that will address this - they don't take insurance. They only take cash

Is he implying that the doctors who take insurance will not tell the truth

dexzod commented on U.S.-Saudi petrodollar pact ends after 50 years   nasdaq.com/articles/us-sa... · Posted by u/_ddzr
dexzod · a year ago
I think this will have some interesting consequences. The US dollar used to be backed by gold, then Nixon ended that and then it got tied to oil, so in effect it was still backed by something tangible. The rest of the world currencies being somewhat linked to dollar were also indirectly tied to oil. Now the dollar is backed by nothing and by extension the rest of the currencies. In that sense dollar is now just a digital currency.
dexzod commented on Intel pauses work on $25B Israel fab   theregister.com/2024/06/1... · Posted by u/zhengiszen
magic_man · a year ago
Doesn't seem like a great idea to put a fab in such a dangerous spot.
dexzod · a year ago
Besides with the attacks happening right now on commercial ships in Gulf of Aden. It could become very expensive to bring anything out from these fabs or providing raw material
dexzod commented on Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time   shademap.app... · Posted by u/tppiotrowski
dexzod · a year ago
Is it accurate though?. If I fix the time and slide by the month, I expect the shadow to move east to west, but it only grows or shortens, which would mean the sun is exactly at the same vertical line on ground every day of the year but the height above horizon changes.
dexzod commented on Half of Google's white-collar staff 'does no real work,' Silicon Valley VC says   qz.com/google-white-colla... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
dexzod · a year ago
I think there are a number of advantages of having extra staff if a company can afford it. 1. Talent is pulled away from competition that can threaten Google's dominance. 2. Talent is prevented from creating their own startups that can threaten Google's dominance. 3. Engineers are available to handle extra work that suddenly shows up leaving the others to keep focusing on "real work". 4. Engineers are available to do work that is not "real". Meaning work that nobody wants to do but still has to be done. 5. Hiring more people shows that the company is growing causing the stock value to go up. 6. Firing people can also cause the stock price to go up because it shows company is doing something to cut costs.

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KarmaCake day170August 14, 2014View Original