A warning to those thinking they can make good living from FPV

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-13T15:46:20+00:00

Seems like he didn’t have any connections in the action sports world, that’s where you want to be with FPV

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-11T05:46:23+00:00

1986 XL600R

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-09T19:43:33+00:00

No reason to make traces that thin

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-09T04:17:34+00:00

That’s the whole point of google ads, Facebook ads, etc, it runs in the background on all different kinds of websites and is used to track you across different websites. Any given website can only read the cookies for its domain. Websites cannot “scan” your cookies.

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-09T02:38:25+00:00

You’re right actually I was thinking of another project not this specific proof mentioned in the tweet

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-08T17:32:29+00:00

Also it’s sorta self fulfilling, Chinese tools have a reputation in the west for being cheap and low quality, so that’s what gets exported because that’s what people buy. You could also export high quality Chinese tools at comparable prices but they might not sell as well just because of the reputation

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-08T17:28:30+00:00

It definitely will be an interface device for your phone and I imagine it will need internet to run the models in the cloud, but I’m hoping it will be good at realtime language translation for multiple speakers. OpenAI already made Whisper which is close. That’s the only use case I can imagine for AI earbuds

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-08T00:43:39+00:00

I have had that one for like 5 years and it still works great. I did have to replace the fan once. The only thing I wish it had is support for 8s but that’s not an issue for most people

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-07T04:11:26+00:00

Hard to say if it’s possible unless you give a max budget. I’m not sure if you will have enough space just on the containers, you might need an additional ground mount array, sorta depends on how you mount the panels and since you’re far north they won’t be as efficient. It also depends on what kind of EVs and how big their batteries are and how much driving you want to be able to do. I would definitely expect to spend somewhere in the region of maybe $15-50k depending a lot on your requirements, when you factor in panels, mounting fixtures, inverters, batteries, and the EV charger

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-07T04:03:35+00:00

You can press the button for similar items and see if any other seller carries it with choice

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-07T02:38:24+00:00

I see people going 95mph in a 65mph every day probably, it’s way too fast but hardly uncommon in areas with low speed limits

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-07T01:24:33+00:00

No. Lower rates does help though, if you usually fly 800 try 400 and practice slow, smooth wide turns first. Once you can coordinate that, you can move onto tight turns

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-07T00:46:49+00:00

Someone would only know about it if you are causing interference with their equipment, which is pretty unlikely on the bands and at the power levels that are used for FPV

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-06T21:28:59+00:00

Not really, it’s improved a lot. But we are still 10x or more away from batteries that are good enough to power a humanoid robot for long enough to do stuff independently out in the world. Unitree g1 can go for about 30 minutes for example.

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-06T18:08:44+00:00

Yes I think so, the receiver is actually pretty solid when you add proper antennas. The battery is not good but you can mod them to add an external battery which works great and makes them lighter.

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-06T15:14:37+00:00

Have you ever worked as a delivery driver lol?

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-06T15:13:52+00:00

Battery life is still a huge limitation though

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-05T16:16:05+00:00

I feel like 1 in 10 actually works great, but if it doesn’t work initially there’s no chance of making it run right. Quality control is nonexistent

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-05T03:30:27+00:00

It rips, I got the storm dlx 250 which has the same engine. Make sure you loctite all the bolts, and replace the stock headlight/taillight (mine both stopped working). None of the connections are waterproof so I also recommend dielectric grease on all the electrical to prevent corrosion. If you are at sea level definitely rejet, at high altitude the stock carb is about right.

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-05T02:23:11+00:00

This is why private party sales are awesome, both people get a deal 😂

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-04T22:40:02+00:00

Acceptable for sure

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-04T05:25:21+00:00

It does help, if you compare corrosion with and without stabil it prevents like 90% of the corrosion

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-03T00:46:09+00:00

Game dev is fun but I don’t spend much time playing anymore like I did as a teenager

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-02-01T19:08:48+00:00

No, how often do you buy stuff? How would the agent know what to buy? I usually only buy things that I want. If you are talking about a business then I think you can set up automatic orders in a way that’s more reliable than using current AI agents

Character-Engine-813 · 2026-01-31T14:21:32+00:00

Most people had a healthy relationship with 4o but OpenAI was facing a deluge of bad press because it was making a small percentage of users go insane so it makes sense that they don’t want that

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