Shdwdrgn

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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

That could probably be implemented in most existing vehicles, and at least it would provide more information.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 51 points 6 months ago (29 children)

I still think rear signaling could be improved dramatically by using a wide third-brake light to show the intensity of braking.

For example -- I have seen some aftermarket turn signals which are bars the width of the vehicle, and show a "moving" signal starting in the center and then progressing towards the outer edge of the vehicle.

So now take that idea for brake. When you barely have your foot on the brake pedal, it would light a couple lights in the center of your brake signal. Press a little harder and now it's lighting up 1/4 of the lights from the center towards the outside edge of the vehicle. And when you're pressing the brake pedal to the floor, all of the lights are lit up from the center to the outside edges of the vehicle. The harder you press on the pedal, the more lights are illuminated.

Now you have an immediate indication of just how hard the person in front of you is braking. With the normal on/off brake signals, you don't know what's happening until moments later as you determine how fast you are approaching that car. They could be casually slowing, or they could be locking up their wheels for an accident in front of them.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And never forget about the I-D ten T error.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 16 points 6 months ago

Hooray for no safety and hooray for death.

Isn't that the Musk philosophy? Kill anyone who gets in the way, and sue everyone else who survives his death traps?

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

You might check if a simple CPU upgrade would get you there. I previously ran some 2005 Poweredge servers that came with a Pentium D processor, and it cost me something like $8 from ebay to upgrade to a Xeon and start running KVM.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Keep an eye out for people trashing perfectly good desktop machines because Windows 10 is being retired.

If you want a server that "does it all" then you would need to get the most decked-out top of the line server available... Obviously that is unrealistic, so as others have mentioned, knowing WHAT you want to run is required to even begin to make a guess at what you will need.

Meanwhile here's what I suggest -- Grab any desktop machine you can find to get yourself started. Load up an OS, and start adding services. Maybe you want to run a personal web server, a file server, or something more extensive like Nextcloud? Get those things installed, and see how it runs. At some point you will start seeing performance issues, and this tells you when it's time to upgrade to something with more capability. You may simply need more memory or a better CPU, in which case you can get the parts, or you may need to really step up to something with dual-CPU or internal RAID. You might also consider splitting services between multiple desktop machines, for instance having one dedicated NAS and another running Nextcloud. Your personal setup will dictate what works best for you, but the best way to learn these things is to just dive in with whatever hardware you can get ahold of (especially when it's free), and use that as your baseline for any upgrades.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 13 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Someone trusts flying in these conditions? That's insane.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This was played before sentencing. It doesn't say it here, but the article I read earlier today stated that because of this video, the judge issued a sentence greater than the maximum recommended by the State. If true, then it really calls into question the sentence itself and how impartial the judge was.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Crepuscular rays: shafts of light which are seen just after the sun has set and which extend over the western sky radiating from the position of the sun below the horizon. They form only when the sun has set behind an irregularly shaped cloud or mountain which lets the rays of the sun pass through a cloud in bands.

In this case, I think the light is making it look like the cloud is dark bands, when in fact the entire cloud is probably all dark but being lit up by the rays. (And yes, this affect can be seen both at sunrise and sunset.)

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Assume you meant 3 1/2" floppies? Seems like you're confusing these with the 5 1/4" size.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 11 points 8 months ago

Didn't you see the Tesla ad on the Whitehouse front lawn?

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 21 points 8 months ago

That's a good point... if you can't read messages and discussions without a login, then it's not really facilitating public notification.

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