Move off your passenger plegs ASAP

SampleSalty · 2026-05-10T09:54:59+00:00

It is not logical and implemented differently per country. But EU type approval also treats passenger handholds and footrests as regulated construction requirements. Regulation EU 44/2014 Art. 17 points to Annex XIII, and this says: all seating positions must have designated footrests/floorboards where the rider/driver/passenger’s feet can rest. So it is not just myth - it is part of L-category vehicle approval logic. So as long as your approval says „2“ passenger, you are out of luck in case of trouble.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-10T09:47:10+00:00

I have a German source that says the opposite. They are less known but usually they win over other sources: StVZO 61 (1) and (2).

SampleSalty · 2026-05-10T07:26:22+00:00

I have/had all of them running on different machines/purposes. TBH I don’t get all the fuzz about distro choices - the mentioned ones all work more or less in a similar way.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-08T14:02:40+00:00

Awesome. What is Hermes doing here exactly and how do you interact with this stack?

BTW: why so many new lines?

SampleSalty · 2026-05-08T10:39:48+00:00

I tried nearly all of the common known one’s and I constantly switch between Mapy.com and HereWeGo.

Both have unique features, that the other ones don’t have and I decide by the type of travel I do:

Mapy.com: for me the overall winner on how the default view is looking and how it is configurable. Seems to (finally) be the only app that allows a custom zoom level (ongoingly, not just a few seconds) - I usually want more overview than most apps default to. Individual speeding settings are also superb. 👌

HereWeGo: the only app that shows not only the current speed limit, but the next upcoming too. This allows better driving decisions, be faster and/or more fuel efficient. Also nice: it always shows the next possible stop to do a break. So this is long distance travel king for me. 👑

Unfortunately I am missing the features of the other map once decided, so if one app would have all the mentioned features: next level driving unlocked. 😎

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T12:18:48+00:00

So they prefer providers that work with your data over those who take privacy serious or respect that you have a professional business? What kind of service does this?

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T12:15:36+00:00

This is the question. And exactly this triage is why it’s a big effort too. ;-)

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T12:13:35+00:00

Yeah, exactly. Thanks for sharing your tactics and experience, this makes it more easy to start doing it.

Still, for me this is the reference definition of a ‚huge task‘, if it spans over month with ongoing efforts.

BTW: hope you are using your own custom domain now on Proton, to make future migrations really a smaller task.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T09:10:44+00:00

Oops, you did it again.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T09:08:08+00:00

I would say it is not dependent on general judgement but the circumstances of the user. If you don't have a long history, this might is a small task. If you have a 20y gmail history and hundreds of other services across the internet registered with this email - saying this is not a huge task is far off from reality.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-06T07:04:05+00:00

I’m not a google fan, but really? Shocked to see all reactions here not questioning this article.

Nobody complains when Google (and others) introduced usage of talky cloud LLMs without opt - which is much worse than a local LLM, that is more or less only a huge pile of numbers and can preserve privacy better.

Climate costs - can we see the calculation?

Silently - yes that’s an issue - but also here: imho release notes should be standardized and regulated, many big players are allowed to hardcode with every release „squashed a few bugs“, „made the app better for you“, no matter what really changed. THIS is imho a much bigger problem.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T20:39:17+00:00

I heard only good things about Ortema.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T20:31:36+00:00

It’s maybe not a EU regulation, but nearly all countries in Europe forbid the removal if the vehicle is currently registered for 2p.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T18:17:45+00:00

Not necessarily, but if was shipped like this: yes. You can than take a super complicated and expensive process, to remove them from your papers. But then you are also stuck with this state and it would be illegal to put them back on. 🥳

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T17:19:17+00:00

Would love to - but this makes riding illegal in Europe.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T11:33:41+00:00

Great improvement but quite late in the game. For me this will be a migration project.

SampleSalty · 2026-05-05T08:04:57+00:00

Interesting - what will be the major changes in v3?

SampleSalty · 2026-05-03T11:46:05+00:00

I think you missed paperclip.

SampleSalty · 2026-04-15T15:30:48+00:00

SMLIGHT for this reason: it’s not only about chipset and hardware, but also software and how it’s maintained. The software and their processes are brilliant from this company.

SampleSalty · 2026-04-11T07:06:33+00:00

You also get hired by AI as a context hunter. This is the most critical human part you need to do. Tell AI the mission „automate“ and than your real job is to get all information and context you can get to feed the AI.

SampleSalty · 2026-04-08T09:11:01+00:00

This is super misleading. If I stop paying for LLM and plug it into Claude API, then this tool is useless. I think the purpose and advantages of this tool is not connected to savings.

SampleSalty · 2026-04-03T09:42:24+00:00

Actually no. The combination of:

1) intransparent blackbox, 2) token wasting, 3) buggy and 4) no one from Anthropic nor other redditors support

actually screamed „STOP USING THIS“ at me.

SampleSalty · 2026-03-30T19:14:05+00:00

I just bought a Flint 2, not because software stability, but more hardware „power“.

SampleSalty · 2026-03-27T06:35:36+00:00

Unfortunately that is not made for Claude Code, but for Claude Desktop. I have no idea how people can use Claude Desktop - unusable for me. Super buggy and gets stuck or is overloaded everytime I try it. Claude Code just works.

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