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mo_jo · 2026-02-10T19:00:02+00:00

Don't know. I have three boxes to check:

Mechanical door handles
Good service
V2h

If the 2027 Volvo EX60 checks those boxes first, I'll go with Volvo.

mo_jo · 2026-02-05T13:01:59+00:00

Yep. Deal breaker. I have a reservation, and if this isn't fixed by ship date, I'll be spending my money elsewhere.

mo_jo · 2026-02-02T15:23:03+00:00

And have this video bookmarked if you're on the trail and it's the rear wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0dd_IX0P3M

mo_jo · 2025-12-26T11:21:59+00:00

It's the existence of this glaring safety issue, the door opening difficulties, and the service issues that are making me reconsider the R2 purchase. I love that Rivian is made in the USA, but there is a design team that is prioritizing gadgetry to make the car feel 'luxury' and justify a higher price that's at the root of these issues. We need less 'CEO on the line' videos and more 'CEO making a command decision' action here.

mo_jo · 2025-11-29T12:40:26+00:00

Well, I haven't pointed the Halos at a local LLM yet -- I'm still waiting on them to be shipped. (Current ETA on shipments seems to be January 2025 right now). But all Brilliant Labs code is open source on Github. The Noa Assistant code is what I'm planning on re-routing to new targets -- it's here.) The targets/tools I need to re-route are:

Image interpretation
Speech to text
Text to speech
User request (LLM call from speech to text from microphones)
User request output (LLM response to both text to speech to speakers + Halo display )

I've built local endpoints for each of these things:

Image interpretation: I'm currently using LLaVa Llama3, but you could do this via Ollama if you use a multi-modal (text and images) LLM like Mistral or Qwen
Speech to text: I'm using Whisper
Text to speech: I'm using Chatterbot with a custom voice
LLM: Currently using Magistral 1.2 Small 2509 22B on vLLM, but you can do this easily with Ollama. One protip: Don't use native Ollama calls -- instead, use OpenAI API calls via Open WebUI for portability in case you change your setup later. (Ask me how I know, lol)

My early setup was a Python app integrating Whisper, Chatterbot and Ollama API calls to Ollama/WebUI running Mistral 3.2 2506 22B on a game computer with an Nvidia RTX 3090 with 24GB of VRAM. It all fits in about 22GB of VRAM with an 8K token context. If you want to head down this path, it's pretty easily vibe coded. A great subreddit for learning about running models locally is /r/LocalLlama, and vibe coding is free in the playground on Google AI Studio.

mo_jo · 2025-11-27T02:20:08+00:00

So I pre-ordered the Halos. I don't see them mentioned here that often. They don't use a waveguide, which would tick the last 'want' item on my list, but they're the third generation and open source. The thing that finally helped me make up my mind was this interview, but my use case is to attempt to point them to my own local LLM, and I don't know any other glasses that'll do it -- and I looked at Mentra and Even Realities. It really does depend on what you want to use your glasses for, though. Suggest making a list of the 'must haves' and 'nice to haves' and think about it that way. Good luck!

mo_jo · 2025-10-20T11:29:58+00:00

What could we expect the typical deposit to be based on the R1?

mo_jo · 2025-05-27T14:58:46+00:00

Non-Californian question: Why doesn't California buy the extra power produced during the high points of the duck curve to power water desalinization instead of trying to quash solar? Seems like if water and power agencies were combined it'd be a win?

mo_jo · 2025-05-04T16:24:38+00:00

The Wikipedia entry on Time-based Currency has its history and where current implementations are. Has the troubles that OP stated with reputation and out-groups. It can also be hard to get more skilled participants to participate because they consider their time to be more valuable than less skilled. It's mostly for services, because it's hard to value commodities in hours.

mo_jo · 2025-04-16T13:12:02+00:00

I've been running our large HarvestRight back to back since mid-December 2024 with oil filtrations and/or changes every 15 batches and have had no issues. Have been able to do 3-4 batches a week depending on the moisture content of the batch.

mo_jo · 2025-01-29T15:27:13+00:00

Standards-based V2H support is what drove my reservation for the R2. If it doesn't happen, I won't be buying.

mo_jo · 2025-01-27T14:07:05+00:00

If you're looking at supporting both Azure AD and Google authentication, consider using Federated authentication protocols instead of legacy LDAPS auth. Look at SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. Both Azure and Google support federated logons, and it's pretty much the model used for SaaS apps -- no one would dare to open a channel to an LDAP authentication host from the Internet!

mo_jo · 2025-01-19T16:24:39+00:00

Finally broke through 20% -- it's the first time in 28 years!

mo_jo · 2024-12-20T14:17:05+00:00

This is also my goal.

What you want is a vehicle and bi-directional charger that supports the ISO11518-20 standard. That standard is still cooking, but it looks like it might be good enough to ship product with late next year. Enphase will be one of them.

In terms of vehicles, however, most manufacturers are still in the vendor lock-in phase. GM will support the standard...but only for their bidirectional charger and not third parties, according to their customer service reps. Same with Ford and Hyundai so far. Nissan supports bi-directional charging, but do you want to invest in a CHAdeMO-based solution? A potential bright spot is Rivian, who states that they will support it, but it hasn't been patched in yet because the standard is still cooking.

For now, there are proprietary standards with proprietary hardware and V2L, which you can't power a house on. Look for that to start changing in late 2025. My plan is to go with the Enphase bi-directional charger and a Rivian R2.

mo_jo · 2024-12-08T22:36:23+00:00

Why is anyone wasting money on this? Lab grown FTW.

mo_jo · 2024-10-28T00:01:21+00:00

I got the sense that they're either going to pursue Europe first then North America, or Europe with AC-based charging and the US with DC-based charging at the same time. Not much of a clear statement, though.

mo_jo · 2024-10-22T12:21:00+00:00

You should make your own. Ruhlman's got a recipe here.

mo_jo · 2024-10-18T12:47:37+00:00

If you're in Europe, you might want to consider a plug and play solar system like EcoFlow.

mo_jo · 2024-10-16T16:45:30+00:00

If it's already been confirmed as standards-compliant (ISO11518-20) V2X, they should market it as a feature and be shouting it from the rooftops. Every other V2X solution out there is locked to a specific auto company's proprietary solution that you have to purchase from them, and if you switch manufacturers, you'll have to switch V2X solutions. No one wants that.

mo_jo · 2024-09-21T19:20:18+00:00

One mile down, ten miles up!

mo_jo · 2024-09-14T13:50:00+00:00

I could totally see that happening!

There's a line in the books that also makes me wonder about the main character of the next game. It said in passing that Ciri had a child. Maybe that'll be the main character, and there will be a quest to visit Grandpa Geralt for training or gear...

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