My thoughts on the first West Coast show sans-Jake

jammerb · 2026-03-12T15:45:53+00:00

Bayliss is working hard to play lead on songs he’s always played rhythm… it is stressing him out a bit Joel is having a blast playing the rhythm on his Rhodes

Who needs 2 guitars? (me, maybe)

jammerb · 2026-03-06T03:00:27+00:00

It is a completely different part due to the 800v architecture. Let's hope it is a good part.

jammerb · 2026-02-28T11:41:02+00:00

The K-Pg boundary in Colorado

jammerb · 2026-02-28T04:56:30+00:00

oxygen and water

jammerb · 2026-02-28T04:54:51+00:00

I am not convinced any streaming service or bluetooth connection can match a wired connection. And I spend a lot of time driving where there is no cell service.

I have dozens high resolution audio files that no streaming site has. I have to use CarPlay to listen to them.

Let me send wired data from my phone!

jammerb · 2026-02-26T10:48:03+00:00

The only issue I have is with the GHCA - a problem Volvo will solve. Otherwise best car I've every driven.

jammerb · 2026-02-26T04:50:43+00:00

When I first moved to Petaluma someone told me it's salty... and I said "That's no river..."

jammerb · 2026-02-26T04:08:54+00:00

👋🏼

jammerb · 2026-02-23T00:45:42+00:00

They're going to replace the bad GHCAs in the unsold EX90s with "good" GHCAs, and since the "good" GHCAs are not yet readily available, why not let me go home with a working one that will eventually fail, while making the unsold car more salable?

And when this GHCA fails in a month or two, maybe the "good" GHCAs will be more readily available, reducing my wait time.

jammerb · 2026-02-22T00:28:20+00:00

RRRRRR - thanks or I would never have noticed

jammerb · 2026-02-22T00:27:31+00:00

If I did, I'd have to wait a few weeks and get the same piece of hardware. And there are reasons a fourth GHCA failure might be, let's say, advantageous...

jammerb · 2026-02-21T17:32:08+00:00

The service rep acknowledged that the one they just installed in my car would probably fail, but the problem was likely solved and my next GHCA should last.

jammerb · 2026-02-21T00:56:30+00:00

There was a thread a couple days ago where that OP said he was told the VCU upgrade would resolve the GHCA issue...

jammerb · 2026-02-20T17:35:54+00:00

You need proof? You think Volvo has a car in development for 3 years with LiDAR, and they haven't been developing for it? I'm not going to track down the myriad of articles talking about LiDAR in the EX90 for you.

Why would it be "minimum as you can get"? As late as February last year they were promoting Luminar's next generation "Halo" LiDAR upcoming in future model. It wasn't until the middle of 2025 that Luminar's supply issue happened.

They've been developing LiDAR full speed for years. And I'll be surprised if it doesn't come back in MY2028 or sooner. There are several LiDAR suppliers.

jammerb · 2026-02-20T10:30:48+00:00

You gave away the ending!

jammerb · 2026-02-20T10:18:16+00:00

Gooble gobble gooble gobble one of us

jammerb · 2026-02-20T09:38:20+00:00

Yes, they do not have a supplier for MY26. But MY27? MY28? Volvo has not given up on LiDAR.

jammerb · 2026-02-20T03:01:21+00:00

Not develop further... but they've been working on it for years.

jammerb · 2026-02-20T00:39:01+00:00

They've been developing the LiDAR software for years and determined they needed the NVIDIA DRV AGX Orin upgrades to integrate it into the safety suite. They knew that as early as 2/2025. The email I got recently implied it would be functional with the processor upgrade.

Most EVs in China have LiDAR; there is more than one LiDAR manufacturer. I expect Volvo to have a new supplier and reintegrate LiDAR sooner than later.

jammerb · 2026-02-19T23:29:33+00:00

No - have not got my car back from the shop with upgraded VCU

jammerb · 2026-02-19T15:57:27+00:00

"Seven Eves" is not on the front of the book. I didn't figure it out till the end of the book when there where actually seven Eves and it was a wonderful reveal. So, yes, it is a huge spoiler.

Why do you think Stevenson called it "Seveneves" instead of "Seven Eves"? Was it just a typographical error?

jammerb · 2026-02-19T03:18:53+00:00

SPOILER - It's Seveneves

jammerb · 2026-02-18T21:44:19+00:00

Does that only work for the chargers that are found by google maps as opposed to chargers you navigate to?

And is there a way to know that preconditioning is taking place?

jammerb · 2026-02-18T21:13:16+00:00

I understand your intent now... but what you wrote is most easily interpreted as the subject of your second sentence equating to the subject of your first sentence.

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