old.reddit.com is still ok. Don't tell anyone or they'll take it away.

I have an auto-redirect userscript set up in Firefox so I never see reddit.com.

Adblock bro.

The day I can't block ads is the last day I use youtube.

Everyone knows a major catastrophe is coming. Scientists have been talking about the tipping point for like five decades now.

It's a done deal, we were too stupid.

Is it really that onerous to turn headlights on manually? That's not a feature that I envy.

It switches automatically from low beam to high beam. Very useful as I don't have to continously fiddle with the switch. The auto lights and daylight running lights are standard on all new cars. I love it. I never forget to turn on the lights. Even if the illumination from streetlights is sufficient to see, we also have to be seen by ohers.

Interesting how the question is about disabling collection, but the answer is about connectivity.

Mods renamed it

The perfect modern consumer/sucker...

My car needed another key. The stealership quoted me >$400 for it. I took it as a personal insult and did the research and ordered an OBD device and also discovered you can order replacement keys on aliexpress, and they'll even cut them for you with a good picture of your existing key. It was actually a fun project and very satisfying when I was able to successfully program and link the RFID chip to the ECU to start the engine.

May not be feasible with more locked-down modern cars which I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, but I was able to fix it for about $150, not including my time of course. But I have the OBD device to use next time now as well.

I needed a ford key, but only had a single key.

I bought a kit off of amazon "simple key" that included a programmer and a key with rfid chip. I think about $80.

You plugged the standalone dongle in the OBD2 port, did a procedure and it would take a few minutes and you would get an "original" key.

(The programmer said it was then locked to that VIN)

They key blank provided needed to get cut (did it at home depot).

I could then get additional rfid blanks for $7 and cut and program them.

Once you had two original keys, you could do the "DIY programming" method to make keys 3 and up.

The DIY method was something like "insert key 1, wait 3 seconds, remove, insert key 2 wait 3 seconds remove, insert new key, wait for something, remove" and you would get key 3, 4 ...

There were similar but separate ford procedures for programming the buttons on fobs to lock/unlock doors, etc

>May not be feasible with more locked-down modern cars which I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole

What's your plan for the future? I have an old car, but I know it won't last forever.

My plan for the future is a trailbike, a tent and a shotgun.

But with regard to a car, I don't know. I'll just do the best I can when the time comes. I'm hopeful there'll be options available or where I can cut antennas or whatever.

Which I read this a month ago. Mazda dealer charged me $450 for mine. I figures the entire system is propietiary, so they can charge whatever they want.

Excellent. Sounds about what I’ve paid.

eBay key fob (new) + local locksmith, easy and no insults!

I'm hoping the AI RAM crisis will turn out to be a good thing in some ways, although that's probably being way too optimistic.

>The fact that we build our brain work spaces so distant from physical movement is bad for our mental health

Ain't this the truth. It's a ridiculous way to build a society.

If he could set it to 384kHz, he would.

Because of stairsteps he can hear or something.

Why stop there? HDMI supports 1536kHz audio -- plenty to capture WLW's AM broadcast at 700KHz alongside the entire spectrum below it. :)

But even here in these comments, they're not arguing that 192kHz is insufficient. I haven't seen anyone ever make that argument, actually, so from my perspective this sampling rate represents a useful amount of overkill.

The extra data is a very small price to pay for silence.

Do you have only a dumb phone?

I do own android devices for development and testing, but I do not have a cell phone plan and I do not carry any electronics when leaving home unless my explicit goal is working away from home, in which case I bring a laptop.