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I was going to go ahead and say “if you could have and you didn’t, you failed us”, but then I actually read the article and basically FIFA either had the laziest, or the most inept IT dependent because it really is crazy that you can just sign up for a program with your ID and once they authenticate you you have access to everything even without any roles.

Gotta prove that she was fired directly for that. The main problem is that a lot of states (most of them) are “right to work states” “at will employment states” meaning you can be fired at any time for any reason or no reason so long as the reason isn’t illegal. If there is no paper trail to prove that she was fired for the pro-union Tik Tok and she wasn’t “discriminated against” legally (with proof of that) then they are free and clear.

Which fucking sucks because honestly most tech companies need a union at this point, and Amazon’s one of the worst offenders for this type of thing. This isn’t the first time nor will it likely be the last time that people will be fired for what is basically union busting with very little legal recourse.

Before we had the backup camera we had sensors. I have sensors on my car.

But I think you have missed the forest for the trees here. I used to backup camera example because people no longer use their mirrors as they should (both should do and should learn to do), which makes it overly dangerous for all of us. When the backup camera stops working, can they backup without it?

Backup cameras are one of those technical parts of the car that invariably are mounted in places prone to corrosion. I’ve seen my fair share of malfunctions with them and come across several people who “can’t drive without them”. Their words, not mine. Backup camera lenses get dirty, cloudy, or otherwise become obscured in inclement weather and people often break other things (property, people, pets etc) backing up without them because they are over-reliant on them. I feel the same way about people who don’t look over their shoulder or at their mirrors before turning anymore because the side proximity warning sensors on their car will alert them so it’s fine. No matter that the sensors in those things can get false readings from other signals like those in some key fobs.

And do not get me started on crap like blue cruise that people think is self driving and just use without paying attention to the road.

So yes, their over reliance on the tech in their vehicle hinders their ability to use the low tech options that are available and much more reliable. This happens all the time. Some of it is obviously negligence. Some of it is down to the fact that people should be required to show they can operate the vehicle without these features because there is likely to come a time when one or more of them will be out of commission and require maintenance.

Either way my argument isn’t that these headlights in particular will make people less safe. it is that overreliance on technology prevents people from learning necessary skills that should be required to be licensed to operate a 4 ton machine at speed with other people on the road.

Car stereos really don’t cost the kind of money now. You are referring to a time that is long gone. I’m not exaggerating when I say they cost more.

We’re clearly talking about two very different things here because I’m not talking about after market parts and additionally you aren’t taking into account that this is not a situation where you can just slap an after market part with a fuse and an adapter in there and call it good.

Cars these days have a lot more computer modules in them. This headlight has a module in each side to control the automatic headlights and high beams, and it’s supposed to talk to another module that connects it with a ride height sensor for auto leveling so that when you put something in the back of the truck it auto adjusts. That’s why it’s $1000 just for the part.

To install that headlight at a dealer you’d be looking at at least 2 hours of labor because it doesn’t just pop out anymore (because as these headlights being so expensive makes them a target for theft and resale). In newer vehicles they bolt a lot of stuff on top of each other (grille trim, radiator fan supports etc) to make it harder to steal and harder for a customer to replace on their own).

While radio/stereo prices have come down significantly as the demand has gone up, this doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not paying just because it’s a mandatory or standard feature). It just means they add that to the sticker price of an alternative expensive vehicle.

People die because they are blinded by other peoples headlights because they don’t know how to use the features of the vehicles they own. They aren’t taught to do things they should because they rely on features that “make things safer”. Yes. I am positive backup cameras and backup sensors have save a lot of lives. But if you can’t back up a vehicle without those aids you shouldn’t be driving it. If you can’t park a vehicle without parking aids, you shouldn’t be driving it.

Replacing something like this (a component that lots of people break because they can’t drive and are bad at understanding how big their vehicles are) will be expensive to the consumer.

And additionally this is a component that is necessary for safety so it’s the type of thing that will cause more problems in the event that it fails because any after market part will have to communicate with the rest of the system already factory installed in the vehicle. This isn’t the type of thing where when it fails you can just ignore it like you might if you didn’t want to replace your Bluetooth or your heat was blowing cold.

If a product is being made it will be used to profit off people. Yes even in the aftermarket. Doesn’t matter how cheaply they can make it. It matters whether they can sell it and what price the market will bear.

At a time when everything around us is getting more expensive not because it’s necessarily more expensive to make but because the line must go up and companies want to keep seeing record profits, you seem to believe that automakers are going to just make the decision to not do that.

