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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Is that really true? I see free frames advertised all the time, but we all know how “free” those kinds of deals actually are. But if I think about it, the frame is just a piece of plastic/metal and can be mass produced. The lenses themselves need to be specifically ground and fitted for that exact person, often with a difference for each eye. From what I understand this is still partly manual work, even though the machine does the grinding, an operator needs to set it all up and check the result. With often a couple of passes needed to get it just right. And those special coatings they apply aren’t cheap either. So I wonder where the actual cost is.


  • Cool! Never know when you get to Portugal.

    My car’s brand got sold by VAG to PSA. VAG said this is the license for all the map shit, you can buy it if you want so you can service your customers. PSA said No thanks!

    So now my car will never get another map update ever again, the latest data is from 2016 and as you can imagine doesn’t really match reality in any way shape or form. The builtin GPS was bad anyways, so not a big loss. I’m an old person so I still drive pretty much everywhere without GPS. But it can come in handy at some times, but I’ve learnt the hard way not to trust anything that stupid thing says.

    I’ve considered a phone mount so I can just use my phone for navigation, but never got around to it.