madnificent

I'm in your boat but I also care about the planet. I know that not doing everything for commuters today, will mean I will not be able to enjoy my mx5 na, 944 and similar in the future.

I think us petrolheads have a choice: make sure as much as possible is turned green or stop dreaming about true lightfooted joy on the road in the future. I'm thus very positive about electric cars because they are great for almost everyone and most fears are just not warranted. I want as many dinosaur burners as possible to be replaced as quickly as possible so 15 years down the road I can step in a Mercedes W123 or old Citroen DS and know where I am by the smell of it.

Just about everything I drive now is electric. The first gen Model S is okay in terms of communication, even though it weighs too much it is mechanical. It is too fast to be fun. The last gen BMW i3 is zippy and quite fun to drive but many assume they need 400km range on a daily basis and it's not that. If budget doesn't matter, I assume a first gen Tesla Roadster should effectively be fun if you retrofit the charger, it convinced many reporters in its day. The electric drivetrain really lends itself to feeling one with the machine.

We should have our voices heard. We want light communicative cars. But we should get as many as possible on the EV train if we want to enjoy our old toys in the future.

Updated my comment to reflect this. Thanks for clearing out the confusion.

There is a standard connector which existed before big screens landed in cars, the OBD2 connector. Dongles are cheap and you can read the output from your phone or computer. Some dongles support bluetooth. The connector is mandated in some markets and I guess that makes it less interesting to add a redundant interface inside of the car. It's fun to try if you're interested. Manufacturers can extend the error codes IIRC.

Tesla has a service mode on the display through which you can scan the car for faults, run a battery test, ... It is password protected but the password is publicly available.

This is a great overview. Some extra notes:

Linux will be sluggish running "live" off the usb stick. Do poke around but know it will be faster running from the laptop's SSD.

For a way to install onto a USB stick, check Balena Etcher. I guess there are better tools out there but this worked for me every time I tried it, seems to work on windows too, and I found it intuitive.

FP5 using e/OS here showing the same artifacts.

I have no beef in this, but I think the fastest charging car on the European continent is currently the Lotus Emeya. However, it can't reach its maximum charge speed on Tesla Superchargers due to voltage limitations there. I did not study this in depth but perhaps worth checking it out if you want to prove your point. I would enjoy reading what either of you discover regardless of the ourcome.

I agree, elections should be held fairly or should be held again. I'm not sure what to say to naysayers claiming the establishment controls the results. I also wonder how we can ensure this doesn't get misused.

It would be great to have broad discussions around the topic and apply these measures when things get out of hand.

I think we must stop personalised automated (selection of) content towards end-users for anything that might be political (and possibly just anything). There could be a place for such systems if the biases and tracking can easily be controlled by end-users such that they could easily apply other points of view.

Naah it's ok. Rigged elections are akin to saying something awful you didn't mean when someone pissed you off. Can't put the toothpaste back into the tube, they say. But at some point you do have to clean it up and take another tube lest your teeth will rot.

Slightly different but I coupled the FiiO FH3 with the Qudelix 5k and I find it quite enjoyable. I've added a Lavalier microphone for taking calls. Bluetooth distance is good and sound quality is great to my untrained ears.

Still have to figure out the cable management with both Lav mic and IEMs. Aside from that it's been a joy to use.

Many lights flicker around mains frequency (can be half or double IIRC). Incadecent lights don't respond very quickly and so the flickering is a lot less noticable.

Cheap LED lights are mains powered and flicker similar to cheap fluorescent bulbs. With a good rectifier and transformer the flicker should be way above visible frequency. LED dimming on cheaper constructions works by phase cutting which creates an even harsher on/off cycle and doesn't feel that great. I don't know how to know it was produced well and "expensive" doesn't do the trick it seems.

Cheaper LED lights also don't emit the full visible spectrum of light to produce white. The light itself looks correct but when it bounces off the wall (or other objects) the color of that object doesn't look right. That's why you may experience a tone shift when taking pictures under an LED light (ie: you could look more green).

I don't know how to buy this right but the color can be bettered by buying CR95 lamps or similar. This rating identifies the spectrum of color.

For the flickering I don't know of a rating but when you DIY led strips with a dimmer you can choose a good power source and a dimmer which acts at a high enough frequency such as 1khz to mitigate the flickering effect.

Thanks for this.

Turns out it is road legal! The silly drivetrain is quite interesting as it literally contains rocks.

I run e/OS on a FP5. I ran e/OS on a Essential PH-1 before and going back to a phone with Google installed just didn't sit right with me. I did not feel like I could trust the device even after trying to toggle as much of the creepy spying off. As if there's still someone probably looking over your shoulder because you configured something wrong.

It is not perfect, but it is easy to use and full-featured. All regular apps feel great and battery life is good. I still use specific Google services (such as the calendar for work) but no specific Google apps. I guess Maps is the biggest challenge now but alternatives are good enough to get around with.

You can run Android apps. Not sure about payed Android apps. I try to install FOSS apps through the integrated f-droid store if they're available there. Installing app store apps sometimes fails because Google blocked the installer. I could install everything so far when needed (including banking apps and specific apps for the vacuum cleaner and such). Sometimes the Android app store apps don't update for a while and I don't notice.

I don't use Murena's services but self-host Nextcloud. Based on the information they send I think they're doing a great job for their size.

I flashed the FP5 myself with a beta of e/OS when it was just out because the other phone was broken and (again) I did not feel right with the spying demon in my pocket with native Android. You could flash your device too.

It's comfortable on this side. If you have further specific questions, shoot.