Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
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Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
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#2I'll admit to putting off applying security patches because my laptop is a giant repository of state and it's a pita to bring it all back up again.
I have to remember how to start postgres, the erb command to make rails work, figure out how my upgrade to bash subtly broke virtualenvwrapper, make sure I didn't accidentally leave anything open in vim in some random window or go through the whining about vim swap files, and dump/restore all the state spread through 20+ browser windows, probably 30+ bash instances, and a couple repls. etc. It's really fucking annoying.
Another thing that ate 3 hours of my life recently: post reboot, zoom.us, which previously worked flawlessly, no longer works. I of course discover this as a meeting is starting.
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Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#4I'll admit to putting off applying security patches because my laptop is a giant repository of state and it's a pita to bring it all back up again. I have to remember how to start postgres, the erb command to make rails work, figure out how my upgrade to bash subtly broke virtualenvwrapper, make sure I didn't accidentally leave anything open in vim in some random window or go through the whining about vim swap files,…
:s/erb/rvm/
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#5While I totally agree with most of the article, it made me grind my teeth at the frequency the author changes the oil in their car... That poor valvetrain will be full of gummy carbon deposits. RIP whoever buys the car second-hand.
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#6While I totally agree with most of the article, it made me grind my teeth at the frequency the author changes the oil in their car... That poor valvetrain will be full of gummy carbon deposits. RIP whoever buys the car second-hand.
How would changing oil every 2 000 km be a problem? Modern oil should last 10x that long without any problem. I am used to having recommendations for changing oil once a year or every 15k km depending on what comes first. I remember recommendations to change 2 times a year 15-20 years ago because it back then was more normal to have different viscosity in summer and winter
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#7While I totally agree with most of the article, it made me grind my teeth at the frequency the author changes the oil in their car... That poor valvetrain will be full of gummy carbon deposits. RIP whoever buys the car second-hand.
I always wondered how this oil-change scam still continues in the US. Modern cars with synthetic oils don't need an oil change every 3-4 months or 3000 miles.
I always changed the oil according to the (European or Japanese) manufacturer's schedule (once a year / every 10-15000km) and had no issues with the cars (even >10 years old cars).
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#8While I totally agree with most of the article, it made me grind my teeth at the frequency the author changes the oil in their car... That poor valvetrain will be full of gummy carbon deposits. RIP whoever buys the car second-hand.
How would changing oil every 2 000 km be a problem? Modern oil should last 10x that long without any problem. I am used to having recommendations for changing oil once a year or every 15k km depending on what comes first. I remember recommendations to change 2 times a year 15-20 years ago because it back then was more normal to have different viscosity in summer and winter
Depends on oil. Many cars still run on semi-synth and those require the 15k/1yr routine, full synth can use longer kms and two years, or every year if you do under 5kkm/year
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#9While I totally agree with most of the article, it made me grind my teeth at the frequency the author changes the oil in their car... That poor valvetrain will be full of gummy carbon deposits. RIP whoever buys the car second-hand.
It's funny how attitudes towards oil change are different in different countries. In Germany, I would never go to the garage just for an oil change. We do an oil change either at the scheduled inspection, or when we're at the garage anyway (for winter tires) and the mechanic says it's time :-) which is about once a year.
My last car was a bit of a beater, and we did the oil change more frequently. Reason was that it had a problem with the transmission (manual, as most cars here), and from time to time there would be little metal shavings in the oil! But apparantly this is less horrible than it sounds, and somewhat normal for old cars. There is even a little magnet in the oil vessel to collect the shavings. After a combination of learning this, and having lived in the states for a couple of years, I insisted on changing the oil more regularly.
Re: Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates
#10I'll admit to putting off applying security patches because my laptop is a giant repository of state and it's a pita to bring it all back up again. I have to remember how to start postgres, the erb command to make rails work, figure out how my upgrade to bash subtly broke virtualenvwrapper, make sure I didn't accidentally leave anything open in vim in some random window or go through the whining about vim swap files,…
Solution for you: more frequent updates. Breaks less stuff at a time.