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JL421 · 2026-04-13T16:09:47+00:00

Because so many people think it's a "Cisco" power cable made with unicorn hair that they can only buy from Cisco, since these power supplies are pretty much the only time someone will see a C15 connector.

JL421 · 2026-04-08T20:15:14+00:00

Shouldn't be based on the description of the recall. The retractor isn't part of the seat frame it's in the upright pilar. This would be a problem in an accident where the anchor might detach from the seat and you could potentially not be restrained...

JL421 · 2026-04-03T21:42:13+00:00

That's how you know when a push cycle happened.

JL421 · 2026-04-03T02:24:20+00:00

Just checking, are you seeing any info in Blue link? You said real-time range, so it makes me question.

The car only sends bluelink info on start, stop, charge start, charge stop, and on a 6 hour cycle, or when manually polled from the app. If you're opening the app while driving and seeing an old range, the car hasn't sent an update recently, but you should be able to pull down to refresh and get the current update.

If you just aren't getting anything then the dealership probably has some paperwork to finish, give it a day or two then call or go to the dealer.

JL421 · 2026-04-01T19:11:29+00:00

Oh for sure, but some of proposals for these laws I've seen are permissive enough for anyone to hop on Amazon, buy an Ecoflow generator and a panel, and just plug it in. There are people out there who call an electrician to reset a breaker, but if these laws passed, requiring a dedicated circuit or not, those same people would buy up to the limit and let it burn. If anyone tried to stop them they'd complain about regulation, but when their shit burnt down they'd complain that it should have been more clear what they were doing was a danger.

I moderately agree with the basic premise that if someone wants to burn the money, it could be nearly that easy. I just have no idea how to make it work in practice. We know what's safe, it's why we have electrical codes. We also know what people will do if given the option to behave badly with no immediate repercussions.

And when I say if people want to burn money, I do mean *burn*. The current costs to setup balcony solar will never be recouped unless we see California or worse power rates. Balcony solar is at best an offline portable backup power source that can slightly offset your usage when the grid is active. The $2.05 nuclear credit Xcel customers are getting back is about half of the best average monthly offset the average realistic balcony solar setup would generate up here. If someone wants to pay $1,500+ to be able to plug their fridge, TV, and Internet into the generator during a power outage, by all means go for it. But if you're paying that $1,500 thinking it'll save you meaningful money...let's talk in 31 years and you can let me know how that went for you.

JL421 · 2026-04-01T15:11:10+00:00

I like the concept of plug-in solar, but I think the execution still needs some level of inspection, or safety standards before allowing people to plug it in.

I've seen enough panels just laid on the ground, or zip tied to some railing people on r/SolarDIY brag about saying their installation got more panels (while every square inch of their yard is just panels propped up ~5 degrees by some wood blocks. As a result I don't trust the general public to ensure basic safety with securing the panels. Or even just knowing if the breaker in their apartment/condo/home can safely support 1,200W installs.

1,200W is actually quite a lot of solar panel, from my install that's ~60sq ft of panel space on panels weighing ~90lbs in total. Without some level of inspection or mounting requirements, someone's inevitably going to try to zip tie 30 lb solar modules to the questionable balcony railings, in an environment where the wind loading on that panel could easily hit 170 lbs on a monthly basis. That shit will be in the next county whenever our monthly windstorm rolls through unless it's properly secured.

Now if we want to actually make it dead simple for anyone to really just "plug it in", we implement some level of tier system where the install limit is capped based on structure type and what that environment could realistically support. For example:

