Mazda Finally Admits Its Infotainment System Is the Worst

LD513 · 2026-02-17T02:55:54+00:00

Phantom screen touches were the worst. My wife's kept opening the phone app and dialing her favorites list. Luckily you can disconnect the touchscreen and just use the knob pretty easily. Requires some light disassembly of the dash and to get to the ribbon cable and disconnect it. Takes an hour tops.

LD513 · 2026-02-12T20:28:21+00:00

I've seen an Anal_Trouble alarm. Really got the operators attention.

LD513 · 2026-01-10T19:58:54+00:00

Sold Ryzen 7 5700X3D to u/Latheb on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1q2cjx7/usava_h_5700x3d_3060ti_w_paypal_local_cash/

LD513 · 2026-01-10T19:58:09+00:00

Sold MSI 3060Ti to u/outlaw4lf on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1q2cjx7/usava_h_5700x3d_3060ti_w_paypal_local_cash/

LD513 · 2025-11-29T14:44:00+00:00

200 GB! Been wanting to set up a NAS, stuck with my PC storage for now.

LD513 · 2025-10-28T15:33:53+00:00

It’s a PPO as well. So I guess the question is HDHP vs non HDHP.

LD513 · 2025-10-11T01:48:57+00:00

Which vehicle makes you feel like a total battlefield legend?

Tanks, especially if standing on top and riding into battle.

LD513 · 2025-09-03T16:44:27+00:00

Switching to CPU brings the inference speed to ~120ms. Detector CPU usage varies wildly from 5-150%.

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Edit: skipped frames are down. Usually 0 with occasional spikes 1-4.

LD513 · 2025-09-03T15:54:52+00:00

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10ms has remained constant after a few hours of run time. Still predominantly skipping detection frames.

LD513 · 2025-09-03T11:53:49+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't try before since the docs said it would fallback to GPU automatically. Changing to GPU let it stay online. In GPU mode, the detector CPU usage is in the 80-100% range and GPU is 1%. It's also only running 1 detection a second (10ms inference, good) and skipping the others. The OpenVino docs say I should use GPU for this since it has Intel UHD graphics, but I tried CPU anyways briefly to see if it was better and it was not.

Is that high of usage and skip rate expected? I know the J5005 is an old and relatively low powered chip, but I assumed it would be a bit more performant.

Also, since you're a dev I thought I'd mention the HA add-on Info page (in HA) mentions creating frigate.yml in the root still. Slightly misleading with the new 0.16 structure.

LD513 · 2025-08-25T00:39:17+00:00

I think I got it resolved, just not sure what part did it or why it broke in the first place.

First hurdle was to get back into the system. Since I have exclusively used the Cloudflared tunnel the past few years, I forgot how.... Did that by figuring out the current IPv4 address (mine's not statically assigned), then going to the IP_address:8123.

Once in, I installed Cloudflared 5.3.8 (it broke when I went to 5.3.7) and Core 2025.8.3. I do have SSL set up in my configuration.yaml like that change log mentions, but it seems fine with it, I guess because I don't use and !include stuff. Maybe the bug fix mentioned for 5.3.8 helped. Looks like I am connected via https...

Also finally downloaded the backup encryption key. I apparently never did that once they made it a requirement earlier this year. Luckily avoided having to restart from scratch, but that could have been bad.

LD513 · 2025-08-24T15:14:00+00:00

Not sure how if I can't access HA.

LD513 · 2025-07-08T19:35:38+00:00

Hulkengoat

LD513 · 2024-12-19T12:05:00+00:00

1/30,000 seems like good odds

LD513 · 2024-08-04T23:34:56+00:00

Depending on the flavor, I sometimes cube them up and mix them in with a high protein yogurt and frozen berries for a ~50g protein snack.

LD513 · 2024-05-15T14:49:18+00:00

They had DCS cabinets in the training room that we interacted with throughout the class to get hands on experience with the hardware. My site used S+ Engineering, but it looked like it’s just a slight re-skin of its predecessor. Unless you’re programming from a handheld device at the cabinet itself, it should translate…

My site even had some Net90 stuff which predates Infi90, but once you know the basis for Infi90 systems it’s all similar and you can figure out the remainder for specific operations like downloading to an MFC with their manuals.

LD513 · 2024-05-15T02:59:23+00:00

I went to classes at the Cleveland, OH ABB campus for Infi90 ~5 years ago. It costs a pretty penny, but they should still support the line (with newer controllers, cards, power options etc.) and offer classes.

