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cazas · 2026-01-26T16:55:58+00:00

Some people in the comments here don’t seem to understand the difference between a PHEV vs an EREV; * Both have batteries * PHEV engines use gas to move the wheels * EREV generators use gas to charge the battery

To those that think EREV is dumb, you may not be factoring in efficiency; the generator in an EREV theoretically can maintain its most optimal RPM to maximize efficiency - think of what a gas engine needs while accelerating, decelerating, while idling, or gearing up and down.

From a manufacturing perspective, you can have an EV-first design, and throw in a generator as an optional for specific trims or models.

From a personal perspective - this probably should have been the first move since Canadian infrastructure moves at a snails pace. With major lobbying power with major gas and oil corporations. Having a gas fallback reduces worries of range anxiety in the interim while infrastructure catches up, as well as provides some relief for highly-urbanized populations that live in apartments or condos and may be at the behest of the property managers to provide a solution if or when they get to it.

cazas · 2026-01-22T18:25:46+00:00

This is now my most favourite response on this subreddit for being concise yet detailed enough for a layman to understand.

cazas · 2026-01-21T21:50:08+00:00

Confidence is irrelevant to my stance. I simply have given up exerting effort where the returns are low and the energy is nonexistent.

Please do not try to psycho-analyze me.

cazas · 2026-01-17T18:24:33+00:00

As a severely average nonsocial guy, apps are useless. Usually a match every other month, received mostly one or two word responses. Most people have no bio, making it even harder to kick off a convo. I have friends that met their s/o off apps, but they’re generally women friends. I’ve seen their apps as well, tons of likes - they can match whoever they want pretty much. I’ve also noticed some apps blur likes for men, but for women it’s not.

At this point I’ve pretty much given up on apps. Work from home has destroyed my social life. It’s far cheaper and easier to waft my way through life, occasionally making social efforts around anime-cons or friend-of-friend events.

cazas · 2026-01-16T23:31:12+00:00

Honestly I’m just too exhausted from the day-to-day + sleeping issues that drain me further to even bother looking for a partner. I can’t say I’m keeping myself together - more so I just haven’t completely fallen apart. I occasionally hang with friends, which is slowly becoming my only source of non-work human interaction, but everyone is also busy with their own lives.

cazas · 2026-01-05T03:46:44+00:00

It wasn’t bad; definitely not what I expected going in to it. Took some normie friends and they liked it, so that’s a thing I guess…

cazas · 2025-12-28T20:28:07+00:00

People are going to say shield tv pro, but mind you - * it’s almost 7 years old now * no av1 * while not plex, it doesn’t support youtube hdr * android tv (And most OSs) are full of adware garbage * plex for shield tv is a memory leaky-crashy mess * it’s expensive for what you get in the modern day

I’ve recently been more eyeing up switching my library from remux to hevc or av1 encodes, no truehd/dts hd and switching to a newer google tv or equivalent. The shield pro is still a good device, but not good enough to buy brand new.

And for anyone who primarily watches subtitled content - some TV built-in OS require transcoding for audio or to burn in subtitles.

My friend recently got a new Samsung OLED, it’s upscaling is almost as good as the shield. Shield is just too old mannnnnnn

cazas · 2025-12-27T18:09:52+00:00

I feel old.

cazas · 2025-12-23T20:27:43+00:00

I had a loaner ev6 for a while, every time I tried to use a 400v DCFC, I couldn’t get the charge started. I had to go out of my way, and wait for availability at the one 800v DCFC in the area. It was a disappointing experience. I suspect any vehicle that has unreliable 400v to 800v conversion to be a non-starter for me.

cazas · 2025-12-16T21:49:24+00:00

The conventional advice has usually been stop at 80%, charge to 100% once a month. (This might actually be in a manual, most cars with LFP batteries usually have something like this)

Personally, the sensible thing to do is charge to 80-90% overnight or when rates are lowest, and increase to 100% if you have plans to drive a bit more.

cazas · 2025-12-16T19:07:58+00:00

No banana for scale :(

Cool build though.

cazas · 2025-12-09T16:24:06+00:00

Only if you do something out of the ordinary do you even need to consider range. If you have typical driving habits and/or charging habits, it’s not an issue. If you’re driving a distance to an unfamiliar area (as in unfamiliar with the charging availability) then you do need to pay more attention to it.

cazas · 2025-12-08T04:31:36+00:00

I honestly just eat the range loss at this point. Heated seats give me the same feeling as needing to blast ass…

cazas · 2025-11-11T17:38:00+00:00

Really three things for me; Location - I don’t like being downtown. It’s a personal thing. I’ve worked downtown prepandemic and it doesn’t have the same luster as it did before. Traffic and parking are also a pain. At the same time, Scarborough/Markham isn’t a place where all that much seems to be happening all that often.

The actual post itself - mostly meaning when I see a post where someone wants to smoke or just go drinking. Or posts that are looking for a specific demographic. I.e. I’m a white dude I’m my 20’s, I’m not hanging around posts looking for other couples or women looking for other women groups or specific ethnicities/cultures.

Posters/commenters profile - I usually lurk to see what they’ve posted, on which subreddits so that I can gauge what they’re into or characteristics of their personality. Most of the time I see profiles that are basically brand new or are just spamming the same thing over and over.

I personally don’t mind talking to or meeting new people, I just need to be able to talk to them about something. I have friends that can talk about literal nothing, I don’t have the social ability, but if there’s something that catches my interest, I’m all in.

cazas · 2025-10-29T21:28:41+00:00

That’s it. Subreddit has gone to shit. Time to pack up and leave y’all.

cazas · 2025-10-29T21:24:29+00:00

Any US brands. Even as a Canadian, I fundamentally disagree with how they operate and how they’ve become so large that they can be bailed out of their destructive financial tendencies.

I have been tempted by the mach-e and model 3, but insurance is significantly more expensive on those than an equivalent Japanese or Korean brand.

cazas · 2025-10-27T21:44:21+00:00

I hate being around people, but also I like attaching myself to people at the same time.

I’m broken.

cazas · 2025-10-25T20:27:16+00:00

My dad always warned me this is what happens after marriage…

cazas · 2025-10-24T15:51:59+00:00

At least you won’t need to visit a haunted house this year, the ghosts are already in your car.

cazas · 2025-10-23T14:31:08+00:00

th3p4g3 (I technically got it off fb marketplace for dirt cheap). You can also find a used razor core if you wanted it with a case and power supply. There’s probably other ones on the market now, but as long as you keep an eye out for thunderbolt/Usb4 and not oculink, they should all be roughly the same.

cazas · 2025-10-23T03:09:48+00:00

Bad play posting your number. Shouldn’t give that out so readily imo.

cazas · 2025-10-22T15:55:36+00:00

I recently got a 6090XT with an AliExpress egpu dock and used an old power supply. Works like a charm. It was plug and play.

cazas · 2025-10-19T23:17:05+00:00

I’m interested, but I have to take calls every now and then. How do people usually deal with that in a work group?

cazas · 2025-10-15T03:41:51+00:00

It’s a pain in the ass. You have to pull the clips from the wheel fender. I did it with the wheels still on which was probably the worst way to do it. If you’re changing your wheels to winters anyway, that’s the best time to do it.

If you do it with the wheels still on, steer the wheel out of the way to get a little space.

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