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You wouldn't even be able to use a Thunderbolt cable with a  USB C port. It needs to be a Thunderbolt port!
But as mentioned before, don't do it that way. It's a headache to get it running properly and even then it consistently causes issues.

Whatever. EK sucked anyways.

You could try bridging  the pins back together with solder, or replace the port. Either way, you won't get around soldering (if you can't/don't want to bring it into a repair shop that is).

Yes. It's considered a form of communism. A true patriot will just rear end the car in front at 120 freedoms per hour.

A proper door handle is never pointless. Even if the door is jammed, it often is the only point to pull from.

Doesn't matter if it's the driver error or not...the fact is there is a large number of people who will NOT check that their side mirrors have been hit/nudged out of alignment prior to driving.  The fact is it happens and happens frequently enough that switching to digital mirrors WILL have an impact in that regards.
 
Again, you are assuming the mirrors are setup correctly.  There is also an abnormal amount of people who don't do shoulder checks...otherwise we would end up with a whole lot less accidents [my vehicle was totaled because a person didn't do a shoulder check/mirror check and just entered into my lane from a standstill]
 
In regards to the side repeater cameras, the most expensive would be if you have a wiring issue; but even then what's the probability of the electronics failing vs lets say having your side-mirror break off.  Of all people I know with Tesla's, I haven't seen a single one who has had an issue with the cameras not working...yet I do know 2 people who had their mirrors damaged in parking lots [presumably as people tried sliding by].  Also, as I mentioned it adds like 5 - 8% range; so it would greatly depend where you charge and how often you drive.
 
Things such as cameras aren't the ones that are raising the price though, as you said parking sensors [i.e. ultrasonics and radar].  Actually what is a great cost is all the "safety" features which actually have risen the cost of repairs.
 
Things such as ultra-sonic sensors placed on the bumpers and around the vehicle, along with designing it to crumple when it's in an accident to reduce injury are what's eating up a whole lot of the cost.  That I would say has little to do with the replacement of conventional parts, but to have the exacting standards placed on by the governments to have things such as forward collision warning.  The irony is that those features which also increase repair value also "decrease" the severity of accidents so the insurance pushed for a long time to have those as discounts.
 
As an example, if a current model Tesla gets into a fender bender [they replaced the ultra sonics with just using the cameras]...what needs to be replaced, the bumper assembly...the labor assembly would be relatively cheap...on a car with ultra sonics the labor costs become a whole lot more as now you need to do all the calibration, wiring, etc when you get into a small fender bender.  So overall the usage of cameras would lower the overall cost [vs ultra sonics].
 
While you are talking about "bin parts", the problem isn't necessarily the cost of the part [they range like $2-3 but $5 when sold commercially], but the fact that a mechanic has to go in remove all the sensors to remove the bumper, and then reassemble it and attach the sensors and do the initial calibration.
 
Then you get into the whole concept of crumple zones, where there has been a push to make lower speed collisions result in less injuries.  This push has made it so that more components get trashed when you get into an accident.
 
With cameras as well, specifically Tesla, with sentry mode [or even without it] it actually stores accidents on it's camera.  The reason I say this is that when you are in an accident it speeds things along a whole lot more when you are able to essentially use video as evidence.  It's easy to assess fault...and in the case of Tesla's as well the vehicle uses the cameras to detect evens and apply hard braking/turning to minimize impacts and tighten the seatbelts.
 
While I do get that there is potentially better education, I know plenty of people who went through their education and still are what I consider to be bad drivers.
 
It's overall I think a mentality vs actual skill [with concepts of like road rage/owning the road].  With that said as well, using a casualty rate isn't necessarily correct.
 
Most people quote the deaths per capita, vs deaths per milage.  When you factor in that, the number drops a lot.  Then you compare it to Canada, which has a very similar type of education as the US [although I do think ours is slightly more stringent, but still not required education] and the number becomes almost within statistical noise.
 
You also have to consider the different types of roads that are encountered, like highway driving accidents will cause a lot more deaths and general cities where you have pedestrians who literally jaywalk on busy 4 lane streets will also cause a lot more issues.
 
Nothing I've seen seems to suggest education is the driving factor in regards to the US numbers, rather I would hazard a guess that the types of roads being driven on and the overall attitude is what's the overall factor.  [Seriously, there are sections of the US where you can drive and there aren't any street lamps...it can be a bit scary only having your headlights lighting your way when the speed limit is 100+ km/hour]
 
 
 

There is, it's just called attenuation. This is where the maximum distance comes from along with transmit power etc. Currently Corning says 100m maximum for their newest optical TB cables so I'd start factoring this in above 30m since movement of the connectors creates attenuation too.
 
Attenuation causes skew rays, essentially noise or light also hitting the receiving sensor at a different wavelength.
 
Optical is often thought as of not having the problems of copper but it actually does, just in different ways and exhibits in extremes. That's where you can get signal dropouts and then come back for example. This is why we have fibre cleaning tools at work because dust causes this as well, attenuation (not an issue for Optical DP/TB/USB).

