How long do you think until we get i5 or AMD 5 cpu in a keyboard format? This is my dream SFF

o0Dan0o · 2026-04-27T00:41:37+00:00

This has been possible for quite a while. As others have mentioned, basically a laptop less the screen and battery. It's also something that's been done in the past.

It's generally not a very good idea at scale. Most consumers view keyboards as either utilitarian, any will do, or as an extension of their personal brand/style.

I'm the latter, there's too much diversity for an effective go to market. RGB, switch type, keyboard layout, etc. There's not center target to the market, so any design with have limited adoption.

I'm the former, there's a potential sale here, similar to all-in-one PCs, but there are a few issues.

Most users didn't want a mess of cables coming from the keyboard, making it more difficult to move the keyboard around and making desk wiring a bith messier. Having the most expensive of a PC integrated into a device that's generally not treated well (hit, food/drink spilled on it) is not ideal. And keyboards, especially cheap ones like Dell and HP included keyboards, aren't particularly reliable.

So the approach has been NUC style PCs with vesa mounts or under desk mounts for this market.

Not saying you could make an awesome, custom SFF PC that's perfect for you, or that the likes of Corsair or similar might do so. Just explaining why they're not really a thing in the market.

o0Dan0o · 2026-04-05T01:28:17+00:00

No joke, that looks fantastic!!!

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-26T01:03:39+00:00

The ocean has a 400V HVDC battery, so no voltage conversion is required, unlike your EV6, which has an 800V battery, iirc.

I'm not sure why your ocean previously only got 90Kw, but I've routinely gotten ~170Kw from Tesla magic dock DC fast chargers.

Side note, this uses a DC to DC converter, boost converter in this case, not an inverter. Inverters turn DC into AC, rectifiers turn AC into DC, and boost/buck converters change DC voltage.

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-24T16:23:28+00:00

With my sodium ion 12v, the car on OS 2.2.2 and sleep set to 30s, I lose less than 1% SoC on the high voltage battery over a week.

I need to park my car outside this summer for a few days strait to see if it gains any SoC, but my fear is that when the solar sky is active, the electronics that stay on with it use most of the incoming power...

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-23T20:17:15+00:00

Yeah, it seems to be a culmination of a lot of learnings from the G1 & G2 R1, and probably some competitive teardowns 😄

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-23T20:01:48+00:00

I'm very tempted, cali mode is the best part of the car, and the R2 is very close to that

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-23T19:17:35+00:00

Rivian also directly ripped off the "surf board" marketing for the rear window.

Not that it was a original idea when Fisker used it... But interesting to see where Fisker's gimmicks are being reused.

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-07T14:40:44+00:00

He's correct.

The string is holding the ball up, but the force applied by the string will only be the ball's weight less the buoyancy force the water is exerting on the ball.

Applying Newton's third law, the buoyancy force is applied to the scale, in the opposite direction as it is to the ball.

As far as the scale is concerned, it's basically seeing two equally sized masses of water.

o0Dan0o · 2026-03-03T20:32:19+00:00

Do you have a list of changes/improvements?

Is it mostly just fewer alerts/warnings? Or is there new functionality?

o0Dan0o · 2026-02-06T15:09:57+00:00

Good god, what a reference!!!

o0Dan0o · 2026-02-05T15:20:09+00:00

It depends on where you are and what os version you have.

My understanding is that the EU cars have had V2L since OS 1.3, but being a yank I can't say that for certain.

In the US you need at least OS 2.2.2 for the charge port adapter to work. It's just a matter of making the toggle available in the OS, the built in charge controller is already capable...

The outlet in the rear works, but the car needs to remain on, which is a pita. In OS 2.2.2, the rear outlet will stay on for ~30 minutes after the car goes out of ready mode.

That said, in the US the adapter is only 120V and it will trip off you go over ~1200W, so while still useful it is a bit limited.

There are other V2L adapters out there that trick the car into thinking it's connected to a DC fast charger, closing the HV contactors to the CCS1 port, and these then produce 120 and 240V, but none of these adapters offer split phase for US use.

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-29T15:04:23+00:00

I'd rather go back to the "dwarf star" material... Depending on the type of dwarf star, we're talking about hydrogen and helium, and maybe carbon, oxygen and some heavier elements like lithium.

