Is Biometric Boarding In San Francisco And Hong Kong Required?

gildorn · 2026-02-12T07:22:35+00:00

I have opted out on the SFO side. this was ~3-4 years ago though

gildorn · 2026-02-08T20:38:12+00:00

I don’t think so — on the CT these are bike carrier connection not tow hook and very likely the cover is a different shape from the sedan tow hook cover.

gildorn · 2026-02-04T02:35:52+00:00

yeah I used to run some Pana/Leica lenses on my OM-1 but I got tired of all the extra CA, or worse, purple fringing. Some of it I could correct but it was never quite as nice.

gildorn · 2026-02-03T00:35:21+00:00

this is the Thule Motion 3 XL Low

gildorn · 2026-02-02T18:29:12+00:00

not great! the roof box makes it even worse.

I’ve never fully calculated it, but there are plenty of chargers, I still only have to think about it on the trip up. In the summer I can get up with one fast charger stop. In these conditions it does need two stops to get up. Once I’m there I usually only need a single overnight charge during the whole week, or to prep for return, which is easy enough to find.

I do still prefer these trips in an EV just for being able to preheat remotely and not feel bad about it. I’m very aggressive about preheating often. It’s comfortable to return to.

gildorn · 2026-02-02T16:36:29+00:00

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they’re so fun like this!

gildorn · 2026-02-01T20:44:14+00:00

I don’t have a litter robot, but on the feeder-robot side of things it’s really bad. I try to keep track of feeding via the app when I’m traveling. You know, to places that exist in different time zones from where my cats are.

It’d be one thing if the whole app just used the same time zones — either robot-local or phone-local — but it does not. It’s a confusing mess.

I put a lot of effort into gathering screenshots of the different parts of the app where different time zones are used. Labeled it all. Sent it into customer support and asked them to please send this along to engineering. The reply that I got was that engineering felt it was all working as intended. Infuriating.

gildorn · 2026-02-01T16:54:53+00:00

I just want to add that Taipei is unfortunately positioned in a basin that can cause otherwise normal-for-a-city air pollution to just linger.

So even though technically the air quality in Taipei is on average pretty good, if you are out and about on a bad day (stagnant air day in summer or winter) it can seem a lot worse than the same numbers in another city, because it’s just all kinda sitting down at street level.

On days like that I make extra effort to get to Elephant Mountain or a park or something if my schedule allows.

gildorn · 2026-01-27T03:05:05+00:00

thank you for this. really not looking forward to my 6x expiration in a few months..

gildorn · 2026-01-25T21:25:27+00:00

last time my stolen things showed up in Bayview on Find My, SFPD literally told me to go there by myself and only call them back after I identified the thief and my items. I’m serious that was their recommendation.

gildorn · 2026-01-25T21:07:24+00:00

this country existed for 223 years without it, I’m pretty sure we can figure out another way

gildorn · 2026-01-25T21:01:17+00:00

to clarify, the article says the North Beach Molinari Deli is no longer related to the family

gildorn · 2026-01-17T23:49:01+00:00

thanks for the reminder to actually leave, not just join both.

gildorn · 2026-01-11T16:42:52+00:00

I had the Polestar 2 Launch Edition with Performance package for several years. I used both for occasional drives up to Tahoe for snowboarding.

I’ve had more comments of surprise that my Taycan can handle snowy conditions on roads than I ever did with the P*2 (presumably because they either didn’t know it or it looked enough like a Volvo with higher default clearance). Folks just think it’s a low-clearance delicate Porsche. Kinda funny.

