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Trying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]

@ Trying2KnowMyself @hexbear.net

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they/them/their/theirs/themself

Don’t worry, you can be a misogynist on Hexbear! Just make sure you’re talking to a pup-girl first so you have plausible deniability and can complain that you aren’t being interpreted charitably enough for your blatant misogyny.

  • Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #83 Food Artel

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  • back in #41 we saw a pair of plague doctor goblins, but it’s not quite clear if that’s the one on the left or an entirely different one.

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  • tables in the street/sidewalk

    They already got bit once for advertising in the public square, I wonder how the bureaucrats feel about taxing their table setup.

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  • They were also using their saws as tables, and it didn’t seem like they had an oven. Maybe I’m just not picturing where that window is in their shop properly, but I guess I misinterpreted it as an entirely different building.

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  • Maybe we need more finance chart comics after all - I’m a bit confused about how they saved up enough to open a bakery.

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  • you can attest to them being insufficient to avoid wiping out bikes

    Honestly, I don’t notice how new the car is. I just see them getting way too close and wondering if they saw me at all or not.

    I don't remember you ever misinterpreting me like that

    It’s definitely something I do at times. And yet I also am far too often a sarcastic asshole who lets other people misinterpret me even if I understand that’s happening.

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  • not a rant at you

    Even without the disclaimers, I don’t think I’d have taken either of these as directed at me, though I’m sure I’ve misinterpreted people in that way. S’all good.

    power steering

    Haha, holy shit, I’ve briefly had a car without power steering. Fucking nightmare. Shit’s not safe. Having my rear brakes low level leaking brake fluid was better than that, and that was incredibly bad.

    Properly functioning lane assist probably saves a lot of lives due to driver fatigue.

    On the one hand, I’m sure it has prevented accidents, but this really just reinforces my terror - if someone can’t recognize when they’re so fatigued that they’re relying on lane assist technology to keep them from crashing, they’re way beyond the point where it’s unsafe to be driving.

    free up mental space

    they don't re-allocate their attention to other aspects of managing the vehicle

    the little lights on wing mirrors now

    I thought those were a positive development previously, even if they aren’t something I regularly “benefit” from. Thanks for scaring me out of that train of thought.

    I doubt they work as well for bikes

    Repeatedly.

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  • I’ve never owned a car with the type of driver “aid” you’re talking about. It’s rare that I drive (or even get driven by something other than a bus or train), even, but I won’t deny I’ve got a dumb car that doesn’t try to steer me into trees - it’s basically all on me if I crash.

    There are automotive technologies that have definitely made my driving “safer”: I’ve felt ABS kick in when I suddenly hit the brakes way too hard because I was dumb enough to think that I can devote less complete attention to my surroundings. I wouldn’t have had the muscle memory to pump the brakes myself. Being able to stop faster because a computer knew to pump the brakes for me, I have no doubt, has prevented me from an accident.

    The idea that I could be so distracted as to be saved from an accident by “lane assist” technology is terrifying.

    Having had plenty of cars nearly buzz me on my bike, I’m absolutely certain that when I drive I’m paying far more attention than way too many people do, though.

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  • That sounds like it would increase production costs.

    If the market demands it, surely Tesla will bear the expense.

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  • a decade ago

    Their bar-to-home route might’ve been one of the only routes that a Tesla could reliably manage at the time, and even then it’s amazing it managed that reliably enough for this story not to end with the last time not waking up.

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  • good thing there are smart people around here, just don’t bother with the reinforced ones, it’s not a huge loss if they break in the fall

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  • I’ve seen more than enough stories of people using self driving while it’s not just the car that’s drunk to believe that it’s a thing which has repeatedly happened. It doesn’t need to be true in this case for trusting a Tesla to be a terrible idea.

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  • I don’t think I’ve heard the “roll him off a cliff” part before, though it sounds like something that would be easier to do with a head than a whole person.

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  • People trusting Tesla to successfully deliver on any of Elon’s promises after it consistently fails to is astonishing.

    Self driving was supposedly going to be ready by something like 2016. 10 years later teslas can drive themselves into trees.

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  • Just because it’s self-driving doesn’t mean it won’t drive drunk.

  • Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #82 Tender

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  • That may be their current market rate for wooden wheels, but they could ultimately leave the chief worse off if they didn’t agree to taking on the contract for him.

  • Anti-israeli singers!

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  • The first thing I did was play the top result for a search, which didn’t chart nearly as well as I assumed based on how many times I remember hearing it. Fun song.

  • Anti-israeli singers!

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  • The singer in question was:

    Marina and the Diamonds

    But if you feel like clicking through, there’s a bunch of other artists taking anti-Zionist stances that they’ve helpfully listed across various comments.

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  • Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #81 Production Balance

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  • It’s a completely untapped market!