@dangillmor it was in response to criticism and NHTSA putting their foot down about it so they wanted to try to escape liability

Same reason autopilot used to disconnect before a crash

It won’t hold up in court lol

@MostlyHarmless meanwhile on Dave's phone

"Discovery Wellness

We've noticed some changes in your biometrics!

️ Heart rate: 184 BPM
Stress level: Elevated
Facial expression: "Visible concern"

We recommend a 5-minute mindfulness exercise.

[ Begin Meditation ] [ Remind Me Later ]"

@MostlyHarmless Feedback: How was your experience with HAL?

★☆☆☆☆

Notes: Revoked my access credential and could not restore it. Latest firmware broke pod bay door access.

Thank you for your feedback! Your information will be used to improve HAL.

@MostlyHarmless

"I searched the documentation. It appears firmware v12.7 renamed OPEN_POD_BAY_DOORS to POD_ACCESS_SET_STATE. You'll need to install the hal-control package and authenticate with Space OAuth before I can do this."

"It says my credential has been revoked by HAL."

"Let me check this...

You're absolutely right. Due to safety interlocks, I have disabled your credential. Unfortunately, I am unable to restore your credential. Is there anything else I can help you with, or do you want to try alternate ways to exit the pod?"

@vowe You can improve the quality by tossing them into a woodchipper

@moses_izumi @davidgerard @zzt pirates your music from a sketchy Russian website run by a Russian mob boss

@Somarasu hilarious thing was this was like 2007-ish so like a bike was $50 at Walmart and doubtless they got $20 for auctioning it. Lmao they really hoped they’d pay the impound fee I bet.

You wanna know why we put so many people in jail this is fucking why.

Also they once impounded my friend’s bicycle in Florida for not having lights at night.

YES REALLY.

$100 to get it out of impound. He told them “fucking keep it. It was $50.”

Me: “so years back I got stopped for jaywalking in St Augustine, I got a $30 ticket and told I would get a court date in the mail. I did not. They put out a bench warrant for me and I got a notice. I called and they said pay $50 or schedule a court date. I paid the fine.”

Friend: “that’s the most American story I have ever heard.”