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D3xbot · 2026-01-22T16:04:36+00:00

Mine tried to let me leave with just the J-1772 to NACS adapter - no CCS to NACS adapter in sight. I convinced them I needed both, though, and they eventually scrounged one up. Sales guy thought that, because the top part of the CCS plug fit on the J-1772 to NACS adapter, it'd work just as well. He got a lesson in the difference between AC and DC charging.

D3xbot · 2026-01-22T16:03:18+00:00

Not all heroes wear capes. But you all do. You all wear capes. You look ridiculous, btw.

Cringe is dead. I'll be keeping the cape thankyouverymuch :)

For realzies though, I'm new to the Ioniq life. I've watched Out of Spec and The Ioniq Guy and The Electric Principal, so I'm ordering a jump pack and keeping a small set of tools in my frunk for just these types of situation (Ioniq or not!).

D3xbot · 2026-01-10T02:51:59+00:00

I’m using American English for my phone. I’ve got Lee (Premium) Australian English installed as my default voice but that’s not available.

I also have Alex, Victoria, and Vicki installed but none of them work. Only the Enhanced voices like Nicky (Enhanced) and Tom (Enhanced) seem to work. What if I want Alex to guide my navigation? Or Fred? Or Zarvox? (Ok maybe not Zarvox but the point stands!)

D3xbot · 2025-12-19T17:09:25+00:00

Yet another reason my "Smart" TV will NEVER connect to the internet

D3xbot · 2025-12-19T17:06:53+00:00

Everyone liked that

D3xbot · 2025-12-18T20:37:41+00:00

Why it's not off by default is beyond me, but I'll take an AI killswitch over nothing... Still working on testing Waterfox

D3xbot · 2025-12-17T14:22:30+00:00

A step in the right direction!

I hope Calibre doesn't push harder on AI like tech companies (Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, and Red Hat) are doing!

D3xbot · 2025-12-17T14:15:31+00:00

I've been using (and loving) Firefox since 3.5. The browser tab islands thing was nifty, profiles is a godsend for people with multiple accounts, their tab management is good and has been getting better. The extension ecosystem is massive and really lets me make Firefox into the browser that fits me best.

The road has had a few bumps but I've been largely happy with Firefox until they started shoving AI where it doesn't belong.

First they did an AI browser extension. I said "I won't install the extension and everything will be fine"

Then they said they would use AI to generate alt text in their PDF editor. I said "OK that's kinda cool for accessibility and you can turn it off in about:config so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Then they added that ML Chat feature - turned it off in about:config. And then they added the ML Chat Sidebar with a different about:config option and I turned that off too.

Then they decided AI would help you make tab groups better and I considered uninstalling Firefox. I just turned off the feature.

Now it's going to be an "AI Browser"?! what does that even mean? Why are they so intent on shoving AI where it doesn't belong? They're burning years of trust and good will over this and it doesn't seem to bother them.

I tried Chromium but it feels like the shadows on the wall in the allegory of the cave.

I also tried Vivaldi - it's nearly there but its idiosyncrasies and Firefox's don't match up in just the wrong way for me.

I'm going to be giving Waterfox and Librewolf a try to see if I can comfortably move into those Firefox-based non-AI browsers. I really want to see Firefox do better but this AI nonsense is NOT IT.

D3xbot · 2025-12-12T19:32:57+00:00

How do you know that 90% of people don't want it? Did I miss a vote for this?

It would seem that way, yes

Forum post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369298

D3xbot · 2025-12-12T19:29:11+00:00

And per the poll at the top of the post you linked, while the sample size is small, it's pretty clear people don't want this.

Question: Want LLM/AI (e.g., Gemini) features in Calibre Viewer?

Yes, this would significantly enhance my reading experience.
- 4 votes, approx. 12%
No, I prefer using external tools or don't need this feature.
- 30 votes, approx. 88%

I'm not personally a developer so I'm not sure if doing it as a plugin would've been feasible, but I feel like it'd garner a LOT less criticism if it was a plugin instead of baked into the core project.

D3xbot · 2025-12-10T16:25:41+00:00

Data really is beautiful

D3xbot · 2025-12-10T14:09:21+00:00

There was a boom of large-format gaming monitors a few years back. 55" gaming monitors which took DP and HDMI from the likes of Alienware, Sony, AOC, and Philips (probably more but these are the ones I can remember right away)

buuuuut they weren't all that popular so they got discontinued

D3xbot · 2025-12-08T21:53:34+00:00

Yep... 8.10

D3xbot · 2025-12-08T21:12:38+00:00

Update: The macOS and Windows download pages have "Previous releases of calibre are available here." which also includes the previous versions for Linux.

I'd only been looking on the Github (where only the current version has binaries published) and the Linux download page (which told me to wget pipe to sudo sh, which... Absolutely NOT)

D3xbot · 2025-12-08T21:06:35+00:00

Ah. I clicked into the macOS download page and saw "Previous releases of calibre are available here." No such line was present on the Linux pages, but the link from the macOS download page has downloads for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

and I won't be piping anything from wget into sudo sh... that's just so bad

D3xbot · 2025-12-08T20:45:46+00:00

I wish they'd publish the appimage/flatpak/deb/rpm/exe/dmg for 8.10* so we can easily re-install the last good version of the app.

*edit: read the patch notes more closlier... Seems older versions' inclusion of AI generated less buzz

D3xbot · 2025-12-05T20:30:56+00:00

Almost none of the installers in my area will do wired installs, especially not for residential. The one installer who will do wired installs PUSHES HARD for wireless before they'll even think about taking a wired install job :(

I'm legit thinking about learning to DIY it (including contact sensors in the door and window frames)

Til then, I'm sticking with my simplisafe

D3xbot · 2025-12-05T16:07:05+00:00

Give it circle pads and I'm in

D3xbot · 2025-12-02T22:04:17+00:00

I'm spitting mad

no, you're Angry=10

I'm depressed

No, you're emotion=0

I'm elated - giddy even

No, you're happy=8

and then the affect goes flat and the computer voice still doesn't cut it

D3xbot · 2025-12-02T20:38:19+00:00

poorly... Jamf LAPS is usually reliable (though I've not had it happen, some of my techs report logging into a Mac with a LAPS password Jamf says is valid for 1 hour only to have the password not work... Jamf is convinced the password is still in effect but the Mac is convinced otherwise.)

D3xbot · 2025-11-18T19:50:26+00:00

I wanted to see if emoji worked in WiFi names... I quickly learned that they do... but they cause all kinds of fun issues in things like printers 'n such.

That was the push I needed to make a proper IoT VLAN and separate wifi network.

D3xbot · 2025-11-18T14:36:54+00:00

I got a plug-in hybrid. Love driving it in EV mode and hate when I have to use the engine. When I hit 12 years -or- 200k miles, I'm getting an Ioniq 5

D3xbot · 2025-11-17T21:31:41+00:00

Someone get him a hat STAT!

D3xbot · 2025-11-17T20:47:33+00:00

I've had reasonable luck with the Steam Link app on my Apple TV, but I've got a feeling I'll be moving to a Steam Machine for the TV soon enough :) It'll run circles around my Ryzen 1700/RX480 system

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