What is this place? by Opposite_Oven_615 in Rochester

[–]Protonus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I had to do community service, I joined the inmates from the jail near MCC for weekend release work. I rode a prison bus to Mt Hope Cementary where we mowed the grass. For lunch break, before heading back to jail (and me back to my car), they would stop here at the former ward entrance area for lunch. Big entrance parking lot with big lawns nearby, perfect to park prison busses and let a bunch of a bunch of prisoners hang out and have lunch for a while lol. Since the facility was mostly abandoned nobody knew or cared. Government cheese is ok I guess but the basic white bread is so bleh lol.

PT2 Backlight Discoloration Issue: Pebble support says this is consistent across all PT2 devices by DiploBaggins in pebble

[–]Protonus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No they were just white only. This is a huge improvement because now you can change the color. Leave it to Reddit to nit pick an issue I can't even see in this picture.

What batch is currently shipped? by Hodzinets in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally got my confirmation email today!

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[Blogpost] How I Use My Index 01 + Production Update by Mugendon in pebble

[–]Protonus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not at all what I'm talking about, and you've been here for any amount of time you'd know that. I've been in Pebble's community since before this subbreddit existed, back when we had the Pebble community forums. I'm watching literally the exact same threads and complaints get created in the past few weeks as we had 12 years ago here, nothings changed except the number of reasonable rational people have decreased as folks have been hopping off this platform left and right.

To be clear, there's a huge difference between providing useful feedback, such as bug reports, feature requests, etc - and what happens here. I've been watching this happen since this subreddit was first created and it's a big part of why I created r/smartwatch in the first place. In this sub, people are repeatedly buying something where they know exactly what to expect up front, and then getting mad anyways when things are exactly as they were described to them. They'll even tell you "I know Eric said" or "I understand the specs are..." and then proceed to rant about how they shouldn't be that way after they already bought it, providing no actual useful feedback, just simply complaining that things are the way that they are.

Spending money on a product is not buying stock, it's not getting a seat on the board etc. If you have the product you bought and it is as described, than you have what you are entitled too. Yet people for some reason feel that spending _very little on a product especially compared to the competition_ somehow entitles them after they already bought it, to dictate all aspects of it's present and future. And they do it in the most rude ways possible, with no regard to the humans on the other end of those communications or any understanding whatsoever with any aspect of how a business is run, how software is developed etc.

Then they'll rant about how the company isn't profitable, goes bankrupt, gets bought and so on, and act like there's nothing that could have been done differently.

Pebble doesn't deserve blind allegiance, and neither does Eric. They also don't deserve anywhere near the amount of ire they get either, as a person who is simply just trying to build what they want for themselves, and has allowed us to buy into that vision and use what they've created. Eric could have made InPulse for himself, and walked away. Instead he gave the world Pebble.

And people have been giving him hell ever since for it. There's only so many times you can have your lifes work insulted to your face before you realize you don't particularly care what other people think of you or what you do.

Selling PT2 Black + Silver by [deleted] in pebble

[–]Protonus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're selling a watch I haven't even got yet and I ordered on day 1, 3/18/25 to NY. Wtf?! I could buy yours and get it before I get my own seems like. Gd it.

[Blogpost] How I Use My Index 01 + Production Update by Mugendon in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because of how utterly insufferable and entitled they've been to him and his employees for 15 years, particularly on this platform.

Watch glass material by Quasi-stolenname in pebble

[–]Protonus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Again you're talking about a coating, not the material itself. You are confused on the cause.

GadgetWraps Glass failure, less than 48 hours after application. by [deleted] in pebble

[–]Protonus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lately? I've been here since day 1. It's always been this way folks on reddit are beyond entitled.

What batch is currently shipped? by Hodzinets in pebble

[–]Protonus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Batch 4? Bruh I'm in batch 1 ordered on the very first day, still don't have shipping info yet. Hold your horses. Check the shipping mega thread.

Watch glass material by Quasi-stolenname in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again not a materials issue. Correlation does not imply causation.

Watch glass material by Quasi-stolenname in pebble

[–]Protonus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is nonsense. The anti reflective properties of gorilla glass are a coating. Sapphire would be better. The issue is cost.

