Rookeh

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[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As a developer myself I'm not sure if I would trust any application to safely handle a configuration that has become invalid due to a breaking change, especially not an app that is still under active development! Better safe than sorry.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Immich has completely replaced Google Photos for me, love it!

My only bugbear is that it is updated very frequently (what a nice problem to have!) which in my case requires a manual once-over of my docker-compose file every time in case there are breaking changes.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 28 points 4 weeks ago

I have a Model 3 at the moment. I've had it for almost 5 years and it's generally been great - cheap to run, quiet and comfortable on longer trips but still fun to drive on back roads.

Recently it had its first major breakdown, and although Tesla service did manage to take care of it, it's got me browsing for new EVs - but now, buying a Tesla is not the foregone conclusion it once might have been.

First, they have been making some truly stupid design choices in their latest facelifts (deleting the indicator stalks and gear selector).

Second, their CEO has now gone completely mask-off fascist.

Third - after a few years for the competition to catch up, we now have genuine alternatives from other marques which are just as good if not better EVs than Tesla's offerings.

I think my next car will likely be a Polestar 2.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not at all.

Lemmy is overwhelmingly militantly anti-Tesla, which is understandable considering who owns it, but it does mean that users tend to interpret any neutral or factual statements (basically anything that is not outright criticism) as having a pro-Tesla bias.

In this case, all I am stating is the fact that this specific change currently only affects corporate users. That could of course change in the future.

There is a rich history of cloud based data providers pulling the rug from under users with no warning. Look at what happened to Nest users when Google took over.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is most likely an overlap on what you can get from the OBD port, but generally speaking the API will provide more high level info e.g driving status, mileage, live location - and the OBD port will provide more low level data e.g. detailed battery stats from the BMS, energy usage, etc.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 76 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Highlight where in the above post I am defending anything.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 117 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Something to note: Tesla has two vehicle APIs, the Fleet API for commercial accounts and the Owner API for individuals. This change currently only impacts the Fleet API.

If you are an individual owner who accesses your vehicle data from the Owner API (usually via a self hosted tool like TeslaMate), this does not affect you. Yet.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That also means we can still use the expansion cards for the Framework in any other device that also has a USB-C port. Need an SD card reader or a 2.5Gb LAN adapter? Not a problem, I'll just grab one from my laptop.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Solution: don't read that shitrag. It was always a waste of paper, now it is a waste of bandwidth as well.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In Voyager, he’s shown to have pips. In fact, switching him over to Command mode shows a deliberate animation of pips showing up on hid collar.

The EMH is never shown with pips on Voyager. The "ECH" was shown with pips appearing on its first appearance, however:

spoilerThe entire ECH subroutine was created as the result of The Doctor's daydreaming, so the visualisation of a rank appearing out of thin air makes sense in that context.

The only other time the ECH mode was used in a genuine emergency (Season 7, Episodes 16/17), he did not have pips.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There was an entire TNG episode (Season 6, Episode 12) whose plot centered around this:

spoilerMoriarty was reactivated by mistake, and took the ship hostage, demanding to be able to leave the holodeck.

Geordi and Data spent half the episode experimenting with beaming (inanimate) holographic objects off the holodeck, to no avail. With that said:

spoilerTheir transporter turned out to be a holographic fake (and so was Geordi), so who knows if the results were valid.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even without an official rank, on Voyager he was still considered a Department Head and (more importantly) the CMO, which gave significant authority (even exceeding the Captain on certain medical matters), regardless of whether or not he was ever given any pips. The same thing would likely apply on subsequent postings.

If he ever had to be assigned a rank for clerical/administrative purposes, it would probably be the default required rank for a Starfleet CMO candidate for the class of ship he was serving on.

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