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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>
alok
</title>
<meta content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" name="viewport">
<meta content="just some stuff i decided to write" name="description">
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<link href="/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1 class="page-title">
<a href="/">
alok
</a>
</h1>
<nav class="table-o-contents">
<ul>
<li> <a href="/blog">blog</a> </li>
<li> <a href="/about">about me</a> </li>
<li> <a href="/projects">projects</a> </li>
<li> <a href="/about/contact.html">contact</a> </li>
</ul>
</nav>
<hr>
</header>
<main>
<h2>
<code>
~$ less apple_car.txt
</code>
</h2>

<p>
<em>The Apple Car is dead: a post-mortem jocularity, if you will</em>
</p>

<figure class="fig-wide">
<img src="charging.png">
<figcaption>Just charging my Apple Car</figcaption>
</figure>

<p>
You pat yourself on the back for getting the optional charging cable for
your Apple Car. Even though it cost as much as your down payment, it was
worth it because you had forgotten to charge it yesterday and now the
battery is low. You unspool your Lightning Max cable from its reel on
the wall and plug it into the underside of your Apple Car. Thankfully
Apple made the thinnest and lightest car so one person, like yourself,
can rock Apple Car back and forth until it flips over to reveal the
single charge port under the chassis. <em>It makes sense</em>, you
think, <em>that Apple didn't put the charging port in a "typical" spot;
what if you accidentally drove away with the cable connected? </em>
</p>

<p>
<em>What a disaster that would be</em>, you chuckle to yourself.
</p>

<p>
You wait for half an hour for Apple Car to reach 50% charge. You're late
for dinner with your girlfriend; she wants to introduce you to her
parents. Now you'll be fashionably late, which should give you an air of
sophistication when you walk in. While waiting, you wipe dirt off the
brushed aluminum body, admiring its sheen.
</p>

<p>
<em>It's really a work of art</em>, you think.
</p>

<p>
You pull the Lightning Max cable out and respool it. You notice the
cable is starting to bend and fray at the end where it meets the
connector. <em>Apple probably does that so you don't use the cable for
too long and wear it out</em>, you think. You begin rocking your Apple
Car back and forth to flip it back over. You hear a loud, sharp,
<em>clink</em> as you give it a final push. Your Apple Car lands on its
wheels and you see the windshield had rolled over a pebble and is now
cracked, fine lines snaking across the glass.
</p>

<p>
<em>Damn it</em>, you think to yourself, <em>I should've bought a
case</em>.
</p>

<p>
You stare at your Apple Car's window as FaceID scans you. The door pops
open and you hop inside. You settle into the single, cushy white seat in
the hyper-minimal interior. You tap the Apple DashPad to wake it up; it
scans your face and unlocks. You open Apple Maps and type in your
girlfriend's parents' address. You tap the navigation start button and
Apple AirPilot takes over. Apple Car backs out of your driveway and,
unbeknownst to you, begins taking you to a random incorrect location.
</p>

<p>
As you pull out of your neighborhood, you swipe up to leave Apple Maps
and bring up the news app on your Apple DashPad. You scroll through
headlines as you silently zip down the main road outside your
neighborhood.
</p>

<p>
<blockquote>
Lucid unveils its next EV, the Lucid Earth, following the success of its
previous models, the Air, Fire, and Water. Lucid claims the Earth will
travel over 1000 miles on a single charge, with a 0-60 time of 0.88
seconds.
</blockquote>
</p>

<p>
<em>Ha</em>, you think, <em>They're always trying to compete on
range</em>. Apple Car has a 200-mile range on a full charge. <em>But
they're <strong>premium</strong> miles</em>, you think. Plus, <em>they
</em> show up as green boxes on the AirPilot head-up display. Apple Cars
show up as blue cars, and you can AirDrop memes to them.
</p>

<p>
<em>That's what's important</em>, you think, <em>The experience</em>.
</p>

<p>
As you turn onto a service road, you begin to feel a bit too warm. The
automatic climate control system had set the temperature to the ideal for the
current season and weather. Admittedly, your outfit of a black
turtleneck and jeans is an odd choice for summer. You decide to turn the
temperature down. You switch apps again, now to climate control. Apple
hasn't rolled out the split view update for DashPad yet, so you have not
seen the map since you left, and therefore have not noticed you are going
the wrong way. You press the auto temp button to disable automatic
climate control, then press and drag the temperature slider down. The
slider stops moving as you drag. You try pressing and dragging again,
but nothing happens.
</p>

<p>
<em>Maybe this is a new feature</em>, you think, <em>To prevent rapid
temperature changes</em>.
</p>

<p>
A spinning beach ball appears on the DashPad. It's one of the
few remnants of macOS in Apple's consolidated OS ecosystem. You keep
tapping the screen, but nothing happens. It's frozen.
</p>

<p>
You hear a beep. The AirPilot head-up display notifies you that AirPilot
wants to take a toll road. You have password protection enabled for
purchases, so it needs FaceID to enter the on-ramp. You stare at
DashPad, but nothing happens. It's still frozen.
</p>

<p>
The service road is under construction ahead. AirPilot wants to avoid it,
but its only move is to enter the toll road. Confused, AirPilot requests
manual override. You press the center of the Touch Wheel. Haptic feedback
from the Touch Wheel tells you the steering system still works. But manual
override requires FaceID, since you set this to be a single-driver car.
You stare at the DashPad, but nothing happens. It's still frozen.
</p>

<p>
As you hurtle towards the toll road on-ramp, AirPilot gives up in its
confusion. Apple Car slowly drifts, now pointing directly at the concrete
barrier between the on-ramp and service road. The emergency braking sensors
mercifully still work, and slam on the brakes. Your tires screech as the
concrete barrier grows closer. It's going to be a close one. Apple Car
decelerates, you squeeze your eyes shut, and the car comes to a stop with
just enough momentum for the nose of the car to just barely tap the concrete
barrier.
</p>

