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Cake day: November 1st, 2023

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  • My Toyota Camry was intermittently running rough, and losing speedometer and AC functionality.

    Went to online Toyota forums and read others paying dealers upwards of $2000 to “fix” the same issue. It didn’t work as it was the wrong fix.

    I went to YouTube and found some guy in California showing exactly which part went bad and how to fix it.

    I ordered the same part on eBay from an Oklahoma junk yard for $120 and spent less than 10 minutes replacing the ABS module myself. Mind you I’m a complete noob with car repairs. The fix has held up for the last 3 or 4 years.

    The dealer’s price gouging is one thing. Their sheer incompetence in fixing the very products they sell is what’s frightening to me.


  • Why is it on Apple to revolutionize battery technology? They are not a battery company. If someone can actually come up with a battery that lasts 5 times longer than what’s currently possible, we’re looking at EV with 1500 mile range. We’re looking at real chances of reversing climate change.

    It would have global implications across all industries, political lines, and change human trajectories. I don’t think it is fair to put such a responsibility on Apple, when the brightest minds all across the world are not able to figure out (yet).