DaftyduxWhat is something that desperately needs to be standardized?
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DFX4509BSeriously… I hate my own damn headlights! People flash their high beams at me as if I have mine on, but they’re just the stock headlights… I’ve been seriously considering going to a mechanic to have dimmer lights installed lol
HuudaHarkitenYour headlight level adjuster might be stuck or broken. Have your mechanic check that it works.
My cars low to the ground and only has halogen lamps, so if I’m ever flashing high beams at an SUV with overly bright lights, it’s only so I can continue to see the road. LEDs are insane and the governments too busy facilitating record defense contractor earnings to do anything about it.
Aim them yourself. You’ll spent more time finding a good spot to aim them then actually doing it.
If they’re LEDs or HIDs they’re probably just a screw you turn to aim them. If they dont then it’s basically the same thing, but in a less convenient spot. Look up the proper aiming procedure for your car, or just wing it by finding a car in a parking lot.
How to Adjust, Align, and Aim Headlights and Fog Lights PERFECTLY
A lot of vehicles have a beam dip adjuster in the cab. Mine pops out when I press the center of the light control selector.
Officially, they are to correct for a heavy load in the back. Unofficially, if you tweak them, you can flip between longer range, and polite as required.
If you watch your lights, there should be a fairly sharp cut-off at the top of their coverage. If that line ever hits a window or mirror, it will look like you are flashing them. If it’s too high, either fix it yourself (generally quite easy) or get it fixed.
If you’re in Canada, they’re developing standards and they’re asking for feedback. There’s a survey to fill out on the Transport Canada site.
They won’t do shit unless the US does it first. Government loves to consult and ignore.
On my car I have matrix headlights. I think every car should have them it’s honestly awesome technology and it’s a lot safer than normal lights. Hard to explain how they work just go look up a video and see for yourself
No; personally i find those annoying as hell when a car with those is behind me. Having partial high beams on either side from behind, that also come on and of with oncoming traffic, is really distracting. Never mind the “less good” implementations, that blind you through your side mirrors.
Just don’t make headlights stupid bright.
Reminds me of the Simpsons episode, where they design the “perfect” family vehicle - and it costs too much for a middle class family to afford.
Meanwhile, it’s impossible to find and affordable car with manual transmission, locks and windows.
OMG, light pollution in general has become my current “white whale,” and the gods awful headlights on these ridiculous cars makes the most of it!
We should be able to see the stars at night, I don’t think we have to sacrifice a dark night for the sake of “safety,” maybe use a different color of street lamps, or get the lights on the walkway with just enough to find your way around
Please, I don’t want to lose the Night!
The headlights themselves should be mounted at a standard height. Taller vehicle? Mount the lights lower on body.
FenrirIIINuts, bolts, and screw heads.
I know we need various sizes for various tasks, but I shouldn’t have to dig through 50 different screwdrivers or ratchet heads and still not have one that’ll work.
radixThere are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
Boomer Humor DoomergodCongratulations now we have 15 standards.
I replace crappy ones when I remove them.
I’ll tolerate Phillips, but slotted gets replaced with torx. Phillips get replaced if they get damaged.
MontaggeTorx Plus*
There are reasons why you can’t have Torx in some situations. For example, sanitary machine designs. Preference is a flanged hex head. If flush mount is required, then slotted is best (even though they do suck for every other reason)
Why would slotted be better than, say, Phillips for flat mount? Most of the flat heads on the equipment at work is either a Phillips or hex
Best of luck with that mate. Do you know how many different cross-shaped drives there are already?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives
And if you really want to get upset about confused standards you should read the section of the Talk page about why JIS B 1012 was removed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_screw_drives
They ARE distinct from standard Phillips, and posidrive. If one tries to use Phillips on them you’ll likely strip the head.
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As discussed, the previous paragraph was wrong and (as of now) uncited, so it was removed. No information is better than wrong information.
Meanwhile, there’s Robertson, the superior 4 pointed driver over Phillips.
Income / maximum wealth (wealth caps)
Min and max.
An open phone standard, and no, I do not mean the OHA that doesn’t even live up to its name.
You need an equivalent of ACPI in the x86 space to catch on in ARM/RISC-V if you want a general purpose OS to be viable on phones
There’s sort-of kind-of SystemReady in ARM but it’s a far cry from the standardization of ACPI on x86 desktops
☂️-All online forms.
I fill out a lot of forms and it’s ridiculous. Sometimes I’ll be at the bottom of the page, and I’ll get a message saying that I can’t continue until I fill out a ‘must answer’ question. Sometimes the programmer was clever enough to make it so I’m directed to the question, but more often than not I have to scroll through the entire form to find where I made my mistake.
And, when I have gotten to the end, it would be nice if there was a chance to review everything.
I’m not even going to start with the forms that make you use the calendar tool that takes longer than just entering the date.
Forms itself should be a thing of the past. They mimic paper based patterns which makes no sense for lost use cases in 2026.
What we need is standardized APIs through which you can share specific personal info if you wish to do so. E.g. SOLID implements this.
If additional info is needed a basic conversation with an agent could take the place of a form in due time (for those who wish to use this).
DandomRudePrinter cartridges and razor blades
I haven’t printed anything at home in years. Just easier to go to the shop/library and pay them.
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-safety-razors.html
Old fashioned double side safety razors. No gimmicks, less waste, and cheap.
Grocery store layouts.
It’s creeping into men’s sizes, too.
Depending on the maker, I’m a Large, Extra Large, 2XL, or sometimes 3XL.
And I can fit into some mediums.
🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞And I can fit into some mediums.
I don’t want to hear about your psychic sex life, bud
:-)
There was a post recently.
[paraphrase] Guys who make jokes about their big dicks are usually assholes, but guys who joke about how small they are are usually cool and fun.
Reply = I have a medium dick. It can contact the dead.
Men’s clothes sizes are just as likely to be ill-fitted, it’s just that men aren’t held to the same standard of fashion. A lot of men don’t mind wearing something a size too big or cinching their pants up with a belt. Nobody bats an eye.
Treatment of oligarchs
KissakiI just want existing standards to be public and accessible, not locked behind 400 € ISO. That defeats the whole point of standards.
Btw, is there no torrent for should-be-free standards?
Sure, you can search for alternative sources, hope that the PDF is not just image-scans but indexed and searchable text, and that it has a jump-able table of contents, and that it has not been altered and is up to date. Or you can go through public implementations and try to replicate, infer, and follow implementations or third-party descriptions of the standard. But all of that is error-prone and time and effort investment.
It shouldn’t be like that. A standard should be public so that anyone can implement it, from either side. So anyone can verify and compare against the reference, and call out implementation misalignments.