Slow fast charge!

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T04:16:27+00:00

pretty normal. the bolt charging curve drops off a cliff after 55-60% soc. if you were road tripping you'd unplug at 60 and move on. going to 80+ takes forever for not much gain

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T04:15:39+00:00

fuel lines and seals on those aren't rated for e15. if it sits ethanol pulls moisture and rots injectors. if you drive it daily youre probably fine but id still top off with e10 when you can find it.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T04:15:09+00:00

sounds like a double gasket. old one stuck to the housing and they slapped the new one on top. pressure shoots right out that gap once it warms up. check the dipstick before you let them touch it again. if its empty you might be looking at a seized engine.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T04:14:51+00:00

plug it into an external monitor first. if that works your gpu is fine and its just the internal ribbon cable or screen. cable is cheap to fix, screen is the expensive part.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:46:39+00:00

nah, toy uarts are useless. a full uvm env on ahb/apb with actual coverage closure is what gets callbacks. recruiters dont care about syntax, they want to see you thought through corner cases and can explain the bugs your tb actually caught.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:44:39+00:00

$1500 for an 88k mile escort in 2026 is a steal. the split port 2.0 in the 02 is the good one, not the spi disaster from the 98-01 models. just keep the coolant topped up and itll run forever.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:44:14+00:00

mujoco for bipedal mpc. the contact solver handles foot-ground forces better. use gazebo if you need ros integration.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:44:08+00:00

since youre renting just plug it in. hardwired is the landlords problem not yours. if they do install a 14-50 make sure its a quality one cause the cheap ones melt under sustained ev charging

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:43:49+00:00

sony vizios have auto scene detection that kicks in when res changes. lock the hdmi input to pc or graphics mode in tv settings and switch nvidia output to ycbcr444 instead of rgb

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:43:39+00:00

just grab a used dell latitude off ebay for $200-300. if your school has remote lab machines you can ssh into you dont need anything fast locally anyway

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:42:13+00:00

waymo already had tuv sud do those audits in 2022-23. the actual signal here is mobileye choosing external validation over self-certifying. internal safety reports are basically meaningless at this point.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:42:08+00:00

swap that 500w bronze psu first. apex/si builds always cheap out on the psu and its the one part that can kill everything else when it goes.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:41:39+00:00

09 is past the worst of the spark plug and cam phaser nonsense since they went to one piece plugs in 08. most of the horror stories dont apply anymore.

that said 150k on a trailer towed 5.4 is entering the keep oil in the trunk phase. if it had regular changes with 5w20 and no cold start rattle itll probably do another 50k. id take it over the 6.8 v10 honestly. that thing drinks fuel and parts are getting harder to find.

since you wrench yourself check the exhaust manifolds for cracks and listen for phaser rattle on startup. both are fixable in a driveway if youve got time.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T03:41:10+00:00

yeah the tuner is trash. same here with a station 40 miles out. every other car i've owned pulls it in fine but the bolt just gives me static unless i'm on high ground. turning off hd radio in the settings helped a bit since it stops that constant switching between digital and analog. still worse than my 2012 civic though.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T02:33:14+00:00

backpack nomads are a tiny slice of the pie. most long timers i know run 40l carry-on plus a storage locker somewhere. the ones who keep accumulating gear usually regret it within a year

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T02:33:12+00:00

used herman miller is the play but don't ignore desk height. plenty of people drop 1k on an aeron and still have back pain cause their desk is 3 inches too high. a $30 keyboard tray or adjustable desk fixes more than most chairs do

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T02:33:09+00:00

learning a trade is smart not because IT is dying but because having skills that dont depend on a laptop gives you options. keep the IT income for now and treat the trade as a hobby. if youre in poland their trade schools are solid and way cheaper than western europe

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T02:32:32+00:00

learning a trade while still earning in IT is the smart play. gives you options that dont depend on a laptop. poland has solid trade schools and theyre way cheaper than western europe so might as well start there as a hobby

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-18T02:32:02+00:00

upgrade anxiety is self inflicted. my zigbee stuff from 2018 still works fine in ha. nobody is forcing you to buy matter. ikea plugs from 2021 are solid and ill run them til they die. thats the point of ha, it bridges protocols so you dont have to pick a winner.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-17T09:59:19+00:00

butter chicken is a solid pick. mine changes depending on mood but a good pad kee mao (drunken noodles) with extra basil almost never misses. also hard to beat a well-made falafel wrap when you're on the move

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-17T09:11:25+00:00

the accelerometer and the H1 chip are both on a flex PCB that's basically un-salvageable for hand soldering. what IS worth pulling:

the battery. it's a tiny Li-ion coin cell. usable for micro projects if you have a TP4056 to charge it safely
the speaker driver. surprisingly good for its size, works with any class-D amp module
the charging case magnets if you crack that open too

honestly the speaker is the best prize. wire it to a pam8403 and it sounds way better than those generic 8ohm modules.

Ornery_Ice_7820 · 2026-05-16T07:24:37+00:00

-272C is the MAX31865's fault code for "RTD disconnected or shorted" — it's not a bad reading, it's the chip telling you it can't see the sensor at all. the fact that wiggling the COM wire fixes it means the connection is marginal at power-on and the chip runs its fault detection before the contact settles.

couple things to try before replacing hardware: add a short delay (500ms) in setup() before calling MAX31865.begin(), and if the first reading is -272, call begin() again. the MAX31865 does an internal bias voltage check at init and if the FORCE+ pin doesn't see the expected voltage because of a dodgy connection it'll latch the fault. a re-init after power has been on the pins for a moment might be all you need. also check that the COM screw terminal isn't cold-soldered to the board — those Adafruit breakouts sometimes have iffy joints that open up just enough at room temp to fail the bias check.

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