turmacar

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[–] turmacar 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

IFixit is generally good quality/value in my experience if it's actually them and not some knockoff/drop shipper. Granted haven't had a need to buy anything of theirs for years because the one I have keeps being great.

That kit is $40 on their site. Weird that it's cheaper on Amazon in the first place.

[–] turmacar 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neat!

One of my few remaining Google dependencies is maps and timeline. I just like having that data somewhere and most of the FOSS stuff I've seen previously is piecemeal at best. Will have to play with this.

[–] turmacar 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I regret that I have but one upvote to give to this comment.

The only addition I have is the glorification/growth of Section 31. They were introduced as the baddies because they are the antithesis of what the Federation is. As a foil they're at least a gateway to interesting variations on "do the ends justify the means" and ""are short term solutions acceptable while sacrificing long term ones". Which the Federation classically would answer with a resounding "No".

But sci-fi Black Ops is "cool" and The Expanse was popular so lets get on that bandwagon apparently. (I love The Expanse, but different things should be different.)

[–] turmacar 5 points 1 month ago

Are you conflating the chicken tax and the 25 year rule for imports?

My Kei truck is licensed as a "non-highway vehicle" in WA. Not using it as farm equipment at all.

Agreed that the US doesn't have the equivalent incentives that made the KEI category a thing in the first place in Japan.

[–] turmacar 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You just described a water heater.

One that would potentially store heat at super dangerous pressures of steam granted.

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Yeah that'd be brutal on the battery chemistry, probably need a wired sensor. Doesn't get that cold here but was having similar issues in the negatives. Unfortunately there seem to be less options and they're more expensive for wired last I looked, but it's been awhile.

[–] turmacar 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

FWIW with zigbee I've had better luck with zigbee2MQTT and then using MQTT. If nothing else it made it a lot clearer what was/wasn't a router and what was just and end device than the native zigbee integration. ( I was getting very frustrated with a less capable no-neutral wall switch. )

Might just be placebo but it feels like there are cheaper/longer batterylife zigbee sensors than there are zwave.

[–] turmacar 48 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Will anyone be better than Tom?

Became everyone's friend, became a millionaire, retired, (so far?) avoided falling off the right wing conspiracy cliff. Kind of just a quiet dude.

[–] turmacar 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No the idea is the Left has a long history of infighting over which cause is most worthy or which step in the direction of progress to make to the detriment of making overall progress or actually working against the Right.

Letting "perfect be the enemy of good".

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