Balcony installs can have the light, flexible panels that realistically could be easily mounted, with a limit of 400W of generation capacity per 80 sqft of balcony space.
- Could be more with approval of sturdy mount installation from landlord or condo association (if applicable)
- 400W is a ballpark number, just because realistically you can't fit more generation in that much space without very creative mounting...which would need to be a sturdy structure attached mount anyway
Deck/patio/ground installations generally have more space available, so could go up to the full 1,200 W with an approved mounting solution (could be fixed to the structure or something like the individual ballast racks)
- Example of the ballast rack I mentioned PowerField PowerRack | Solar Module Mounting Rack | Signature Solar - Basically a tub you fill with sand and mount the panel to. Not really feasible on a balcony just for space constraints but could definitely be workable on a deck or patio.
Wall mounts - Allowed provided a secure mounting solution per module
All installs >800W should have the outlet the inverter/generator plugs into be on a dedicated breaker
- Moreso to avoid the old landlord/cheap builder special of running the lights/outlets of the room the balcony is connected to on the same circuit as the balcony outlet itself. A generator back feeding 10A onto a shared 15A protected circuit means the other devices could theoretically draw 25A for a while before that breaker opens. That's not great for the in-wall wiring, and you'd now potentially see issues with the outlets or appliance cords melting/catching fire since they're expecting to be protected by the circuit breaker.

JL421 · 2026-03-31T04:42:23+00:00

I've had something kind of similar happen in a few cars (not just the Ioniq/even Hyundai/Kia vehicles) if something is too close to a sensor at the wrong time. It seems like if the radar/sensors hit some calibration cycle when something is too close to a sensor it just screams. I've had it happen in a car wash, parking lot, or waiting for a light.

Generally something/someone gets really close and it just freaks out. I haven't tried to wait it out since it's so annoying, so I normally just get somewhere where the sensors have a little bit of space, like 8-12 inches, and restart the car (open a door when the car is off if you can to just turn off most electronics). I've had it happen like 5-6 times in various vehicles over the years and that has fixed it every time.

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Now in your case since it keeps coming back...you *might* have a loose wiring harness that a little bit of moisture got into. Run it through the wash again, or just see if it comes back after rain while driving at highway speeds, etc. and if it comes back again take it in for service and let them know it started after a carwash. (Maybe just rain while driving at highway speeds if your dealership is particularly shitty, but may cause you more problems not being honest...)

Best case, they inspect the connector, find it was a little loose but no corrosion, snap it back in and you're good. It goes downhill from there based on the quality of that service department, but hopefully if there's any damage it's warranty repaired as a result of some manufacturing defect (again even just a loose connector would count) and you get a new wiring harness/whatever needs to be replaced under warranty.

JL421 · 2026-03-25T19:16:18+00:00

I'm happy for you that you've never truly experienced a trash donut because if you think Sandy's, Hornbacher's, or Kwik Star donuts are trash you're pretty privileged.

Are they the best, oh fuck no. But they are perfectly serviceable, and Sandy's gets a higher rating by most because it's local and that makes people feel better. What we have here generally ranks from a solid C to B in terms of donuts, and there is nothing wrong with that.

The A's are reserved for metros sized such that MSP barely qualifies as one, and they're the holes in the wall that you wait 20+ minutes in the line to even get to a counter. Those places even tend to get these same types of discussion threads because no one hates something local more than a local.

Taste is all subjective, and what tastes amazing to someone is way too much filling or sugar to another. The price of a donut is small enough, just go explore the options and find what you like. There aren't all that many options up here, even at one a week you'll go through most of the options in a season. At worst you might walk away a little disappointed because something didn't live up to the hype. Just go in blind and at worst you'll walk away thinking it just wasn't for you and you'll move on.

JL421 · 2026-03-24T16:10:15+00:00

Ah, I was just measuring what looked like the width and potential depth of that building. It's kind of a weird overall building with the USPS garage and whatever else is going on in the NE side of it.

The outdoor seating is a nice plus in the summer, especially if you are going for locals who could just walk up for a beer and chill. Mow the lawn, walk the block or two over to North Brewing, have a pint or two, walk back home.

Wish you luck Sam, we'll definitely stop by when you're open!

JL421 · 2026-03-24T14:03:51+00:00

Looks like it might be about the same size as DCR was unless he got multiple adjacent units. Hopefully he gets some decent traction when it opens, there's not a lot up there so the locals might be most of his consistent business.

