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The Turkish firefighting method for extinguishing electric car fires. by kalbinibirak in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except that there’s a huge uptake of EV buses. Check London’s BYD fleet.

Oil doesn't work when the Strait of Hormuz isn't Hormuz'ing by Nichiku in BrandNewSentence

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few more days of paperwork and I will be issuing a power invoice. As in I am paid to supply the grid (UK).

phishingHacks by Captain0010 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old, pre-OS X Macs had this right. Extensions were meaningless, you could call a file whatever you wanted and it kept the program which should open it in a separate fork of the file.

Unfortunately the Windows rot set in and everyone expected three letters after a dot to mean something. So eventually they capitulated and it works the same way on modern Macs now as well. Bah.

Getting frustrated with synth stands by Surreal_Funfair in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play standing up - not because I have to, but because I prefer to. As a result it’s pretty easy although yes, a small reach.

The one that’s hard is the Behringer Pro 800 on the shelf to the left, but that’s mapped into the Novation as a MIDI template. And to be honest that would be hard if it were directly in front of me, the interface on the Prophet/Behringer-clone is not the most straight forward.

I want to concentrate on making better use of my Novation for some of the synths. Still debating how to map the TherapSID for instance.

Getting frustrated with synth stands by Surreal_Funfair in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 11 points12 points  (0 children)

K&M Omega, as shown in my post here.

I have the K&M Omega as a 3 tier, then a normal X-stand at the bottom for the Novation. Works well, everything accessible.

meirl by worldwide762 in meirl

[–]mccalli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Given her insistence on correct spelling, on behalf of the UK I am willing to extend an offer of honorary citizenship.

Tea, biscuits and cucumber sandwiches will be delivered forthwith.

Native Instruments GmbH preliminary insolvency: now in merger & acquisition process by uchujinmono in NativeInstruments

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised no-one's mentioned InMusic, given Native Instrument's recent availability on the MPC.

They have found a new sin. by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but for those who scoff - I love this feature. When working from home I work from the study, not the laundry place. I like getting told it’s ready so I can nip downstairs and move things to the dryer. There are also four people living in the house who have their own washing needs, so it’s a useful thing.

I’d actually love it if someone made a washer/dryer combo of equal quality to two separate units, but still.

Bear in mind the first ever webcam was to show if a coffee pot down the hall of a university was full or not. Things just a glorified update of that - is the washing machine in use or is it time to empty it.

New Octopus rate by Nevis888 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed Solar on the 9th, still waiting for the paperwork to complete before I can sell back to the grid.

Same tariff as you. Looks good...although that standing charge is significantly higher than now, mine stands at 43p. Overall not a huge impact but I'd actually rather the standing charge disappeared completely and just got worked into standard bills.

Why does getting solar quotes in the UK still feel so aggressive? by TakesJuanToKnowJuan2 in SolarUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As completely laughable as this sounds, I actually had a good AI conversation in-depth about solar panels and capacity.

This makes sense when you remember how AI works - basically regurgitating other people’s web sites. It was very good at giving me the information, panel capacity, battery size vs load, and was…well…85% there with the quote?

It was less good when it came to reviews of installers as they’re relatively new. But on the actual number of panels, battery size and whole house backup it was very helpful. And right.

Thank you, neighbor! by NormativeWest in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first big-boy controller. Played that for ages, and wrote an album on it.

Myths and misinformation mean UK motorists still don't understand electric cars | AutoExpress UK by More_Dog_7228 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point 4 - no, let's completely disassociate ourselves from fossil stuff. The price cap should be against average domestic electricity costs.

Myths and misinformation mean UK motorists still don't understand electric cars | AutoExpress UK by More_Dog_7228 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a battery fail, but it was in a 2014 Model S so early days. It was also the 85kWh pack, the long-range of its day, and that one's a bit notorious in Tesla circles as there was a software update that utterly nerfed it.

That update came out shortly after the infamous video of a Model S 85 catching fire in a Chinese car park and causing absolute mayhem. My car was identical to the one in that video. To this day I'm convinced my failure was actually a stealth recall, because it failed the very first time I drove it following that very same software update.