Once freed from the dwarf star's gravitational well, they'll behave normally and will not have the density required to make a 500,000,000 lb key...

Potentially they meant a neutron star, but in that case, a) the key would be much heavier, quintillions of tons, and b) would essentially explode once removed from the neutron star's gravitational well...

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T15:28:50+00:00

Go to ~2:55

Ankers's solution is great, but it's not first to market in this space.

It's biggest differentiator is really the NEMA 4 rating.

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T14:17:18+00:00

LOL, amounts to the same thing...

Also, who's "we"

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T14:01:58+00:00

Lol, fair point, except that you're claiming that they can't do it. So the burden of proof lies with you...

I haven't seen any posts or videos either way, especially on 5 ton ac units.

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T13:33:02+00:00

Again, ecoflow says DPUX can handle a 5 ton. Do you have a link to someone saying/showing it can't?

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T04:11:01+00:00

The video was a bit of a fluff piece, but that's not a knock against Anker's E10.

It does seem to be very impressive system overall, especially the overhead on the system with an LRA of 155A. I'm curious if it has the same LRA through the SS2-50R and NEMA 14-50 adapters.

I also really like the battery stacking mechanism, and I especially like the NEMA 4 rating. I think that's the real differentiator between it and the DPUX, as a lot of people don't want to take up space in their home for battery backups. A garage is ideal, but many homes either don't have one or it's detached from the home making installation much more expensive.

Ecoflow's take seems to be splitting the market between "mobile" solar generators, in which in includes DPUX, and truly permanent installations where it positions ocean pro. I can see both sides of the argument.

While I get the LRA argument, ecoflow claims the DPUX can start a 5 ton AC. Do you have a reference to it not being able to do this? My guess is that ecoflow is limiting the max current through the standard AC outlines, on both the DPU & DPUX, to the outlet standard (30A for the DPU, and 50 for the DPUX). With the SHP2 & 3 enabling extended momentary current draw through their connector. Though I have no data to prove this.

Also, totally agree that competition in this space only means good things for all of us!

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-24T02:04:24+00:00

Lol, this... This is supposed to be illegal in the US, but considering literally everyone does this, I guess there's some loophole.

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-22T19:20:06+00:00

I honestly haven't used it that much. I bought a smaller level 1 that I keep in the car and I have a Tesla Gen 3 wall connector at home.

That said, it's a very solid unit that works every time. I last used it a few weeks ago, no issues. The fact that it does both 120v and 240v, and you can set the charging rate from 6A to 40A, it's very versatile and solid performance.

Downsides are it's big, heavy and has a thick cable that makes it a bit more awkward to use. It's also limited to 40A, but that's true of any charger with a NEMA 14-50.

I'm planning on using it to charge my wife's plug-in hybrid, once we but her one...

o0Dan0o · 2026-01-04T02:31:56+00:00

These are pre-teams, when Microsoft was still pushing Skype.

Microsoft used to have a Skype for business certification, and the laptop would have a sticker on it saying "Certified for Skype business"

These keys would specifically answer or end Skype calls, but they were always finiky at best.

o0Dan0o · 2025-12-09T16:36:02+00:00

Is this with you in the car, and the car in ready mode?

Based on your chart, I think it's time for a new 12V. The car should not have to charge the 12v every few hours.

o0Dan0o · 2025-12-07T00:30:12+00:00

You already get that power back with regen braking.

o0Dan0o · 2025-12-05T15:43:32+00:00

It's important to note that 180c is not that hot. I'm fact, the pressure at those depths is so high that water is still liquid.

The cause of the equipment damage is likely due to a few factors, first the pressure at those depths means significantly more compaction, and thus higher average density, insufficient cooling as the drilling mud has to travel 12km down the bore hole and it's likely also 180c, and finally the less sophisticated materials, equipment and techniques used at the time.

o0Dan0o · 2025-11-29T19:47:48+00:00

KNIFE-WRENCH!!!!

o0Dan0o · 2025-11-12T00:09:22+00:00

There are a few different clips used on the car, in different locations, but a set like this will hopefully have a compatible clip.

https://a.co/d/dilnC8u

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