trentgreene (u/trentgreene)

trentgreene commented on A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven twitter.com/danluu/status... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko

userbinator · 2 years ago

I suspect she may be referring to the stereotypical carbureted V8 + manual / hydraulic auto combination that's still highly popular amongst US enthusiasts, which certainly has no ECU at all.

Microprocessors didn't exist until the early 70s. Late 70s / early 80s is when they started becoming common in cars.

trentgreene · 2 years ago

Heh, thanks for the info, I have a bit of a gap of knowledge about that era of vehicles outside of a type II fun experience with an older Ranchero.

I see VW advertising a car with an ECU in 1968, but likely just transistors.

trentgreene commented on A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven twitter.com/danluu/status... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko

trentgreene · 2 years ago

As a fellow “analog” automotive enthusiast, I’m curious how she defines computer in this situation?

Given that ECUs / microprocessors have been standard on cars since the late 60s / early 70s.

For me it’s the network connections and updates that scare me. The software on my ‘99 Benz hasn’t changed in 24 years, and I don’t need it too.

trentgreene · 2 years ago

I’ll add a small point to this. The computers my old cars do have, I’m quite thankful for. Being able to purchase a ~100-200 buck code reader and easily plug it in and figure out what my warning lights are trying to tell me has been a great educational tool and saved me a ton in maintenance.

trentgreene commented on A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven twitter.com/danluu/status... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko

markx2 · 2 years ago

My eldest daughter knows her way around cars, and she refuses to buy any car that has any sort of computer in it.

She knows how to change this, repair that, fit whatever and is very happy doing that. But she also knows that as a female if she goes into any garage for a 'diagnostic' she will be overcharged. In fact even for something normal with a 'non-computer' car she will be overcharged.

Cars without computers are like gold.

trentgreene · 2 years ago

As a fellow “analog” automotive enthusiast, I’m curious how she defines computer in this situation?

Given that ECUs / microprocessors have been standard on cars since the late 60s / early 70s.

For me it’s the network connections and updates that scare me. The software on my ‘99 Benz hasn’t changed in 24 years, and I don’t need it too.

trentgreene commented on Fewer university students are studying Mandarin economist.com/china/2023/... · Posted by u/NN88

hakfoo · 2 years ago

This seems like a better choice for the sake of "compatibility".

Given that English is not a major local language outside of Hong Kong, I'd expect there's a very high chance that an English-only speaker might need to interact with a Chinese-only speaker. It could be something like trying to relay their goal to a taxi driver or delivery person, or something as critical as trying to gain the attention of emergency services (I'd assume if you called the equivalent of 999/911 and shouted a location in the phone, even if you couldn't explain further, that would be enough to trigger a response)

Providing the English speaking audience the Pinyin gives them a chance to be understood in that situation. The translated only name is more likely to be unrecognized by the lisstener.

It doesn't seem so bizarre when you go into the Montreal metro and the signs say "Gare Bonaventure" instead of "Bonaventure Station", and that's in a country where English is nominally a supported language.

trentgreene · 2 years ago

I don’t have a dog in this thread’s particular fight and am basically just doomscrolling on a Friday night.

But I don’t think English is a nominally supported language in Quebec. IIRC all of Canada outside of Quebec requires dual signage in english + French, but Quebec only requires French. I’d guess Gare bonaventure is an artifact of that law rather than a translation strategy.

trentgreene commented on She Steals Surfboards by the Seashore. She’s a Sea Otter nytimes.com/2023/07/12/sc... · Posted by u/samclemens

operatingthetan · 2 years ago

>If a human should be bitten, the state has no choice but to euthanize the otter.

That's pretty gross. I'm sure there are ways around that, especially for an endangered species.

trentgreene · 2 years ago

Unfortunately there’s no great answer — any mammal that bites could carry rabies even if not obviously rabid, and there’s no way to test for that when the animal’s alive. Running the prophylactic for rabies also ain’t cheap and runs the risk of human noncompliance, meaning someone ends up rabid (and eventually, dead).

trentgreene commented on Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) gist.github.com/kennwhite... · Posted by u/walrus01

networked · 3 years ago

Interesting how the quality of diagramming is plainly worse in 2013 than in 1966. The 1966 original is more easy to read: the typeface is pleasantly wider, there is no red or blue text on a saturated yellow background. It looks better overall. One part of it is technical limitations (you can't abuse color when you print in monochrome), but it is also that the 1966 version was most likely done by a specialist, and the 2013 version wasn't.

trentgreene · 3 years ago

While I can appreciate the simplicity of the older version, the lack of padding around text + monochrome made this a sea of black marks to me. Basically illegible. 2013 was much easier to read

trentgreene commented on Juice garden.bradwoods.io/notes... · Posted by u/ilt

trentgreene · 3 years ago

All that juice on the delete button really plays poorly with iOS text selection. While I agree with the article in spirit, I’ll take this delete button dry (just rinse the glass please!)

trentgreene commented on My thoughts on “bad code” twitter.com/tsoding/statu... · Posted by u/djoldman

trentgreene · 3 years ago

Some of the most impactful code I've written has been absolutely trash. Like, really, really bad. By almost all objective measures, terrible. Except for the results it helped bring about. By that one measure, it was excellent, damn near perfect code

trentgreene commented on Less gym time, same results: Why ‘lowering’ weights is all you need to do ecu.edu.au/newsroom/artic... · Posted by u/emerongi

LudwigNagasena · 3 years ago

PEDs seem to be the most classic bodybuilding routine.

trentgreene · 3 years ago

Competitively, sure. Casually, no.

trentgreene commented on Less gym time, same results: Why ‘lowering’ weights is all you need to do ecu.edu.au/newsroom/artic... · Posted by u/emerongi

MichaelDickens · 3 years ago

> Eventually you will get to a point on that exercise where your concentric pull can put up vastly more weight than you can safely lower to the ground in a slow manner.

I'm not particularly qualified to speak on this, but this does not match my experience. I can deadlift 455 lb with great difficulty, but I can lower 455 lb to the ground fairly easily. And I don't see any physiological reason why this would be true—if your back muscles can support the weight on the way up, then they should be able to support it on the way down, when your body is subjected to less force.

trentgreene · 3 years ago

Heh, ‘drop’ is an overloaded term. I don’t mean you need to release the bar from your hands or not follow through on the eccentric. By ‘drop the bar’, I mean you shouldn’t resist during the eccentric portion in the same way you might during a pull up or curl. Said another way, on heavy deads, your eccentric should be noticeably quicker than the concentric. The bar falls to the floor with you attached.

The other commenters explain why — you’re building up fatigue during the concentric, easier to over round on the eccentric if you resist.

It’s worth caveating to that there are many ways to pull, and I could imagine someone lightening the weight to resist and control the eccentric. But in the the style of pulling I grew up with, a set of 5 reps functioned more like 5 heavy singles in a row, with some seconds of rest and resetting form between pulls. I’ve never seen controlled and resisted eccentrics with that style, and the thought of it lit scares me.

PS. Pulling 455 means that you almost certainly have some expertise in this matter ;). That’s not an untrained pull