How One Slow Car Can Jam a Six-Lane Freeway
You know the feeling. Traffic has been crawling for miles. You inch forward, tap the brake, inch forward again, and start imagining the disaster waiting up…
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Browse by tag →Thoughts on Tesla FSD 14.3
Some context We bought a Tesla for one reason: FSD. If all we wanted was an EV, there are other cars I would much rather have. I mean, the Taycan Cross Turismo…
Life-changing Things
This is a growing collection of things I've personally found to be life-changing and some of my thoughts on them. They are arranged mostly in the order of wow…
Practical Idealism
People love to split the world into dreamers and doers, like they're two different species. I think that's mostly a story both sides tell themselves to justify…
How to Work Hard
A lot of people have a very strange relationship with hard work. They think if it feels awful, it must be good for them. If they're stressed, behind,…
How to Survive Bay Area Driving
I drive a lot. I like driving. I've done enough of it in enough places to know what good driving looks like. And I'll just say it plainly: Bay Area driving is…
tmux Cheatsheet and Shortcuts
Basics - Start an unnamed session: - Start a named session: - Attach: - Attach to named session: - Detach from session: + (or your custom ), then - List all…
How to Switch to App Store of a Different Country
Have you ever wondered what the top charts of the App Store in another country looks like? See, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spanish-word/id1123591991 takes…