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TechConnectify OP , vor 25 Tagen

@sudo_whoami I just want more people to buy the powder in a box!

I don't need no stinkin' pods!

TechConnectify OP , vor 25 Tagen

@billatq I have noticed the same thing! Tin foil hat says they want you to buy their more profitable pods and are sabotaging their cheap products.

TechConnectify OP , vor 25 Tagen

@IzzyOmega @sudo_whoami This is a brain thing I cannot understand. It's soap! Who cares if you spill a little on the door of the dishwasher. It's all just going in there anyway!

TechConnectify OP , vor 25 Tagen

@jimcullen @IzzyOmega @sudo_whoami Either you didn't watch the original dishwasher vids or you might be talking from an angle I'm not picking up on but that's not placebo at all!

That's the pre-wash section which is designed to do just that. Let some detergent in on the first fill, then let more detergent in on the second fill when the dispenser door pops open.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

There are a lot of factors to consider if you are able to install a charger circuit, but you can open up many headaches if you insist on running a 50 amp circuit. Especially if you've got limited electric service.

5kW chargers deliver roughly 15 miles of range per hour. So in an 8 hour overnight charge you can expect 100 miles easily.

My personal opinion is that unless you have an extreme commute or a big truck of an EV, 5kW is plenty, 7kW is luxurious, & anything above is probably not needed.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@ironiridis at level 2 speeds I doubt there's a difference. The battery pack is so big that even on an 11kW charger it's more of a trickle charge than a phone on a 5V 1A USB brick.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@chloeraccoon 200A service is reasonably common in the US. At least for single family homes built in the last few decades.

Keep in mind though that's single phase, and technically it can only sustain 80% load. So in practice you end up with ~40kW

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@jdiller I mean, energy is energy. The only reason an EV is going to need more energy is if it's larger.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@wolf480pl @chloeraccoon Need is a funny word.

Our electric code is designed to make tripping the main breaker almost an impossibility. So when load calculations are done, they are assuming someone will be cooking a meal, using the dryer, running hot water, and blasting the heat all at the same time.

This rarely ever happens, but the code presumes people aren't smart enough to manage their power draw. Unfortunately I think that's correct.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

Other photos:

The emergence around me seems much less coordinated than 2007 (granted I don't live where I did then, though I'm not too far away). I think this was because we never got a deep soaking rain until yesterday. They've been emerging in pockets across the area as little rain storms popped across but after yesterday's soaking a whole bunch more have come out (some are still molting!)

A close-up of a molting cicada. They emerge from the ground as brown wingless insects, then their exoskeleton splits open just behind their head. This one has just split and a pale white entity appears to be crawling out from the brown shell.
A wider shot of the tree trunk showing a fully emerged cicada with a black abdomen and wings, just below is a cicada which has just escaped its nymph form. Its brown shell clings to the tree while its white body with shriveled up wings has mostly popped out of it, upside-down and still attached at the rear.
A different close-up of the tree trunk showing an emerged cicada with its body still pale white but the wings fully formed. Just below it is a deformed cicada which appears to have had its wings fail to expand (or possibly this one is injured. They are famously defenseless and rather... foolish insects)

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@brad indeed I saw it, and it's part of why I went for a walk just now! I can hear them clearly at home now so figured I'd go out and grab some pictures

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@gikiski @joop Not only at night but also in the rain or, I think, cloudy days. They only got loud today once the sun came out.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@bytor I appreciate your thoughts here, but in Aztec it is only 10 point bumpers that bump the match unit. No other point values cause it to advance and the 10 point bumpers are the smallest value.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@sol_hsa I suspect the main reason for this is technical - generally, electric stoves have them in the back panel which would make wiring easier, and gas stoves have them at the front which makes piping easier.

Personally, I don't find them at the back to be dangerous at all. First, as others have identified, they are harder to accidentally bump. And much harder for small children to get to. Second, the outer knobs almost always control the front burners. You reach around for them, not over.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@sol_hsa but most importantly, with an electric stove, if you've found yourself with an emergency like a grease fire, shutting off the burner isn't going to help you. You have more pressing needs, and the dangers of not shutting the gas valve off immediately (i.e. open flames below or gas leaks if they go out) just aren't there.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@crit @sol_hsa having lived with and gotten used to both, having them at the back is not even an inconvenience that goes through my mind at all.

And as a matter of fact, being able to see the full circle and where exactly the knob is pointing to is helpful compared to only seeing the top of the knob as you look down at it.

I actually think this is part of why some people prefer electric or gas stoves - you judge output mostly by flame size on gas and don't need to see the scale

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@crit @sol_hsa elucidating a little further, one thing I've never really understood in the debate of which is better is how the blatant non-linearity of the gas valve doesn't bother people.

