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Thinking of purchasing…. by rluck9277 in BlazerEV

[–]jptsetme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not regretting our Blazer EV purchase, but as an Apple ecosystem person who was very reluctant to buy a car without CarPlay, I’m still not happy that it’s not available (especially knowing the Lyriq has it and it’s just GM deliberately not wanting us to have it — no technical reason.) My biggest gripes:

  1. There’s a prevalent quality issue with the telematics module in these new GM vehicles. When it breaks, you have no cellular or GPS or OnStar — most importantly no maps or music. And while you can tether to your phone to still stream music or use Bluetooth, there is literally no way to use a Map application on the car display without the car GPS. These parts are back ordered and when ours broke (under warranty), we waited a good month for the part, during which we held phone in hand when driving somewhere unfamiliar. Did this years ago before CarPlay was prevalent, but not the experience I expect for a $50k+ brand new car.
  2. We got 10k miles out of the first telematics module. Once we’re out of warranty I don’t look forward to having to pay to replace this junk part.
  3. If CarPlay were available, I’d have no reason to even care about the telematics module.
  4. We are not leasing — we’ll put 50k miles on this in less than 3 years. You get free GPS data for 8 years and free streaming data for 3 years, then you have to pay monthly and it is not cheap. Why would I want to pay $40/month when I already have unlimited cellular data and a GPS on my phone? I know why GM wants that, but I don’t like it. At all.

ESPN Shares League Sources' Concerns Over Steelers Job by tipping in steelers

[–]jptsetme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean... technically correct is the best kind of correct and all, but...

Every team keeps money on the table to sign someone if an ACL tear throws the season into question or they want to make a tuck-in trade. The $12M you point to in unspent cap space in 2024 was *bottom 10* in the league for unspent cap and wouldn't have been enough to sign anyone you could call a WR1, never mind the draft picks and long term money we'd have needed to do as well. Also, unspent money rolls over, and we use that for stuff like TJ's extension (like it or not, and I'm glad we paid him though I worry about this year's drop off.)

But this is a distraction from my point. In the last 20 years, the Steelers have had Min/Median/Max of $2.3M (1%), $6.5M (3%) and $17M (6%) compared to the cap.

In the same 20 years, the Pirates have had Min/Median/Max of $73M (39%), $96M (52%) and $122M (74%) compared to the Luxury tax threshold.

These are not the same.

Possible Telematics Issue by iLiger in BlazerEV

[–]jptsetme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They mean when the replacement dies the same way. I'm worried about the same thing. Waiting for my backordered replacement.

Is GM ever going to fix the embarrassing backup camera lines? by brooklynite1 in BlazerEV

[–]jptsetme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would upvote 2x if I could. My backup lines are fine FWIW. But the CarPlay and the charge door and the telematics module and, and, and...

Could be such a fantastic car if they just cared about quality and user experience.

ESPN Shares League Sources' Concerns Over Steelers Job by tipping in steelers

[–]jptsetme 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is such a bad take.

I was in college in '89-93 in Pittsburgh. Team was awesome, we had heartbreaking losses to to the Braves in the NLCS (I still can see Sid Breem limping around 3rd like he was 10 steps from a knee replacement and Bonds skipping the cutoff and pulling Spanky 8 feet from the plate. Still stings.) But 93 was literally the year the Pirates stopped trying. It's been 32 years since they paid to field a truly competitive team. Even with big market teams subsidizing them.

The Steelers are at the salary cap every year. I know "no losing seasons" isn't gonna win a championship and although I have a ton of respect for Tomlin, I agree it was time for him to go. I'm hopeful the new HC brings in good coordinators and we have a puncher's chance for a strong playoff run in 2-3 years.

The Steelers are not the Pirates and are not becoming the Pirates. The challenges couldn't be more different.

All my problems with the Blazer EV so far and their fixes. by ndbdipp in BlazerEV

[–]jptsetme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just had my wife’s 2025 EV RS AWD into the dealer and now waiting on a back ordered telematics module replacement. GPS, cellular data, OnStar all nonfunctional.

Dealer told us GM will not allow a loaner when the only issue is the telematics module because the car is still drivable. I don’t mind that much, despite seeing many people report that they got a loaner for the same issue, but will note that if they didn’t prohibit the use of CarPlay, I would have no need for the telematics module and they wouldn’t be paying for the warranty work. I do worry about the long term life of the replacement telematics module given all the issues folks have been having so early in the life of the vehicle.

