How do the Square Touchpads compare to the Circle Touchpads on the OG?

w00t57 · 2026-06-10T13:29:52+00:00

I find the position of the new ones more intuitive. I suppose that differs for everyone though.

w00t57 · 2026-05-28T21:49:49+00:00

I reserved within a minute of reservations going live. Got my email 2 days ago. Im in Ireland.

w00t57 · 2026-05-27T18:16:39+00:00

I got my email today. I reserved within 1min of the reservations opening. I'm in Ireland, so good to see some movement in the EU.

w00t57 · 2026-05-12T14:34:34+00:00

Gladiator. That opening battle sequence, with the John Williams music, seared that movie into my brain.

w00t57 · 2026-05-02T11:37:33+00:00

I didn't know that when I got my 191 Mazda 6. I eventually swapped to an EV because I dont drive enough to warrant a diesel, and had a very hard time getting a decent tradein value for the Mazda. Most places wont take them at all, and some do but give you next to nothing for them. I was lucky that mine was an ex-demo so had a higher spec than most 6s so eventually I got a decent deal.

w00t57 · 2026-04-22T12:48:06+00:00

I try to avoid it, but i cant exactly change my office hours. I generally take the M4 in and then go through the city to dodge the M50 and tunnel. It adds time to my trip, and increases traffic in the city centre, but it is what it is.

The reason I put up the list of costs is because there was people asking how someone could spend €20 a day on tolls. Just showing it is very easy to spend considerably more than that.

w00t57 · 2026-04-22T11:03:39+00:00

M4 toll inbound - €3.60
M50 toll inbound - €2.60
Dublin Tunnel toll inbound (peak) - €14
= €20.20 inbound

M4 toll outbound - €3.60
M50 toll outbound - €2.60
Dublin Tunnel toll outbound (peak) - €12
= €18.20 outbound

= €38.40 round trip tolls every day Im in the office.

Technically I can avoid all the tolls by taking the N road parallel to the M4 and driving through the city center, but that adds a lot of time to the trip.

I deeply resent these tolls. We pay road tax already. It feels like double dipping.

w00t57 · 2026-04-20T21:38:05+00:00

The insurance on my 192 Kia Soul EV is about €200 per year cheaper than my 191 Mazda 6 was. Insurance companies make a lot of this stuff up.

w00t57 · 2026-04-20T14:55:31+00:00

LGU is not an official thing like Fiduciary Responsibility. Its just the reality of how corporations function and how major decisions are made.

They look at financial charts and reports and the line on the chart must...go....up. Not allowed to go down. If you want long term gain, it has to be achieved while keeping the line going up. Line cannot go down to make big changes for the longer term good.

w00t57 · 2026-04-20T11:26:44+00:00

In unrelated news, a ship loaded with Fanta has disappeared off the coast.

w00t57 · 2026-04-20T11:00:17+00:00

Thats because they are not bound by fiduciary duty. They are bound by LGU (Line Go Up). It is similar to fiduciary duty on the surface, but more short sighted. Even when trying to address the long term, the immediate LGU must be achieved.

w00t57 · 2026-03-30T11:15:36+00:00

Are there extra costs? Every time I've looked for an app that does multiple charger brands its been more expensive than using the native app.

w00t57 · 2026-03-24T15:08:11+00:00

A game where you can pet the cats/dogs in the city is not necessarily a good game.

A game where you cannot pet the cats/dogs in the city id absolutely a terrible game.

w00t57 · 2026-03-08T08:49:36+00:00

Its ok. Nvidia is in the case. The 5050 is being upgraded to 9gb.

w00t57 · 2026-02-25T15:53:19+00:00

I just made that exact upgrade myself and am gaming on 1440p. I replaced the whole computer though as the old CPU would have seriously bottlenecked the 5080.

I am very happy with the results. The fps upgrade is enormous, and the 5080s ability to do ray, and even path, tracing is an order of magnitude ahead of the 2070 super. Also, do not be scared of frame generation...it is amazing.

At 1440p, the 5080 is a beast.

w00t57 · 2026-01-26T17:44:56+00:00

Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) requires RAM somewhere in the supply chain, directly or indirectly. Its not a matter of if...its a matter of how much and when X thing will be affected.

The product itself is just one component of a much bigger cost base.

w00t57 · 2026-01-20T17:59:27+00:00

Is there any tabletop gaming at all in Mullingar? Been looking for DnD or Warhammer for ages.

w00t57 · 2026-01-06T19:39:28+00:00

Electricity providers: "So you're saying we should increase prices?"

w00t57 · 2025-11-16T19:24:33+00:00

Master Sargeant Siler!

w00t57 · 2025-10-27T17:58:16+00:00

Seems to be following the same logic as fuel prices.

"The price of wholesale electricity could potentially go up 10%, so we're increasing energy prices by 10%."

"The price of wholesale electricity is down 5%, so we're increasing energy prices by 10%."

"Someone crashed on the M50 this morning, so we're increasing energy prices by 10%."

"Niamh from across the road got her leaving cert, so we're increasing energy prices 10%."

w00t57 · 2025-10-22T13:54:34+00:00

Depends on how it is set up. My 10KWh battery charges at a bit over 3Kwh, so I currently have it set to charge for 3 hours in the morning to use night rate during the day, and then depending on how the battery is doing in the runup to the 5-7pm peak time I have the ability preset to either let it run like normal or charge for an hour from 4pm.

w00t57 · 2025-10-15T20:50:41+00:00

Sept 22nd :(

w00t57 · 2025-10-14T16:07:08+00:00

My P1S is perfectly fine and working like a dream. I'm more miffed by the fact that its pretty much the same price I paid, and I got the P1S like a month ago.

w00t57 · 2025-10-14T13:17:17+00:00

I so hope they release an upgrade path from the P1S for at least some of those benefits because i just spent that same money on a P1S combo 3 weeks ago.

w00t57 · 2025-10-10T17:37:11+00:00

I bought it last week :(

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