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z3dd commented on Objects should shut up   dustri.org/b/objects-shou... · Posted by u/gm678
alistairSH · a month ago
My Honda Ridgeline (2021, USA spec) has two modes…

Default is “sticker shaker” mode - if it senses lane departure, it shakes the wheel and displays a warning on the dash. On by default, but can be disabled after start-up.

The other mode is “lane-centering” - has to be turned on after start-up, and actively steers car to the center of the lane. Really only makes sense on a highway/interstate - clear lanes, no sharp turns, etc. On dual carriage way, it gets a bit “stupid” when turn lanes appear with a gap or change in lane marking - it thinks the lane got extra wide and tries to center, pulling me half into the turn lane.

But, like I said, it’s 100% optional, so I use it on the highway/interstate, but nothing smaller.

Sounds like the EU mandates “lane centering” all the time that can’t be easily disabled, which is pretty silly (if it behaves anything like the Honda system, whcih is only really designed for true interstate use).

z3dd · a month ago
> Sounds like the EU mandates “lane centering” all the time that can’t be easily disabled

I'm in EU, on my 2023 Civic it's off by default and needs to be enabled after every car start if you wanna use it. Also works pretty well, other than when driving straight into the low sun or in heavy rain at night. The collision warning and road departure warning are on by default, the last one can be disabled until car is restarted.

z3dd commented on xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app   techcrunch.com/2025/05/28... · Posted by u/freetonik
game_the0ry · 3 months ago
Call me stupid, but I fundamentally do not grasp why xAI would pay Telegram for access to its users. $300M seems like a crazy amount of money to put into a chat app.

I am genuinely curious about the business strategy behind the move bc that would be a market worth exploring - having something that the AI industry would pay for bc they are willing to spend a lot right now.

z3dd · 3 months ago
oh, cause telegram is not a chat app, it's Facebook of eastern Europe
z3dd commented on Googler... ex-Googler   nerdy.dev/ex-googler... · Posted by u/namukang
FirmwareBurner · 5 months ago
You probably never worked in Austria.
z3dd · 5 months ago
Austria has unions and Betriebsräte, we even have one in a big american company, so op is correct.
z3dd commented on Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions   autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne... · Posted by u/zfg
jqpabc123 · 6 months ago
Hyundai for the win.

They do use touch screen functions --- but mainly for setup and configuration --- not for basic controls while driving.

It's illegal to use a touch screen phone while driving in many areas --- and for good reasons. So why is it ok and legal for manufacturers to mandate the use of their built-in touch screen while driving? Seems contradictory to me.

z3dd · 6 months ago
Last gen Hondas have physical buttons, also the volume and temperature knobs click when rotated. The screen has physical back and home buttons too.
z3dd commented on Results of "Humanity's Last Exam" benchmark published   scale.com/blog/humanitys-... · Posted by u/tzury
Rodeoclash · 7 months ago
Even simpler, ask it to reason through getting out of an escape room.
z3dd · 7 months ago
And that's the premise of Talos Principle.
z3dd commented on The Toyota Prius transformed the auto industry   spectrum.ieee.org/toyota-... · Posted by u/pseudolus
jgilias · 7 months ago
To be fair, it did take some time for me to get used to how a hybrid sounds. It’s fine when not driving aggressively. When you floor it though, it does feel weird when the engine jumps to the highest safe revs and stays there. That’s a small price to pay for reliability and smooth power delivery though.
z3dd · 7 months ago
check out civic 11 gen, they are almost indistinguishable from regular ice cars when sitting inside
z3dd commented on Show HN: I made an AI image enhancer that boosts images 10x to 12k pixels   mejorarimagen.org/... · Posted by u/yangxiaobo
kevinios · a year ago
Congrats! Little suggestion if I may, don't use the location of the user to set the default language of the website. Everything on my computer is in English, but your website defaulted to Spanish, as I'm currently in Spain.

Am no expert, but a short article I just found on the topic: https://dev.to/bitdweller/stop-setting-the-language-of-your-...

z3dd · a year ago
it's just in Spanish and not dependent on location
z3dd commented on Bouba/kiki effect   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bou... · Posted by u/cscurmudgeon
LordDragonfang · a year ago
> For instance, a±b∓c means "a+b-c or a-b+c".

I feel like this would be less confusing if rendered as "±(a+b-c)". It's the same amount of cognitive effort for figuring out the second term/factor, but you get the first one for free.

z3dd · a year ago
that makes a and -a
z3dd commented on Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]   sdfo.org/gj/stories/flowe... · Posted by u/xNeil
ajmurmann · a year ago
Does the book add significant new ideas or is it just more explicit about the consequences? I generally love scifi for the ideas much more so than for story and am torn between the book and the short story.
z3dd · a year ago
I'd recommend picking the story or novel depending on which you can finish in one go. It's gripping and I feel like breaking it up might take away from the experience.
z3dd commented on Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]   sdfo.org/gj/stories/flowe... · Posted by u/xNeil
margalabargala · a year ago
> “Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
z3dd · a year ago
I haven't read Brave New World, but this immediately reminded me of The Gods Themselves with Rationals, Emotionals and Patentals.

u/z3dd

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