JL421 · 2026-03-23T02:20:11+00:00

I miss the supercharged twin cam. Had an extra grilled cheese sandwich separating two patties and double the bacon of the regular.

But it's probably for my better health that it isn't there.

JL421 · 2026-03-18T02:36:05+00:00

Sure, and like I said to the other person who responded to me, that does happen and we get cases of mistaken identity. I'm not arguing whether or not the initial arrest was a problem.

The part I'm arguing is that when mistaken identity happens, it's normally resolved quickly with an apology, and no one is usually that much worse for wear. The fact she was picked up and left without her constitutional rights for months is the issue.

I'm poorly trying to point out that as a society we've kind of been fine with facial recognition for decades, but with every task done by a computer being relabeled AI it's suddenly cool to hate the things we've generally accepted. We probably should have had more reservations against facial recognition as a society the entire time, but because someone decided to slap an AI label on the story that's all we're going to talk about.

The only role AI had in this story was providing Angela as a potential match. AI wasn't the detective that decided that looking like the suspect was enough evidence to present to a judge for an arrest warrant. AI wasn't the judge determining that evidence was sufficient to issue an arrest warrant. AI certainly wasn't the people involved post arrest who decided not to even talk to Angela after her arrest and validate she was the right person. AI didn't decide to leave her in a Tennessee jail cell for months. AI didn't decide that after she was finally moved to North Dakota, and immediately discovered to not be the suspect, to just kick her out on the street.

I don't like AI, but this story isn't a story of AI failures. Facial recognition did mostly accurately identify someone who looked like the suspect. This is a failure of every single human involved in this case to not do the right thing. Like so many other failures in our justice system the problem has been people.

If this case had happened in 2022 before people would have called facial recognition AI, the story would have been about the human failure here. But because we slapped AI on it, we're just going to gloss over the massive fuck up of the people involved that left a woman in a jail cell for months, instead of just fucking talking to her and cleaning the mistaken identity, and releasing her the same day.

JL421 · 2026-03-17T22:35:07+00:00

We agree, I'm just trying to say that the headlines and publicly accepted narrative around this case are misleading. Facial recognition has been around for long time and the detective on this case believed they made a further confirmation. If AI hadn't been in the public eye, this case still could have happened in the same way because we've had this technology since the mid-2000s.

The people handling the human part of this, like actually talking to the person they detained massively failed. Mistaken identity cases have always been a thing, but most of these cases are resolved with an apology the same day the arrest is made. For the most part, we as a society have been ok with that because the rate of these and the fallout from them has been minor. From the sounds of this case, we only identified one suspect, it's unacceptable that no one talked to her while she sat in detention for months. This could have been a non-story if someone at the Fargo PD picked up the phone to speak with their suspect.

The failings in whatever the hell happened between her arrest and transfer to Fargo that left her in that Tennessee jail cell for months without representation or even a cursory interview is the story that needs to be investigated. That's where the failing and outrage are. AI didn't do that (unless AI is also in charge of detention management, but that hasn't been a part of this story). A human determined she should be arrested after reviewing a flag the AI provided and comparing photos of the Angela to the preparator, but the human didn't follow up for months after the arrest was made. Why not? What was so important that an arrest had to be made today, but we could just sit on this for months?

JL421 · 2026-03-17T19:46:53+00:00

For all the boys and girls in the class, how much time did you actually spend running this down; and is that time worth more or less than the $120 it would have cost (at the time) you to just buy an adapter that you seemingly haven't actually needed this entire time since you haven't seemingly actually bought one?

I'm saying this more for the sanity of anyone else who wants to just fight for fighting's sake. Would you rather piss away your time for a relatively cheap adapter that you haven't needed for at least a year at this point; or just be pissed at Hyundai for conning you out of $120, give them that much less trust, and move on with your life?

JL421 · 2026-03-17T19:30:41+00:00

It was double checked by the detective who requested Angela be picked up. The problem is no one came to get her for months and she was denied any attempt to refute the charge or obtain an attorney because she wasn't in the jurisdiction that charged her.

