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I thought simp stood for "someone idolizing mediocre pu__y", a slur for guys commiting and caring too much about lower tier women. Doesn't really seem to fit a discussion about people agreeing with a corporation.
Protip: Slang words almost never come from acronyms (The lone exception I've found is "thot")
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Cars should be the exception rather than the rule. We have spent so long catering to them that we have ruined our downtowns and public transit systems. We have diverted funding that should have been spent on transportation for everyone to individual transportation. This has left North American elderly, disabled, and youth trapped and unable to move around our hostile and ugly cities. A farm truck or tractor makes a l…
This all maybe true, but how do you undo the actual placement of where people live? That’s kind of step one…
2. Remove parking minimums. https://www.strongtowns.org/parking
3. Allow mixed use in neighborhoods. Japan is really great at this. Allow families to turn garages into small bodegas. Allow small businesses to flourish by not forcing them into isolated strip malls surrounded by pedestrian hostile parking lots. https://www.archdaily.com/search/projects/categories/mixed-u...
4. Narrow roads and eliminate on-street parking to create additional pedestrian and cycle infrastructure.
And so on... There are hundreds of plans that are extremely well thought out and just need to be implemented.
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I agree but why does the software world get away with the same behavior? Why are we only outraged when it comes to physical goods?
Hosting? Updates? Physical goods like cars 'get away with it' for things like fuel; hosting is in some sense similarly 'consumable'.
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tram will never come to the farm land. cars seem useful in low-density, very spread out regions.
Trams did in fact go to farmland, a century ago.
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Yes, communes are a thing. Shrug.
I've seen and read up on how some of the communes have gone, but I haven't seen any that made a serious attempt to run a company that way. By using the existing structures as a buffer, as I am proposing, a group could actually make the commune thing work without giving up any modern conveniences. It's somewhat similar to what Amish people do, and they do quite well at it in terms of sustainably living as they wish ev…
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> Don't you want software upgrades? Yes, but that doesn't require I give up freedom or control. The number of years a vendor provides upgrades adds value to the product (i.e. long term commitment or not). The cost of a car is so ridiculous any more that expecting a lifetime of software updates is probably a rational demand from a consumer. > but a lot if for safety reasons Yes, so? I wrote software for vascular ultra…
The current price reflects the expected software support, at some point it will be not economical and not feasible on the existing hardware. The best example is the interface- cellular 2G is not supported and 3G will go away one day. Vascular ultrasound devices are still supported because they were expensive, and support was probably paid on top of the initial price. The Mercedes HP subscription is not safety related…
I'm sure 80s and early 90s era vascular ultrasound devices are long obsolete, out of service and not supported. The point is cars are VERY expensive these day. It is ridiculous that a product that costs $35,000 has a $30/mo subscription for updates or features. This is majoring in the minors.
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You can chip most turbo engines for higher boost which means higher HP and torque. Current 911 vs the 911S is 13PSI vs 16PSI on the exact same engine. If you want Sports Plus mode which adds a little more boost, more aggressive shifting, tighter suspension, and launch control its also just software changes that porsche bundles with a dash clock. Companies have been doing this for awhile. Whats new is the subscription…
People will figure out how to hack these things. But the difference here, I think, is that EVs tend to be much more software-driven than even the most sophisticated ICE car. They're likely to contain half-decent crypto that makes hacking much more difficult, and EV companies are likely to sue you under the DMCA if you succeed. In addition these cars are always connected to the mother ship which can disable the engine…
This is also about ICEs having a legacy of repairability which makes modifications easier. Corporations being what they are, EVs are specifically made to be impossible to repair in independent shops.
I grew up around cars, and car builders. I've worked on quite a few very famous cars. My father built custom cars and ran "Barris Kustom" for years. I learned how to build custom cars, including race cars. I also spent years designing and building cars (vans) that quadriplegics could drive and lots of those were for guys who crashed, or got ran into by cars/motorcycle, at high speeds. Personally, I think if anyone cr…
Not sure if this is what you're saying, but the truth that nobody wants to hear is that cars are inherently dangerous because of their speed. The best way to save lives if have roads that encourage calm careful driving (bollards, single lanes, speed bumps, trees, ...). People want to have their cake and eat it. go as fast as possible, yet still be "safe". That's fighting against the laws of nature, weight + speed kil…
But the speed is good. Speed means people get to do more of what they like and live in places that are better for their health.
Weight and large dimensions however, are horrendously bad for safety and efficiency and additionally, useless. The overwhelming majority of cars outside of professional use don't need to be bigger than a Lancia Delta. Nobody who isn't a farmer with a specific license needs a pickup truck. And even then, people who need to move stuff around drive vans, not pickups. Literally nobody should drive an SUV in any context.
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Yes, communes are a thing. Shrug.
I've seen and read up on how some of the communes have gone, but I haven't seen any that made a serious attempt to run a company that way. By using the existing structures as a buffer, as I am proposing, a group could actually make the commune thing work without giving up any modern conveniences. It's somewhat similar to what Amish people do, and they do quite well at it in terms of sustainably living as they wish ev…
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Sure, even that's a luxury, but cars already have a display for audio, and it makes sense to have an in-built nav system (would be great if you could simply select the mapping/nav software from a list like a: goog, b: apple, c: OSM, and have it only do directions). This reduces the need for a 2nd, handheld or mounted device which has the potential for increased distraction. Navigation is a core function of travel, wh…
A bluetooth standard for navigation (turn left in 500 meters on adams street.) functions would be nice. The only thing I find my car nav does well is put that turn indication next to the speedometer so if I don't hear/understand the directions I can see it at a glance. Of course my only car with nav is 11 years old, maybe there are other features of more modern systems worth having. I doubt it, but I have to allow fo…
I'm not saying that these are inherently bad. Hell, I'd enjoy having programmable 2-driver power-adjustment settings for the driver seat. That, dual zone climate control, and google maps built into the nav are basically the only luxury features I think really add value to a car. But I'm not dying without them. Meanwhile, my wife wants all that, android auto, ventilated seats, a moonroof, the side-view mirror blind spot assistance things, automatic cruise control, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, automatic lights/brights, being able to start the car remotely, etc.