It would here though, someone poor couldn’t afford to get licensed at that cost. I still think it’s over $1,000 US to get through the course, but nowhere near equivalent cost. I went through motorcycle licensing about a decade ago, that’s not one-on-one training but much closer. It was about $300 US and took almost twenty hours. That course builds on a standard driver’s license, they’re teaching you vehicle control rather than what signage is, the idea is that you already have a driver’s license before you take the class.
 
i very much preferred the motorcycle class to driver’s ed, at least learning vehicle control was the main focus.

Thunderbolt wouldn't be a good idea anyway, as it's simply not reliable, especially not with three 4K displays.
If you're going with cables, then you should look at optical DisplayPort cables and some form of USB extenders or fiber USB cables.
 
Other than that, Parsec. Tho that's not going to be fun.

From experience, I can tell you that a 34" ultrawide was fine at a desk depth of 65cm, especially when getting a proper monitor arm that attaches to the desk.
I can't recommend any specific monitor tho. There are just too many! 😄 

Thunderbolt wouldn't be a good idea anyway, as it's simply not reliable, especially not with three 4K displays.
If you're going with cables, then you should look at optical DisplayPort cables and some form of USB extenders or fiber USB cables.
 
Other than that, Parsec. Tho that's not going to be fun.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

The same arguments were made about Windows 7 and also Windows 10. People simply don't move OS until they have to, then it happens as fast as someone with food poisoning that needs to get to the bathroom.
 

Dotted line being Windows 11 and not meaningfully different to Windows 7 or Windows 10. Smaller uptake spike at the start but really not enough to matter overall. It's already vastly better uptake than Vista and Windows 8/8.1.

Summary
 
The German automotive club ADAC (Algemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) warns against retractable door handles, as they can be a safety risk to those trapped in a car due to an accident.
 
In order to quickly rescue people from an accident vehicle, it is important for first responders to be able to open a vehicle from the outside quickly, easily and intuitively. Even more so if there is a vehicle fire. From the ADAC's point of view, retractable door handles, i.e. those that retract flush into the side of the car when parking and driving, could make this task significantly more difficult, especially for laypeople. But even professional rescue workers would take longer to get to the occupants.
 
 
 
 
Quotes (Translated by Google Translator)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
My thoughts
 
I'm completely with ADAC on this one. These things suck! Not only are they a pain to use compared to regular door handles, but they also are a major safety risk that is seemingly ignored by authorities. Not only can they fail and stop working, it's also not very intuitive to know where the emergency release is located and how some of them operate. If I would find a person stuck in a Tesla, BMW, Mercedes or any other car with such door handles, I would not know how to get the door open, if they stopped working or are still retracted.
 
 
 
 
Sources
 
https://de.motor1.com/news/714788/sicherheitsrisiko-versenkbare-tuergriffe-adac-warnt/
https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-ev/technik/adac-warnt---versenkbare-tuergriffe-koennen-ein-sicherheitsrisiko-sein.html

Realistically companies are building these door handles into their cars for marketing purposes. It looks futuristic and attracts attention. The aesthetics argument I kind of get, but aerodynamics are not the reason they do it. They claim to do it for that reason, but we all know flush door handles have been a thing for decades, without them being electrically operated.

Summary
 
The German automotive club ADAC (Algemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) warns against retractable door handles, as they can be a safety risk to those trapped in a car due to an accident.
 
In order to quickly rescue people from an accident vehicle, it is important for first responders to be able to open a vehicle from the outside quickly, easily and intuitively. Even more so if there is a vehicle fire. From the ADAC's point of view, retractable door handles, i.e. those that retract flush into the side of the car when parking and driving, could make this task significantly more difficult, especially for laypeople. But even professional rescue workers would take longer to get to the occupants.
 
 
 
 
Quotes (Translated by Google Translator)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
My thoughts
 
I'm completely with ADAC on this one. These things suck! Not only are they a pain to use compared to regular door handles, but they also are a major safety risk that is seemingly ignored by authorities. Not only can they fail and stop working, it's also not very intuitive to know where the emergency release is located and how some of them operate. If I would find a person stuck in a Tesla, BMW, Mercedes or any other car with such door handles, I would not know how to get the door open, if they stopped working or are still retracted.
 
 
 
 
Sources
 
https://de.motor1.com/news/714788/sicherheitsrisiko-versenkbare-tuergriffe-adac-warnt/
https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-ev/technik/adac-warnt---versenkbare-tuergriffe-koennen-ein-sicherheitsrisiko-sein.html

Realistically companies are building these door handles into their cars for marketing purposes. It looks futuristic and attracts attention. The aesthetics argument I kind of get, but aerodynamics are not the reason they do it. They claim to do it for that reason, but we all know flush door handles have been a thing for decades, without them being electrically operated.

Summary
 
The German automotive club ADAC (Algemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) warns against retractable door handles, as they can be a safety risk to those trapped in a car due to an accident.
 
