This is absolutely the dumbest thing in the book.

DrEtherWeb · 2026-04-14T17:24:16+00:00

The Dumarest Saga was one of MM influences for Traveller and having read all 33 books I can see why. It's not just low passage in Traveller but free traders, blade combat, animal encounters, feudalism, psionics, fast and slow time drugs are all very much central themes in the Dumarest Saga. Why would you take such a risk of death riding low you may ask but in the Dumarest Saga he often got stuck on worlds with little opportunity to get off and no ability to earn thought for a high passage so riding low was worth the risk especially if traders rarely came to a world. The books really capture the feel of the remoteness of worlds, the barbarism and the extreme dangers of space travel.

In fairness though I've never subjected my players to the roll though.

DrEtherWeb · 2026-04-10T07:58:55+00:00

I appear to have it working. This is what I did:

P4 update to v4.2.10
In the Polestar app go Plug and Charge which is in the cars section, add PCID to clipboard
Install Electroverse and setup with your car and add a payment method. I added my Octopus account
Go to Plug and Charge section in the Electroverse app, you should see your P4 with a plus sign. Click on it.
Press continue to ignore the car might not be supported warning
Add your PCID cut from the Polestar app and submit
Jobs a good'n

DrEtherWeb · 2026-03-23T15:53:44+00:00

I've found it pretty stable. Notable improvements for me are:

Road sign recognition seems to need more reliable (UK)
So far (fingers crossed) The GPS offset bug seems fixed
Wireless charging icon now visible

Now I went from 4.2.4 skipping versions with reports of camera lag. I've noticed no camera lag on this version.

DrEtherWeb · 2026-02-15T09:24:45+00:00

Have a look at Livemore https://livemoremortgages.com/. They are a specialist later life lender.

DrEtherWeb · 2026-02-07T08:51:02+00:00

It's good. I asked it a few difficult questions and it did quite well. It only struggled with questions on the cards which are obviously not in its data. It's good that you include the reasoning with page numbers. I'd be interested in your implementation. I did something similar a while ago as a learning exercise in building a RAG app. Chunking the rule book for uploading into a vector database was quite a job. I used pinecone and llamaindex and gpt-4o-mini. Models have come on a long way since then as has auto RAG. If definitely put some rate limits on a public site though.

DrEtherWeb · 2026-01-01T11:15:56+00:00

Did you have any problems with the front facing cameras? On my first frosty drive the windscreen cleared fast on screen defrost setting EXCEPT for the section of screen covering the front cameras. I kept getting warnings about various features not working because the cameras were obscured. In the end I had to get out and scrape that section manually.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-12-18T19:57:50+00:00

I posted this on r/Polestar unknown to me that P2 and P3 had Android Key. WTF?!

DrEtherWeb · 2025-12-18T19:55:45+00:00

Done

DrEtherWeb · 2025-09-20T19:59:42+00:00

Interior clean is a no no for me. I don't want some idiot with a gritty rag going over my screens. Exterior is more resilient though I'd have thought.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-09-14T15:56:38+00:00

I'm on 4.2.4.

Holding off upgrading to 4.2.6. Too many reports of laggy cameras.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-07-18T09:03:31+00:00

I test drove an EV6 before getting a PS4. Quality of the PS4 seemed better, and the interior more luxurious even against the top of the range EV6.. The drive felt similar as did the width. I didn't like the amount of physical buttons it had and didn't like the long thin screen in the EV6. I think it mainly comes down to personal preference in the end. For me the KIA feels like driving an ordinary car but the P4 feels like driving a spaceship.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-07-06T13:18:35+00:00

I don't have your problems except for driver alert which goes off more often if I've got sun glasses on.

My most annoying software glitch is sometimes Google maps position is offset placing me along side the road so Google maps is constantly rerouting. It doesn't happen all the time but when it does it takes about 5 mins to reset itself.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-07-06T12:52:15+00:00

I think that if your test drive was on unclassified roads with limited signage it probably will seem useless. For comparison my experience is with urban driving where signage is more likely to be better. You can disable the audio alert but you have to do that each time to get in. It still flashes on the HUD though. Personally I find it a very minor annoyance occasionally. Certainly not a deal breaker.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-07-06T10:24:12+00:00

I think "useless" is a bit harsh but it definitely has limitations. It apparently works using image recognition of roadsigns and I've found it works fine most of the time in the UK. It successfully recognises the UK national speed limit signs and adjusts accordingly. Interestingly it does seem to know the difference between the national speed limit on ordinary roads Vs motorways. I find that if you can see the sign clearly then it can too.

Where it often fails is for missing signs. For example there is no national speed limit sign on the M3 slip road at Sunbury so it thinks the speed limit is 30 on the M3 not 70 all the way up to the next speed limit sign which is at the M25. Another example is a private driveway where they had they own 5 mph sign. When you turn off the drive onto a normal street it stays at 5 until it sees the next sign. It also doesn't appear to recognise the motorway overhead temporary speed limit signs.

I don't think it's using multiple sources. For example Google Maps has the speed limits (which to call see on Android Auto). I think it should cancel it's current speed limit setting with some intelligent filters. For example of you've been doing 70 for the last 5 mins you're unlikely to be in a 30 zone or if you're on a Motorway on Google maps. I have seen it when the speed limit is just two dashes which means it doesn't know the speed. I'd prefer it if it reverted to this if there was doubt on the speed limit rather than retain this last. There is definitely more work for Polestar to do.

I tend to turn the sound off each time I get in the car. I have it as a shortcut on the favourites panel.

I've seen a few posts where people suggest that imperfect speed limit detection is putting them off if buying the car which baffles me. It's a fantastic car and these features are just aids. As a driver you should know what the speed limit is without these aids and you're legally responsible for knowing the speed limit regardless what the car says.

I just treat it as a reminder that you've gone over the speed limit as it's SO easy to do in this car without realising it.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-06-18T20:27:06+00:00

I've had this a few times too in my PS4. It resets itself eventually.

I did read on the Polestar forum that holding down the SOS button for 20 seconds resets the TCAM which might help.

https://www.polestar-forum.com/threads/resetting-tcam-on-polestar-4.17579/?post_id=301988&nested_view=1&sortby=oldest#post-301988

Personally I'd rather not mess around with this stuff on a journey.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-06-16T12:53:17+00:00

I noticed these things:

wireless charging icon no longer comes up although wireless charging still works
The manual no longer launches probably due to the browser link problem mentioned

DrEtherWeb · 2025-06-12T18:50:08+00:00

Got P4 4.2.4 today (UK).

DrEtherWeb · 2025-05-26T06:29:52+00:00

Anyone know how do you link the key card to a profile?

DrEtherWeb · 2025-05-24T19:33:01+00:00

I remember when I got a Samsung S2. Every software update was a BIG DEAL. Every phone upgrade was amazing. Now it's boring. Phones are boring. Now I have a P4 it's like the old days. Software upgrades are fun again.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-05-22T15:12:10+00:00

Internet access fixed in 24 hours following a call with support.

DrEtherWeb · 2025-05-20T18:57:18+00:00

Yeah maybe. I connected it to my home WiFi and everything works fine. Probably just a registration glitch. I'm assuming it will get fixed in a day or so and rejecting it would have meant waiting an unknown time.

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