u/GendoIkari_82

Modern cars use computers to control all sorts of things, such as how much acceleration to give when you press the gas pedal, smart detection of needing to do an emergency stop, steering assist, etc. I use computers for a living, and it's not too uncommon for them to have various little issues... such as the screen freezing up for just a second, a program freezing, and full-on crashes that require a reboot.

How do car computers prevent things like this from happening? It seems like a small glitch comparable to the issues I experience on my PC could cause something like the breaks to suddenly slam on by themselves, or me pressing the gas pedal and it taking a full second to actually respond.

My best guess is that it's mostly about them being very specialized computers; they only know how to do the specific things they need to do to control the car. But what else is there that adds so much reliability?

Was looking at adding an m12 blower to my m12 wish list. But I’ve never actually used one. Is it kind of like a less powerful leaf blower? Currently I sometimes used a compressed air can to clean off my projects or my tools; would a spot blower basically replace that need; or is it only for larger clean-out jobs?

My other question, is there no Fuel version of it? I guess maybe there’s not enough engineering to have anything to improve with the Fuel line?

I picked up the 4K copy of Blade Runner 2049 because I've only heard great things about it. But here's my dirty little secret... I'm not a big fan of the original Blade Runner. I've watched it twice, and both times just didn't get into it. But it's also been probably 15 years since I've seen it, and I don't remember many specific plot details. So, if I watch 2049 without rewatching Blade Runner, am I going to be missing some important context? Should I rewatch the original just to get important background, or will I be fine jumping straight into the new one?

From what I could find on Google, it's Automatic Glide Control. Weirdly enough, it does not seem to be mentioned anywhere in the user's manual. I have a 2019 Hybrid LE, but I also looked at newer/current gen manuals and could not find any mention of it there. So for one thing, why is it not mentioned in the manual?

From what I can gather on my own, it only activates if you are in Eco mode, and it only activates automatically. It seems to activate whenever you take your foot off the gas while in Eco mode.

But what does it actually do? My speed slowly drops while it is on, just as I would expect from any car if going fast and I take my foot off the break. So what is it controlling? What is it doing differently than if it were not on?

I recently bought a deal at HD for a hammer drill and an impact driver. It came with a XC 4.0, CP 2.0, and an extra XC 5.0 added on. Before this, I’ve only ever used a CP 1.5, and it’s always been enough. Pretty sure the deal isn’t hackable (at least I don’t see an option to return the 5.0 separately looking at the order online). But those batteries sell for $130 new, which is more than half what I paid for the whole set ($210).

Is there much chance that I’ll regret not having a 5.0 on hand when I already have a 4.0 and several lower power CP? Not sure what I could get for it on something like Marketplace; but it’s new in the package still.