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garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
Sound so easy! You sound like you’ve really solved that whole situation! My question was how do you know if you left at the right time?
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
Wow yeah it sounds very simple! How do you know if you left at the right time?
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
Thats great! How do you know you got there at the right time though?
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
OK thats great! I was clearly using “you” on a general sense though
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
Knowing the current time in the car also lets you know the current time in general because they are the same piece of information
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
If you’re stuck in traffic and you know you are goung to be late, you can phone ahead to let them know! This won’t be possible without knowing the current time, something which a reasonably accurate timepiece will inform you of
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
Who said anything about getting there faster? What if you are stuck in traffic and need to know if you will be on time or late? What if you see a fuel station and want to know if you have enough time to top up your tank? There are actually quite a few valid reasons that you need to know the time while travelling in a vehicle
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
You don’t drive to doctors appointments? Job interviews?
garbagewoman··on Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
But you presumably have a phone and a watch, do you you even use the vehicle clock?
garbagewoman··on Bidirectional charging during grid outages
Maybe a signal that you shouldn’t be building there?
garbagewoman··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
No need to be condescending
garbagewoman··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
Don’t touch the screen then
garbagewoman··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
> How will we get to fusion?

By researching fusion? Imagine how much research you could do with all the money that you didn't waste on building uneconomical nuclear power plants

garbagewoman··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
Energy storage, on the other hand, has endless solutions which exist right now
garbagewoman··on Tesla Roadster
You forgot to point out which part of the comment was misleading
garbagewoman··on A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease
You’re basing your belief on one anecdote?
garbagewoman··on A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease
Lead soldered joints?
garbagewoman··on Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code
If that was directed at me, you might want to think about it a bit longer
garbagewoman··on Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code
People choose to be in open relationships
garbagewoman··on Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code
Pretending that everyone automatically understands your relationship arrangement sure does get the intended reactions, doesn’t it?
garbagewoman··on GrapheneOS has fixed the Android 17 QPR1 kernel performance regression
Based on the timeframes in the linked post, it likely won’t
garbagewoman··on Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video
Ir detectors don’t work for presence detection.
garbagewoman··on Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story
Who are you talking to?
garbagewoman··on Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story
Most people do, so they are speaking for the vast majority
garbagewoman··on There Are Over 1M NYC Street Signs. Here is How They Are Made.
Needs an account
garbagewoman··on Don't Be Nice
Native American is a well established name for a group of people. “Native Brit” means nothing
garbagewoman··on Don't Be Nice
“Native American” is not used in the way that you are using it
garbagewoman··on Don't Be Nice
“Native Americans” is a term that is not directly comparable to “Native Brits” and you know it
garbagewoman··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
Wow those supposed improvements sound great. Though what good are features if they don’t work reliably?
garbagewoman··on A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad ads
I remember plenty of stupid worthless garbage, doesn’t mean it has any value
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