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Comment · 4 years ago
My high school's was the strangest before they overhauled their site. One of the URLs was some sort of CGI spell check app: just a button and a field that said "I am spelled wrang"
Comment · 4 years ago
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pixhawk org. was more cautious about fail-safe systems than Tesla
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm alright with the author mentioning it because some of the steering behavior is defined in software in newer cars.
Comment · 4 years ago
Personally, I prefer electric steering because it takes so little torque input. My Mercedes cabrio was heavy and tiring to steer, but I can steer the Mirage with my fingertips. As a bonus, the steering is tuned to "tighten up" at speed, which effectively makes the car snappier without actually changing the alignment.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I find it easier to quickly read watches that have minutes printed instead of hours.
Comment · 6 years ago
That looks like every phishing text I receive.
Comment · 6 years ago
That's a beautiful website. Definitely bookmarking this one
Comment · 6 years ago
I accidentally bought a gaming laptop that can't run Linux, so I'm stuck with Windows 10 exclusively. Although it really isn't that bad now.

My workplace uses SmartCAM, an ancient CAM package for manufacturing. It's probably not that bad, but I couldn't wrap my head around it compared to other CAM software. It turns solid geometry into low-poly mesh, and nothing is intuitive like Autodesk HSM.

Comment · 6 years ago
It's a really well-sized unit for that kind of work. I know exactly what a thou is and how to keep things in spec, but I'm lost using mm.
Comment · 6 years ago
Anecdotal, but old.reddit.com (besides search) seems to always work during these outages. I'm guessing they're always knocking out the AJAX and search machines for some reason
Comment · 6 years ago
My ASUS GA502 makes all kinds of noises. It has a loud coil whine when the keyboard backlight is off/dim, and the audio chipset is constantly popping the speakers by turning on and off to save power.

I bought it open box; the buyer probably went insane from the noise before they could even set up Windows.

Comment · 6 years ago
My carburetor requires 0 data to operate!
Comment · 7 years ago

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