dangocurt

@dangocurt.bsky.social

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Semi-retired, iOS/Android developer now building classic cars, photography/videography, Nikon, zero tolerance for bigots. EVs. Swear a lot. 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈

A Ferrari (try to guess the model) with the rear subframe and engine out of the car and on a stand.
Poll results: 83% Woke, 17% Chud. 42% Techbro, 58% Neo-Luddite. 67% Hopelifted, 33% Doomer. 77% Davos, 23% Dubai.
iPhone 15 Pro Max battery health from settings showing 87% capacity after 2.5 years and 663 cycles.
Systemic vulnerability (5) The electronic service provider is not required to comply with a provision of the order, with respect to an electronic service, if compliance with that provision would require the provider to introduce a systemic vulnerability related to that service or prevent the provider from rectifying such a vulnerability.
View of Canada Place from the SeaBus showing three cruise ships docked.
Press photo of Craig.
Text from the BC Motor Vehicle Act stating: “A pedestrian must not leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close it is impracticable for the driver to yield the right of way.”
Picture of a red VW Beetle with a license plate that reads “FEATURE”.
A Jaguar E-Type in light blue with the hood removed showing an immaculate engine bay.
A chart of electricity sources in Britain from 2010-2025 showing coal peaking at 40% in 2012 to disappearing by 2023 while wind & solar went from <5% in 2010 to 35% in 2025. A lot of change in a relatively short period of time.
Chart from Google Intelligence Threat Group (GTIG) showing the chain of 6 exploits used in DarkSword.
A flowchart from Google Intelligence Threat Group (GITG) showing the 6 exploits that comprise the iPhone hacking tool DarkSword and the order in which they’re executed
People in their cars lining up for $1.99 a litre gas at Mobil in Vancouver.
For example, televisions that are connected to the internet and have smart wake features that allow them to interact with phones and other devices can consume up to 40 watts of energy during the hours of the day that the TV would normally be off, according to Matt Malinowski, director of the buildings program at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. That’s almost 40 times as much as a regular television.
Snow falling in the yard.
A crane and wind turbine blades sitting in a field in Alberta. A traffic sign for Sheerness Generating Station is in the foreground. Sheerness was a coal fired plant converted to natural gas in 2021.
A single Amazon listing for Super Bright LED headlight bulbs that has 33,000 reviews and over 400 sold in the last month. One of literally dozens of listings that came up when I did a quick search.
Post by Luke LeBrun: I feel like this curling scandal is shining a light on a cultural tendency among Canadians to approach laws and rules as if they’re flexible and open to debate In other countries, people follow the letter of the law. Here, people split hairs endlessly and apply reasonableness tests to everything
Screenshot of our Equinox EV showing the outside temperature of -6C and energy usage of 2% for climate and 98% for propulsion.
Picture of a connector and wires under the hood of a Jaguar showing where rats chewed the harness and straight through the blue wire.
Blue Shelby Cobra.
A meme showing a researcher in a lab with the title “Vaccine Researcher” on top and another with a person looking at their phone while sitting on a toilet with the title “Anti-Vax Researcher”.
A photo of Ivanka Trump gazing longingly at Justin Trudeau.
Picture of iPhone status bar with a circled orange dot.
A chart showing weekly trips by Waymo driverless taxis with a low of 10K in May 2023 up to 50K in May of 2024 and a sharp rise to 250K before May 2025.
A table showing vehicle fatalities of the worst vehicle in the US. The top 5 for fatalities are Ford F150, Chevrolet Silverado, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry and Dodge Ram. The top 5 for fatalities vs number of vehicles are Accord, Camry, Silverado, F150 and Ram.
Cartoon image of a woman sticking a pin into a 747.
Sunrise through fog overlooking the Second Narrows Train Bridge.
Image showing USB-C speeds between Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max with the iPhone being over twice as fast.
Picture of a radiator hose that detached from the radiator because the plastic coupling broke.
A sign saying “If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down .”
A chart showing which iPhones received which versions of iOS along with continued security updates released for older iOS versions.
A graph showing cycling fatalities by men/women under and over 20 years old in which men over 20 showing a very sharp rise the past 50 years while men under 20 showed a sharp decline. Women stayed relatively stable.
Picture of Craig Federighi running with perfectly flowing silver hair.
A Christmas tree decorated in gold & white with a red ribbon. Bright white lights.
Statement by Pierre Poilievre: Michael Ma was elected as a Conservative by the constituents of Markham-Unionville to fight against Liberal inflationary spending driving up the cost of living in his community. Today, he chose to endorse the very policies he was elected to oppose. The same policies driving up food prices and making life more expensive for all. The people he let down the most are the ones who elected him to fight for an affordable future. He will have to answer to them.
A Ford Super Duty truck with a lift kit and massive oversized wheels/tires.
A privacy report from Safari on iOS listing a few of the 79 trackers at Forbes (the website this article is from). This snapshot shows several Facebook and Google trackers.
Album cover for Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.
Ivanka Trump looking longingly at Justin Trudeau.
Picture of the engine bay of a 1969 Mercedes 280SL. Looks like a new car.
Countach intake manifold showing the ridiculous dryer hose air intake.
A photo of a CP Rail locomotive number 6228 in bright red.
Screenshot of Ticketmaster showing no upcoming shows for Kid Rock.
4 pictures of a Pixel 8 Pro phone with scratches/scrapes after falling off my scooter.