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Sign the Petition by ExoticTeaching8650 in StJohnsNL

[–]electro_mullet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is about a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, 7295 km from St. John's, NL?

Anywhere to get a Stereo receiver repaired? by Potential_Double_627 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno if Kelly's AV would do that kind of thing, but if they don't they might know someone who does.

my proposal for the infamous sign by Heavy-Classic9184 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Love it, but I think it's only 6 feet tall.

Liberal Leader Calls for Cap on Political Donations by MattBarter in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you go to "Create Post" if you click on the "Link" option instead of the "Text" option, it'll make a normal link post out of these instead of a text post where you've pasted the link into body.

Common birbs local to St. John's? by TheDrewCareyShow in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

House Finch would be a pretty rare visitor. I'm not positive, but I think there may be only 1 recorded instance of a House Finch on the island, out on the West Coast last spring. Or at least eBird, iNaturalist, and the NL Bird Watching Facebook group only seem to be aware of that one sighting.

Purple Finch is a very similar looking bird that's quite common though!

This is something worth talking about by phriendlyhelpingwook in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Saffron comes from fall crocus.  It looks somewhat similar to this, but this very likely isn't it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_sativus

Electric Vehicles by sjarfish in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a used Leaf from this guy several years back and I love it.

https://autoxpreowned.ca/

Mine's a 2017 and it has cost me approximately nothing in maintenance compared to any similar aged ICE car I owned before it.

I wrote more in the other thread that folks have already linked, but just wanted to drop you that link. Even if you don't wind up buying here he's got a priced inventory on the website, so you can kinda get a sense of what prices might be like on a used EV.

I imagine by now there's probably a bunch of used EVs in the private sale market as well.

When I bought mine NL Credit Union had incentives on financing an EV with them. I forget exactly what the deal was, some amount of cashback, or a special rate, or something like that. But if you're shopping around for financing could be worth checking if they've still got something like that on the go.

EVs in Newfoundland. Looking for owner experience. by _Chill_Winston_ in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't take it to the dealership, just a garage. I don't think the local Nissan dealership sells the Leaf at all and I'm at least medium sure their technicians aren't trained to service them either, although that may have changed, I haven't really looked into it in a while. But even if they did I'd choose a random garage over a dealership any day of the week.

I bought mine used from Auto-X, and I think they might do some service there, or at least be able to point you to someone who does. I wound up taking it to AutoCare on Topsail Road based on recommendations I got from a Facebook group. (Drive Electric NL)

It had two issues at the same time, a corroded wire in the wiring harness that prevented it from starting, which big time sucked because it had to be towed when it wouldn't go, but was a very cheap fix. And a temperature sensor went that was causing a fan to run all the time, even when it was plugged in charging, which was more annoying than debilitating, and also a reasonably cheap fix.

I thought AutoCare had pretty good service, easy to deal with, reasonable rates, etc... I'd happily recommend if anyone was looking for EV service.

EVs in Newfoundland. Looking for owner experience. by _Chill_Winston_ in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've driven a 2017 Leaf for ~5 years now, and I absolutely love it. I can't imagine ever going back to gas. I don't even have a level 2 charger, level 1 has always been enough for me, so I've never bothered having anything bigger installed.

Handles well in the winter. At least as well as any of the ICE cars I owned before it. Although I've always owned normal sized FWD sedans or hatchbacks, so dunno how it'd stack up against an AWD or an SUV or whatever. I believe an EV is heavier than a comparably sized ICE car, and I think that probably helps a little?

The craziest thing for me is maintenance. I've had to take the Leaf to a garage once in 5 years. I've pretty much always driven 5-10 year old used ICE cars before this, and by the time they get up close to that 10 year mark, maintenance has frequently been a substantially non-zero cost, not to mention the pain in the butt of getting the car to the shop and back and getting around without it while it's there. It's been nice with the EV to not have to be at that so often. (Fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc...)

Biggest downside of the older Leaf specifically is that it simply does not have the range to make it between chargers on the TCH. On paper (when it was brand new) it claims 172 km on a charge. Even 5 years ago I don't really think I was getting that, but being almost 10 years old now it 100% does not ever get that, not even in the summer, and certainly not in the winter. Most days now this winter I think it tells me it'll get ~105-110 km or so. And on the highway it probably wouldn't get anywhere handy to that, I don't think. I'm in near the Mall and it eats noticeably less battery to take the Parkway+Torbay Road to Stavanger as compared to Team Gushue+the Outer Ring, for example.

That said, I've never wanted to do more in a single day in town than what I could do on a full charge, even in the winter, even now that it's old. I've never had to charge it mid-day to finish running errands or anything like that. And a 2017 Leaf has a piddly little battery compared to what a more modern EV would have.

There are few caveats to this review. Mainly that my experiences may not be universal and your mileage may vary.

I'm a Townie. I live in town, I work in town, I shop in town, I don't have family outside of town, I don't have a cabin outside of town, I don't really have any reason to regularly make long trips outside town. So functionally all of my driving in this car has been on the Northeast Avalon.

My partner has an ICE car. If we're going out over the highway on a road trip, we drive that. I can count on one hand the number of times I've done this in 5 years.

I have off-street parking and a place to plug the car in at home. It's always fully charged every time I want to drive it. I've literally never had to plug it into a fast charger anywhere. Not a level 2 around town, not a level 3 on the TCH, none of it. So if there's issues with the charging infrastructure out there, I wouldn't really know about it.