<p>
For a moment, you take in the quiet, opening your eyes. Smoke from the
tires wafts around Apple Car. Then you hear a loud, sharp <em>clink</em>.
You step out of the car. The panoramic sunroof and rear windscreen have
cracked, fine lines snaking across the roof of the car.
</p>

<p>
Time to go to the Genius Garage.
</p>

</main>
<footer>
<hr>
&copy; alok 2023. be kind, rewind.
</footer>
</body>
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<h2><code>~$ ls blog/</code></h2>
<ol reversed class="blog-list">
<li><a href="/blog/apple_car">apple car</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/message_queues">message_queues</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/shmemaphores">shmemaphores</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/week_without_reddit">a week without reddit</a></li>
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## less Apple_car.txt

_The Apple Car is dead: a post-mortem jocularity, if you will_

You pat yourself on the back for getting the optional charging cable for your
Apple Car.
Even though it cost as much as your down payment, it was worth it because you had forgotten to charge it yesterday and now the battery is low.
You unspool your Lightning Max cable from its reel on the wall and plug
it into the underside of your Apple Car.
Thankfully Apple made the thinnest and lightest car so one person, like yourself, can rock Apple Car back and forth until it flips over to reveal the single charge port under the chassis.
_It makes sense_, you think, _that Apple didn't put the charging port in a "typical" spot; what if you accidentally drove away with the cable connected?_

_What a disaster that would be_, you chuckle to yourself.

You wait for half an hour for Apple Car to reach 50% charge.
You're late for dinner with your girlfriend; she wants to introduce you to her parents.
Now you'll be fashionably late, which should give you an air of sophistication when you walk in.
While waiting, you wipe dirt off the brushed aluminum body, admiring its sheen.

_It's really a work of art_, you think.

You pull the Lightning Max cable out and respool it.
You notice the cable is starting to bend and fray at the end where it meets the connector.
Apple probably does that so you don't use the cable for too long and wear it out, you think.
You begin rocking your Apple Car back and forth to flip it back over.
You hear a loud, sharp, _clink_ as you give it a final push.
Your Apple Car lands on its wheels and you see the windshield had rolled over a pebble and is now cracked, fine lines snaking across the glass.

_Damn it_, you think to yourself, _I should've bought a case_.

You stare at your Apple Car's window as FaceID scans you.
The door pops open and you hop inside.
You settle into the single, cushy white seat in the hyper-minimal interior.
You tap the Apple DashPad to wake it up; it scans your face and unlocks.
You open Apple maps and type in your girlfriend's parents' address.
You tap the navigation start button and Apple AirPilot takes over.
Apple car backs out of your driveway and, unbeknownst to you, begins taking you to a random incorrect location.

As you pull out of your neighborhood, you swipe up to leave Apple maps and bring up the news app on your Apple DashPad.
You scroll through headlines as you silently zip down the main road outside your neighborhood.

Lucid unveils its next EV, the Lucid earth, following the success of its previous models, the air, fire, and water.
Lucid claims the earth will travel over 700 miles on a single charge, with a 0-60 time of 0.88 seconds.

_Ha_, you think, _They're always trying to compete on range_.
Apple car has a 200-mile range on a full charge.
_But they're ***premium*** miles_, you think.
Plus, they show up as green boxes on the AirPilot head-up display.
Apple cars show up as blue cars, and i can airdrop memes to them.

_That's what's important_, you think, _The experience_.

As you turn onto a service road, you begin to feel a bit too warm.
The automatic climate control system set the temperature to the ideal for the current season and weather.
Though admittedly, your outfit of a black turtleneck and jeans is an odd choice for summer.
You decide to turn the temperature down.
You switch apps again, now to climate control.
Apple hasn't rolled out the split view update for DashPad yet, so you have not seen the map since you left, and therefore have not noticed you are going the wrong way.
You press the auto temp button to disable automatic climate control, then press and drag the temperature slider down.
The slider stops moving as you drag.
You try pressing and dragging again, but nothing happens.

_Maybe this is a new feature_, you think, _To prevent rapid temperature changes_.

Suddenly, a spinning beach ball appears on the DashPad.
It's one of the few remnants of macOS in Apple's consolidated OS ecosystem.
You keep tapping the screen, but nothing happens.
It's frozen.

You hear a beep.
The AirPilot head-up display notifies you that AirPilot wants to take a toll road.
You have password protection enabled for purchases, so it needs FaceID to enter the on-ramp.
You stare at DashPad, but nothing happens.
It's still frozen.

The service road is under construction ahead.
AirPilot wants to avoid it, but its only move is to enter the toll road.
Confused, AirPilot requests manual override.
You press the center of the Touch Wheel.
Haptic feedback from the Touch Wheel tells you the steering system still works.
But manual override requires FaceID, since you set this to be a single-driver car.
You stare at the DashPad, but nothing happens.
It's still frozen.

As you hurtle towards the toll road on-ramp, AirPilot gives up in its confusion.
Apple car slowly drifts, now pointing directly at the concrete barrier between the on-ramp and service road.
The emergency braking sensors mercifully still work, and slam on the brakes.
Your tires screech as the concrete barrier grows closer.
It's going to be a close one.
Apple car decelerates, you squeeze your eyes shut, and the car comes to a stop with just enough momentum for the nose of the car to just barely tap the concrete barrier.

For a moment, you take in the quiet, opening your eyes.
Smoke from the tires wafts around Apple Car.
Then you hear a loud, sharp _clink_.
You step out of the car.
The panoramic sunroof and rear windscreen have cracked, fine lines snaking across the roof of the car.

Time to go to the genius garage.
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