xthexder

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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you by chance have a PhD in food science?

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They were paid basically minimum wage, so they weren't treated the best. They were doing important work, and I personally have a lot of respect for it, but it was (and still is) an uphill battle against sexism.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 7 points 5 months ago

That's actually pretty clever. Make it obvious people have already looked at it and put it back. Even if someone doesn't care about the place of origin, there's kind of a subconscious effect as well of "there's something wrong with that one"

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm not sure of the timeframe of this, but it could be referring to the time when calculations were done by women by hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Computers

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hard to compete with the megacorp that publishes all books on a 5 year delay and rebrands it as their own, because there's no rules with public domain.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well I think in the case of controller remapping, that's a recall. But an infotainment update should also be free and possible to do yourself. If it isn't, that's terrible.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

How is a software update a warranty claim? They should be free, like a recall. Maybe a DIY option with a USB or SD card. Either that or whatever they're adding probably isn't worth the update to me.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Now print "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" with the quotes

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I just wanted to say kudos for actually explaining your position. It's too easy to make assumptions about what people are saying over text, and a lot of debates end badly because someone decides the other is malicious or willingly/willfully ignorant before they're even given the opportunity to explain their reasoning.

I 100% agree there are some people that are beyond reasoning with. Their brain is locked in to emotional, irrationally habits, and changing such a fundamental point of view is painful. On the other hand though, I think it's worthwhile to try and understand their behaviors and what life experiences contributed to their world view. How else can we expect to better educate ourselves and future generations?

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 5 months ago

trying to make a point but it kind of fell apart at “willingly”

To me this seems like a pretty minor grammatical error that does nothing to detract from the point being made.
You're welcome to correct it, but to me it feels analogous to getting distracted by a smudge on the page when reading a letter.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that basically how the knob on the touchscreen of the Ford Mach-E works? I think it's just glued on and simulates a touch like a stylus.

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