• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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      3 months ago

      Well, think about it. If you are writing software that already exists, it’s not innovative. But, think about how rare that is. Has anyone combined the business logic in your specific way before? Chances are no, because if they had, they already beat you to market or you can reuse yourself.

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    3 months ago

    If you made a spreadsheet to compare cars and ended up with a Hyundai your spreadsheet had an error.

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      3 months ago

      I dunno about that. Hyundais are cheap, and until recently they were pretty reliable cars. I drove an '07 accent for 14 years with zero issues and minimal maintenance. I only replaced it in late 2020 because I was having a house built and moving to a rural area, and needed something that could handle country roads and at least light off-roading.

      I compared a bunch of CUVs (compact SUVs) checked out all of them, and finally got it down to the Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4, some Hyundai (Tucson maybe?), and a Kia Sportage (I know, it’s basically a Hyundai, and vice versa).

      Every single one of them had some caveat. The Hyundai had a high dash and infotainment blocking part of the view, the CRV had a low front end that caused issues with low obstacles a CVT that struggles with uphill driving. The RAV4 was nice, but cost at least 30-50% more expensive than every other car with few discernable advantages. Plus, several other cars I looked at were CVT with dual clutch, which can burn up and overheat just going uphill.

      In the end, it actually was down to the Hyundai and the Kia Sportage.

      I bought the Sportage because it was all around balanced, still had an ICE engine, AWD, and Kia Finance had a good deal I qualified for. I got the previous year’s model new from remaining stock with a zero interest rate. Sweet deal, total cost was like $24k. It’s been a good car. Some minor issues and a bit of recall work with the dealerships, but I haven’t had any major problems with it, and I barely have to do any sort of maintenance, just like the old Hyundai.

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    3 months ago

    The engineer here definitely has ASD or ADHD and I’m fucking down for it. Way better than narcissistic tech bro syndrome.

    Edit for context: I’m teaching strengths based pedagogy regarding neurodiversity, it’s on my mind lol