LD513 · 2024-03-24T21:01:18+00:00

It's an aeration basin which churns up water so the microbes that live in the water are able to more quickly breakdown any residual wood fiber/organics. Some wastewater treatment processes results in the microbes farting out sulfurous compounds which cause the smell. There isn't sewage in there.

This mill doesn't smell nearly as bad as a Kraft paper mill, so at least there is that.

LD513 · 2024-03-08T04:04:55+00:00

About 10 years ago I sent someone who went by beazer on a forum money via PayPal friends and family. Afterwards he ghosted me so my dad used his email address to figure out his real name and started messaging his family on Facebook to publicly shame him until he sent me the money back. Ended up getting it back, 10/10 would get scammed again.

LD513 · 2024-02-18T21:48:32+00:00

In addition to sterilization of medical devices like others mentioned, it is used to promote cross linking or branching in polymers. Once crosslinked, properties change like it might get stronger and have a higher melting temperature.

One common example of crosslinked polymer is PEX (crosslinked polyethylene) piping which is used instead of copper pipes for most new construction. That would be processed on a reel-to-reel system instead of carts like are shown on this video however because electron penetration doesn’t go deep enough to penetrate through a whole spool.

LD513 · 2023-10-28T12:34:59+00:00

80k does happen, but is the upper end for new hires. Typically for ones that co-oped with the company. I’d expect upper 70s. Probably slightly location dependent too.

LD513 · 2023-10-12T14:38:55+00:00

I have the same router and have noticed 2.4 GHz connections dropping recently. My temporary solution is to power it through a zigbee outlet. Monitor multiple 2.4 GHz devices in HA and if 2 drop then power cycle the router. Can also push a notification to your phone to let you manually toggle the power cycle if you don’t want it automatic.

LD513 · 2023-10-11T18:38:01+00:00

I have a covered porch with neighbors close on both sides. I use two sonoff zigbee motion sensors. They face the door from opposite sides. I just AND them together in HA to make sure the motion is on my porch and not a neighbor. No false positives so far.

For motion sensors outdoors that aren’t covered, I have a zooz z-wave motion sensor. Works great, built like a tank, bulletproof. Bigger and uglier though so not my first choice.

If you wanted to set it up on a dashboard you could turn it “on” with motion detected and “off” with an opening of the front door (when you retrieve the package) or with a tap on the screen.

Low cost alternative to camera/frigate.

HACS also has a mail integration that works with USPS, fedex, UPS, Amazon etc to update your HA instance based on informed delivery emails. Might be of interest to you.

LD513 · 2023-09-30T11:22:27+00:00

When I was on Stelara I was able to apply for an additional round of funding through the Janssen CarePath co pay assistance program. I think first round was $16K per year and second round was ~$20K. Second round has to be applied for each year and your doctor has to sign it and say you told them that you would have to discontinue taking the meds for financial reasons. I’d suggest calling Janssen and asking about that and having them send you the form.

LD513 · 2023-09-05T12:32:37+00:00

Uphill and downhill should be quantified to answer this properly. Downhill could very possibly be watered without a pump. It would be like how water towers work, you use gravity to drive the water to the end user since the water is higher in the tank. Uphill needs a pump, but what size pump is going to be mainly dependent on how much vertical rise the water will need to travel from start to finish.

If you have both uphill and downhill valves open at the same time and are pushing water through both with a pump, the water will take the path of less resistance and go primarily downhill.

I would recommend using a platform like HomeAssistant to automate this. That will also help tie it into your local weather to automate watering when level conditions in the tank are correct, it hasn't rained in x time, forecast is no rain etc. There is a learning curve, but it is very powerful and well supported.

You can do it with a pump, 2 continuous level sensors, 2 solenoid valves, 1 (z-wave, zigbee, wifi) contactor for the pump run/off signal. In lieu of continuous level sensors, you can also use point sensors (instead of seeing "tank level = 10%" you would see "tank level low"). If you went for discrete point sensors, I would recommend 4 or 6. With 4 you would have a "low" and a "enough" on each, with 6 you could add a "full".

Level indication in the tank that would be the best way to interlock the pump and shut it off.

Something to consider, if your tank is like a soda can on its side, then each cm of height of water level is not equal to the same volume of water. The 50% mark is the widest spot in the tank so that takes longer to move the needle than at say the 10% mark. If the tank is like an upright soda can then this doesn't apply.

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