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Dresden S

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Insufferable language, literature and music nerd. Yet another queer, poly, millennial anarcho-communist. I block empty accounts that follow me, unless I know the person irl.

Gend her? I hardly know her 😔

I will sometimes hornypost here, but leave everything actually NSFW for my alt

Pronouns	He/They
Location	Upstate SC

Dresden S 2d ago

Memories of a chaotic dream:

- Travelled to the US (why tho).
- Straight off of plane and into a clothes shop where I was tasked with supporting a 14 y/o store manager.
- Took a taxi down very steep hills to a beach. Taxi driver refused payment and said “don’t call me again; I’m a terrible driver.”
- Walked into a forest to find an outdoor conveyor belt sushi place. But no sushi. Only fis football-sized, spherical doughnuts.
- Kept being asked “What state are we in?” and couldn’t answer.

…wut.

Dresden S 2d ago

HeavenlyPossum 2d ago

War is politics by other means and sometimes those politics are “keep Benjamin Netanyahu out of prison for a few more weeks” or “keep President Grandpa distracted with a new video game he can watch on Fox News so Steven Miller can kidnap more children,” which is how we end up with a deadly farce like “The Twelve Days War.”

Dresden S 2d ago

Sexabled 2d ago

🧨 Der größte Fehler, den unsere Community je gemacht hat, war zu glauben, sie müsse werden wie die, die uns ablehnen. 🧨

Wir haben Drag versteckt, weil es angeblich „peinlich“ sei.
Wir haben Neopronomen ausgelacht, weil sie „zu verwirrend“ seien.⬇️

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Dresden S 2d ago

Hot girls in your area…

#CatsOfMastodon

Dresden S 2d ago

@alfiekohn
Get the detainee's name, birth date, and country of origin, record as many details as possible (license plates, location, time, number of "ICE agents" & any identifying info...). Call an immigration defense hotline ASAP and tell them everything. Exchange contact info with any other witnesses.

Assume the police will not help and/or ICE will be gone by the time they arrive and/or they will show up and essentially run security for the raid. So far there are literally no instances of police intervening to stop an "ICE" abduction that I'm aware of (please correct me if wrong).

In Los Angeles:
ImmDef Immigrant Defenders Law Center : (213) 833-8283
Los Angeles Rapid Response Network: (888) 624-4752

Dresden S 2d ago

Alfie Kohn 2d ago

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Plague Poems 2d ago

According to Walgreens
US Covid positivity is at 20.7%
which is the highest it has been
since the end of September,
but we are not where we were
in September,
no, things are different now,
for as bad as things were then,
we are now somewhere different
we are now somewhere worse.

Dresden S 2d ago

Mike Sheward 2d ago

i don't think enough people realize that when you make a phone call to someone else, the other phone literally stops what it is doing and makes a noise and shakes, it's very distracting, please do not make phone calls

Dresden S 2d ago

Le sigh.

Dresden S 2d ago

The research fairy Dec 3, 2024

Again, a Mac OS 9 inspired window and an Adwaita window, with a focus on the scroll bars

I actually turned on the "high contrast" mode from settings for the Adwaita window and this is what I got, a scroll bar with rounded corners, which means: headaches if you have astigmatism, and also it's really really hard to tell when you're at the top or just close to it

Mac OS 9 scrollbars: "You can tell when you're at the top"

×

Jason Lefkowitz Jun 18

Just use mechanical door handles. Just Use Mechanical Door Handles. JUST USE MECHANICAL DOOR HANDLES

https://www.theautopian.com/ford-just-recalled-every-mustang-mach-e-because-a-dead-battery-might-not-let-you-back-into-your-car-once-you-leave/

Mx. Eddie R Jun 18

@jalefkowit
Oof.
Just. Use. Mechanical. Door. Handles.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Jun 19

@silvermoon82 @jalefkowit

👏 Just 👏 Use 👏 Mechanical 👏 Door 👏 Handles 👏

@rysiek @jalefkowit @silvermoon82 I will be distinctly amused if they include a dynamo crank on the cars similarly to those that were once present on very early cars.

D. B. Stuck Jun 19

@lispi314 @rysiek @jalefkowit @silvermoon82

The electric vehicle from Bezos is a small pickup truck with manual windows, doors, and everything. I must say it's something I'd consider getting because you don't have to have any of that electric stuff in everything. If you want the paraphernalia of electric gizmos it's extra.

@MyWoolyMastadon @silvermoon82 @jalefkowit @rysiek I remember. For all that cranked windows were obnoxious to open, they sure didn't break as often.

D. B. Stuck Jun 19

@lispi314 @rysiek @jalefkowit @silvermoon82

Easy to fix too. Crack the door open and all the rollers and gears are at your disposal.

@MyWoolyMastadon @lispi314 @rysiek @jalefkowit @silvermoon82 That part’s the same with power windows. Both hand-crank and power windows share most parts. In almost all instances of both cases, the window itself is mounted on a regulator with a cable system. The difference is what drives the cable.

