Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Guy Smiley]

Speaking of interesting career progressions, David Pocock is doing Very Good Things. Half hour doco here outlining his progression from Zimbabwe schoolboy through professional rugby and into the Australian Senate. This is a bit over a year old now and I've followed some of his work within the Australian parliament. He's a formidable performer who doesn't waste time beating around the bush, he goes straight in hard. I'm a fan.

[Enzedder]

Kiwi is a Maori word.

Therefore the plural of Kiwi is...


Kiwi.

[TB63]

Proof she really does have a lovely bum..

https://x.com/theAliceRoberts/status/18 ... _waBA&s=19

[Tichtheid]

I was in the back of a Tesla today for the first time, a taxi. I could barely get in the thing, I had to dislocate my neck and carry my head with me to get into the seat, slight exaggeration, but it would have been handy to be able to do that. Then my head was pressed against the glass roof for the duration of the journey, luckily it was only about ten minutes.

I'm not that tall, six one maybe a skoosh over but not much. Anyone taller than that would really struggle.

So that's Tesla off the list when I look for a new car shortly, it didn't look like the driver had much more room.

I quite liked the screen though, the accurate live traffic and whatever else is around you along with the satnav map is a good thing - given that my car is 21 years old I'm easily impressed with stuff like that.

[inactionman]

I was in the back of a Tesla today for the first time, a taxi. I could barely get in the thing, I had to dislocate my neck and carry my head with me to get into the seat, slight exaggeration, but it would have been handy to be able to do that. Then my head was pressed against the glass roof for the duration of the journey, luckily it was only about ten minutes.

I'm not that tall, six one maybe a skoosh over but not much. Anyone taller than that would really struggle.

So that's Tesla off the list when I look for a new car shortly, it didn't look like the driver had much more room.

I quite liked the screen though, the accurate live traffic and whatever else is around you along with the satnav map is a good thing - given that my car is 21 years old I'm easily impressed with stuff like that.

My car has re-routing if traffic is bad, which generally works OK. It's not a live view as, well, I should reasonably be looking at the road and instead letting the car notify me of problems on my planned route.

Tesla has done well on the integrationo f things like that, but the whole user experience seems mad and its a case of 'look what we can do' rather than 'we should do this'. Car companies in the 90s in particular spent a fortune on human interface/interaction specialists to get away from small, fiddly buttons and replace these with easy to grasp dials and controls that were intuitively placed and could be located by touch. Car radios are good examples of this. A flat screen goes against this (I am aware there is voice control as well, it's not a perfect system)

[Tichtheid]

I was in the back of a Tesla today for the first time, a taxi. I could barely get in the thing, I had to dislocate my neck and carry my head with me to get into the seat, slight exaggeration, but it would have been handy to be able to do that. Then my head was pressed against the glass roof for the duration of the journey, luckily it was only about ten minutes.

I'm not that tall, six one maybe a skoosh over but not much. Anyone taller than that would really struggle.

So that's Tesla off the list when I look for a new car shortly, it didn't look like the driver had much more room.

I quite liked the screen though, the accurate live traffic and whatever else is around you along with the satnav map is a good thing - given that my car is 21 years old I'm easily impressed with stuff like that.

My car has re-routing if traffic is bad, which generally works OK. It's not a live view as, well, I should reasonably be looking at the road and instead letting the car notify me of problems on my planned route.

Tesla has done well on the integrationo f things like that, but the whole user experience seems mad and its a case of 'look what we can do' rather than 'we should do this'. Car companies in the 90s in particular spent a fortune on human interface/interaction specialists to get away from small, fiddly buttons and replace these with easy to grasp dials and controls that were intuitively placed and could be located by touch. Car radios are good examples of this. A flat screen goes against this (I am aware there is voice control as well, it's not a perfect system)

Yeah, I'd probably find the screen a distraction. I use my phone as a satnav and I find it much better to have it directly in front of me so that it only takes a quick glance down to view it, rather than across and down - I think I'd get pissed off with it and ignore it, and then start using my phone again. (the taxi driver had to take a hand off the wheel to zoom in on the map to see which turning to take - not good)

I guess they will project satnav on to the windscreen soon enough if they haven't already done so - my brother's car has projection of speed etc on his.