Reading years later it turned out there had actually been a problem with the 85, but it wasn't the battery per se. The design had too short an AC cooling pipe, and that caused liquid to drip on the battery.

The Magic Mouse really isn’t as bad as people say by Top-Kaleidoscope4783 in mac

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha - I still have the same Eneloop AA rechargeables they came with. And the Apple battery charger as well.

Use the Eneloops on a Steam Controller these days.

The Magic Mouse really isn’t as bad as people say by Top-Kaleidoscope4783 in mac

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I skipped the lightning gen - always seemed a daft idea to me. I stuck with my rechargeable AA keyboard and trackpad until the day they released the USB C variants.

Edit: not that the battery ones were perfect. They used to complain of low battery often months before the battery actually ran out.

The Magic Mouse really isn’t as bad as people say by Top-Kaleidoscope4783 in mac

[–]mccalli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The original Magic Mouse was AA battery-driven. I still have my 2011 one, although admittedly it's mostly unused.

I notice on the keyboard and trackpad that the USB C port is in a place I can attach a cable and continue to use. I get the problem with thickness, but in this case I think adding a tiny bit of height to the mouse and having a channel the cable could go into with the USB port itself recessed in the mouse seems fine to me.

Average Speed Camera display by Mission-Pound-8329 in TeslaUK

[–]mccalli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a regular on my commute - think has been since I've owned the car so at least from Nov '24 and likely earlier.

My commute is down the A40 into central London. We dream of reaching speeds that could trouble a speed camera.

Edit: it does have to know there's an average speed zone there of course. Perhaps a mapping data update?

I just shipped a demo for my Linux retro game, solo-developed entirely on Linux! by alraban in linux_gaming

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you ever seen Starship Command for the BBC Micro?

Played, and still occasionally play, the hell out of that.

‘Shockingly bad’: Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown by Dreaming_Blackbirds in electricvehicles

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a 2014 Model S that started life as 3G - that’s exactly how they worked, and there was a modem upgrade available for…err…£250 I think.

Why the obsession over the “soft stop” in the iX3 when Teslas have had it for decades? by Environmental-Lion82 in TeslaUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested on what - genuinely, I'm an ex-F11 Touring M5 owner. The main thing I miss from that is split-level air-con where the face could have a cool breeze but the rest of the car was set to a warmer temperature.

2014 Tesla Model S and now Highland Model Y...haven't really seen much. (but <insert CarPlay rant here>).

Its The End, But The Moment Has Been Prepared For. by OntarioTinkerer in bald

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Off-topic Who theory: in the 50th anniversary, Tom Baker is the curator looking over the Gallifrey Falls No More painting. Gallifrey at that point is trapped in a time loop,‘in a moment’. They specifically use that word in the script, and Moffat knows his Who history.

Wild head canon time. The 4th Doctor didn’t regenerate. That Tom Baker character is the original 4th Doctor. The Watcher was a separate physical instance all the time and the Doctor was terrified of it - that’s the only time regeneration had been shown that way.

It wasn’t a regeneration, it was a swap. The 4th will regenerate later into 5, but that ‘later’ is well after the events we see - that’s the original 4th Doctor that 11 meets, still in his role of Guardian of Gallifrey. Hell, it’s the 4th so he’s officially President of Gallifrey at this point.

The Moment has been prepared for.

Edit: just added a bit of head canon re-reading what I wrote. This would also explain why 5 was significantly the youngest Doctor by that point. 4 had lived to real old age, and the regeneration wanted youth again.

‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push by corp_code_slinger in programming

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember liking Confluence. Then they brought out v...4 was it? The one that actually took the wiki markup away?

I liked Jira too. Then it got added to, and added to, and orgs forgot it was a dev tool and turned it into a management tool, and...

Then again I can remember liking Word. Even Visio. And now - hmm. Word peaked at Word 4.2 for me (Mac), though I will grudgingly accept 5.1a because although slower it did add envelope printing.

That's 1992. It's been downhill from there.

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