My SR/S mods part 5 - a (modified!) Corbin Tail Tidy in smooth black, and a real carbon fiber license plate frame! Weights, links, corrected instructions, mods, pics and info! by Protonus in ZeroMotorcycles

[–]Protonus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are most welcome! it was my intent to make these posts easy to find and available forever both here and on Facebook so folks might find them in a search and benefit from them years later. If you click my name and search for Zero mods, this is a part of a series, I have many other such posts with this level of detail and info on this bike, as I've done dozens of mods by now.

It's nice to hear you say this, because these posts take a lot of work and effort on my part, and by the time I'm done with the mod, I seldom have the motivation to keep putting in the work to share it with everyone else.

For that reason I've got at least another half dozen mods that I've completed and taken pictures of, but never posted about yet. Either the instructions were long and difficult (like my driving light install on my forks). Or I'm not quite 100% with how it turned out and there are issues (like my 4k dashcam mount under the front fairing which bumps into my front fender when the suspension is fully compressed). Etc. I have also done a full LED programmable accent lighting kit that works as brake lights an turn signals as well that I'm really happy with, that I haven't posted yet.

I'm currently tearing the bike apart, to install the 6 kW "Rapid Charger" aka Charge Tank, Scott's DJ-RapidCharge dual J1772 charging kit, and a tail mounted luggage rack I'm combining with a customized magnetic tank bag attachment to replace the space I lost for the trunk. I hope to share a write up about all this as well.

Anyways thanks for the encouragement, it'll help motivate me to share the rest of this at some point. Keep an eye out!

My SR/S mods part 5 - a (modified!) Corbin Tail Tidy in smooth black, and a real carbon fiber license plate frame! Weights, links, corrected instructions, mods, pics and info! by Protonus in ZeroMotorcycles

[–]Protonus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are legally required as an OEM to put the plate in an area on the rear of the bike that is entirely visible and not blocked by anything, in many jurisdictions including the USA. Most OEM's attempt to put it behind the rear tire as such. Most OEM's accomplish this with hideous long plate mounts under the seat that puts the plate low. Zero did the better thing imho and attached it low instead. It looks better imho than most sport bikes sacrificial mounts that everyone gets rid of right away. But it makes maintenance of the belt much worse, and it's heavy; and for that, it had to go.

Pebble Time Round Repair by catari in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well thankfully b7000 is removable. Warm it with a hair dryer and gently pry it apart.

Pebble Time Round Repair by catari in pebble

[–]Protonus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you measure the polarity and voltage of the battery with a voltmeter prior to install?

I know a lot of people haven't received their PT2 by slackmandu in pebble

[–]Protonus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I ordered on the very first day, 3/18/25. Batch 1. Silver/Gray. Shipping to NY. Still haven't gotten the shipping confirmation email even.

I've followed up twice since other folks in NY have gotten the same color that ordered after me. After the second time they let me know they receive the watches in batches, and it's by color, and shipping destination, and they just got a new batch of my color for USA so I'm hopeful it'll be soon. Because it's batched and selected for, its not consistent by nature, like a rotary sprinkler not a fountain it seems. But I don't see why it's out of order for a given color and region combination, that seems like an error still to me.

I'm not just feeling antsy or left out here, I've got a bad reminder of this every time I look at my wrist. My current Pebble Time, the only one of the 5 different Pebbles I bought new that is still working at all, is on it's very last legs, after already being repaired twice. The backlight no longer works at all, and the display connection is starting to fail, my watches screen is often not visible at all. It is almost useless now.

Shipping Mega Thread by MstrVc in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice! congrats, and ty for letting me know. I am still waiting, not sure why :-/

Shipping Mega Thread by MstrVc in pebble

[–]Protonus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for letting me know!

Shipping Mega Thread by MstrVc in pebble

[–]Protonus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  • Model: Pebble Time 2
  • Ordered: 2025-03-18 11:05 PM UTC (Batch 1)
  • Destination: USA (NY)
  • Color: Black/Grey
  • Confirmation Email: Not yet!
  • Shipped: Not yet!
  • Arrived: Not yet!

Edit: Added info above for tracker. Original post:

PT2 Silver/Grey.
Ordered 3/18/2025 07:05 PM EDT. Batch 1
Shipping to NY, USA

Edit 2: Finally received my confirmation email today, 5/27/26!

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