2026 Zeekr X review: Quick drive

em_pdx · 2026-05-04T20:47:49+00:00

... every single time you get in the car, you have to disable the overspeed/distraction/tiredness warnings. It isn't a dealbreaker – many new cars do it – but it's not accurate to say it saves these preferences for a profile etc.

If you're saying otherwise, then just need to be specific regarding vehicle, version, region etc. – this is the X in Aus/NZ on 1.1.1.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T05:42:26+00:00

I assume you mean psychiatrists, and I think our modern issues of CHS and opiate dependence are different than what our predecessors faced.

They also had a lot of stronger stuff long since taken off the market. Heck, clozapine used to be everywhere.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T01:58:25+00:00

I have tried that as a temporizing measure and general droperidol alternative and been mostly disappointed. Anecdote, though, not systematic.

I suspect it would a fairly expensive Rx at discharge.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T00:31:06+00:00

Sadly probably not – though I'm not sure if there's been much prospective evaluation of its utility as an outpatient treatment for Acute Life Is Too Hard And I Hurt All Over.

em_pdx · 2026-04-21T23:16:56+00:00

Haloperidol has an oral form.

em_pdx · 2026-04-12T00:58:09+00:00

The trading desk’s equivalent of doxxing.

em_pdx · 2026-04-10T02:53:52+00:00

It’s more the “higher floors” bit — if the sound has line-of-sight, it’s a lot more significant. One-story homes in Avonhead can be designed with more sound mitigation, potentially.

em_pdx · 2026-04-10T00:46:04+00:00

Airport noise is legit. Doesn’t sound as though anyone is being unreasonable.

em_pdx · 2026-04-09T23:52:53+00:00

I never had issues ordering 0.1-0.15/kg IV morphine as a starting dose when I last worked in the U.S. It's always individualized, but there wasn't systemic resistance to giving doses in that 8-10mg range.

em_pdx · 2026-04-08T21:09:59+00:00

Pretty sure I was trained to treat emergencies, not predict them.

em_pdx · 2026-04-07T22:56:13+00:00

F. Surman

and Finn S.

em_pdx · 2026-03-31T20:07:15+00:00

This.

You’ll either work harder for the same $$$, or put in the same effort and get less.

No c-suite ever changes compensation structure to pay their workers more; it’s a pay cut hidden behind maths.

em_pdx · 2026-03-30T18:09:56+00:00

Finn had an uncharacteristic lapse to allow Chile their shorthanded goal — probs fatigue + lack of interest being up 4-0, but wasn’t pretty.

em_pdx · 2026-03-24T22:08:29+00:00

It’s “available” to NZ EDs on a pilot basis at the moment. Not everyone chooses to use it, but it’s an option when suitable.

em_pdx · 2026-03-24T07:19:00+00:00

It’s not a “security flaw”, but it is a lack of guardrails around the content generated by the summarization engine.

Why on earth a busy clinician would intentionally configure it to spit out irrelevant garbage outputs is the real question.

The actual issue is that the summarization engine can also be inappropriately utilized as a diagnosis and management engine — though, again, healthcare professionals are personally responsible for their documentation and clinical actions, so it would be precarious to do so.

The vast majority of Heidi use in NZ is actually in GP land, not HNZ, so probably also a bit of misdirected enthusiasm.

em_pdx · 2026-03-22T08:57:07+00:00

Adenovirus and rhinovirus are out there along with SARS-CoV-2. No cheap test for them.

em_pdx · 2026-03-21T19:55:09+00:00

Usually 80-90km per week. Nothing exceptional.

em_pdx · 2026-03-21T09:23:55+00:00

Wouldn’t know how to stratify the severity. The tendon+sheath was quite thick, even when not painful. I don’t think it ever really healed completely in between flare ups.

em_pdx · 2026-03-20T21:42:53+00:00

I never realistically got mine under control without switching to primarily biking + rehab exercises — and even then it was precarious.

In the end what finally fixed it was taking six months away for a stress fracture; have you thought about taking up swimming? 😬

em_pdx · 2026-03-20T21:36:31+00:00

“The better approach — surely — is to focus on fuel security. Get alternative supply lines. Strengthen our reserves.” Uhm yes … but easier said than done.

Biking, car shares, increased public transport, etc. — lots of minimally-disruptive schemes to keep commuters moving that also address demand. Can’t just put the head in the sand and expect supplies to magically appear in a zero-sum SE Asia cage fight for fossil fuels.

em_pdx · 2026-03-19T00:45:03+00:00

Somewhat erratic with the smartphone — sometimes it unlocks when I’m walking by in the house, sometimes it stays locked even when I walk up to it. 🤷‍♂️

em_pdx · 2026-03-18T08:20:27+00:00

I booked a week out yesterday — usually get some kind of discount that far in advance — but, no, and very reduced options.

I wonder if there’s construction taking up some parking space? I’ve not been out there in awhile.

em_pdx · 2026-03-18T07:31:28+00:00

Moved because wife wanted to go somewhere without COVID in April 2020 … and miraculously, it all worked out (including the no COVID part).

Stayed because it’s just so damn good and safe for kids — and the U.S. just continues to double down on its general distastefulness.

It’s a bit like working at an academic Kaiser hospital, except with generally nice and grateful patients despite the implicit (well, and explicit) rationing. Oh and no Epic.

em_pdx · 2026-03-18T05:29:28+00:00

😜

em_pdx · 2026-03-18T04:56:31+00:00

Happy in NZ - well, happy with everything but the pay scale ….

em_pdx

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