[Guy Smiley]

I've got an EV that uses a large central screen for controlling most of the car's functions and I don't like it. I'm a laggard when it comes to using voice control, I prefer the tactile experience of switches... so I end up using the screen for controlling stuff like ac and navigation. Basically, I think it's dangerous, a deliberate distraction that takes the driver's eyes off the road and here in NZ, we don't have the space or time for that malarkey.

[fishfoodie]

Well I don't think you guys will be ordering an cybertruck anytime soon.

Thanks to the beautiful, & practical design, there's no rearview mirror, instead you just have the honking big display & a rear facing camera.

And I believe they moved all the stalk controls to the touch screen too, so you have to take your hand off the wheel, look over to the display, & find the indicator icon, to do one of the most common action you have driving in any city; fucking idiotic !

[Guy Smiley]

[Biffer]

Well I don't think you guys will be ordering an cybertruck anytime soon.

Thanks to the beautiful, & practical design, there's no rearview mirror, instead you just have the honking big display & a rear facing camera.

And I believe they moved all the stalk controls to the touch screen too, so you have to take your hand off the wheel, look over to the display, & find the indicator icon, to do one of the most common action you have driving in any city; fucking idiotic !

I won't be buying one because they're ugly pieces of shit.

[Guy Smiley]

Well I don't think you guys will be ordering an cybertruck anytime soon.

Thanks to the beautiful, & practical design, there's no rearview mirror, instead you just have the honking big display & a rear facing camera.

And I believe they moved all the stalk controls to the touch screen too, so you have to take your hand off the wheel, look over to the display, & find the indicator icon, to do one of the most common action you have driving in any city; fucking idiotic !

I won't be buying one because they're ugly pieces of shit.

They're almost unbelievably shithouse. Elon's Wankwagon.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

I've got an EV that uses a large central screen for controlling most of the car's functions and I don't like it. I'm a laggard when it comes to using voice control, I prefer the tactile experience of switches... so I end up using the screen for controlling stuff like ac and navigation. Basically, I think it's dangerous, a deliberate distraction that takes the driver's eyes off the road and here in NZ, we don't have the space or time for that malarkey.

I really don't like screens for anything you might need to change while driving but you can mess up buttons as well. A friend recently bought a newish BMW and we counted 78 buttons, as well as the small flat screen. That's awful design if you ask me.

On the plus side it was ridiculously smooth and quiet compared to anything i've been in recently.

[Niegs]

It gets better!

[Margin__Walker]

That has me torn.

Part of me thinks you shouldn't really be tasing non threatening pitch invaders.

The other part of me thinks that it would be a tremendous entertainment.

[PornDog]

That has me torn.

Part of me thinks you shouldn't really be tasing non threatening pitch invaders.

The other part of me thinks that it would be a tremendous entertainment.

They absolutely shouldn't - Yank's rules of engagement for both lethal and non-lethal weaponry are completely fucked up.

I do get the entertainment value of course, but apart from the novelty is it really that different to them getting a full on face planting tackle into the dirt?

[Margin__Walker]

That has me torn.

Part of me thinks you shouldn't really be tasing non threatening pitch invaders.

The other part of me thinks that it would be a tremendous entertainment.

They absolutely shouldn't - Yank's rules of engagement for both lethal and non-lethal weaponry are completely fucked up.

I do get the entertainment value of course, but apart from the novelty is it really that different to them getting a full on face planting tackle into the dirt?

Oh, sure. Very much tongue in cheek. Tasing pitch invaders is mental if they aren't physically threatening assaulting anyone.

[TB63]

https://x.com/stillgray/status/18009109 ... 0WDHA&s=19

Love this nutter, follow him on YouTube...

[TB63]

The missus just said, "If your bored, why don't you make a bird table?"..

It's all kicking off now because I put her 5th...

[Uncle fester]

https://x.com/stillgray/status/18009109 ... 0WDHA&s=19

Love this nutter, follow him on YouTube...

Even Colin Furze is more H&S conscious than him.

[TB63]

[Guy Smiley]

[mat the expat]

So that's Tesla off the list when I look for a new car shortly, it didn't look like the driver had much more room.

Don't bother with a Polestar then - I'm the same height as you and I quite liked the look of them until I sat in one that was an Uber.

