Headlights that don't blind oncoming vehicles

Nuts, bolts, and screw heads.

I know we need various sizes for various tasks, but I shouldn't have to dig through 50 different screwdrivers or ratchet heads and still not have one that'll work.

Civil rights

Human rights

Education

Levels of medical care

Income / maximum wealth (wealth caps)

Those are already standardized though…

An open phone standard, and no, I do not mean the 'Open Handset Alliance' that doesn't even live up to its name, I mean like an ATX-equivalent standard for mobile devices.

An open-source ISA already exists in RISC-V, maybe that hypothetical ATX-for-mobile-devices standard could standardize around that for starters, as for an OS, it could standardize around non-Android Linux and maybe even some BSD mobile OSes instead of Google pulling some MS-in-the-'90s crap for Android like they're doing right now.

I replace crappy ones when I remove them.

I'll tolerate Phillips, but slotted gets replaced with torx. Phillips get replaced if they get damaged.

That's what sealed-beam headlights used to be before composite housings which are proprietary to a given vehicle were legalized.

In fact, sealed-beams are still widely used in commercial vehicles because of their standardization to a point where they can be picked up anywhere and they're just gonna work.

All online forms.

I fill out a lot of forms and it's ridiculous. Sometimes I'll be at the bottom of the page, and I'll get a message saying that I can't continue until I fill out a 'must answer' question. Sometimes the programmer was clever enough to make it so I'm directed to the question, but more often than not I have to scroll through the entire form to find where I made my mistake.

And, when I have gotten to the end, it would be nice if there was a chance to review everything.

I'm not even going to start with the forms that make you use the calendar tool that takes longer than just entering the date.

Seriously... I hate my own damn headlights! People flash their high beams at me as if I have mine on, but they're just the stock headlights... I've been seriously considering going to a mechanic to have dimmer lights installed lol

There are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.

Congratulations now we have 15 standards.

Grocery store layouts.

Relevant XKCD

If people regularly flash their lights at you over it, you probably should.

I know the feeling. I had a rental car once for two weeks and I was more than once road-raged because of the lights. Everyone thought I was high-beaming it, but nope.

I haven't printed anything at home in years. Just easier to go to the shop/library and pay them.

https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-safety-razors.html

Old fashioned double side safety razors. No gimmicks, less waste, and cheap.

https://youtu.be/RxMR1TMec04

That was the name of my third album.

Torx are pretty great

My cars low to the ground and only has halogen lamps, so if I'm ever flashing high beams at an SUV with overly bright lights, it's only so I can continue to see the road. LEDs are insane and the governments too busy facilitating record defense contractor earnings to do anything about it.

Sounds like the name of a colab album between Weird Al and HIM

Best of luck with that mate. Do you know how many different cross-shaped drives there are already?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives

And if you really want to get upset about confused standards you should read the section of the Talk page about why JIS B 1012 was removed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_screw_drives

They ARE distinct from standard Phillips, and posidrive. If one tries to use Phillips on them you'll likely strip the head.

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As discussed, the previous paragraph was wrong and (as of now) uncited, so it was removed. No information is better than wrong information.

Income / maximum wealth (wealth caps)

Min and max.

Just set a ratio cap. If you really think this system makes everyone better off then it should be fine.

Everything should be torx

If you're in Canada, they're developing standards and they're asking for feedback. There's a survey to fill out on the Transport Canada site.

Women's clothing sizes

Meanwhile, there’s Robertson, the superior 4 pointed driver over Phillips.

Windshield wiper arms. Everything should be J-hook.

It's creeping into men's sizes, too.

Depending on the maker, I'm a Large, Extra Large, 2XL, or sometimes 3XL.

And I can fit into some mediums.

Forms itself should be a thing of the past. They mimic paper based patterns which makes no sense for lost use cases in 2026.

What we need is standardized APIs through which you can share specific personal info if you wish to do so. E.g. SOLID implements this.

If additional info is needed a basic conversation with an agent could take the place of a form in due time (for those who wish to use this).

I just want existing standards to be public and accessible, not locked behind 400 600 € ISO. That defeats the whole point of standards.

Treatment of oligarchs

Aim them yourself. You'll spent more time finding a good spot to aim them then actually doing it.

If they're LEDs or HIDs they're probably just a screw you turn to aim them. If they dont then it's basically the same thing, but in a less convenient spot. Look up the proper aiming procedure for your car, or just wing it by finding a car in a parking lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDudMM4J-ZE

I'll just be happy when we phase out imperial and other weird thread types. Metric standardisation is a godsend over what came before.

The heads are a lost cause. They serve too many different purposes, with differing, competing, requirements.

A lot of vehicles have a beam dip adjuster in the cab. Mine pops out when I press the center of the light control selector.

Officially, they are to correct for a heavy load in the back. Unofficially, if you tweak them, you can flip between longer range, and polite as required.

If you watch your lights, there should be a fairly sharp cut-off at the top of their coverage. If that line ever hits a window or mirror, it will look like you are flashing them. If it's too high, either fix it yourself (generally quite easy) or get it fixed.

I really want everyone to use the metric system. Imperial is just awful to use for most design and machine purposes.

Feet, yards, inches should be replaced by the metric system.

Oh man, I use a shopping list app, which lets you sort the products into aisles, so that you can just walk through the store and complete the checklist top-to-bottom as you visit each aisle.

This would be excellent for that.

Instant messengers.

You need an equivalent of ACPI in the x86 space to catch on in ARM/RISC-V if you want a general purpose OS to be viable on phones

There's sort-of kind-of SystemReady in ARM but it's a far cry from the standardization of ACPI on x86 desktops

powertools' batteries.

Europe:

Power plugs
Train gauge and electricity
Online payment without credit cards

World wide:

Driving on the right

The j-hook is fine. What is NOT fine is how difficult it can be to remove the damn wiper blades after they've been outside for awhile and things get dried up. There's got to be a better way

Women having class.

Torx Plus*

Standardize not holding women to ambiguous and hazy hierarchical standards like “class” 🙄

Standardize letting women just be people and minding your damn business. Like wtf is this answer?

I was expecting like the metric system, or the number of continents but no.. I’m going to go outside and rip ass so hard today, just for you buddy. 👍

Driving on the left you mean. It's better since most people are right-handed.