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Technology Connections - The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (9 children)

The acknowledgement that actually reading the freaking manual is important is too real.

Was trying to change the windshield wipers on my car last year. Front was trivial but the latch on the rear was just complete insanity. Ended up watching two different youtubes for slightly different years before realizing the manual "might" cover this. And it had a BEAUTIFUL diagram showing exactly how to disengage and reengage that latch.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (4 children)

"reading the manual" has become a True Concept for me. Like a big part of life that most people are ignorant or just unaware of. Once upon a time, you kids, there was only manuals. That's all we had to figure out how to get the doowhacky to go in the whatsits.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Once upon a time, you kids, there was only manuals.

Then the manuals turned to shit, and we turned to just fumbling along because it was pointless to look in the manual.

Then came along the web, and we could search for other people's answers.

Then for some reason, manuals really improved. I'm shocked at what manuals are like today (especially for cars).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As someone who has avidly been reading manuals since the early 90s, car manuals have always been pretty good. Home audio/video equipment has also had great manuals over the years too. I don’t recall a time these turned to shit.

Motherboards / BIOS documentation comes in dead last, and has always been shit. Dozens and dozens of proprietary settings that are not described by the manual nor the built in help, and there’s only conjecture online. At least now the English is mostly correct, but they’re still very bad at describing what niche settings do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And then there’s those damnable IKEA pictographs…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

At least now the English is mostly correct, but they’re still very bad at describing what niche settings do.

Haha, so true.

Anymore I'm entertained by inwse product labeling.

Latest funny by-line on a product box:

"Just make the product".

Hahahahah

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