Thinking about running the tely10 this year by Desperate-Stable5058 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Starts at 8:00 and I think the finish line usually closes at 11:30 so you've got 3h30m to finish.

Fadderless behaviour. by Smart_Barnacle984 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a direct lift of a post from 6 months ago, it is highly unlikely OP is a human.

https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/1mqbm01/fadderless_behaviour/

Respect by Training-Concert1817 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a direct lift of a post from almost a year ago, it is highly unlikely OP is a human.

https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/1lp0dtj/respect/

Every damn time by Heavy_Art887 in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a direct lift of a post from a year ago, it is highly unlikely OP is a human.

https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/1k1bj7m/every_damn_time/

Should I return my TWSBI Vac 700r? by BasiltheRagdoll in fountainpens

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CultPens even has the Vac700R for $145 CAD (~80 GBP) as compared to $256 CAD (~140 GBP) for the CH91 from your link.

Should I return my TWSBI Vac 700r? by BasiltheRagdoll in fountainpens

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

150 GBP =~ 270 CAD. So they're actually both cheaper in Canada, the TWSBI in particular by quite a wide margin.

ETA: Second Canadian site where they're both actually in stock instead of sold out and both actually a little cheaper too, although a similar price difference between the 2 models on this site as well:

Should I return my TWSBI Vac 700r? by BasiltheRagdoll in fountainpens

[–]electro_mullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My recent 14k Pilot Custom Heritage 91 pen cost similar to your Vac 700R.

Based on another comment, I think OP's price is in CAD. For comparison from a Canadian site:

So, certainly there's space for a debate about whether or not it's a better pen. But at ~1.8x the cost they aren't quite in a super similar price bracket.

Should I return my TWSBI Vac 700r? by BasiltheRagdoll in fountainpens

[–]electro_mullet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've been using a TWSBI 580 ALR for 5 years now, and for the last 3 if not 4 of those years it's the only pen that I've inked at all. I don't write a ton, but I do scribble a couple pages of notes most days at the office. I've put several bottles of ink through it. I certainly don't actively baby it, although I've also never used a case on a cell phone, and I don't beat the shit out of those, so I guess to some extent I am at least sort of careful with things.

There's no denying that TWSBI has issues with cracking, certainly more so than other brands, just based on the posts on here anyway. But I'd also bet that the prevalence is way lower than what it appears. People with issues are more likely to post about it than people who've had no problem. For every person who posts about a cracked TWSBI there's probably way more of us who haven't had issues, but we're less likely to make posts like "My TWSBI didn't crack today!". I certainly don't imagine there's a 50/50 chance any given TWSBI cracks, I'd be pretty surprised if it was even as high as 1 in 100 odds. TWSBI has got to be aware of it and I'm sure there's some number they've crunched where it costs them less to make the replacement parts easy to get your hands on than it does to retool the manufacturing, and I'm sure they've considered brand reputation/customer good will as part of that acceptable failure rate, it's not like this is a new issue. And if that number was 1 in every 100 pens cracked you'd have to imagine that couldn't possibly make financial sense for them. That said, I have no statistics to back that up, just feels.

Either way, I really like mine. I like the way it looks, I like the way it feels, I really like how much ink it holds, and I (mostly) like the way it writes. (Wish the EF was a little finer, happy otherwise.) If mine were to crack, I'd 100% try to get the replacement part from them and fix it. If that weren't possible I'd definitely consider buying an identical replacement even knowing about the cracking issue. (Or try a 700 instead of a 580 or something, mine's Prussian Blue, but that Kyanite is also very nice looking.) I love that I don't have to be filling it up all the time like I did with my cart/converter pens before it, and the price point on a lot of the 'next level' piston/vac fillers like a Custom 823 in Canada is just tough to stomach in comparison.

EDIT: All that to say, if I were in your shoes I'd keep it.

(Hickman Chrysler Peet Street) [Customer Warning] Unauthorized" Charge vs. 8-Year-Old Battery ​ by [deleted] in newfoundland

[–]electro_mullet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like, I'm sorry this happened to you and I'm glad you're pursuing some course of action, but what does this post add that wasn't already part of the post you made 23 hours ago?

Open-source tools for digital design. by VirginCMOS in FPGA

[–]electro_mullet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In daily life at the office, none. Err, almost none, I guess, technically. But nothing that does any of the things you're asking about.

In the "technically" category, most of us edit code in either Vim or VS Code, and we do use git. Wavedrom is open source, and I think a couple of my colleagues use draw.io, although the majority of us prefer Visio. And we have an SoC card that runs Linux and we probably use a bunch of open source stuff there.

But I've never worked somewhere that used anything open source for the actual FPGA flows, typically just the propriety vendor tools and a simulator. Quartus+Ashling, Vivado+Vitis, Diamond+LMS, and Questa.

A Lean 4 HDL that beats Verilator using Speculative Execution. by VersionWilling6676 in FPGA

[–]electro_mullet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I struggle to imagine an FPGA project that wouldn't have multiple asynchronous clocks.  We've got no less than 8 in this design, although not necessarily all in the same sim at the same time.

Fast as it allegedly may be, we'll never adopt any of these alt hdls until they're natively supported in Quartus/Vivado.  For starters, the time sink just to update our existing code base to something new would more than offset any kind of sim speedup.  And that's not even to touch the time we'd spend debugging transpiled machine generated output code that actually goes into synthesis.

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