In order to quickly rescue people from an accident vehicle, it is important for first responders to be able to open a vehicle from the outside quickly, easily and intuitively. Even more so if there is a vehicle fire. From the ADAC's point of view, retractable door handles, i.e. those that retract flush into the side of the car when parking and driving, could make this task significantly more difficult, especially for laypeople. But even professional rescue workers would take longer to get to the occupants.
 
 
 
 
Quotes (Translated by Google Translator)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
My thoughts
 
I'm completely with ADAC on this one. These things suck! Not only are they a pain to use compared to regular door handles, but they also are a major safety risk that is seemingly ignored by authorities. Not only can they fail and stop working, it's also not very intuitive to know where the emergency release is located and how some of them operate. If I would find a person stuck in a Tesla, BMW, Mercedes or any other car with such door handles, I would not know how to get the door open, if they stopped working or are still retracted.
 
 
 
 
Sources
 
https://de.motor1.com/news/714788/sicherheitsrisiko-versenkbare-tuergriffe-adac-warnt/
https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-ev/technik/adac-warnt---versenkbare-tuergriffe-koennen-ein-sicherheitsrisiko-sein.html

Yes, we're already a few years down the road where cars are getting worse with each new generation because they're moving further and further away from making functionality a priority. Replacing a foolproof physical mirror with a camera and display that can both fail is not the way to go. Or replacing dedicated buttons for AC control or windscreen wipers with a submenu on a touch screen...
 
Not to mention that every tiny bit of useless technology they put in jacks up the price, which you can easily see by some models like the Audi A6 (which represented a standard mid-range family wagon some years ago) starting at 57,000 € nowadays in it's base configuration. And if you know German car brands, base configuration means you're lucky if it includes AC. EVERYTHING is optional and configurable. So a decent configuration with maybe a different color will quickly go over 60-70K. What normal family can afford a 70K car?
 
So while some people may not be bothered by these "features", they're still paying for them.

Realistically companies are building these door handles into their cars for marketing purposes. It looks futuristic and attracts attention. The aesthetics argument I kind of get, but aerodynamics are not the reason they do it. They claim to do it for that reason, but we all know flush door handles have been a thing for decades, without them being electrically operated.

Summary
 
The German automotive club ADAC (Algemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) warns against retractable door handles, as they can be a safety risk to those trapped in a car due to an accident.
 
In order to quickly rescue people from an accident vehicle, it is important for first responders to be able to open a vehicle from the outside quickly, easily and intuitively. Even more so if there is a vehicle fire. From the ADAC's point of view, retractable door handles, i.e. those that retract flush into the side of the car when parking and driving, could make this task significantly more difficult, especially for laypeople. But even professional rescue workers would take longer to get to the occupants.
 
 
 
 
Quotes (Translated by Google Translator)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
My thoughts
 
I'm completely with ADAC on this one. These things suck! Not only are they a pain to use compared to regular door handles, but they also are a major safety risk that is seemingly ignored by authorities. Not only can they fail and stop working, it's also not very intuitive to know where the emergency release is located and how some of them operate. If I would find a person stuck in a Tesla, BMW, Mercedes or any other car with such door handles, I would not know how to get the door open, if they stopped working or are still retracted.
 
 
 
 
Sources
 
https://de.motor1.com/news/714788/sicherheitsrisiko-versenkbare-tuergriffe-adac-warnt/
https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-ev/technik/adac-warnt---versenkbare-tuergriffe-koennen-ein-sicherheitsrisiko-sein.html

Don't worry, I got it figured out. Thanks for all your help!

Tell me how they're doing that.
 
Yeah no, they don't. They have just as many dumb issues as Windows.
 
For example, did you know that Macbooks have a bug where they won't let you log out of your Apple account? When that happens the only way to fix it is to reinstall the entire OS. Also, I have seen Macbooks refusing to connect to a Wi-Fi network, even tho the same network has previously worked, or sometimes outright refusing correct hotspot passwords. Then there is the general unresponsiveness of M1 Macbooks at startup (I have to deal with that daily), or just general UI bugs that happen when dragging windows around.
 
Oh and the most fun bug ever, tho this has nothing to do with any particular hardware, is when Apple decides that your password is now wrong, even tho you've never changed it and you definitely typed it in correctly, because you copied it out of a password manager, which worked previously. This has happened to at least a few dozen of people that I personally worked with, me included.
 
So yeah, fuck Apple, just like Microsoft, Google and any other big software developer. They all suck ass.

Thanks, everyone!
 
I got a great deal on a Sony A6000. It includes the 16-50mm 3.5-5.6 kit lens and also the Sony 50mm 1.8 OSS. All of that in its original packaging and for just 450€!
Bonus: The seller includes a Sony bag and multiple batteries. 

Great video!

Best thing is, that there are so many different choices for NAS out there. My first one was a Synology DS212j, which is a cheap, old, little unit that I bought used off of eBay together with two 1TB WD Red hard drives for basically nothing. For basic storage of important data it's a perfect solution and thanks to the excellent software support from Synology it's easy to set up and run for basically ever.