Reference to Warhammer- there’s an aspect of the magic that, if you have enough people believing a thing, it makes it so.

Orks believe painting things red (like cars,) make them go faster.

There’s an app for that,

You’re not supposed to lick them.

I gotta question.

Is badge502 on Lemmy?

Ah well. He’s been giffed.

gonna laugh when they come back confused about nixos being her fetish.

she definitely didn’t get their overnight, so I’d say she’s already not there.

In any case, it’s illegal to smoke inside public buildings in most places; at least, in the US. I would be shocked if she wasn’t in violation of that. (Some states allow designated smoking rooms, but that’s a different matter.) And it doesn’t matter if your blowing the smoke “away”… if some one can smell it, they’re breathing second hand smoke.

I’m gonna say windows is more like a cybertruck truck. Full of bloat, spyware, and half the features are not like to slice a finger off than do what it’s supposed to- and definitely not bullet proof.

You realize you can set up commands that get ran on start up, right?

Including one to update apt or whatever package manager and then upgrade.

Most versions of Linux can handle installation with no user input, or leaving the session. Kernel updates require a restart, but the update is already installed.

(Whether you should or not is an entirely different matter.)

Your grandma is one of the cool ones.

It’s a walled garden, so maybe more like those rideshare e bikes or scooters.

I dunno. I won’t mock a person for using Mac.

Microsoft would be more like a cybertruck. Complete with the catching fire bits.

…only 4?

wanna bet it goes past ‘mildly’ before they take care of it?

Like the minions? No. He does it in the executive boardroom. Even when he’s having an affair, he still working. You know. Giving presentations and, uh, stuff.

The message of the headline “so you should, too.”

The problem is that it’s a lie.

The three seashells. Heat, power, and pulsation pattern.

What you might deal with is heat soak if the fans can’t move enough air over the condenser core. But modern vehicles are immensely more efficient than even 10 year old vehicles.

You’re point?

They’re not designed to idle for extended periods, and doing so puts strain on the systems. that the cars are “more efficient” doesn’t change that.

the AC compressor isn’t a significant load, no. But it’ expects a certain engine RPM coming into it, and it’s designed at that. It’s significantly less when the engine is idling because that’s below it’s designed range. There’s a reason the manufacturers tell you not to idle your car for extended periods (mine says more than 10 minutes, my last one said 5.) and this is part of it.

the increase in RPM modern cars do isn’t for the AC system. it’s to keep the engine from stalling and running smoothly… the compressor is still not designed to operate at that RPM.

However, disagree with the statement that a climate control system is not meant to be operated while idle. That is an old myth that I expect came from back when there was fewer electrical components in the car so not turning the ac /off/ before turning the vehicle off would risk damaging the cars electrical.

that’s not actually a myth. The car is functionally not designed to be left on idle for extended periods. (Note, I’m saying extended periods. Warming/cooling your car at idle is normal. idling at a stop light is normal. Five minutes while waiting to pick some one up is normal. Leaving it to stay cool for 2 hours is outside that design window.)

When an engine is idling, it’s turning at a lower RPM than when moving. of particular note here is that the alternator and AC compressor are both driven by the serpetine belt directly connected to the crankshaft. The lower RPM makes both less efficient. For the compressor, what this means is that the AC system is turning more slowly than it normally would, reducing the total amount of cooling. For the alternator; it produces less electricity and may cause the battery to be discharging. Depends on some things, including how hard the AC is having to work, etc.

Further, because the car is not moving, there is less air moving around the engine compartment (or wherever the radiator for the engine and the AC is located.) This equates to higher operating temperatures for the engine, as well as yet more reduced ability for the AC system to remove excess heat from the cabin.

just because an AC can be run at idle for extended periods doesn’t mean it’s designed to, and doing so, especially on old or poorly maintained systems, in excessive heat, is likely to cause it to crap out where it wouldn’t have normally. Is it a particularly high probability? Not really. Is it still too high considering it’s a life-safety system? fucking absolutely.

one of the kids was 2. she had a kid at 18.

Still not an excuse. I knew I wasn’t supposed to be left in a car alone at five. I knew that because I wanted to stay in the car and mom wouldn’t let me. I’ll have to apologize for the tantrum I probably threw.

wait… the staff KNEW?

Fuck them too.

And that assumes the AC didn’t crap out earlier because it was left idling in ridiculous heat. The system is not designed to be idled that long, and the cooling systems assume the car is moving for most of the time it’s on. (Both the engine and the cabin ac here.)

Even if the car didn’t turn off automatically, it’s still dangerous and in the “extremely stupid” degrees of negligence.

They’re supposed to.

It’s all part of the service, right? Also losing internet could be dangerous in the same way a landline phone cable is. (Ie preventing someone with VOIP phone service from calling for help.)

It can also cause harm for people who work from home, etc.