Hacker News: ollie87

New comment by ollie87 in "Bernie Madoff has died"

ollie87 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:16:37 +0000

Guess that Awkwafina song now needs a partial re-write.

Isn't Bernie Madoff dead? He's dead, right?

Nah, that motherfucker not dead, he in jail getting booty-rammed by the feds, getting tossed by a dude named Big Ed, in a hotbed, eating ramen noodles and crying

New comment by ollie87 in "The man who produced Steve Jobs’ keynotes for 20 years (2018)"

ollie87 — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:36:40 +0000

USB stack error I seem to recall, can't remember if it was a scanner or a printer they plugged in.

New comment by ollie87 in "Ripple: A wireless token-passing protocol for multi-hop wireless mesh networks"

ollie87 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:50:30 +0000

Not to be confused by Ripple, a Galaxy-branded chocolate bar made my Mars.

New comment by ollie87 in "Dishwashing detergent hack: Two ingredients (2015)"

ollie87 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:13:30 +0000

Different brands use different formulations, apparently the brand that the dealership puts in at BMW/MINI doesn't play nicely with some of the brands from supermarkers.

More of an issue for newer cars though, I will give you that.

New comment by ollie87 in "Dishwashing detergent hack: Two ingredients (2015)"

ollie87 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:12:22 +0000

Nah, BMW uses tablets for it's screenwash that are about £7 for six, each makes 5 litres. BMW Part number: 83122298202

Less shipping cost/environmental impact too.

30 litres for around £7 (plus a few pennies for water) doesn't seem bad to me.

New comment by ollie87 in "Dishwashing detergent hack: Two ingredients (2015)"

ollie87 — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:11:02 +0000

Didn't happen to be a BMW did it? It was a big issue for a while.

New comment by ollie87 in "How do we stop people from blinding other drivers with aftermarket LEDs?"

ollie87 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:05:50 +0000

Me either, they're vile things.

New comment by ollie87 in "How do we stop people from blinding other drivers with aftermarket LEDs?"

ollie87 — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:19:48 +0000

As nearly always - SUVs are the problem.

Smaller, lower cars don't seem to have the same issues.

New comment by ollie87 in "Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisdiction"

ollie87 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:49:11 +0000

UK citzens are still EU residents for now, the UK hasn't actually left yet.

New comment by ollie87 in "I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers via Amazon.ca"

ollie87 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:26:53 +0000

LIDL does this too.

New comment by ollie87 in "Dashlane's Super Bowl ad proves password managers have arrived"

ollie87 — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:18:16 +0000

They do on iOS now too. That's how I keep my passwords sync'd across multiple platforms using Firefox Lockwise.

New comment by ollie87 in "The Hummer is coming back as an electric vehicle"

ollie87 — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:23:27 +0000

Battery pack might be better really, you could move the centre of gravity slightly lower than the fuel tank and engine on a ICE version.

New comment by ollie87 in "Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100 per month"

ollie87 — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:36:16 +0000

It is where I live, so weird visiting the US and seeing "ask your doctor for" adverts.

If I asked my GP for a specific medication they'd look at me like an alien.

New comment by ollie87 in "BMW Connected Apps Protocol"

ollie87 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:50:00 +0000

Other cars in the same class had it as standard - for example the Fiesta ST or the Polo GTI, I just didn't like the cabin or the ride quality on the Fiesta compared to the MINI. And the Polo felt totally bland.

The Fiesta and Polo are so heavy now they need independant rear suspension like the MINI has.

New comment by ollie87 in "BMW Connected Apps Protocol"

ollie87 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:43:35 +0000

I have a 2019 MINI Cooper S with Professional iDrive, I can confirm it is buggy.

It's the best system, but it's still awful.

New comment by ollie87 in "BMW Connected Apps Protocol"

ollie87 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:36:15 +0000

Sounds no worse than the factory Wireless CarPlay on my 2019 F56 Cooper S. It's infuriatingly laggy and buggy. Best bit was that when I ordered the car is was a near £2k option to add it because you had to buy the upgraded Nav option, which I didn't want. I've used it once and although it's fine, it isn't as good as Waze for traffic.

Just give me CarPlay, I'll still spend that £2k but on things I need like a electrically heated front screen, or better seats.

New comment by ollie87 in "Oceans warming at the rate as if 5 Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second"

ollie87 — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:58:44 +0000

That's your comment after reading this? Pretty weird.

New comment by ollie87 in "Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)"

ollie87 — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:41:36 +0000

Yeah I've been having that issue.

Along with the email inbox bug they claim to have fixed but is still very much live and well on my iPhone 7 Plus.

New comment by ollie87 in "Share Now, formerly Car2Go, is leaving North America"

ollie87 — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:54:19 +0000

Depends where you live I suppose. A Jazz (what it's called in the UK) starts at £15k, a Smart back before they went electric only in this market was well under £9k.

New comment by ollie87 in "A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier"

ollie87 — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:13:49 +0000

>How can people be so callous and selfish?

Quite easily when they've spent their entire lives being told poor people are evil. That's American's for you. There's too much of "I've got mine, so fuck anyone else" going on.