kn33
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- Comment on Lentils; Which, why in what? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Lentils; Which, why in what? 1 week ago:
I’m eating this right now
- Comment on Had a chuckle 1 week ago:
Ah, yes, the Benjamin Button packet age.
- Comment on Epic Games just laid off over 1,000 people 1 week ago:
I’m guessing short form video
- Comment on hot girls hate fascism❤️🔥 1 week ago:
I hope in this case those are adult boobs
- Comment on Is pet care a privilage that only "rich countries" have? Do you think people from poorer countries should be judged for not taking their pets to a vet? 2 weeks ago:
Maybe, but as far as things the rich countries have that poor countries don’t - pet care is pretty low on the list of things to rectify imo
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I can try
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Gotta learn to ask “what?” a different way
- Comment on Dumb glasses 2 weeks ago:
They want this to succeed so bad - a vulnerability that involves prompt injection by way of a visual would get fixed quickly.
- Comment on Conservatives: Libz don't even know what a woman is. Also Conservatives: *constantly engage with purely synthetic creations thinking that they are women.* 2 weeks ago:
Or the nonsense name badges
- Comment on Talk about hat hair... 3 weeks ago:
It probably wouldn’t be too hard to take an animal ear headband and transplant the ears to the hat.
- Comment on When “Watch Instantly” first came out. Before “streaming” was even the term for it. 3 weeks ago:
I remember that. It also used Microsoft Silverlight to run the player which was weird.
- Comment on How did internet viruses spread before the internet was invented! 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on These RAM prices are out of hand 4 weeks ago:
That’s more expensive than the culmination of parts I’ve acquired over the years that has resulted in my current PC - and I’ve spent a good amount of money on it.
- Comment on Hardening Firefox with Anthropic’s Red Team 4 weeks ago:
I’ll take a more secure Firefox. If this is how it is achieved, so be it.
- Comment on This Espressif ESP32-Powered 4G "Smartphone," Programmed in the Arduino IDE, Packs The Essentials 4 weeks ago:
Done. It just reaffirmed that you’re a dick.
- Comment on This Espressif ESP32-Powered 4G "Smartphone," Programmed in the Arduino IDE, Packs The Essentials 4 weeks ago:
It depends on the code you run on it, really. A lot of the time, too, 4G will be behind CG-NAT which at least means the listening ports aren’t automatically on the internet.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
It’s not, really. Purely on numbers.
- Comment on This apartment complex has an indoor balcony 5 weeks ago:
I’m guessing this area was outdoor at one point and it’s been renovated to be indoor but they only went as far as adding roof and floor, not really dealing with the stuff between.
- Comment on Littering 🚯 5 weeks ago:
You’re not familiar with the concept of an outdoor target range, are you?
- Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated 1 month ago:
I really like it. It’s zippy af. Not burning gas or having to go to a gas station is really nice. I just plug in when I get home and unplug when I leave.
I will say, though, it has a couple drawbacks. The “budget” nature really shows when you have to go more than like 300 miles (or 200 in the deep cold).
I had a buddy ask about it a while back so I’ll try to copy paste what I wrote.
Q: Hey, I had a quick question for you mr Chevy Bolt. I rented one of those cars while I was in cold state and I really liked it. Have you have to do any major repairs or fixes for that car, or do you have any gripes with the car since you’ve been driving with it for so long now as a daily driver?
A: The only real work I’ve done is winter tires in the winter and summer tires in the summer. I’m looking at getting a second set of rims so I can do it myself next time instead of having to get a shop swap the tires. Other than that, basically just wiper blades. I sometimes get false positives on the driver’s side blind spot detection which is annoying, but not a big deal. Some people online have said that it’s due to a shielding coming off the sensor causing the car to detect itself, basically, and if you get some adhesive foil you can fix it, but I haven’t been bothered enough by it to get into that yet.
A minor gripe I have is that the stock tires are what the EPA rated range is based on, but they’re also very hard rubber so when it gets cold they get even harder and that’s bad for grip. I talk about the acceleration later, but if you try to use that in the super cold, you end up burning out.
The only major issue I have is the fast charging speed, especially in cold weather. It’s not very fast to begin with compared to the competition, and there’s no mechanism offered up to have it condition the battery for charging while driving. What you end up with is a charging speed that’s slow compared to the competition at its best and is then slowed down further by being cold. It’ll work on warming up the battery as soon as it starts charging, but by the time it warms up enough to get up to full speed (if it ever does) it’s up to >50% charge, at which point the speed starts going down again. Under ideal circumstances, it’s okay, but once you get past the ideal it’s annoying.