The lack of space for headroom is amazing

[mat the expat]

I've got an EV that uses a large central screen for controlling most of the car's functions and I don't like it. I'm a laggard when it comes to using voice control, I prefer the tactile experience of switches... so I end up using the screen for controlling stuff like ac and navigation. Basically, I think it's dangerous, a deliberate distraction that takes the driver's eyes off the road and here in NZ, we don't have the space or time for that malarkey.

Due to SCOMO, we had to buy an ICE as a new car - lack of supply an issue here still

This one has the same central screen for AC, etc - downright dangerous trying to turn AC up/down, etc.

Never mind the fingerprints...

[Happyhooker]

Note that quite a lot of modern "Philips screws" are actually pozidrive screws.

Damn you with your sensible, logical response !!! < shakes fist >

Philips screws actually aren't great for camming out either. They came about because Henry Ford didn't want to pay for Robertson screws.

interesting few posts fester, always wondered why robertson screws weren't more widely used,

it's all torx/tx nowadays anyway. Philips/pozi have had their day. Certainly in construction carpentry

[mat the expat]

Damn you with your sensible, logical response !!! < shakes fist >

Philips screws actually aren't great for camming out either. They came about because Henry Ford didn't want to pay for Robertson screws.

interesting few posts fester, always wondered why robertson screws weren't more widely used,

it's all torx/tx nowadays anyway. Philips/pozi have had their day. Certainly in construction carpentry

Now I know the name of the screws used in my Pool Deck!

[Guy Smiley]

This…




Is excellent

[Tichtheid]

This…




Is excellent

He'd make a great spy or smuggler flying that thing - the authorities would never see him doing anything wrong

[Slick]

[tabascoboy]

So, nipples...

[dpedin]

So, nipples...

Lived in many tenement flats when I was younger and it was amazing what you would see just looking out the window in the flats opposite! Many folk thought that being a couple of floors up meant they didnt need to close their blinds/curtains.

[Lobby]

So, nipples...

Lived in many tenement flats when I was younger and it was amazing what you would see just looking out the window in the flats opposite! Many folk thought that being a couple of floors up meant they didnt need to close their blinds/curtains.

[Sandstorm]

Wait! Houses in Britain overheat from the sun??

[tabascoboy]

Wait! Houses in Britain overheat from the sun??

Well mine does, although at best only on about 10 days of the year

[inactionman]

You could melt tungsten in our bathroom on sunny days.

I'm happy having my neighbours miles away from my back windows, thanks all the same. THe idea that we'd have lovely courtyards if we were allowed to build closer to each other is fanciful at best - it'd just mean Barrett homes could sneak another 'townhouse' into your back garden.

[tabascoboy]

You could melt tungsten in our bathroom on sunny days.

I'm happy having my neighbours miles away from my back windows, thanks all the same. THe idea that we'd have lovely courtyards if we were allowed to build closer to each other is fanciful at best - it'd just mean Barrett homes could sneak another 'townhouse' into your back garden.

Developers appear to have been assisted in getting around this to place town centre apartment blocks much closer than 21m with their windows for habitable rooms with inspectors concluding that lower distances are acceptable. Certainly know of a few which are only about half of that 21m.

[vball]

Wait! Houses in Britain overheat from the sun??

I have 200 year old croft. Very thick walls and small windows. It also faces east and west.
In summer, even if it is 20c in our Highlands garden, the inside is very cool.
Downside is in winter, it is very cold in the house. Even with coal fire on and oil central heating you still need a thick jumper and socks.

We still have winter duvets on the bed !!

[Niegs]

This is fun... old radio/TV bloopers, played back for a live audience it sounds like. Lots of gaffes like introducing a play as 'A Tale of Two Titties' and a honeymooner being interviewed saying she's enjoyed 'every inch' of her stay.

I didn't expect that to embed... click the pillars to pop it out.



And looking into this, they may be recreations from transcripts? Either way, still delightful.

[Niegs]

Fun trailer only or also a hope that someone will front more money so they can make a feature length? (Take note of the 'production company' titles! )

[Hal Jordan]

So it's hot at night now, so it would be nice to open the window to let some air flow. However, last night we had some cunt burning something, and tonight the fucking farmers have decided today's the day for muck spreading!

I hate hot weather.

[TB63]

I am so going to Hell........

https://x.com/InternetH0F/status/180513 ... Il-eQ&s=19