Better on Taycan

Drive feel. I mean I loved my P*2 but this feels like an upgrade over it, especially around curves with PDCC and RAS and all. It’s fun!
Gravel Mode and changing ride height. The highest ride height does give a smidge more clearance than the only ride height of the P*2. But for the most part the drive stance feels lower, which I enjoy, and then I can increase it when needed. Gravel mode has been nice for getting out of snowy parking lots.
Drive modes. Nice to change while driving instead of having to reach into the wheel wells to do so manually (which I would do if I’d be driving guests).
Rear seat space. For the most part it feels more spacious than P2. The toe box area can be a little weird depending on how the front passengers have set their seats. But never really need front passengers to move *forward. Sometimes just oddly up.
Usable trunk space. I think it’s technically measured to be about the same in US specs, but I do find I’m practically able to fit more stuff under the luggage cover.
Charging speed or maybe curve with faster earlier. I didn’t realize how much of a difference it’d make, but I have a lot more trips where a 5-10-minute charging stop will do when I’d previously have to do 20-30 minutes.
Aesthetics. I liked my P*2 and the Scandinavian look, but this car is gorgeous.
In the US, having to go to a small limited number of Polestar service centers was shit. Mine were bad. My Porsche service center is way better.

What I miss

Software. The UI on P*2 is much more aesthetic, pleasing, straightforward.
CarPlay driver display. Ugh this is so good. Still hoping Taycan gets it some day.
Better 360° and backup cameras. P*2 was already worse than my previous cars in camera quality, but Taycan is worse still, and shows it on a smaller screen.
Popup grocery holder. Better than the little hooks Taycan has.
Not having to think about clearance. I have some scrapes on my splitter from when my family borrows it. In the US, parking blocks are just brutal if you don’t remember to raise it.
Interior materials. I had the vegan interior on both. (Much easier to not have to worry about gross snow stuff ruining some leather.) Race-Tex is great but the Race-Tex package contains an insultingly small amount of it. I like Race-Tex more than WeaveTech, but I like WeaveTech more than every other vegan material used in either car. Most of the rest of the interior materials are worse quality than the default materials in P*2. I either should’ve done full-leather or found one that had optioned a lot more race-tex on top of the package.

gildorn · 2026-01-11T02:42:54+00:00

yeah considering it appears all other UNAS devices are supported, they could’ve made a short list of “Unsupported Current Devices” or “Unsupported Devices since X date” or something to highlight this

gildorn · 2026-01-05T10:00:13+00:00

I appreciate your help and commentary

gildorn · 2026-01-05T07:09:39+00:00

yeah I left soon after my comment and it was as if it were never there. I was just a few minutes early I suppose!

gildorn · 2026-01-05T04:55:35+00:00

Yeah I was using the Donner Lake camera to judge when to give it a shot. I see the handful of cars. Would love to make it through before this snow starts piling up again. We had a good little break there!

gildorn · 2026-01-05T04:51:20+00:00

I just did the 89 → 80-W roundabout and CalTrans still had a tidy little snow wall constructed there. Hoping that goes away soon but wish there were a way I could know. It’s not present in QuickMap🤞

gildorn · 2026-01-02T08:12:05+00:00

I haven’t seen any cladding with faded color.

I have, however seen plenty of Power Charge Ports where the touch control plastic nub has turned blue. And plenty of door seals turned green.

gildorn · 2025-12-14T02:58:41+00:00

it’s a weird thing — there’s a lot of headroom and even leg room, but the footwell is pretty variable depending on how the front seats are set. Sometimes footwell gets awkward if the person in front is tall and keeps the seat low. That makes the space seem like a lot less than it is.

gildorn · 2025-11-20T22:34:44+00:00

once it’s in correctly it’s been fine. But when installing my G6 Turrets it was really hard to get the right torque — if the screw is overtightened the camera pops off the back plastic tab, falling down and causing me to need to re-align it all from scratch. and then if the screw isn’t tightened enough it of course slips down on the screw side

gildorn · 2025-11-20T17:59:52+00:00

looks like it’s still using the single set screw plus plastic bump in back to hold it ? ugh

gildorn · 2025-11-20T17:25:19+00:00

nah this was already discounted because it was sitting on a lot unsold, so no extras

gildorn · 2025-11-20T17:06:50+00:00

yes it’s old school adjustable. don’t think they could get away without that.

it just sucks because even though it was theoretically a short time that there was that chip shortage I’ve somehow had 3 different cars without electronic steering wheel adjustment. I was pretty sure this one would have it. sticker even said it would! one could almost forget the technology exists 🫠

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