It’s the same for my old QQS-pro though. Even after some mods, it still just works. Upgrades are clear but not necessary.

Mercedes’s non-dedicated platform’s cars seem to sell better (did not check numbers, just what I see around me). The design language of the EQS was gorgeous as a prototype but the production model was not considered pretty. To me it seems the design language was not the problem, it was the specific design.

I did not read the whole article but it may well be that the platform is (or becomes) different, yet with a more contemporary design. Reuse of an existing platform limits the need for new tooling and thus allows for a lower price, that can be a good choice to evolve.

We have also passed the point where electric cars have to prove viable. They’re clearly practical and are nice to drive. There is not as much risk in a non-perfect EV reaching the market, we mostly need more EVs on the road (or at least less ICEs).

With the CLA electric they’ve shown a promising drivetrain so they’re moving forward. I am excited about that engineering.

If anything, Mercedes figuring out how to get their current customers in electric cars is great!

mu4e with Emacs

It’s great because:

• process a big bulk of emails quickly
• renders emails in a consistent format, lowering mental overhead
• can link to individual emails in my notes
• many mail providers through the same interface
• custom views crossing many (or some) mailboxes and providers
• emails available offline
• tracking pixels and the likes don’t work
• can search/filter through many mails quickly

It’s bad because:

• requires Emacs, high learning curve
• first setup was cumbersome for Gmail
• rendering emails as text loses some information (rarely a problem, can view the email as html)
• no backlink from email thread to my notes yet (should be ok to write)
• I use another interface on mobile
• I send emails as plain text which is weirdly rendered in some clients (mostly fine, emitting html possible)

I doubt connected cars will go away. It is very practical. Allowing to root the vehicle and providing documentation might be compatible with modern consumer expectations.

There are many suppliers of parts. The easiest solution is to replace the engine with an electric motor and the weight won in gutting the motor and tank by batteries. The gearbox is often kept for simplicity. Kits are available from sites such as https://eveurope.eu/

The biggest challenge for me has been local regulations. Check those.

The CR-Z is a historic piece imo. Kudos on keeping it on the road. You’d have to replace both engines in your case but perhaps the driving dynamics can be kept.

Dacia Spring, VW e-up, Tesla Roadster (first gen) and compliance vehicles such as e-golf.

This was a really good suggestion. I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you.

Cool! This was interesting to see.

On the design: It looks like it could be good for laser cutting but I doubt it will do more than CNC engraving wood. Would love to be proven wrong. I think the screws are too close and the leverages too large to be solid enough for cutting. We cpuld simulate it to verify the weak spots. No problem for plotting and laser cutting though. I was surprised by the deflection of the Indymill which has more metal parts.

On the CAD file: I could easily find my way in the file. I generally constrain more (also importing shapes from other Bodies) which makes it more automatic but also more error prone and harder to calculate. It will be interesting to see an assembly of these parts too.

Looking forward to updates from this build.

I’d like to see the FreeCAD file both in the “a bit messy” form as well as in the cleaned up form.

Kerv Automotive looks more fun.

You can manually edit the gcode to see if printing white first works out better. Then search for a more repeatable solution if you often re-slice.

Manipulating gcode looks intimidating the first time but it’s really not that crazy. Cura adds comments to the gcode and you can look up the codes otherwise, I expect Pusa Slicer to do the same. You want to move the whole printing sequence of the white nozzle before the printing sequence of the second black one on the first layer. Keep the setup (heating etc) before that.

We run Taiga and it seems to work fine.

If you want to link to external sources in a structured way and you don’t mind tweaking the looks, SolidOS (ot another SOLID app) has a task list/tracker.

I keep my personal tasks in org-mode or org-roam.

Fully agree. I presume it’s way harder than it seems. https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/federation/src/branch/main/FederationRoadmap.md shows some things as done and many as WIP. Perhaps there’s a demo server somewhere with which we can experiment?

The theft protection issue is not something to worry about in Europe. The European cars got an upgraded system due to regulations.

Needs minor edits for that

A good fiend

is like a star;

you may not

always see them,

but when

times get dark

they know

where you are.

May the stars

come get you.

Belgium gave tax incentives for cycling to work. Not sure if it’s still the case.

I’ve been waiting for that progress to materialise. Although I really want it to work, it has taken so long now that I doubt it is taken seriously and thus I start to doubt they will keep maintaining it once it does land.

For most commercial software you don’t need federation though, so for most you can just spin up your own instance.

I own this. It is horrible. If the specs were real it would be great, but the specs are not real. It is a 3k black and white monitor with a fixed color filter over it. That means you need 3x3 pixels to resemble a color.

I consider it a scam from Dasung.

Boox on the other hand made a sane black and white display. Much better. I own a Max 2 Pro. Sadly they fail to understand that when you report a display as 20px smaller than it really is over an HDMI port and then rescale the image of the computer display on that, that it becomes really uncrisp. Their suggestion is to use the display with 200% scaling (so you don’t notice as much I suppose).

Epaper is really promising and nice. However both of these companies should either get some real competition or lawsuits.

We have linux-magazine delivered to the office.

The articles are easy to read, I can’t remember having to look up background knowledge but I’ve been using Linux for decades now. The articles generally teach you something practical. I don’t read all of it but what I read I often like. Just lacks depth from time to time.

Most people don’t visit the office often I think, but it’s there. I tend to take some home and bring them back.

Depends on the use.

The screen protector serves as a blue light filter too, it’s cheaper than a display, and fairly thin. That’s a straightforward addition for my use but if you don’t have issues with your phone dropping then you could certainly do without.

I very much dislike cases and loved the PH-1 for stating that a phone should be solid enough without a case (sadly it did not survive a 50cm drop on a floor so it did not hold up in practice). If you don’t have much issues with your phone dropping then not having a case makes it so much nicer.

I take more risk holding my phone than I should which means it falls more than average. The price I have to pay is a screen protector and cover. Replacing the display should be easy, but it’d also be wasteful.