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pete_dushenski: see wrc cars
themselves are epic machines, but
the races neither work on
tv or live
shinohai: I despise nascar. I live in
the heart of it.
pete_dushenski: it's still blue-collar yahoos
trying
to out-gun one another at >200 kph
pete_dushenski: i can't say i've ever been much for nascar, but enough of
the
tradition seems
to have carried on, despite
the distillation of
the source into a platonic game
shinohai: Sad
to see
that such a noble sport declined into nascar.
pete_dushenski: modded cars used
to
transport liquor under
the cover of darkness in
the 1920s were
the basis for stock car racing, which eventually led
to 'nascar'
shinohai: My "hacks" were mostly
to wiring and such. My mother, in her nasally Jewish voice, always swore I was going
to "burn myself alive in my car"
☟︎☟︎ punkman: well you can't have software hacking when
the car has no software
punkman: there are probably people doing
this since
the first car with microelectronics appeared
shinohai: You guys remember
those accel units from
the 90's
that let you do all
that
to your EFI ?
punkman: the
tuning part is scary, I wonder if anyone has managed
to explode his car
pete_dushenski: punkman: not a bad idea
to have your own obd-ii reader
pete_dushenski: ftr bmw i3 'rex' differs from regular i3 in its use of a 'range extender', not unlike
that on
the chevy volt
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 11:18:21; pete_dushenski: ge device, Changing startup image (one owner found "a cool Alpina" emblem hidden in
the car's software)"
pete_dushenski: "The software
that enables
these functions is already present in U.S.-market BMW i3 vehicles. But it's suppressed in many cases, due
to National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) or California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations--or BMW North America's perception of consumer preferences."
pete_dushenski: ge device, Changing startup image (one owner found "a cool Alpina" emblem hidden in
the car's software)"
☟︎ pete_dushenski: "At least a few intrepid i3 REx owners have enthusiastically
taken
to coding
their cars. A partial list of functions
that can be added or modified with
those updates includes: Allowing fuel
tank
to accept full capacity of 2.4 gallons, Adding suppressed European "hold battery charge" function, Enabling suppressed AM radio, Suppressing U.S.-mandated seat-belt warning
tone, Permitting video
to be run from USB stora
cazalla: gotta play
through easy
then normal before hard more with
the mobile
toddler who doesn't fancy doing what you want
cazalla: yes, but keep in mind changing
the nappy of a stationary child is ezmode
pete_dushenski: *i'd put 'nappy changing' up
there with building basic lego designs in
terms of difficulty
pete_dushenski: "we never anticipated
that moore's law would've broken down in 2008 or
that obama would be every bit as much of a monkey/terrorist as bush mk ii"
pete_dushenski: "“We never anticipated a drop-off in
the wind resource as we have witnessed over
the past six months,” David Crane, chief executive of power producer NRG Energy,
told analysts last month"
pete_dushenski: "The reason was some of
the softest air currents in 40 years, cutting power sales from wind farms
to utilities"
☟︎ pete_dushenski: "Electricity generated by US wind farms fell 6 per cent in
the first half of
the year even as
the nation expanded wind generation capacity by 9 per cent, Energy Information Administration records show."
cazalla: wouldn't
the sign just go ignored?
mircea_popescu: one sad, sad year, when
the elevator won't start anymore
mircea_popescu: i imagine
the grief of couples in
that building you know,
they move in as 20somethings, can
take it
together
mircea_popescu: one of
those old style
things you see in 1950s french movies.
mircea_popescu: in other news, i was
today in an elevator which insistently stated
that max weight = 150kg
punkman: I have flooded it with water a few
times
mircea_popescu: punkman : get a plumber's snake, a rag and gasoline. affix
the rag
to
the bit, soak it, light it and shove it in as far as you can reach
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 03:27:07; asciilifeform: we have
two basic species of rat here, one
that climbs, and one
that
tunnels
mircea_popescu: not
too hard
to make your own disposable cloth diapers anyway. just buy some cheap metrage and cut it up.
cazalla: "but your mother did it
this way, my mother did it
this way, you should
too!"
cazalla: i don't
think good or bad for environment ever crossed my mind.. cannot buy cloth anywhere and
tbh i don't fancy scraping
the shit from
them and couldn't sell
the idea
to missus
mircea_popescu: disposable, for
the record, is in no way bad for
the environment. it consists of mixing celulose pulp with human excrement and burrying it.
this is a much better use
than mixing cellulose pulp with pigments and
then storing it on shelves.
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 01:14:22; *:
trinque had unpasteurized milk recently;
there's a good farm for it nearby
fluffypony: what's actually quite nice is
that it also has unlimited SMS and unlimited data when roaming in 120 countries, BUT
the roaming data speed is capped at 128kbps
fluffypony: and
that was unlimited everything (calls / SMS / data)
fluffypony: when I was
there in November I got a prepaid SIM from
T-Mobile for $80 for a month
cazalla: you can buy
them ready activated on gumtree (craigslist) with cash anyway if need be
mircea_popescu: leaving aside all
the "need id
to buy phone card" nonsense,
this is just
too out
there. wtf
mircea_popescu has just learned
that one can't in point of fact get a phone plan in
the us
that doesn't charge FOR INCOMING CALLS
☟︎ fluffypony: I have wireless
to a fibre base station on a highsite, so latency is pretty low, 10mbps down / 1.5mbps up
mircea_popescu: or wait, did little miss margerine
tub
think photochopping is somehow controversial and ima hate a pelican ?
cazalla: i
thought
the man playing
the fiddle was
the most cringe worthy of
them all fwiw
cazalla: "If anyone had
the right
to be offended it would be
the Romanian community and yet, it's
the opposite"
cazalla: "Ms Long said
the feedback from
the Romanian community had been overwhelming."
cazalla: mircea_popescu, she is an artist, and
they're having an exhibition, and
that's
that!
BingoBoingo: Colorizarion always renders
the serious derpy because people can't compose color
the right way
mircea_popescu: how has
the adult looking 15 yo girl in
the original
turned into a retarded looking adult in
the "upgrade " ?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Sentence was a mess, should be fixed, also not
the latest article
trinque: yup,
that's how I look at it
mircea_popescu: there's no "directories" in any other sense
than key prefixes.
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 05:09:59;
trinque: filesystem is a big farty key-value store
trinque waits for
the portland morality police
to cart him off
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 00:51:01; mod6: mircea_popescu can scarcely believe all
the ustards have
to
talk about is whether men sit like
this or like
that << ikr! i heard some lawyer say
to another lawyer on
the
train, "mind your man spread bro".
BingoBoingo: phf: Also I end up having
to replace
the fan annually, but probably because I
take it out
to smoke cigarettes with me.
phf: (and what i mean by fine is video card, wifi and suspend
to ram)
mats: not everyone can be ben_moneybags with
the dedicated eulora mbp
trinque: apple's a scam
these days
too
mats: I have a hard
time justifying dropping ~1450 on a 13in MBA with 8gb or I would be on
the aapl
train
BingoBoingo: <trinque> I'll never purchase another Lenovo product <<
try
the X1?0e education series. Cheap AMD options available and honest
tough plastic for
those damned kids.
mats: not good on
the lap