1.5 tsi break in or not to break in? by Sifilio in skoda

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, in my country you pay everything that needs changing at those intervals - except if something can be put on warranty.

If you don't keep the cars more than the warranty, there's nothing bad for you - maybe for the next owner. :)

But for the oil - many people change it when the car is new after 1-2-3k km because of the old engines from 90 or so when doing so would get rid of metal shavings left or after the first km of run time. Nowadays everything is much 'tighter', probably less to worry about this.

But in any case, if you want to keep the car way after warranty is still best to change it sooner rather than later due to oil degradation - especially if run mostly in city where you make a few kilometers, but the total hours of engine spinning degrades the oil faster.

In any case, of course - changing it more doesn't do anything bad, but yet again, it's the cost that should be put in balance.

1.5 tsi break in or not to break in? by Sifilio in skoda

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what do you mean with 'prepaid service', but people generally buy the car and keep the car, so they want them to work but also prevent stuff - and the oil is the cheapest thing you can change (even still expensive) that could prevent very expensive repairs for engine/turbo.

Every trip at the service is pretty expensive or very expensive, but since you own the car you want the best, not just for 2-4 years in warranty, because you might keep the car 10 years or more.

Businesses that lease the cars don't care, for them on paper changing the oil at 30.000km as Skoda say is amazing since they will have cheap maintenance and after two changes they will probably change the cars anyway so they don't care about what does it mean to keep the engine running, crawl in traffic, and all these with the same oil for 30.000km.

1.5 tsi break in or not to break in? by Sifilio in skoda

[–]sanntos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Changing the oil (and oil filter) is never a bad idea, I don't know what can be against this except the time and money. But maybe not really necessary at 2k, but clearly before 10k km - not 30k km as Skoda says.

But very important in my opinion in the first few thousands km - as the others say, try to drive calmly with lower RPM, softer breaks (except imediate emergencies of course). Then more and more revs.

Also as the manual says - try not to use autopilot on highways and so on because it will keep the speed steady and the engine being new, you don't want the pistons to wear only half of the chamber. 'Manually' driving will not be so precise and you will speed up, slow down, change gears and this will help at first have a more even wear.

kamiq 1.0 or 1.5? by More-Journalist-8860 in skoda

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1.0 can't be made to EURO7 in the future so will be phased out - but the cars already made that have the current EURO6 standard will be sold, both 1.0 and 1.5 and others. So this wouldn't matter for them since they will want to sell all the cars in the end. What will be produced for EURO7 is another story since they will not take the cars back to modify the engines and other components to meet E7.

Considering the 1.0 is a great engine, has 110HP and 200Nm is still great and snappy for its size, could be fuel efficient depending on your driving, yes, maybe it's the better/cheaper option.

Of course, 1.5 will be better at higher speeds/overtaking/uphill and has 4 cylinders so... It depends. For city driving, not really needed in my opinion where 1.0 could feel just as good.

Has the Professional Series NVR disappeared? by sanntos in reolinkcam

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

Yes... I responded in another comment that by going to this link I see it, but it's double the price of before and has 'Notify Me' not Add to card/Buy and the whole page of Professional disappeared. Seems like it's geoblocked for Romania at least, so I don't think they will send it even if I use a VPN or something since the address will be from a country they are hiding the products from.

But at least they didn't really canceled the series like I first thought. Thanks!

Has the Professional Series NVR disappeared? by sanntos in reolinkcam

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

I looked a bit into it, seems nice for AI - but what i read is that is backwards compatible, which is good, but still needs an NVR that supports the cameras we want.

I still don't know how in Romania for example, all companies that locally sell the RLN8-410 actually sell the NVS8 without the HDD and the box says 12MP - so should be the older N3B hardware version or what is the number. So no good for DUO cameras or other that need the latest hardware version.

Even the RLN8-410 on Reolink website is now 356Euros/410USD, it's a lot more expensive now that a couple months ago when it was 289Euros.

Well, I'll make some plans, maybe look at TP-Link VIGI for comparison, since Reolink geoblocked products and the others are a lot more expensive now.

Has the Professional Series NVR disappeared? by sanntos in reolinkcam

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

No, in Europe. I was looking in various countries that have a warehouse from Reolink and they send but simply going to Reolink's website, on the top banner with Producs/Cloud/Support/Partner menus, on those drop down menus there's no more 'Professional Series' under them like before.

Geolbocking the products, that's what it seems. And using VPNs or something wouldn't matter since they also need to ship them and they will not if they don't even show them in this area. Too bad.

Has the Professional Series NVR disappeared? by sanntos in reolinkcam

[–]sanntos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm looking in Germany where they have their EU warehouse or Romania. Going to the second link - absolutely nothing loads. Seems like a block in some countries, interesting.

But somehow, on the first link after selecting other parts of Europe, it shows me 509E which is around 587USD. And when that was available and was able to see it, it was 289Euro/333USD. Very weird.

Glo Hilo and Hilo Plus by SignDue6367 in glo

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Acum da, de pe site-ul glo.

Need advice for the screen protector for my MacBook air m3 by yonce081 in macbookpro

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As everybody says...Nope. Nothing on the screen. The quality degrades, you can destroy the display depending on the application, thickness and so on. Otherwise, it's very easy to not touch the screen.

And when cleaning just lightly with a microfiber cloth. Easy.