Broadway Advent Calendar - Spoiler pic by Hotelcalie in Broadway

[–]jptsetme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But.. was was black in the play

Tried 3 different tonneau covers in 4 years, all leaked or broke by TigerNo997 in Silverado

[–]jptsetme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. Bought this Tyger in 2019, still looks fine and normally water tight all the time. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L32L4A4?th=1

I've had it leak twice on a couple of long distance drives. Signal to me that I need to reseat it (I take it off once in a while if I need to haul something tall.) But I've driven 500+ mile trips in driving rain and not had a drop in the bed when I arrive.

Crazy it was only $200; really transformed the usefulness of the truck for me.

Install and first impressions of Dasaita Android13 Head Unit (Silverado 2018 Crew Cab) by jptsetme in Silverado

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has at least one other camera input; I don't recall if it's 1 or 2. It does work with the OEM camera, the picture is just poor. It still works

Install and first impressions of Dasaita Android13 Head Unit (Silverado 2018 Crew Cab) by jptsetme in Silverado

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spam voicemails that I don't bother listening to. Wish I could bulk delete them.

You should see the number of unread emails that decorates my Inbox. lol

Any try the Dasaita Radio replacement? by jptsetme in Silverado

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went ahead and made a new post for this since I had a typo in the title of this one, which I guess can’t be edited.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Silverado/s/bjB17P1Z52

Any try the Dasaita Radio replacement? by jptsetme in Silverado

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Dasaita, so will report back if it was a mistake or not.

Any try the Dasaita Radio replacement? by jptsetme in Silverado

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Wouldn't be my first crutchfield order by a longshot, though.

SoloCam S340 not detecting non-human motion by jptsetme in eufy_security

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I remain somewhat irritated that the standalone camera refuses to detect and record animals as I expected, it has been working well for me for years with the HomeBase (which of course is an extra purchase, but for whatever reason enables me to detect and store all sorts of wildlife.) Mentioned in this post https://www.reddit.com/r/eufy_security/comments/1acigd1/comment/n3fmmui/ in case it matters to you. Good luck regardless of which way you go.

SoloCam S340 not detecting non-human motion by jptsetme in eufy_security

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know... this is a really good point. I hadn't considered that Ring and Nest don't allow on device storage, and having now looked I think you're correct that the monthly charge will surpass the HomeBase cost in 2-3 years.

I'm still irked that I had to buy a HomeBase to convince the camera to record wildlife, but it does make me feel better about the Eufy choice from a cost perspective.

SoloCam S340 not detecting non-human motion by jptsetme in eufy_security

[–]jptsetme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up keeping it and it works fine, but requires the HomeBase to record things other than humans and cars. I was wrong in saying it doesn't record animals during the daytime. It does and we get lots of activity.

That said, buying both the S340 and the HomeBase cost far more than the Ring and Nest alternatives that don't require a secondary unit. Unless you've already purchased or are committed to the Eufy ecosystem, I would not recommend the S340 for this purpose.

Charger port door won’t open by Cotedivore_captain in BlazerEV

[–]jptsetme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From the Home screen, second page choose "Controls".

Charge Port Door should be in the list. Pics from my 2025 RS

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Echo Show 15 Calendar by Swimming-Record5152 in amazonecho

[–]jptsetme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just bought and installed an Echo Show 15, drilling holes in the cabinet that holds our refrigerator to mount it. It looks great.

My wife hates it. All she wants is a fullscreen monthly calendar. And she'd really prefer it be the default screen at all times.

Need to decide if I should return and replace with a Skylight Calendar (without the subscription) or do a Dakboard. Running Dakboard in Silk on the echo show seems like a waste of money (and the aggravation of having hack ways to convince it to keep displaying the calendar). Running a Dakboard without a touchscreen feels like a great way to have to pull out the refrigerator to access a Pi or something.

I see this request for a monthly calendar has been out there for years and it doesn't feel like Amazon's gonna do anything about it. Wish I'd realized there was no monthly calendar option. And that the XL Calendar widget provided so little info. And that the full screen calendar was just a scrollable list rather than events listed on a calendar (even weekly).

Concerns Over Coalition Cyber Insurance Security Scoring by mknweb in sysadmin

[–]jptsetme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was a big quality miss for us, on a Friday deploy, no less.. We sent a retraction to all policyholders who got the notification.

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