I see Dud people!Jun 19

@lispi314 @rysiek @MyWoolyMastadon @jalefkowit @silvermoon82 my car has crank windows. It's also devoid of abs. It does have electric power steering, and central locking, but that's as technical as it gets.

felis_catus_domesticus Jun 19

@MyWoolyMastadon @lispi314 @rysiek @jalefkowit @silvermoon82

diito.. simplicity is genius in this world we live in today.

Charles Fulton Jun 18

@jalefkowit I know this isn't the technical definition of fail deadly...

Jargoggles Jun 19

@mackensen @jalefkowit
It's deadly as fuck if your baby is still in the car.

Jeff MacKinnon Jun 18

@jalefkowit This is starting to feel like the whole using anything but a plate in 'cool' restaurants.

In cars it's anything but buttons and handles. There's an 'app' or screen for that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeWantPlates/

We Want Plates • r/WeWantPlates

**We Want Plates** crusades against serving food on bits of wood and roof tiles, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.

reddit

Alex 🔧🔮🌎🪿

@jalefkowit One day, I hope electronic handles will go the way of the automatic seatbelt

@jalefkowit I feel like battlestar galactica got things right. Tech is cool but no AI and keep as much simple as you can. Only use tech for things that actually need tech. (I only watched a few early episodes so maybe i got the wrong takesway but i stand by it lol)

🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 19

My GOD 😂
The clowns!

Craig Duncan Jun 19

But space tech! Everyone must drive a space capsule where only the ground crew can open the hatch.

<Red line>Jun 19

@jalefkowit And then .... with a dead battery ...

Bruce Mirken Jun 19

@jalefkowit It's almost like not all uses of technology are good. Go figure. 🤡

@BruceMirken @jalefkowit I wonder if technology follows a broad distribution from good through neutral to fkn evil or if it is bimodal? Washing machine? Good! Nuclear fission?

@jalefkowit @troublewithwords "I would like more electrical failure modes" - no car owner on the planet

@jalefkowit I just went through a fairly bad car wreck in a Chevy Bolt and I was really really really glad to have door handles when the nice bystanders helped me get out of the car

@jalefkowit don't all car fobs have a mechancal key inside? or is that just the ones I know?

Jason Lefkowitz Jun 19

@acm_redfox That is less true today than it used to be, particularly among EVs.

https://www.consumerreports.org/automotive-technology/will-your-smartphone-replace-your-car-key-virtual-key/

Will Your Smartphone Replace Your Car Key?

Tesla has gone keyless with the Model 3, while other automakers are proceeding more slowly with virtual car keys. Consumer Reports checks out the smartphone as car key.

Consumer Reports

Cloudslave Jun 19

@jalefkowit @acm_redfox I believe other brands have a separate battery to power doors etc.

Joseph A di Paolantonio Jun 19

@jalefkowit @acm_redfox our Hyundai Ioniq 5 fob has a physical key inside, with the keyhole accessible by pushing the back of the recessed handle. The door release inside are mechanical. [edit to add: “if the 12V battery falls below 8.4V and one exits the vehicle using the mechanical release, the vehicle may remain locked and can’t be unlocked” — so, no mechanical lock? And why doesn’t the EV main battery charge the 12V accessory battery?]

@jadp @jalefkowit @acm_redfox

This is a great question. The 12V system is charged from the main battery while driving but not while parked? Seriously?

WWHHHYYYYY?

(I have been bitten by this, it is super annoying having a flat 12V battery connected to an 80% full 60 kwh one)

Joseph A di Paolantonio Jun 19

@Tallish_Tom @jalefkowit @acm_redfox interesting, our EV has a yellow light on the dashboard that comes on when the main battery is charging the 12V battery. I’ve often seen it glowing in the garage, especially if we haven’t driven the car in a few days. My guess is that all the connectivity and self-check features drain the 12V frequently, though the main battery doesn’t lose much charge

@jalefkowit I have a plug-in hybrid with a hidden mechanical key. [shrug]

Rupert V/Jun 19

@acm_redfox @jalefkowit It's not the lock (though it's also the lock). It's that some cars have flush door handles that need the car to be powered on before you can use them to pull the door open.

@rupert @jalefkowit holy crap! that's just... unnecessary!

Jim Flanagan Jun 19

@jalefkowit At least you can get out

Guitarsophist Jun 19

@jalefkowit On my 2018 Accord hybrid, if the battery is dead you can't open the trunk, which is where I was keeping my jumper cables.

Carsten Franke Jun 19

@jalefkowit carry an emergency door opener?

Velozipedist Jun 19

@carstenfranke @jalefkowit This tool wonˋt help. You can destroy the Windows - and then? Wehre is the inside handle to open the door?

Carsten Franke Jun 19

@khgu @jalefkowit the inside door handle has a mechanical release

Velozipedist Jun 19

@carstenfranke @jalefkowit As far as I know not in a Tesla.

