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Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by jameshart »

Doxin wrote: post #51
CalRobert wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was weird to see so many Dodge Rams in the Netherlands.

Where do all these people even park those behemoths? Do they just double park all of the time?

Small nit: ‘double parking’ does not mean ‘parking in two parking spaces’. It generally means parallel parking next to a car that is already parallel parked - ie, parking roadside in a second row alongside a first row of parked cars.

More generally it refers to doubling up two cars in a parking space in such a way that one car blocks the other in (eg parking two cars nose to tail in a long parking bay)

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by dsfyu404ed »

totetsu wrote: post #38

For some reason this reminds me of the video games that taught me to aim RPGs with iron sights by memorizing the dimensions of in game vehicles and comparing it to a little measure on the sight to estimate distance and so how far to adjust the aim upwards..

Information regarding what common objects your front sight is the width of at various ranges is pretty a standard inclusion (though not a particularly emphasized part) training in professional armies.

Many optical sights also incorporate similar features.

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by AlgorithmicTime »

etrautmann wrote: post #40
jakebasile wrote: post #19

I've found a few of these types of sites over time, and I find them pretty handy. This one gets added to the list! There's Handgun Hero [1] for comparing ... handgun sizes, which is super handy when window shopping for something new, to compare it to something I already have. There's Camera Size [2] which compares, you guessed it, cameras. Handy for the exact same reasons as the above. For a more technical comparison…

How often does someone need to buy new handguns?

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Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by AlgorithmicTime »

sokoloff wrote: post #65
omeid2 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In USA, gun per capita is over 2 and majority of democrats, who approach almost 50%, do not own guns. So the answer is "often", if you consider USA.

The data I looked up suggested it was 1.2 guns/American (not over 2.0), but in any case, I think the majority of both parties own exactly zero (56% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats per a survey in the same article). https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/gun-ownership-numbers-...

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Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by Gordonjcp »

Toutouxc wrote: post #87

You don't even have to mess around with Smarts and Minis... The car I [try not to] drive (a Škoda Rapid liftback) fits four 180 cm (5'10") adults and their baggage for a week, yet I could almost drive UNDERNEATH some of the crap I have to share the roads with (LR Discovery, F-150, BMW X8). I used to love cars and driving, now they disgust me, along with the whole my-car-is-my-identity culture.

And yet your "little" Skoda is the same size as a first or second generation Landrover Discovery, and a bawhair smaller than my second-gen Range Rover...

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by Gordonjcp »

alkonaut wrote: post #63
etrautmann wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How often does someone need to buy new handguns?

I guess it's like guitars and bikes, a small group will "need" a new one/another one (guilty of both), but for most people you either need zero or you need one and never need to swap once you have one. But I agree that having a site for comparing feels quite alien to those of us outside the US (for reference, I'm 40+, made military service and still haven't even seen a handgun outside of its holster on uniformed offi…

I didn't really get handgun culture (I'm in the UK, everyone has rifles and shotguns, handguns aren't a thing any more since we had a school shooting in the 90ss) until I read an exchange on Reddit which was full of comments like "Ah yeah but what you do is you unscrew that top part, drill and tap it a size larger, and then you can bolt on which allows you to mount and by taking a bit off the grips it'll actually be lighter and better balanced and easier to get the sights dialled in and then..."

Wait a bloody minute, I get it now - you guys are geeks! Just like the synth geeks and Landrover geeks I know, it's the same conversations with some different nouns in it.

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by Gordonjcp »

wayvey wrote: post #66
recuter wrote: post #50

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If you get into Guitars we call it GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome). Some ladies even have fashion accessories, you can color match your guns and purses for every occasion. Try it before you knock it. ;)

Synthesizer and other electronic music enthusiasts also have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)

I just need to get one more patchbay until it's perfect. Maybe a different mixer, or maybe just a new ADAT converter for the one I already have.

But then that's it, no more.

Same time next week, then?

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by Gordonjcp »

michpoch wrote: post #88
Laarlf wrote: post #61

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I would assume that if you go out of your way to have a company and buy a massive pickup that is more expensive than a Van and less usable you probably do not give a shit. The fact that they can basically ignore BPM on company cars is absolutely stupid.

Yeah but you buy a pickup for a work that you could not do with a van. Pickups are for farmers, how do you carry pigs or a pile of dirt in a van?

You don't, you carry them in a trailer.

How do you carry them in pickup?

Re: CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

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Post by Gordonjcp »

mechanical_bear wrote: post #14

No Toyota Tacoma…probably the most popular truck in many US states. No Ram trucks. No Subaru WRX, nor BRZ. Really neat concept, but I wish it had more US vehicles.

Dodge Ram is about the same as a small or mid-size Ford Transit, so you could pick one of those.
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