And that’s ignoring all the parts and components they still have on backorder.

Things that are a matter of public safety don’t necessarily reach the bar where automakers will do that over what is profitable. Just look at the number of SUV’s and pickup trucks that are so huge that the driver can’t see pedestrians or at times other vehicles in front and to the sides of them.

https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-headlamp-assembly-rl3z13008t

That’s not the case anymore and it takes a lot more work to replace the stupid things these days.

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I mean you can already use Amazon pay in some places I think. Online anyway.

My good sir (ma’am, or theydy), you sound like someone who’s never had to replace something like that out of pocket. Parts and labor. And possible diagnosis time.

To get an OEM factory part for a stereo system in lots of vehicles is expensive as fuck. and a lot of the time to get to the silly computer that runs the system you have to take apart the dash and or center console. I know this because I used to do that as a job.

Headlights used to be a few hundred bucks. Wing mirrors used to be a few hundred bucks. They cost around $2000 now. that’s a wild amount of money and these things are drive by a whole separate module that a lot of the time is attached to know or both of the lights.

Car manufacturers still have components on backorder from the backlog caused by the pandemic. And Generative AI is causing all kinds of components shortages. I wasn’t making an exaggeration about the cost. Parts and labor, because manufacturers are making it harder and harder to work on your own vehicles is gonna cost the average person.

We aren’t talking about walking into car toys here. I’m basing my price range off what it’ll cost when it comes with the vehicle and what it would cost to replace at a dealership with a factory part.

I have ADHD and I don’t want more smarts in cars. I am not doubting that everyone can do it (look at you Ford and Dodge with your 360 camera systems and heated mirrors and so on). But at a time when electronics are going through the roof as far as cost is concerned to the point where large companies are having trouble ordering stuff (and still trying to cope with global backorders of those same electronic modules and components from the pandemic), I gotta tell ya, I feel like things like this enable people who shouldn’t be on the road because they don’t know the features of their vehicle and want it to do everything for them. Everyone should know how to and be able to turn on and off all their lights. I’ve seen people blind other people in parking lots, not even on the road because they can’t turn off their own lights. I’ve seen people who don’t know the difference between daytime running lights and automatic headlights, and I’ve been blinded by people driving in fog who didn’t have the common sense to turn off their lights or turn off automatic brights.

As much as I hate being blinded by people who can’t aim their own headlights because car makers have made it basically impossible to do it yourself on purpose, I don’t necessarily view this as a better solution because of all the use cases where it makes people more dangerous to others on the road.

This doesn’t fix a major problem. 1 headlights should be adjustable by the person buying the vehicle. 2. Headlights like these allow people to who don’t know how to use them to do dangerous things like drive through fog with their headlights on to the point where their headlights aren’t just blinding them, but also blinding others. They don’t turn them off. They are entirely reliant on the headlights to be automatic and the computer to decide if/when the headlights belong on.

Edit: Also, no I don’t want a headlight that costs $2000-5000. Thank you, but no.

For AI? For AWS?

We can check. If the neighbor was charged that should be a matter of public record.

Oh I’m not saying it’s not better than doing nothing. I’m just saying I’m still disatisfied with the results because of the socio economic implications of businesses being treated legally like people.

I agree with you though.

And collect data on everyone including children while pointing to the law and saying that have to which enriches them more and more as time goes on.

They aren’t even going to fight it. The like the idea of being able to gather more information on people. They’ll say “it’s just to make sure they aren’t of age yet so we can keep them safe until we can legally show them ads and stuff that they’re no longer protected from”. They aren’t fighting against laws like this. They’re lobbying for them.

I don’t know how likely the second one is. But both can be true.

Nah. They haven’t been blocked because the entire site is based on anonymity and the whole of their business operations don’t involve the country in question.

How do you moderate a site when most of the user base are anonymous and don’t sign up for accounts? There’s nothing to link them back to. How do you prove a child sent anything or received anything with no account? How do you build a paper trail that would support the case against 4chan?

Make it illegal for their parents to give them phones and computing devices that can send and receive pictures. Problem solves.

No but seriously education for both parents and children. Because while I do believe these companies play their role in how children interact online and what they interact with, I don’t believe they’re going to be able to stop anyone from sending something or receiving something they want to send without invasive and possibly traumatic tactics that will effect people regardless of age group.

Why use many word when few word do?

And there’s a fine if the company doesn’t comply which is basically now gonna be considered the cost of doing business