Carsten Franke Jun 19

@khgu @jalefkowit the original post is about a Ford Mustang

Velozipedist Jun 19

@carstenfranke @jalefkowit Look here: https://insideevs.de/news/725827/im-ev-elektronische-tuerschloesser-gefangen/
...

Velozipedist Jun 19

@carstenfranke @jalefkowit ...
To quote the funiest part: "Das Gute daran ist, dass Sie im Handbuch nachsehen können, wo sich die mechanischen Entriegelungen befinden, während Sie im Fahrzeug sitzen. Wenn Sie in einem Auto mit elektrischer Verriegelung des Handschuhfachs sitzen, müssen Sie es im Notfall eventuell aufhebeln. Sie können aber auch einfach über die mobile App Ihres Fahrzeugs auf das Handbuch zugreifen, was die Suche nach den Informationen erleichtern sollte." After an accident!

Carsten Franke Jun 19

@khgu @jalefkowit oh wow, these are insane suggestions... You will not have time... There was an incident here in the US where several teenagers died in a Tesla that caught on fire, not a big accident, but it lost power and they could not open the doors or windows. Bystanders could not get in either, and they could not break the windows. I do have one of these hammers on my car...

Velozipedist Jun 19

@carstenfranke @jalefkowit I know. This is the reason my hybrid-car has mechanical handles inside and on lock with mechanical key outside. KISS - keep it simple, stupid.

BTW: it is a very good idea to have a glassbreaker with seat belt cutter with you, offcourse.

Justin Derrick Jun 19

@jalefkowit Tesla did it first!

> You know how new innovations sometimes seem fine until a flaw exposes that maybe we should have just stuck with the old ways? This is one of those times.

This is not one of those times. This is one of those "everyone saw this coming" times.

ArchaeoIain Jun 19

@jalefkowit or out, presumably

Arapalla Jun 19

The fascination that manufacturers have (had) with all things tech and how they could gimmick them into a car is as depressing as it is short sighted.

Cars are cars. They are not toys in your house.

Physical handles, dials, buttons and levers are there for a reason.

Touch screens and sensor pads are for your Xbox.

All of them need to get with the program.

sunflowerinrain Jun 19

@Arapalla @jalefkowit
My current car is long-term rental, so quite new. It has no mechanical means of opening the windows: no escape if it falls into water; no way of closing opened windows if there's a fault. If something goes wrong when you're inside with the doors locked, you can't get out. I hate this.
What's happened to safety design??

Arapalla Jun 19

@sunflowerinrain @jalefkowit

Design rules are not keeping up with technology.

Governments are abdicating responsibilty for design rules back to the manufacturers.

Just like aviation did.

Aaand it's going to have the same results.

Dźwiedziu Jun 19

@sunflowerinrain
You should be able to kick out the windshield once the pressure equalises.

Safety got sold for profits.

@Arapalla @jalefkowit

🇨🇦 McRocker Jun 19

@jalefkowit And, give me a fucking key hole & key insert into the ignition ffs...and buttons & dials...

Myphatself Jun 19

@jalefkowit I give credit to VW, my new vehicle does both.

@jalefkowit ha, I remember when Musk got trapped inside one of his Teslas. It was hilarious

Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈Jun 19

@jalefkowit
I miss mechanical door handles on modern cars.
I have a 2001 so it still has that option (with a simple key fob for easier access which is a nice convenience but not a necessity!) But any other car I’m around from the last few years it’s rather annoying and troubling to me that you just walk to the door and then just push a button to start the car… I don’t know, but that doesn’t sound safe or reliable to me , ever.

Flaming Cheeto Jun 19

@jalefkowit https://youtu.be/I1tJOKHxezo?feature=shared

In Korea Door Handles Do Not Break!

YouTube

@jalefkowit I keep saying that a zombie apocalypse w/ these shitty cars would be extra horrific. You either get trapped in a car w/ a zombie, or think you can escape a horde in a car.

or have a separate emergency battery.

Electropict Jun 19

Mechanical door handles are insufficient; there must also be at least one mechanical lock which is not dependent on battery charge, and a clear method of accessing the battery for charging.

I found this out the hard way nearly 20 years ago when in a distant city and my locks wouldn't operate even though they and the handles were mechanical. Had to borrow some pliers and rip through the front grille to open the bonnet to get at the battery.

Electropict Jun 19

Specifically, each door handle contained a solenoid bolt which only allowed them to engage the rest of the mechanism when energised, whether or not locked.

My current car (2005 model) has a radio central locking system but also one actual "lock" (not really a lock, more an inverse lock), which operates with a hidden key to engage that one door handle irrespective of battery charge.

Irregularjoe Jun 19

@jalefkowit
Right?🤔

Matt Godden Jun 19

@jalefkowit Your reminder that The Autopian was one of the sites that proclaimed Elon Musk’s NAZI salute was an “awkward wave”.

"It might be assumed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a huge supporter of Trump who was seen all over the inauguration furiously and awkwardly waving at people,”

https://www.theautopian.com/president-trump-is-doing-his-best-to-slow-ev-adoption-suggests-tariffs-on-mexico-and-canada/