ChaoticNeutralCzech

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can taste it right now just by licking it...

Make sure it's not been freezing the night before.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 1 week ago

We wouldn't in a functional democracy with a multi-party system and proportional representation

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's not quite what the articles say.

The truth is that today's EV batteries will inevitably need replacing in the future.

But yes, they show that batteries last longer than I expected. I imagine the light use by my European family will cover 2 decades if the battery has at least 300-km range.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 3 points 1 week ago

I know, this one is shorter and has mechanical brakes. Not as great but I imagine the Czech one, one of the largest in Europe, has very few English-language sources that could have pointed it out to him. I don't know whether the Claughton one cannot be ridden or Tom is just squeamish about safety (see description) but the Černý Důl one definitely can, that's how they do routine inspections.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The remote was lying around and I just pointed it at an ATmega on a small breadboard with this code when nobody was looking. I muted the TV briefly to check that it worked, and took the device home to make a transmit-only ATtiny version inside one of those promotional keychains that have a coin cell, button and LED. I didn't bother with writing the program the "right" way (sleep mode and pin change interrupt, which would eliminate button contact problems and allow for more complex behavior like more buttons or multiple-press), the ATmega just plays the sequence on powerup.

The other option is to find the closest possible TV model online (not easy, wall-mounted TVs you can't see from the back barely have any distinguishing features) and check if the listed remote code works. Or use an IR-enabled smartphone, the various apps cover most TV models.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I made an Arduino IR cloner, took it to the barbershop and when nobody was looking copied the mute button's code so I now have a little device to silence the long Retro Music Television ad breaks I would otherwise have to endure. I don't really go anywhere with TVs otherwise.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It definitely still works in the Czech Republic and Germany. Our pre-2023 president was an avid user. Public TV stations hand-format their own and syndicated news for 39 columns and pick monthly poetry. Commercial stations just automatically jam syndicated news into the format, sometimes overflowing to another subpage just by 1 word, and host huge amounts of banner and fullscreen ads with meh graphics by Teletext standards, mostly for dodgy phone services like tarot and erotic hotlines. They also host "chat24", probably the worst message board ever: imagine a public IRC room but $0.50 per message (by SMS) including setting your nickname and color.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/JF3wN6L

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://www.noblecollection.com/Item--i-PRP-HP-8050

Raise it straight up in the air and say "Addi-nau-seum" into the microphone, then quickly point it at the TV.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Depends on how much mileage the battery's had, as replacing it can double the range but also cost of the used car.

Edit: they're better than I thought! I expected 80% after 500 cycles, like phones, but they're closer to 90% after 3000 cycles!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 1 points 1 week ago

That is not the problem. Politicians should often be forward-thinking. In the US, failure to plan more than 2 years ahead is a huge detriment to infrastructure funding. Of course, central long-term planning à la USSR that does not consider market developments is an example of how wrong the opposite extreme can go.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 18 points 1 week ago

You don't want the Dutch scenario to happen. Children as young as 6 are joining bike gangs that hog half the trail width and don't bother to step down in pedestrian zones!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 22 points 1 week ago

Sorry, they reserve the right to implant and delete memories in Section 4.4.2 of the EULA.

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