• TheDoctorDonna@piefed.ca
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    27 minutes ago

    Why does this video feel like AI? Not trying to cast doubt on the content by any means - fuck car manufactures (and iirc Mercedes is already doing something similar), but the random speeds and weird inflections make this feel like AI slop.

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    3 hours ago

    And almost all cars in the US have telecommunication infrastructure already to track what you’re saying. Can someone from the US just buy a car from overseas, if they need one, that doesn’t have tracking?

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      34 minutes ago

      In Canada, we’re allowing the first wave of ~50K Chinese EVs into our market this year, and all you hear is panic about whether we can trust a company beholden to the Chinese government. It’s all just so hypocritical… we’re fine with sharing our most intimate thoughts with western social media, smart phones and cars, but as soon as it’s another country, we should be terrified. Hate none of it or hate all of it.

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      43 minutes ago

      I mean, what car would that be? I saw a report last year, all 25 manufacturers they looked at were doing this shit. It’s not a US only problem.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    Could we not just jailbreak these cars?

    It should be possible and easy to jailbreak and set up self hosting solutions for the premium features

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      25 minutes ago

      They’ll mandate that jail broken cars can’t pass inspection or something like that or if your car stops connecting to your insurance’s servers then they’ll cancel your coverage. Maybe even make it a crime.

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      5 hours ago

      Most states require two party consent to record audio otherwise it’s wiretapping.

      Acoustic ultrasonic distance mapping isn’t counted as wiretapping. They aren’t recording your speech, they’re inferring your speech.

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      5 hours ago

      It cracks me up to see bike companies adding wireless electronic shit to bikes, like, shifting and turn signals. Those bikes will die while my 2008 trek hybrid keeps rolling.

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              As someone who always hated to get stuck behind a bike while driving, I like bike lanes because it means the bikes never get in my way.

              I’m opposed to a vehicle that maxes out at 20mph riding in a lane that’s 35mph or above. For safety reasons as well as the inconvenience. I always felt nervous passing bikes on the road, and often the cyclist would look at me like I’m an asshole for it, but ain’t no way I’m going all the way to where I’m going doing half the speed limit, and it’s selfish for someone to think I should just because they chose to take a slower vehicle.

              Bike lanes solve this problem. Bikes and cars go different speeds, and each has their own lane so they don’t get in each other’s ways and there are no close calls.

              I don’t understand why car people are opposed to bike lanes.

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        25 minutes ago

        Should be easy enough to remove for regular bikes, ebikes might be a little more annoying.

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    4 hours ago

    How often are americans really in such an emergency? Like, I keep seeing this whole “what are you gonna do when someone invades your home” thing from the gun nuts, and apparently now from the car nuts too.

    No one is going to invade your home to murder you. If someone breaks in, they just want your tv!

    By watching these lunatics it would seem everyone is constantly getting assaulted by people dead set on murdering them. Seriously; no one gives a shit about you! You’re not that fucking important Rambo. They just want to sell your tv for $30 at a pawn shop.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      36 minutes ago

      you have to remember that a lot of people live 30 minutes or more from any emergency response. if I cut my finger off, I’d want to be driven to the hospital asap, not wait for an ambulance that’s not really all that necessary because it’s not a life-threatening condition

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      2 hours ago

      Accidents happen in the woods all the time. Could take hours for an ambulance to arrive. You wouldn’t want to wait

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    14 hours ago

    Good to see rural truck bros starting to learn what supporting authoritarians will get them.

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    15 hours ago

    We were due for a new car, but because of all the data garbage wasn’t keen on brand new. My wife found a 2004 car in mint mechanical condition and pristine interior, so went back in time.