Bought a lifetime pass, switched to Jellyfin after way too much Tidal promotion on my server.

I just downloaded the .deb (unless it was an AppImage) and it ran without further tweaking.

Cute — though the visual gag fits a little better with infinite recursion that infinite loop.

This demo of the C-8 (speedboat size) looks pretty neat. One unexpected feature is that it’s very quiet, they basically chat in a normal voice.

In that model, the motor is a bullet form factor, in line with the rear foil.

Lady in the background: I told you we should not have gotten cats.

Software union? (Where?)

I just installed the Complementary shader pack (and Iris, via CurseForge, a bit of a process), and I’m really liking the feel they picked for the End. Aurora-like background, stars, varying light of indeterminate origin. It feels magical and space-like.

I agree the End could use some love though. Beyond finding some Elytra and making an Enderman XP farm, not a lot of reason to hang out there.

Thankfully, it’s not too difficult. The solution, which was created by security engineer Fredrik Gustafsson, comes in the form of a small circuit board that taps into the car’s battery management system (BMS) harness. Gustafsson has instructions on his GitHub page, but here’s the gist of it.

Cool. Probably wouldn’t tinker with my car to that extent.

It does look like PlugShare has coverage in Europe, but I don’t know if it’s as necessary — from what I hear y’all have much better charging infrastructure. J.D. Power does have some non-US surveys, though I only see Canada and China.

J.D. Power runs surveys which you’ll get if you use PlugShare (and if you aren’t using it, you should to find out about out-of-service chargers!). They publish their results, and a recent publication addresses no-charge and waiting visits:

Non-charge visits and availability vary by location: To better understand the EV charging experience, J.D. Power monitors non-charge visits and availability at public stations nationwide. The findings reveal that the Pacific region has the highest rate of non-charge visits (21%), with 12% of customers also reporting wait times for an available charger. In contrast, the East South Central region has the lowest incidence of both issues, just 7% for non-charge visits and 5% for wait times. Among major cities, EV owners in Seattle (25%) and Los Angeles (24%) report high rates of unsuccessful charging attempts, while a greater share of drivers in San Francisco (18%) and Denver (14%) experience wait times to access chargers. By far, the most common reason for non-charge visits is the charger being out of service or not working properly, which affects 60% of failed charging visits.

Yes — I think part of the lesson is to document the rationale and the compromises as much or more than the intended functionality.

The ‘Indonesian Indigenous Car’ is making its debut in 1:1 clay model form at the 2025 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS), and the company behind it is PT Teknologi Militer Indonesia (TMI), which deals with military equipment. i2C’s first product will be a large SUV based on a platform of a foreign partner which identity is yet to be disclosed.

Sounds like there’s a long way to go until there’s an actual car.

[T]he company quotes a CLTC range of 617 km from an 83.4 kWh NMC battery. There’s a single rear-mounted motor pushing out 204 PS and 310 Nm of torque (identical figures to the BYD Atto 3).

For all the talk of “indigenous” it sounds like a restyled BYD car, unless I’m misinterpreting. Though developing local design and assembly capacity seems like a good benefit.

Because of the chip protocol, or just because it’s uninspiring?

That’s what I expect from a phone or laptop. I know car batteries are supposed to be more long lived, but I don’t know what makes one Li battery last longer than another. Many EV manufacturers haven’t been in the game long enough to prove it.

Yeah, I skipped right past Toyota in my EV search when I learned they weren’t one of the manufacturers with a near horizon for all-electric.

Laughable for chess, but essentially how Steve Mould played tic tac toe using synthesized DNA.

Nice!

The method is something that looks kinda like a pressure washer that pieces the burning battery cell and injects water into it.

Me (interviewing recently): Could I see an example design doc or some code before we discuss your offer? Hiring manager: We don’t do designs, just launch and iterate. And here’s some code, it’s all fully self documenting. Me: Nope nope nope.

Anecdotally I see a lot of Kia and Hyundai EVs around (US NE), and CleanTechnica’s sales numbers seem to back up them being near the top.

Can’t tell if she’s suspicious or engrossed by a bug. How’d it go?