Teppichbrand
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- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 9 hours ago:
I just talked to a friend a couple days ago, we’ll take a weekend off, do a hackaton to rebuild our sites in this style. Dithering the images looks really cool, I’d like to do his as well.
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 1 week ago:
- Comment on I'm something of an expert myself 3 weeks ago:
Never touch a running system
- Comment on Some people have it worse 5 weeks ago:
This is so strange of you start to think about it: A whole country decided to ask about your feelings, which is a super deep question. But it doesn’t accept anything other than “fine”. Like, you are not greeting someone by wishing them well, or peace or welcoming them, but by demanding a fixed fake answer to make the one who greets look like they are care. But they do not. So every conversation has to start with a lie by the person who was greeted first.
- Comment on Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensive 5 weeks ago:
Probably not new to anyone in here, but How I broke to with Adobe is great
- Comment on The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky 1 month ago:
Raspberry Pi 1b > DietPi > Pi-hole > Unbound
- Comment on Clean butt 2 months ago:
Punch a hole in the neck of a small water bottle using a (hot) needle or a cork screw. Fill the bottle with water, close the lit and spray your ass by holding the bottle upside down and squeezing it. I used this 1$ Ghetto-Bidet for years!
- Comment on Clean butt 2 months ago:
Nah, it’s great, seriously. Saves me a cup of coffee in the morning. :)
- Comment on Clean butt 2 months ago:
This is from a German shop but I’m sure you’ll find this everywhere. It’s dirt cheap and or family uses it daily for years.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Impressive, thanks! I’ve cited this from my memory for at least a decade. I used to listen to him when I went to sleep. :)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
“My Chancellor says we should not indulge in superficial anti-Americanism now, but I assure you: Mine is not superficial at all.”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Wanna watch it with my 6 and 9 year olds soon. Is it that sad?! I skipped through it and it looked nice.
- Comment on Starbucks Baristas Aren't Writing Messages On Your Cup By Choice 4 months ago:
“Welcome to Costco, I love you”
- Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books 4 months ago:
Probably no, as its firmware auto-updates and they closed the jailbreak a year or two ago. But who knows, put it in airplane mode and check it.
- Comment on Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month 4 months ago:
Wait, rainbow capitalism wasn’t sincere?!
- Comment on Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. 4 months ago:
My life is 100% degoogled. Took some time but I like it very much. Recently, I switched from OsmAnd (complex) to OrganicMaps (simple) and it’s great. I don’t get the traffic information, but this is how it is when there is noone tracking phones. I pay 1€ a month for Posteo-email and sync my contacts plus three calendars from them to my phone with DAVx³. It’s perfect.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
But storage is getting cheaper and cheaper as we move further into renewables. The storage problem is not unfixable, it’s being solved just like the gas station and road paving problem was solved during the automobile revolution. The beginning of something is always messy, problems and mistakes happen. But we are a clever species and we are working on it. Fuck these men who want to keep burning our planet, I won’t be discouraged.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 7 months ago:
Like I just discovered, shared and mourned in my post that got deleted? I really don’t understand what’s going on here. :)
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
The fossil industry, which earns 1 billion dollars a day since the 1970s, won’t go down without a fight. They are very powerful, able to start wars and overthrow governments. These fossil destroyers know they are dying, but they will fight back to keep the money flowing in. The best we can do is drain their business model by going renewable as fast as we can. Nuclear is not an option anymore, they know that as well, it’s already way too expensive. But they use it anyway to buy some time. Making more money while we are debating it.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 7 months ago:
This one was, obviously. I wrote Oh no! and posted it. I obviously wasn’t trying to sell this as my opinion, calm down!
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
I’ll post this here again. This is just the beginning, we’re like five years into a every revolution and you are drumming against it because you’re not convinced. Get out of the way, boomer!
Germany has over 400 MW of solar-plus-storage projects under development, with notable installations like a 100 MW/200 MWh battery system in Bavaria. California leads globally with 6,600 MW of battery storage already operational and an additional 1,900 MW expected by year-end, totaling 8,500 MW. By 2045, California aims to expand its capacity to 52,000 MW. Australia is also scaling rapidly, with around 9 GW of utility-scale battery projects underway or completed.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 7 months ago:
Then tell me about it instead of downvoting! I’d love a custom rom for my car and was obviously not happy about the AI answer.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 7 months ago:
Yeah I obviously did, because I wanted to know the answer and share it with you. Why would that be a bad thing?
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 7 months ago:
Oh no:
It is theoretically possible to replace the operating system of an electric car with an open-source or custom alternative, similar to flashing a custom ROM on Android smartphones. However, in practice, this comes with significant challenges. Here’s an overview:
Theoretical Feasibility
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Hardware Compatibility:
- Electric vehicles rely on specific hardware components (e.g., control units, sensors, actuators) that are tightly integrated with the operating system.
- A custom operating system would need to understand and control this hardware. However, the underlying hardware specifications (APIs, protocols) are often proprietary and not publicly available.
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Software Architecture:
- Modern electric cars use highly complex software architectures that include real-time operating systems, safety-critical systems, and user-facing interfaces.
- A replacement OS would need to handle safety-critical functions (like braking and steering) as well as infotainment features.
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Open-Source Efforts:
- There are initiatives like Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), which aim to create open-source software for vehicles. However, these are typically designed for automakers and not readily available for end-user modification.
Practical Challenges
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Safety Risks:
- Operating safety-critical functions such as braking, propulsion, and battery management requires certified software.
- Modifying the software introduces safety risks, which can have serious consequences, especially on public roads.
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Legal Barriers:
- Many countries mandate that vehicles operate only with approved software to ensure compliance with safety and emissions regulations.
- Modifying the vehicle’s software could result in the loss of roadworthiness certification.
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Technical Restrictions:
- Manufacturers often use encryption and digital signatures to protect access to the vehicle’s software.
- Replacing the operating system would require bypassing these security measures, which could be legally and technically problematic.
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Lack of Community Support:
- Unlike smartphones or PCs, there is currently no large-scale community actively developing user-friendly open-source operating systems for electric vehicles.
Examples from Practice
- Some enthusiasts and hackers have managed to modify software on vehicles like Tesla cars to add custom features or access internal data. However, these projects remain experimental and risky.
- Initiatives like Comma.ai focus on creating aftermarket autonomy systems, demonstrating the challenges of modifying or replacing existing systems.
Conclusion
Replacing the operating system of an electric car is theoretically possible but practically extremely difficult due to legal, technical, and safety-critical constraints. While it could be an exciting project for hobbyists and developers, any modifications would likely render the vehicle unfit for legal road use in most jurisdictions.
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- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
Another problem arises when your generation 63.688 after today and still have to keep maintaining deadly waste from nations that don’t exist anymore, because they produced “cheap” and “clean” every for a couple of decades.
Come on, Jesus died like 2000 years ago, this stuff will haunt us for centuries. Arguing in favor of nuclear energy is just selfish and shortsighted. - Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 7 months ago:
1000005010. Don’t feed the troll 💩
- Comment on pump up the jamz 7 months ago:
A little off topic, did you ever watch this recreation of the song? Blows my mind!
- Comment on Screenshots of texts from other social media are pretty boomer-ish 7 months ago:
White on black, perfection
- Comment on Magic Beneath The Forests 7 months ago:
Fantastic Fungi, great documentary!
