Or...just go through their customer list and revoke the registration of any vehicles that were modified. Customers can then pay for having vehicle inspected at the DMV.
Or maybe you let the kids have a little fun and don't worry about it.
Readit Newsjtriangle commented on Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Devices roadandtrack.com/news/a62... · Posted by u/peutetre
I’m gonna need the tldr on this one.
Article went from “I can’t make money in journalism so I guess I’ll……sell drugs” to the more interesting topic of how the industry has no identity thus all sorts of misinformation.
I lost interest when he became fixated on the wild search for Black Haze.
LLM's are pretty good at creating TLDR's
Not that you should outsource all of your knowledge to that kinda thing, just that... in this case it'd probably be just fine.
"Legal Weed" is a funny thing, because I know exactly zero people who live in legal states that buy it legally. They all have some kind of hookup that's much cheaper than any legal option.
I will say though, it's legal where I am, and aside from every parking structure stinking like burning skunks, it's not as much of a 'culture' as it used to be, and you don't really find many people talking about it, which is nice I guess.
jtriangle commented on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week cnbc.com/2024/09/16/amazo... · Posted by u/jbredeche
Some companies used this to reduce their headcount without having to fire people. Maybe Amazon is doing the same thing.
It's a great way to create layoffs without having to spook investors by laying people off.
I have no love for Tesla and I won't buy one as long as Elon Musk owns it.
But alas I think most major automakers are massively dropping the ball on EVs. I'm particularly disappointed in Toyota and Honda - I really expected better from them.
Where's the Corolla EV or the Civic EV? How about a nice little hatchback? Nope. Everyone's building crossovers, compact SUVs, fuckin' pickup trucks - it's a complete clownshow.
The issue is, if you want to make an EV cheap enough to sit in the Civic/Carolla market, it still ends up being useless for most people because you can't afford to equip it with a large battery. Not to mention the only way an EV makes sense is if you can charge it with your own utility power, having to go and sit at a charger for 30+ minutes isn't, and will never be, tenable for most people.
Think about who's buying Civics and Corollas. It's apartment dwellers mostly, and they don't have chargers, nor can they. Maybe their parking lot has chargers, and those will be expensive, and they could use public chargers, which are also expensive, but you're talking basically making the cost 1:1 with a gas car at that point, but less convenient, less range, heavier, and all that assumes you can even sell it in that price bracket. It simply makes no sense for the majority of consumers. You'd have to invert the gas/electric pricing, which, given current trends, isn't likely to happen.
Now will that always be the case? Very likely not, eventually we'll have cheap power, eventually enough people will be driving EV's that gasoline loses its scale advantage. Until then, the EV market will stay mid-high end, and that means crossovers/suv's/trucks/etc.
Some people view that as dreadfully bad, myself, I'm happy that EV's are being developed and sold. By the time the world is ready for them, they're going to be very, very good, and that's the point which I'll be buying one. That is assuming I don't nab myself a late 90's ford ranger with a blown motor and build my own EV first.
Tesla is still very much a bubble. What about Tesla implies they should be worth that much more than, say, Toyota…?
Massive amounts of anti-fossil fuel powered car legislation being passed, or being talked about, and Tesla being the clear market leader in the electric vehicle space.
How long does this tool take to verify a real drive?
"it only writes what’s necessary to test the drive"
How does that actually work, wouldn't that mean the whole stated capacity would have to be written?
write 0001, read and confirm, repeat until drive is full.
For a fake drive, it'll take awhile, because the underlying storage is much, much slower than it should be, often usb2 speeds.
Realistically, this is just a test that satisfies curiosity without opening the drive. It's obvious when you have a fake drive because it won't benchmark anywhere near what it should.
jtriangle commented on Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system hackaday.com/2024/09/12/r... · Posted by u/kwiens
I didn't think lead, in it's metallic form, had a particularly high toxicity. I thought it was lead salts that were the problem.
I mean, it depends. It's mostly dangerous to kids, because it's detrimental to brain development. Not exactly vitamins for anyone though.
Also something to remember about ingestion is that, lead only forms salts in acidic environments, and, your stomach is quite acidic, which is why it's such a problem. Combine that with lead accumulating in your body and, well, it's best to avoid it, and it's simple enough to avoid it.
jtriangle commented on Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system hackaday.com/2024/09/12/r... · Posted by u/kwiens
You seen knowledgeable. I've used leaded solder in my bedroom / apartments since community college, usually with a fan in the room or a window open. What damage could have or has happened?
Depends, how much solder did you eat?
In all seriousness, very little. I would personally want more than just a bathroom fan to do fume evacuation. Outside on a patio/balcony is my usual spot. I also have a 120mm computer fan that I hacked onto a gooseneck mount so I can blow the fumes away from my face.
The times I can't be outside, usually due to weather, I use a table right in front of an open window, and one of those dual fan window fans set to exhaust mode, and that sucks the fumes outside effectively.
I'd call that a reasonably good setup, and, as a bonus, the fumes don't hit me directly in the face, which soldering fumes have a tendency to do.
jtriangle commented on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max apple.com/newsroom/2024/0... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Back when Samsung phones had user replaceable batteries they also sold separate battery chargers. This was super convenient because I could just grab a fresh battery from the charger on my way out the door. No need to carry a separate USB power bank. And moisture wasn't a problem, they had water resistant models. It's really a shame that phones have gone backwards in that area while advancing in most others.
Samsung still makes the x-cover series of phones. They're usually used in commercial applications, but, you can find them sold unlocked pretty easily.
And they offer a little charging dock with pogo pins, so, no wearing out the USBC port.