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Comment · 1 month ago
His name was Aaron Swartz.
Comment · 6 months ago
Because Rivian doesn't have a mode for _just_ lane-keeping. There's Adaptive Cruise Control (which maintains speed) and there's Highway Assist (which maintains speed and position in the lane). Highway Assist only works on certain mapped highways.
Comment · 10 months ago
> The idea that there might be an all-electric f150 hanging out in 40 years is, frankly, laughable.

Why is it laughable? I'm not following your argument.

Comment · 11 months ago
Looking at the city limits, I don't understand why East Palo Alto isn't called North Palo Alto instead.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have red-green weakness but only saw a lighter green around the circle as it became smaller.
Comment · 1 year ago
Mine's listening for proe-ject instead of prah-ject.
Comment · 1 year ago
I'd never seen the word "subvention" before. Today I learned it's another way to say "subsidy".
Comment · 1 year ago
I've been signing "CHECK ID :)" for several years now and it's only a few times a year that someone notices.
Comment · 2 years ago
Wait a minute, that sounds like an old friend of mine. Were his initials ŠP?
Comment · 3 years ago
Not everyone can vote or is registered to vote.
Comment · 3 years ago
I would half expect them to sue the computers for obstruction of justice... and then just keep them.
Comment · 4 years ago
At least for me, most incoming calls are spam. If it's important, I will either anticipate it or the caller will leave a voicemail. In the past several months, I think I've received one unanticipated call from a friend.
Comment · 4 years ago
Early thirties here: my friends and I do not call people except for older relatives on occasion. We've kept our phones on vibrate for a decade and a half now.

We do, however, know our own phone numbers, and asking a cute stranger or a new friend for their number is still a thing.

Comment · 4 years ago
and then there's the World Trade Center
Comment · 4 years ago
And each department (and sometimes class or professor) has their own policy about whether they ever grant an A+.

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