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ddoolin

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I'm Devin. I work with TRD helping Toyotas win races.
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ddoolin··on Documenting an 1115 ft radio tower climb
This makes me physically very uncomfortable to watch. What a thrill.
ddoolin··on Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they'll need to work at 62 MPH
I've never had that happen; it's hard to compare without knowing the changes between generations or years. That said, the only real issue I've had is that the TACC is slow to start accelerating again when the car in front turns or changes lane. I think this is probably intentional though, as it seems pretty quick to react in other instances.

Regarding AEB specifically, I've probably only ever had it engage 2-3 times on the road, ever.

ddoolin··on Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH
I've got a 2019 Subie Outback and the AEB is pretty good. It really only engages in very tight circumstances above a certain speed (and probably only lower than a certain speed) i.e. I'm pretty sure it will let me rear-end something if I'm crawling slowly enough. Prior to enaging AEB, the beeping is very loud with a very short interval.

(I traded in my 2017 Tesla Model S to get the Outback and I've never regretted it.)

ddoolin··on The Onion buys Infowars
He has been getting away with moving assets for months now.
ddoolin··on Migrating from Create React App to Vite
It must not be that difficult as I use it every day in my Vite project. To be clear I am no Vite evangelist, but it does maintain existing state when it live reloads modules, it doesn't just refresh the page.
ddoolin··on Jazz – Apps with Distributed State
Thank you for this. Many years of browser usage and I never knew this.
ddoolin··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
Even if the initial allegations outlined in the introduction are only half-true, I would be too ashamed to continue posting like this. Yikes.
ddoolin··on A subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions
That is why I do not really use LinkedIn to this day. They are still invasive in the amount of data they collect and share.
ddoolin··on Bots, so many bots
What is the primary point(s) of building bots that do this kind of thing, that seemingly flood the internet with its own Great Internet Garbage Patch?
ddoolin··on The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t
I get that; I am surprised to find my own software running 7 years later, let alone ~60 and given the context.
ddoolin··on The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t
Why was it 32 bits to begin with? Wasn't it known that 2038 would be the cutoff?
ddoolin··on The ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
This is the first I'm even hearing of MSFS 2024, I figured 2020 would just be a continuous WIP for a long time to come. I used it for practice but haven't dusted the equipment off in awhile, but this sounds like some nice improvements. 2020 was already pretty astounding in its quality and the leap from the existing flight sims.
ddoolin··on A flight search engine that combines flights from different airlines? (2014)
I'm very late to this, but actually it was the resort in this case. The whole process was clearly very undocumented and had a very backroom-y feel to it but they made it happen.
ddoolin··on GitHub Support for paid users is Non-Existent in 2024
Customer service is the first and easiest thing to take a backseat in the quest for ever-increasing profits. I don't know if it was ever good but I'm sure it didn't help to be acquired by Microsoft. It's shameful that the only way to get customer service from many companies is to be loud enough in public. Good luck.
ddoolin··on A flight search engine that combines flights from different airlines? (2014)
This has happened to me so many times with both flights and hotels. Now I very rarely book through third parties (only search) unless the discounted rate is compelling enough.

It just happened to me 2 weeks ago. I booked a resort in Cancun through Chase Travel at a heavily-discounted rate and made an error in booking, for one person versus needing two. Chase said they couldn't change it and to call the resort, their middle agency said they couldn't change it, and the resort said they couldn't change it and to call the agent! It eventually got fixed after hours of calling and essentially pleading.

ddoolin··on Is OpenSUSE at Crossroads?
Wow, yeah, this level of condescension is truly stunning. Talk about a superiority complex.
ddoolin··on FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
That take doesn’t work very well.
ddoolin··on Show HN: Kaskade – A text user interface for Kafka
Perfect! I had tried this last night before your comment (I saw these instructions in your README) but I was trying to include `-s url=` and `-s basic.auth...` which appears to force you into using `-k avro` or `-v avro`. But, once I removed the Schema Registry config options, I finally got the TUI showing up and was able to read messages! Thank you very much. Nearly all of my topics are Pb-encoded so I'll have to throw something together to get all the descriptors and perhaps abstract a bit. I love seeing the different uses of Textual coming out and this is no different; this is a big improvement from kcat IMO.
ddoolin··on Show HN: Kaskade – A text user interface for Kafka
Does it support Protobuf deserialization via Schema Registry? This is basically where every other tool falls apart. Kafka UI just added support very recently but kcat falls apart.
ddoolin··on Houston-area residents enter sixth day without power, air conditioning
I am from central Louisiana (although I mostly have lived outside the state) and have been considering moving to NOLA and this is the kind of thing that gives me pause. Thanks for sharing.
ddoolin··on IRS Collects $1B in Back Taxes from Millionaires
I don't think there is a disconnect here. Have taxes ever been pay-for-what-you-use? I don't think so. I'd go so far as to call estimating one's use of public goods/services a practical impossibility. Say you cracked the code though and you realize 50% of the population makes less in a year, total, than they use in public goods/services, what then? There is no disconnect because that is simply not now and never has been how taxes have worked.
ddoolin··on IRS Collects $1B in Back Taxes from Millionaires
This is why Republicans are trying to defund the IRS.
ddoolin··on Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common?
Traffic separation. Since they can fly at those altitudes, it makes sense to put them there, away from other commercial airliners.
ddoolin··on I found a 1-click exploit in South Korea's biggest mobile chat app
There are many non-Korean non-digital-nomads living and working in South Korea who do pay taxes. Millions, actually. South Korea has a very large international residency.
ddoolin··on US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
Doubt it matters if SCOTUS ends up gutting regulatory agency power in the next few weeks.
ddoolin··on US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
> THOMAS , J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS , C. J., and ALITO, SOTOMAYOR, K AGAN, G ORSUCH, K AVANAUGH, and BARRETT , JJ., joined. JACKSON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part, and concurring in the judgment.

If you're curious, who.

ddoolin··on LedgerStore Supports Trillions of Indexes at Uber
TIL that "indexes" is also a valid plural of "index", as well as "indices."
ddoolin··on ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes
Not to mention that Israel is practically recruiting for Hamas since Oct. 7th. I don't know where the 40,000 number comes from, but if it's from before the war, I have to guess that the needle probably hasn't moved much, even if the # of Hamas killed are accurate.
ddoolin··on Coding interviews are stupid (ish)
You've actually been asked that...? That's a trip. "Whichever one solves the problem at hand."
ddoolin··on The Texas Triangle: A rising megaregion unlike all others (2021)
Perhaps Central FL - Miami on the Brightline?
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