Consider ideal/EPA rated conditions and a 300 mile trip. We’ll say the average driving speed of 60 mph, so you’re starting at 5 hours of driving. Highway EPA rating for a 2017 Bolt EV is 110 MPGe or 3.26 mi/kWh. If you’re going 300 miles, that’s 92 kWh of power. It has a 60 kWh battery, so that’s the whole battery and 32 kWh more. Say that the charging stops are spaced out so that you’re always charging when you’re under 50% and it’s a perfect 70°F so you’re always charging at 50 kW. That means you’re doing 32 KWh of charging at 50 kW, or 38 minutes of charging. So for your 300 mile trip @ 60 mph, you’re adding 13% to your time under ideal conditions. Now, if that can be spread out nicely and it’s an 8 minute stop every hour, it’s not so bad. But once you start getting into deep cold like 0°F and lower, it’s easily 2-3x that.
With all that, it’s still not so bad because even when it’s really cold and my range is down to 130 mi or whatever, it’s still enough that I can go everywhere I need in a day and plug in when I get home and be fine. It’s only the few times a year when I’m visiting my family in bordering state or whatever that it’s annoying. Even if I’m going to city 45 minutes away, it’s still plenty as long as I’m charged up.
Technologically, it’s the best car I’ve ever had. I love the rearview camera/mirror for it’s wide FOV compared to a traditional mirror. I love my auto high beams, my remote start (haven’t had that until this car), my heated seats/mirror/wheel. I love the 360 cams - it’s enabled me to back out of spots I would’ve never gotten out of before. The lane keep assist, even without the 3rd party enhancements I added, has already saved my ass when I fell asleep at the wheel once. I got a dongle that makes the android auto wireless, and later models have it built in. It’s so nice to have.
It’s a lot of fun to drive, too. 0-60 in ~7 seconds, and 0-30 in like 1 second. Zippy as fuck, small enough to maneuver in tight spaces while not feeling like you’re sitting on the ground.
So yeah, I really like it, and I wouldn’t change my decision to buy it. I just wish that faster charging EVs were cheap enough that I could justify upgrading. At this point, though, I don’t have to DCFC often enough for the prices to be even close to justifiable for it.
Some updates since I wrote that (December 2024). Prices have come down on used EVs, but I still have such a great rate on my current car loan that it’s not worth giving up. I have since done what I talked about and got a second set of wheels so swapping tires is easier. The blind spot thing is still annoying but it’s so infrequent I haven’t bothered. It might also have something to do with snow/ice buildup in the wheel well. Overall, still no regrets.
- Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated 1 month ago:
I like it because I get all the same apps with all the same info I get on my phone, just on the car screen with voice controls
- Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated 1 month ago:
Yeah, it doesn’t. I have mine set to auto so they’re on even if I forget but I agree.
- Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated 1 month ago:
Hmmm… Having physical buttons for car controls is good, but you’re not taking away my creature comforts. Adjusting the temperature and fan speed 20 times in a drive? Nah, give me a thermostat. Cold butt? I think not. Gloves? Nah, heat my steering wheel. And once you get off of car controls, touch screen is fine and I really like Android Auto.
I actually really like how my Bolt EV does it. The only thing that’s on screen that shouldn’t be is the seat heater controls.
- Comment on Time for a compromise. 1 month ago:
“just to be the man who walked one kilomile and fall down at your door” doesn’t have the same ring
- Comment on Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing 1 month ago:
I wish they’d at least release the controller. I know they probably want to do it all at once but that shouldn’t be delayed with the rest of it if that’s all I want.
- Comment on YSK that murder is now legal in California. Fully legal. Slaughter a family of four by driving over the speed limit. Go home. 1 month ago:
I don’t have to. I can continue to down vote, report, and bitch in the comments
- Comment on Got wood? 2 months ago:
Wood be like
- Comment on Someone tries to hack you - no big deal. But you try to login and you have to jump through hoops 2 months ago:
I guarantee it was because of bitlocker and if you read the instructions on how to retrieve the key it would’ve worked fine
- Comment on Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me 2 months ago:
That depends how big the text is, which is my point