I have never used a gas stove where the knob had a perfectly smooth gradient. There were always several pronounced steps. So you could not use the knob's position to mean anything; you had to react to the output and fine-tune.

Electric doesn't react quickly, but you can plan ahead since the dial is linear

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@erincandescent I'm pretty confident that they're not perfectly linear. I suppose the more proper term is repeatable.

If I'm doing the same cooking task on an electric stove, then I know the number I need to point to for it to work correctly. Or for instance, there's a dish I like to make. To get perfect results to my taste, I need the dial to point straight down.

I was never able to operate in that paradigm with a gas stove. I had to fiddle with it a lot and couldn't be sure it was right.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@lienrag No, I'm saying that some facts which are important to one person's understanding of a situation may not actually be that important in the broader context. They're fixating on issues they know sometimes come up and not questioning whether those issues are pertinent to the discussion at hand.

Oftentimes these folks have specific knowledge which they don't understand is irrelevant in the moment. So they're arguing things which don't matter and they don't realize it.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@jeffm @lienrag It's kind of similar, but I'd say it's closer to making a mountain out of the molehills which are pet issues.

Snow build-up on traffic signals is a real problem. But it can be fixed.

There are other folks who think some things are problems which just... aren't.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@EmuAGR I won't tell you that, in no small part because the car won't let you do that. It knows it's plugged in even if the station is dead!

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@monorailtimes it's not mine, I'm prepping it for install though

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@nul42 ah, this isn't for me. I have a Clipper Creek already.

But I hope you're enjoying your Ioniq as much as I am!

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@craigtheguru I won't go so far as to call it bonkers but because J1772->NACS adapters exist (and vice versa) I didn't see that as important.

This will be charging my folks' Bolt until it dies and if/when they replace it with a car with a NACS port, then sticking on the adapter is all that's needed and that's effectively permanent. It would only be annoying (and even then only slightly) if they got a second EV but I don't think that's in the cards for them.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@craigtheguru Why not just stick the adapter on and leave it on forever? That's what I mean.

Sure, it's less elegant, but I'm generally not a fan of paying more for elegance.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@glyph First, this isn't helping. Congrats?

But second, the reasons these thoughts are intensifying for me come from many places. An acute one right now is what media is popular and how much of it doesn't seem to have any spirit behind it.

Watching older television (I'm on a Perry Mason kick atm) and being able to see that there were overt principles being demonstrated and the writers were true to their morals makes it feel like we once had a healthier understanding of our duties of care.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@yacc143 There is some cynicism which is healthy, but I don't think this is.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@franktaber @glyph The trouble, as I see it, is that two things were shattered: the illusion of our moral superiority (a good thing to have shattered) and the idea that we need to care for one another (the terrible thing I'm lamenting).

There's some combination of fatalism, nihilism, and narcissism which seems disturbing popular at the moment. If I have a guiding light, it's that things can change and we can learn from each other. I hope my work speaks clearly enough to that.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@shandrew It may be more acute in the US but I don't think we're alone.

TechConnectify , vor 2 Monaten

@stephen In a world where J3400 also exists, I suspect it will remain very much commercial.

However, part of the J3400 standard includes moving to a more European-like system for public charging where you are expected to carry your own whip - with the Type 2 connector on one end and whatever your car takes on the other. That might fix the compatibility problem between various EVs and various connectors in a really elegant way.

TechConnectify , vor 2 Monaten

@rickscully they're OEM, no covers

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@LyleDAL absolutely! I have a few small irritations with it as you do any car, and boy should it have a rear wiper. Really dumb miss on Hyundai's part, there.

But on the whole it's by far the best car I've ever owned, and its extremely fast charging makes it very future-proof. The only thing I'd say is avoid the matte paint options. They're a pain to take care of and will show scuffs you can't buff out - in fact I'm considering having a clear coat put on my car. But gosh it's pretty.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@teotwaki I think it has potential, personally.

TechConnectify , vor 2 Monaten

@root42 I'm not intimately familiar with the three-phase setup but I think it's likely that each element is wired phase-to-neutral and thus only has 230V across it. Access to all phases just allows for better balancing.

As far as those with discrete positions, it depends. Some hot plates have multiple resistors and you're selecting different combinations (apparently this was big in Germany?), others might be stepped simmerstat-like controls.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@trantion Yes, induction is a whole other kettle of fish relying on very high frequency switching through copper windings.

TechConnectify OP , vor 2 Monaten

@cs My guess is that these select between different resistor values to heat up the bimetallic strip at different rates.

I have seen really thick coils which could have multiple heating elements going through them but that doesn't look to be the case here, so I think it's more likely this is basically a conventional simmerstat but with several discrete settings (which would absolutely annoy the living daylights out of me)

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@mwichary This is wonderful!