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Mercedes Drive Pilot is classified as L3 which is better than Tesla or Rivian.
"DRIVE PILOT can be activated in heavy traffic jams at a speed of 40 MPH or less on a pre-defined freeway network approved by Mercedes-Benz. DRIVE PILOT operates in daytime lighting conditions when inclement weather is not present and in areas where there is not a construction zone." [0]
In the rear, it's almost impossible to access the manual release in an emergency. You have to pull out a floor mat and then pop open a panel that requires a metal tool to extract, and then reach blindly into a hole to pull the release. And this process damages the car, so you can't really practice in a non-emergency.
Just so you know, this is improved the latest (2023+) Model 3. There is now an easily removable panel in the door pocket, with a yellow cable to release the latch.[0]
I still hope they improve the mechanism to not require this, but they did at least improve it a bit in the latest model.
I know it's not exactly the point, but would you mind sharing what specific mic and headphones you went with for this? It can help to get a sense of what to look for to create a similar setup.
The announcement said that the feature was pending FDA approval.
Interesting, I've never thought of running syncthing behind koreader. Do you use any particular plugin like [this](https://github.com/jasonchoimtt/koreader-syncthing)?
How do you configure wifi connectivity in koreader to make this useful? koreader seems to prefer keeping wifi off unless you do an action that needs the internet. Do you leave wifi on, or just periodically turn it on manually to sync?
Besides I’ll be very surprised if SVB isn’t called JPM by 9 am Monday.
It will be called the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara (DINB) on Monday. https://www.fdic.gov/resources/resolutions/bank-failures/fai...
Nope, the valuation happens at the time of grant.
So you are granted a number of shares valued at $X. Then you can’t sell those shares until they vest, by which time they may have gained or lost value.
If you're the kind of person who likes the ability to tweak your environment and get things set up just right for you, I'd recommend getting a Kobo and putting KOReader[1] on it. It has the classic OSS problem of bad defaults, but it's very flexible and can be a uniquely nice experience once you get it configured in a way you like. It's mostly written in Lua and has responsive maintainers, so if you're a developer you can extend it even further.
It has great PDF support, including good reflow and note taking support (highlights and text notes). And export support to text/json/html/Readwise.io for those notes.
It also has the best UI I've seen to visualize the structure of a book you're reading.[2]
The biggest downside is that you have to do more file management of your ebooks, since it isn't hooked into a nice cloud like Kindle. I use Calibre for this, and set up an OPDS server for some basic cloud downloading.
[2] Book Map and Page Browser: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/tag/v2022.01
Unfortunately Uber recently dropped support for their Apple Watch app.
That’s pretty standard text in tech patent.
What exactly would it mean to file a patent “as a joke?”
I’ve been told by a dentist specifically not to brush your teeth after tea. Instead, swish your mouth with water and brush your teeth later.
The claim is that the acidity of the tea will soften your teeth and lead to damage from the brushing.
Is Snipd able to do audio transcription for private feeds? Private “podcasts” are my main way I listen to audio books. I tried Snipd last year and it seemed to struggle with private feeds at the time. I was sad, since it’s exactly what I’m looking for (especially if it ever gets Apple Watch support).
I wonder if anyone has ever put a name to this viewpoint: "I don't intend to use it, nor do I intend to contribute to its upkeep, but I expect it to be available."
Fabien Sanglard's blog is one of my favorites. He posts mostly about internals and implementation details of classic video/computer games, plus other tech like Git and USB.
And if you find his blog to your liking, he has a couple of books doing a deeper dive into the internals of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.
I'm very much new with emacs, but maybe `avy-goto-char-2` is what you're looking for?
iOS has this with the photo album permission at least. You can select to only reveal a select subset of your photos to an app. I assume Android has something similar.
Thanks! It’s always interesting when someone posts some new portal of knowledge into a niche that I didn’t realize existed. Especially when there’s already a nice book summing up the field. I hadn’t heard of NDM before, except maybe tangentially through reading Thinking Fast and Slow, so I’ll take a look.
(Source: Hoffman, Ward, Feltovich, et al. 2013. Recommended read if you're into that sort of stuff!)
I’m very curious. How did you come across this book? It seems very niche.
There are no e-ink devices with backlights. It doesn’t make sense for the technology, which is purely reflective.
There are plenty of e-ink devices (like Kindles) that have frontlights. Even better are the ones that adjust frontlights based on ambient room lighting. Ambient light adjustment (and lighting warmth adjustment) is what the new Kindle Paperwhite has.
I think the trick is to be configurable, but with high friction. Otherwise it's too easy to reconfigure away from the minimalism on the fly.
I've thought about using Parental Controls on iOS to do something similar. Set a very long password that can't be memorized easily, write it down somewhere accessible if needed, and you get a minimal phone that can be reconfigured if needed. Just with high friction (typing in a long password from a paper in your home).
Of course, this assumes your goal is "avoiding a distracting environment" rather than "avoiding a bloated environment". Everyone has different goals with minimalism.
The subscription fee of most magazines is only there so that they can present a "paying subscribers" number to potential advertisers. The assumption being that a paying subscriber is more likely to spend money on advertised products.
This is why popular magazines constantly have deals for a year subscription for $5 or $10.
A smartphone must be a phone first. A phone is large with a comfortable earpiece, has large easy-to-press physical numbers, and is plugged into the wall so it doesn't require recharging.
(2019)
Must be a submarine PR campaign by Big Bird.
Some watch faces are only available on Series 4 and later, with their bigger screens.
Uber is still on WatchOS and it works independently with LTE: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uber-request-a-ride/id36867736...
Apple Watch with LTE mostly fulfills this. And the screen is so small that it’s not worth it to port more addictive apps.
Dataminr Access and Deletion Requests: https://www.dataminr.com/access-and-deletion-requests
Lapham’s Quarterly is good for this too: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/
Everything the author complains about is a feature of the Kindle.
Just use your iPad if you want more than an “electronic book”.