Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
by ashleyn on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:53PM
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Car with level 2 autonomy, 2018 Volvo S90 with Pilot Assist. You still have to pay attention to the road when driving, but long highway drives (which I take a LOT of) are a hell of a lot less tiring. I've been able to do 6 hours in a single day and it's almost like riding a personal train except for when you get to jams, local roads, or merges/exits.
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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
by throwaway00127 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:58PM
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> I've been able to do 6 hours in a single day
Is... Is that a typo? Six hours of continuous driving in a day is a weekly commute for some. 8 to 10 hours a day is fairly normal here...
Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
by lnenad on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:13PM
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I don't understand the situation in which anyone would find that acceptable. That is 60 days a year thrown away, and for what?
Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
by throwaway00127 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:25PM
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The US is a large county, it has states that are larger than France.
Driving from San Diego to San Francisco (never leaving the state of California) takes about 8 hours, even longer in traffic.
Many people have these long commutes due to work.