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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why even type this out?

Do you just like arguing stupid points for fun even when you know yourself that you are wrong?

Have you never seen an automotive touchscreen before?

Even within one model/brand there are a ton of panes, and layouts. And even when you choose one layout, which apps are open changes the location and size of the buttons. Now add into that multiple brands, models, layout, and years... And your comment gets more worthless at every step.

Beyond that. The screen doesn't use haptic feedback to tell you where your fingers are so that the parts of your brain that evolved to handle that kind of context can use it without your fucking eyes. 'Oh I touched the round thing, I know there are 4 rectangles next to this' is a built-in feedback loop that a touchscreen does not provide at this time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you have problems with object permanence in everyday life? or just in your car?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah the printing lines were not even sanded off the top.

I do want to thank you kindly for the offer to print one up. You Rock! But shipping to Canada would probably be ugly.

I hope to pick up a 3d printer this winter and if I manage it I will use this as a learning project.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Let's not be silly now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh man. I had so much fun on these. Great project!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What are ya building? Old motorcycles are my jam!

I'm currently rebuilding my '73 triumph for the 5th time. This time as a bobber with a bolt-on hardtail.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

One-size-fits-all batman cat mask was not so one-size-fits-all

For context - This cat's name is batman.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I pay for yt family premium and Netflix but use neither of them on a regular basis.

My nephews grew up with a pretty shitty life. They don't have a lot of fun things they can do in their situation. I figured the least I could do is give them YouTube music and some access to watch TV and movies on Netflix wherever they happen to be.

It's the same reason my steam family is chock full of games I'll never play.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Can we please be friends? I'll make sure those lovely snacks don't go to waste. I can bring two grackles, a bluejay, and a couple of raccoons to fill out the party. Oh, and my wife!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Iritis/uveitis - My cornea detached due to the heavy pressure inside my eye. The most painful thing EVER.

Kidney stones - Close second

Motorcycle accident at highway speed that jammed gravel into my cranial cavity and left me looking like watermelon-head for 3 months - I'd still rather have this than kidney stones or iritis...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I think we agree. CEO should not be making decisions from a technical point of view, so they should not be second-guessing the technical people.

I'm at the stage of my career that pretty much every job I take, I report directly to the CEO. And the difference between what they should do and what they actually do is why I made my statement at the top of this thread.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why not consult the people who actually know their stuff?

I mean questioning as in second-guessing the people who actually know stuff. Not asking experts for their honest thoughts.

Don’t you think that management could use your help and advice to make good strategic decisions in the long term?

Management is one thing - C-levels is yet another kettle of fish.

In my experience C-levels rarely want the technical answer to a question, and will be personally insulted / defensive if the answer is something they don't understand. And they will ask their questions in such a way as to insult the expert. Two negative results that don't help the business in any way.

But Dept heads and the PM office will often be able to explain why certain choices were made, and how that aligns with the business needs, without the complexities that cause misunderstanding between two people of such wildly divergent skillsets.

Now if the CEO can also write the code, or run the wetlab instruments, and really does want the nitty-gritty, complex technical answer, that is a different story. And rarely the case in my career.

 

Location: Canada

Background: When I first started wearing glasses the optometrist would just give me a piece of paper that I could take to any shop to get my lenses made. Then they started refusing that paper and insisting I either leave my frames with them for two weeks, or that I buy new frames.

And now it seems like even asking for the script, or the measurements, is 'against policy'.


I recently went in for an eye exam and some new glasses, and the optician said something I have never been told before.

I had asked if they could give me the prescription for my sunglass lenses since they don't deal with the brand that I prefer, and he said that I would have to schedule another appointment at a shop that deals with that brand, because the prescription was not enough, and I would also need the measurements he took.

I asked if I could have those measurements and he said it was against policy.

Is he lying to try to get me to buy new frames from his shop? Or is there something to what he is saying?

Confession - When he walked away I took a picture of the measuring app he had used which seems to show all the measurements.

Would this be useful to another shop? I'm just trying to buy lenses without spending a fortune on yet another frame.

It all feels like a scam.

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