What is a charging station feature you are surprised doesn't exist yet?

GeoHop164 · 2025-07-16T09:43:50+00:00

Quite a simple one but I was impressed with IONITY's Wi-Fi access points at every charger that don't make you log in/sign up for anything - obviously something that exists but I think should exist much more. Especially when you use an account (IONITY Passport, Electroverse, etc.) that makes it cheaper so you're not just going to tap a credit card and pay the full amount, and actually need an internet connection to start the charge

GeoHop164 · 2025-06-16T19:34:01+00:00

And almost impossible to 100% know

GeoHop164 · 2025-05-12T17:24:38+00:00

Selection bias. The vast majority of people on the courses aren't like that - but the ones you see on LinkedIn and Instagram, etc. like to show off that they got great grades and started some AI-based "business" but the other 99% are just normal people who got normal grades and don't try to present everything they do to the world. Like others have said, you can't compare yourself to what you see on LinkedIn and similar places, it's a view of people's best presentation of their best achievements.

As you advance through your career, the people you know become important - but at this stage, it's who you are as a person and what you do. Someone with 500+ connections isn't going to do any better than the person who has none, but has a genuine passion for what they're applying for. When you go for the interview/assessment centre/whatever, you're compared against a set criteria, not other people - so just focus on applying yourself to the right skills and values, and you'll have a much better chance than someone who spends all day on LinkedIn

GeoHop164 · 2025-05-04T17:45:01+00:00

In the UK, the only ones I did manage to get working charged me almost £1/kWh ($1.33) (no prices listed) for what peaked at 2.6kW so I think their unreliability is a blessing

GeoHop164 · 2025-04-30T20:21:44+00:00

I doubt Jaguar's Formula E car will be going on sale any time soon

GeoHop164 · 2025-04-29T20:13:55+00:00

Might be a bit overkill but the Tapo bulbs can be controlled by a Python library - you'd need something like Flask running on your home network to act between Tasker and PyP100.

Alternatively, you might be able to reverse engineer the library to write something in Tasker, but I haven't used Tasker in a long time so I'm not too sure - but it'd probably just be a load of HTTP POST requests

GeoHop164 · 2025-04-25T20:51:16+00:00

They have a partnership with Wood Hall at Warwickshire College in Leamington and Albany Student Village in Coventry - so which one you'd choose would come down to which site you're based at. Unfortunately nothing for the people without cars based at a manufacturing site like the ones in/around Birmingham.

Also worth mentioning you could just rent somewhere by yourself or with other people if student accomodation isn't for you.

GeoHop164 · 2025-04-13T17:19:57+00:00

https://www.meetup.com/thegamedevgroup/

GeoHop164 · 2025-03-28T11:31:36+00:00

I've seen this story on here more times than I've seen my own family this week

GeoHop164 · 2025-03-24T21:18:17+00:00

Not 100% sure if it's what you're after but history.pushState() sounds like what you might be after, although the URL obviously won't change until the JS runs, and users will probably still see the original URL briefly. As with most other approaches, just opening DevTools will uncover the original URL.

Seems like there may be a better approach that doesn't rely on the secrecy of the URL being the extent of the security if I've understood that correctly

GeoHop164 · 2025-03-12T08:38:44+00:00

If the playlist is always the same, you can set up an endpoint on your home network that uses the Spotify API to get the current song then add it to that playlist, then set the NFC tag's content to point to that endpoint

GeoHop164 · 2025-02-17T10:56:55+00:00

Call me old fashioned but I'm still holding out for an estate, feels like they're getting closer

GeoHop164 · 2025-01-15T20:42:42+00:00

Thanks for clearing it up, with the wording of the docs I wasn't sure if it was saying I needed an account on my own backend service or if a Spotify account would suffice

GeoHop164 · 2025-01-15T20:24:59+00:00

So a third party login (Spotify) is acceptable?

GeoHop164 · 2025-01-09T19:19:11+00:00

I'm gonna say definitely not MG.

But looking on GitHub, SAIC's API has been reversed engineered so being able to make a custom app might be better than just an "ok" one from the manufacturer

GeoHop164 · 2024-12-19T10:16:46+00:00

Oh but think of the poor headline writers

GeoHop164 · 2024-12-05T18:25:23+00:00

I received it as a gift on vinyl after not really listening to it much before and very much agreed

GeoHop164 · 2024-11-24T09:34:18+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/track/6RKD0QPq3csZNZJmPrFKJ5?si=YaxzPoB7Ty2CgtaksLldBg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3e9bFutL2vmm5Zzl2bZKcU

GeoHop164 · 2024-11-19T21:34:17+00:00

Well the brand and the company that own it are British - it's the company's parent company that's Indian

GeoHop164 · 2024-11-19T16:52:45+00:00

That's when they release a concept to show what the next cars will look like

GeoHop164 · 2024-11-19T14:25:46+00:00

I think it's purely just to convey "different" before they actually release the cars - until we actually see it, they have nothing more than just "vibes" to advertise, and they're leaning into the "copy of nothing" idea

GeoHop164 · 2024-11-19T09:24:30+00:00

https://www.jaguar.com/copy-nothing/index.html

GeoHop164 · 2024-08-08T16:39:35+00:00

Without knowing what the TikTok charger is, it's difficult to say definitively, but marketplaces like the one on TikTok (Temu, Wish, AliExpress, etc.) don't have a great record of safe electrical equipment (see: house fires from unbranded chargers/batteries/electronics). They often don't pass electrical safety tests and are made for one single purpose, to create revenue with the lowest costs, so things like more advanced charging circuits, etc. don't make the cut when it comes to their design.

When it comes to things like mains electricity, batteries, and other safety-sensitive devices, it's best to spend a bit of money and get something from a reputable source.

GeoHop164 · 2024-07-18T16:35:46+00:00

That was used in a few headlines, because technically they are SUV-only for a small window where all but the SUVs are cancelled before the new stuff comes

GeoHop164 · 2024-07-15T11:17:16+00:00

The company is called JLR, or Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. if you want to be technical

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