cars

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Indeed, my son has a 2020 model and the oil drain bolt is plastic, which I could not believe. Then, one of (also plastic!) brake line brackets broke, allowing his brake line to contact the drive shaft, intermittently making this wild ass noise when he drove it. A CPO car at the time he bought it too. What a joke.

you still want that 2020 M5 @pugson? 😅

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BMW currently holds the title of “the ugliest premium brand in the world”, and has no competition

i will die on this hill

sincerely,
BMW customer

matcha is a ruse to get us all hooked up to drop iced espressos and lattes

and it’s working

Farcaster Devs

don’t know who needs to hear this, but in addition to vibe coding your mini apps, you should probably test them too

a good chunk of popular mini apps are simply broken right now

no, I won’t point fingers, go figure

In 2013, I sat across from a CTO who told me, with complete sincerity, that using WordPress was a sign of "intellectual weakness."

“Real developers build from scratch,” he said. “If you’re not writing your own CMS, what are you even doing?”

They went bankrupt a year later.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joanwestenberg_in-2013-i-sat-across-from-a-cto-who-told-activity-7336608709453721601-f5Lg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAFsHzRgBmenrK5Y1VXU7SZD_GfSUiOE-n7Y

the designer of titanic was also convinced his ship was unsinkable

Music

it’s funny, coz you can’t even tell it’s not Dan Huff on the guitar… this is a great comeback btw

if you like 80s rock or feel nostalgic for some Top Gun-like tunes, Giant’s “Stand And Deliver” hits just right in the vibes

Gaming

i’m torn between Nintendo Switch 2 and Steamdeck / Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS)…

i already have a gaming PC co maybe upgrading Switch to Switch 2 is the way to go, since all the previous games are compatible

what do you guys think?

Food

my feed is literally people posting pics of Switch 2 they got on launch day

call it “peer pressure” 👀

don’t know who needs to hear it:

most mental issues can be solved with regular walks around nature and just taking it all in

no headphones
no phones
no smartwatches

just you with yourself. most people can’t stand even the thought of it

just another day at the office. thanks Sonos 🫠

Frontend

been lately working on some QoL updates to your ponder experience...

🔥 firefox developer tools are objectively superior to chromium/blink

firefox > webkit > chromium

ps: familiarity doesn't make a tool "objectively better"
ps2: i dev primarily in chromium anyway

metal

I need more anti-soviet and anti-communist bands in my life

guitar

this little fella is a total beast. powerful enough to send any clean channel into overdrive, with tonal control that allows to you to skip compressor altogether, so you get three effects in one: boost, overdrive, and compressor

will become super handy once I get my Revv G20 running again

tfw you ship a discreet update which likely 99% peeps won’t even notice, but it will make their UX 100% better

QC with your favorite sauce

this is on top

Harissa Mayo is my fav, though most of the time I make it myself

a sneak-peek of some pretty dope stuff we're working on at @ponder. more coming up next week!

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