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by decryption 12d ago
The bz4x is basically my canonical ideal car from an interior point of view! Thank god for consumer choice.
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by decryption 12d ago
Yes, but then they have other design flaws too. There's basically only 1 brand selling EVs in Australia that aren't a compromise (to me at least) in one way or another. Skoda and upcoming VW cars seem to be bucking the trend.
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by decryption 12d ago
That correlates with my research too (which is at the end of the blog post if you read that far - fair enough if you didn't, it's a long post!). Skoda's design philosophy is "Simply Clever" and I guess they actuall
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by decryption 12d ago
This is correct (I'm the author the post). The EX30 could be a great car but the quality of the software really lets it down. Prior to this I owned a Tesla and while it was way better, it still had the occasional failure to recognise m
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by decryption 12d ago
It does if the person driving sucks at using it. I've been driving OPD since 2018 and friends that get sick in Teslas driven by Uber drivers have told me they didn't get sick and wondered what I was doing different. The difference
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by decryption 12d ago
I would also like to find out what happened here. Here's a video with a BMW designer where they're asked point blank about some design aspects of their new iX3 (which seems like an impressive car, total clean sheet EV design) and
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by decryption 12d ago
Does it really? I go between an ICE car and my EV every 2-3 weeks and switching between the two isn't much of a mental challenge. I just prefer OPD.
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by decryption 12d ago
I am the author of the blog post and yep, the Chevy Bolt is basically the perfect car (for me at least). Ticks all the boxes. Apparently the 2027 Bolt RS has driver's seat memory. But the Bolt isn't available in Australia! GM aban
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Things That Annoy Me About Cars in 2026(blog.decryption.net.au)
3 points by decryption 13d ago|0 comments
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by decryption 14d ago
I run a semi-popular email newsletter with a public archive of old issues and this stupid bot has been emailing me too. Who is the target market here? Who would actually pay for whatever they're promoting?
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by decryption 2mo ago
When I started TAFE (the equivalent of community college in the US I assume?) in Australia in 2003, one of the subjects in the electronic engineering course was to study and program a Z80. I was awful at it, but it was a good introduction t
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by decryption 3mo ago
I have an EX30 in Australia and it's been excellent in regards to its driver attention system. Never had any false alerts. If anything it's not accurate enough as when I look away it sometimes doesn't warn me! Crazy how we ca
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by decryption 4mo ago
Execs where I work seem to think we will just keep writing stuff, LLMs will scrape it and that will influence what people see in their version of Google/ChatGPT/etc. So nothing changes in their mind, just that the audience is a bo
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by decryption 6mo ago
You mentioned in the post that you "received a stack of 4 Pi marketing brochures and articles". Do you plan to scan these and place them on your website or the Internet Archive? I'd love to read them!
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by decryption 7mo ago
16GB would be plenty. I've got like a dozen services running on an 8GB i7-4970 and it's only using 5GB of RAM right now.
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by decryption 7mo ago
I'm surprised it's only 65%. There's hardly anywhere to fuel these things up and the price of hydrogen isn't exactly a bargain.
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by decryption 7mo ago
That explains the cheap DDR4 DIMMs on AliExpress. Can get 2x 16GB DDR4-3200 DIMMs for A$252 delivered to Australia. A local PC store has same spec “name brand” RAM for around $380-$400. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mssanU1
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The Rise and Recent Decline of Tesla's Share of the U.S. Electric Vehicle Market(mdpi.com)
9 points by decryption 8mo ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Laptop Stickers – cheap individual short run stickers(laptopstickers.store)
7 points by decryption 8mo ago|1 comments
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by decryption 9mo ago
My experience is that bosses read my blog, then when they or a fellow manager need to hire someone, have reached out to me asking me to apply. So it cuts both ways - maybe your shitty boss sees you blogging and sharing your experience, but
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by decryption 9mo ago
Volvo Cars is still publicly traded. Ticker symbol is VOLCAR B on the Swedish NASDAQ: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/VOLCAR-B.ST/ Geely owns around 79% of the shares, with the rest split up between pension fun
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by decryption 9mo ago
I have been stung by the exact same socket name bullshit from Intel and it is infuriating.
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by decryption 10mo ago
This is what I am hoping Apple does with iOS and the Mac. iOS becomes the mainstream operating sytem and Mac is the "pro" operating system.
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by decryption 11mo ago
Apple did! The Game Porting Toolkit does (I think) what you're talking about and what Steam did for Linux. https://developer.apple.com/games/game-porting-toolkit/ Why it hasn't taken off, I have no idea.
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by decryption 1y ago
I have a 2024 Volvo EX30, driven it about 11,000km. It uses the same computer system platform as the EX90 and while it's not fantastic (my previous Tesla is superior), it's better than most EVs I've driven and hasn't giv
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by decryption 1y ago
Did not expect this post to get so popular - I added a bunch more images I found I was saving for a second post on a rainy day, so go back and reload the page for more 1-bit pixel art goodies :-)
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by decryption 1y ago
I wish I knew what Acius was or is too!
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by decryption 1y ago
Yep, I upscaled them by 400% so they’re easier to view on modern displays.
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MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today(blog.decryption.net.au)
1057 points by decryption 1y ago|196 comments
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by decryption 1y ago
That little replica Mac is very cute - the flying toaster screensaver is a nice touch. Is that running on a Pi Zero or something?

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