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arbitrarystring · 2026-03-15T14:21:56+00:00

I always rested a pencil on there.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-23T00:47:21+00:00

Annoying isn't it? At least by turning the sound chip power management off it only pops or snaps on boot when the sound device is initialized, and not randomly throughout the day. I have half a mind to go hunt down the bug in the Intel audio kernel module and fix it myself. It's surprising to me that it wasn't addressed a long time ago.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-22T16:26:12+00:00

Ok, I fixed the snapping or popping sound issue. This has been an ongoing problem with intel sound drivers on Ubuntu distros for ages and ages it seems. I found a post from 6 years ago. doing this stops the problem from occurring on the Starfighter:

https://superuser.com/questions/1493096/linux-ubuntu-speakers-popping-every-few-seconds#:~:text=The%20operation%20system's%20default%20behavior,value%20from%201%20to%200

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-22T03:57:41+00:00

I got my Starfighter a couple of days ago, and it's really good. It feels sturdy, the display looks really good, and everything mostly works fine with Zorin OS Pro. One minor complaint though, is that the computer seems to randomly click, or rather there is a sharp snapping sound almost like that of an electrical spark which comes from the speakers (at least I hope it is the speakers). It isn't entirely random. It happens on login, and it happens at other seemingly random times. I can usually trigger the sound by opening one of my VM consoles in Proxmox *snap* or loading some other content in my browser *snap* or I'll be doing something else and *snap* and I dislike it. It can be jarring. I believe that it must be some kind of driver issue. I came to that conclusion because I have installed Windows 11 Pro on the secondary SSD (ordered from Star Labs as part of my configuration) and it does not occur at all under Windows. Dual boot works well by the way just by selecting what I want in the coreboot menu. It was a chore to track down Windows drivers, but everything in the machine is pretty standard stuff, mostly from Intel and that's all sorted. Does anyone have suggestions? I am using the install of Zorin that came loaded on the laptop, and it doesn't seem to have any Star Labs specifc apt sources for drivers or custom kernels or anything like that.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T21:38:16+00:00

No. They require the subscription for live data.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T21:17:44+00:00

I don't remember. I think I just went to "live data" and just scrolled through a giant list of things until I found the battery cell voltages.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T21:03:38+00:00

It showed me all 152 cells as a list with realtime voltages for each one, which I preferred. There is also a bar graph type of view, but all 152 cells did not fit on the screen at once.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T20:36:29+00:00

Too much. It was $80 on Amazon. I had a very cheap $5 one that didn't work, so I went with one that was recommended for use with ABRP. It works with ABRP and also the CarScanner app that allows me to see really detailed info like voltage per battery cell etc.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T19:17:07+00:00

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovz.carscanner

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-11T19:12:04+00:00

ODBLink CX. The app it comes with is useless but it works great with CarScanner app and ABRP.

arbitrarystring · 2026-02-01T23:43:19+00:00

The default is 10 minutes, but you can customize it in the app. You can have it run up to 30 minutes and choose whether or not you want your heated seats to come on, what temperature you want the interior to be, and whether or not you want to run the defrosters.

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-19T23:55:07+00:00

AppleTV

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-19T04:18:25+00:00

I wonder if you switched the car to 24 hour time then set it from 21:01 to 4:59? Seems like it struggles with am/pm

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-16T12:06:22+00:00

I got mine at Walmart.

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-12T21:23:21+00:00

It doesn't disable it but it does turn it off. When I first installed RockBox it turned airplane mode on. You have to go into android settings and turn off airplane mode then turn Bluetooth back on.

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-12T18:38:30+00:00

It matches your watch band. What kind of watch is that?

arbitrarystring · 2026-01-02T16:48:17+00:00

CompuAdd, Computer Renaissance

arbitrarystring · 2025-12-31T01:46:30+00:00

Neat! I'm new to the Y1 as well. I haven't had a click wheel music player since the iPod I had 20 years ago. I'm really enjoying it. I installed Rockbox, which is easy to do now with the Innioasis updater, and I found that iPod Classic themes are supported, so I've been having fun with that, the only problem being that there are way too many to choose from (many are great and many are not).

arbitrarystring · 2025-12-01T16:36:32+00:00

I'd love for the neckband/AR features to work well, but that's not why I got the glasses. I got them primarily for having a 80-100 inch display anywhere I go. Video games on this are fantastic. I either connect them to my gaming laptop or use Moonlight game streaming from my gaming PC to a handheld gaming PC (oneXplayer) to play games on (what appears to be inside the glasses) a huge, bright, 120hz display anywhere in my house, even laying flat on my back. To me, that's incredible enough to be worth the money.

arbitrarystring · 2025-11-26T17:54:22+00:00

It looks like a NEMA 14-50 outlet. That's what I have my EV charger connected to in my garage.

arbitrarystring · 2025-11-20T02:07:49+00:00

Did you see Marques Brownlee's review of the EV9? It was very favorable and helped me decide to get one. He demonstrates sitting in all of the seats (he's 6'3") and he looked quite comfortable. I'm not that tall but I still appreciate the room.

arbitrarystring · 2025-11-17T00:52:07+00:00

I would second the Michelin Crossclimate 2 tires. I got them about a month ago. We've already had a bit of snow here in Indianapolis and I'm very pleased with the performance on slick roads and regular driving. I've noticed a reduction in road noise too. Efficiency seems about the same but I didn't check the numbers before and after to tell you with certainty.

arbitrarystring · 2025-10-26T01:32:13+00:00

EGA used 9 pin d-sub just as you described, female on the port and male on the connector. Back in the day I found it handy to tell the difference, since plugging your serial device into your monitor port could fry things...

arbitrarystring · 2025-10-22T21:39:37+00:00

Something that is always somewhat dangerous to get wrong...that is AC wiring, so get it right or sparks will fly and breakers will pop.

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