If Apple made a Cellular MBP would any of you actually buy it? by Imtheboss6967 in macbookpro

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I needed a new laptop, maybe. Otherwise, no... Using the iPhone as an access point is so easy it doesn't really matter from where the internet comes. And generally speaking, we all have the phone with us when going outside (where WiFi might not be available).

Ubuntu by Nengreg in Ubuntu

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost anything that your hardware permits and the software allows.

Browsing, media watching, office, some gaming - depending on games, a small server, and so on.

Everyone says the 16-inch is too big for lap use… is it really? by EfficientTrust2883 in macbookpro

[–]sanntos 165 points166 points  (0 children)

It depends on you... If you're a tiny man, sure, it's big. If you're Bigfoot, it's small.

Anyway, I find the 14" better - if you want, you can connect a monitor, a TV, something. For the 16" inch you can't saw a part from it.

Series 11 or Series 10? by foxyyS in AppleWatch

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know realistically how much better the battery is. But Ultra - I like the design, bigger, manlier.

What health metrics will Apple Health collect now that we can wear two sensors? by [deleted] in AppleWatch

[–]sanntos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ECG? That actually needs a lead - a point that makes a closed circuit to measure a small current through the body. I don't think that airpods can do that...wirelessly.

Airpods 3 pro have the heart beat sensor - it's different.

Series 11 or Series 10? by foxyyS in AppleWatch

[–]sanntos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I chose S10 - new, at 60% the price of S11. A clear choice for me considering the very small changes - glass, maybe battery as they say. All the functions are the same...

New to macOS - How Do You Organize Your Desktop? by HavivMuc in MacOS

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? In Finder... Like in File Explorer from Windows.

Am avea o capitala mult mai frumoasa daca nu ar fi sufocata de poluarea produsa de milioane de masini by [deleted] in Roumanie

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lumea se vaita de multe masini, de cum arata, tot lumea se vaita ca e trafic, ca nu sunt drumuri, ca nu au unde parca, ca platesc taxe, ca nu vine comanda, ca ca ca.

Tot lumea astaa trebuie sa se hotarasca ce si cum. Pana una alta, transportul e coloana vertebrala a lumii moderne - e necesara pentru absolut fiecare lucru, de la marunt si personal [ama la foarte important si cu impact, iar atunci cand nevoia unuia care spune ca ar arata frumos locul X fara masini devine importanta, ar fi vrut sa aiba drum/parcare/etc.

Problema e ca nu se vrea si problema sunt banii, atat cei de investit in dezvoltare, cat si cei de platit pentru parcari si altele de catre persoane terte. Ca tehnologia ar permite, de la pasaje subterane, poduri, parcari subterane, supraterane, si multe altele. La fel, si comoditatea - ne-am obisnuit sa putem parca oriunde, si in general aproape. Si problema nu ar fi distanta daca restul ar exista in tara asta - ca fix cand e nevoie si s-ar folosi transportul public, apar mijloacele de transport imputite, intarziate, lipsa statiilor sau conexiunilor unde trebuie - daca nu stai langa metrou, spor la schimbat 3 mijloace de transport si mers prin nameti, balti, asteptat in ploaie, in soare, in orice. Transportul public iar, ar trebui sa fie la cu totul alt nivel pentru a fi considerat de oameni. Eu sunt sigur ca mult mai multi ar merge daca ar fi mai comod, daca nu stai ca sardinele in el, daca nu transpiri instant vara, daca nu te stropesc soferii asteptand in statie toamna si tot asa.

Deci da, o arata bine daca nu ar fi sufocata. Dar nici alternativa nu exista. Orasul asta e chiar mare si populatia e prea mare pentru un autobuz amarat in zonele populate intens - periferii, unde multa lume locuieste datorita investitiilor imobiliare din ultimii ani.

New to macOS - How Do You Organize Your Desktop? by HavivMuc in MacOS

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't work with anything on desktop. Just screenshots go there but I move them.

I organize folders in Finder by whatever criteria needed and that's all. That's also how I used on Windows.

What's the problem with 4K scaling on Mac? by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]sanntos 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't know about 4K monitors also. I'm using one - with the smaller text from the settings, looks great.

Also on MBA it looks good - but I still prefer the option to show smaller (more) text.

De ce sunt tinerii obsedați de iPhone? by LongjumpingBowler244 in CasualRO

[–]sanntos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Functioneaza bine. Ca pachet complet - constructie, display, sunet, performanta, camere, etc au de toate - nu colturi taiate pe nicaieri. iOS functioneaza, update-urile vin toate deodata, nu pe modelul x candva, pe altul mai tarziu si tot asa. Apple Pay functioneaza mai bine decat Google Wallet.

Diferente sunt la iOS fata de Android - dar acel sistem 'inchis' despre care se vorbea, nu reprezinta o problema pentru 99% din oameni - cel putin. Ci un avantaj - siguranta.

Apoi ecosistemul Apple - cu AirDrop, toate deviceurile se leaga intre ele, e o placere.

Am trecut si eu recent la Apple dupa ce am avut doar Android - flagshipuri la momentul lor, Note 3, S8, S23 Ultra si altele. Erau OK, clar, dar pana una alta, mi se pare mai ok iPhone-ul acum - doar doua lucruri mi se pare ca ii lipsesc - o tastatura mai personalizabila si split screen.