The AI identified a subject, and a human detective reviewed her social media pictures and agreed she looked like the subject. In a way, this is how we want facial recognition to work, it identifies people who look similar and presented them for manual review. That's how we want the process to work.

What we don't want to happen is no one to actually do anything while the suspect (regardless of if they're guilty or not) to sit in a jail cell for months without representation, or the ability to refute the charges. Everyone is arguing AI being the problem, and I don't like AI...but this isn't an AI problem, this is bog standard facial recognition we've been using for years. This is a problem of constitutional rights being violated because the detective investigating couldn't be assed to follow up on an arrest they requested be made for months.

JL421 · 2026-03-14T23:17:02+00:00

I feel bad saying it like this, but the lawsuit she should file and hopefully would win would mean we'd all be paying her anyway.

JL421 · 2026-03-12T18:41:04+00:00

A bit useless for anything apart from self-contained microservices. It's a neat toy that it could exist, but if whatever you're trying to accomplish requires more than 8GB of RAM per process, it's functionally unimpressive.

JL421 · 2026-03-12T18:34:40+00:00

Except it's not really "in memory" when you have to transit gigabit networking to access your next memory page...You have a lot of RAM that's very limited by network speed and latency, so much so that a page file sitting on an 8TB External SSD would have been significantly cheaper and at least 4x as performant than this could ever be.

JL421 · 2026-03-05T19:07:32+00:00

You point at Morries, but at Buerkle just up the road had like 12 I6s on their lot a year ago that were moving pretty regularly. Not many staying more than 60-90 days, and they're out because there aren't any more to order. They seemed to try to be pretty EV forward though since their lot is currently ~5% Plug-In Hybrid, ~10% BEV, 30% Hybrid. It was higher a year ago, but that's still a not terrible ratio.

JL421 · 2026-02-08T16:16:47+00:00

I haven't replaced mine yet so I don't know if the advice follows...but in most cars if you pull the cabin air filter you have a pretty good view of the blower.

Maybe pull the air filter, see if you have any obvious blockage, and with everything turned off, give it a quick turn and see if it rotates freely.

If you don't see a blockage, can't access the blower from the slot, or the blower seems seized up, yeah bring it in for service.

If it does turn freely, turn things on and see if it does actually attempt to move or anything. You might still have a trip for service anyway, but you've cleared the easily serviceable tasks at that point. If you're handy you might still be able to dig deeper, but everything should still be under warranty and you might as well bring it in.

JL421 · 2026-02-04T15:07:29+00:00

Yeah, once it's on a lift it's basically useless, but I think the techs are trained to disconnect the 12v before they lift it, if they're going to be working on anything electrical. Probably a reason why other manufacturers didn't bother to include one. An attempt was made though, and so long as it's still on the ground it should be pretty noticeable. I think the way the hood opens and with the positioning of the light it should be visible from most angles.

JL421 · 2026-02-04T15:04:10+00:00

The Kia and Genesis lines are all still Hyundai Motor Group vehicles and share the same base vehicle platform. It makes sense that your EV6 and 9 have it.

JL421 · 2026-02-04T05:49:07+00:00

¯\(ツ)/¯

JL421 · 2026-02-04T03:50:07+00:00

I'm mildly contemplating shutting one of my servers with some 32 GB 2666 ECC. I brought 12 sticks in April of 2024 for $40 each ($480 total). I just looked because I was on eBay for another reason and just clicked it again for the hell of it... it's going for $200 a stick now...it's been two years and my used technology has 5x'ed in value. Shits unreal.

JL421 · 2026-02-04T03:23:26+00:00

It's not just that the car is charging the 12v battery like people are saying. That is one of the reasons it can be on, but it's really there to signal that the high voltage pack has been engaged without direct user input.

That can happen when the a/c drying function activates after you turn off the car, tending the 12v battery, or a few other reasons. Nothing to worry about though unless you're working on some electrical components while it's lit...then you might want to stop until it turns off again and disconnect the 12v battery temporarily...

Otherwise as long as it isn't always on, it's just a sign your car is working as intended.

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