@pamelafox pamela i just went through all of this (still going through it tbh). if the panel is fine you likely don’t need to upgrade but it’s possible that your neighbor was suggesting that a 110 plug (regular outlet) wouldn’t be suitable for fast L2 charging and that you’d want something like a dryer outlet either at 24/36/48A. if you have short like <20mi/day commutes you can absolutely get by on a 110 plug charging overnight. you would only need to upgrade your panel if it’s actually a dangerous model or if you’ve reached capacity (ie you can’t add anymore breakers). we also had an interior sub panel in a closet that nobody would touch because of code, but everyone just pretends it doesn’t exist because the main is outside. our main panel upgrade cost like $6k iirc and it mostly got us the ability to put a large sub panel in our garage for solar etc. i like our ioniq 5 but i considered the ioniq6 also, its smaller and more sedan like and honestly would have worked just as fine for our purposes, lots of good options nowadays, happy to chat more if you have any other qs.

@gedeonm yeah, similar wfh deal here. in practice i’ve been ok with the number of chargers out in the wild (which have increased _a lot_ since i got it), but i think i would be less stoked on the car during this “commute era” if i had to spend more than 30 mins charging to get back to 80/90%. like i said, big fan of the ioniq5, in this specific “months of commuting” scenario im mostly glad i didn’t get a slower charging car like the id4 i briefly considered (im sure its a great car but seeing it plugged into a 350 charger makes me die a little each time). glad to add color to any decision you make!

@gedeonm you’ve gotten a ton of responses but i’ll add: i thought fast charging was a sales gimmick after i bought mine last april because 150kw chargers were rare in san diego and 350kw nonexistent and also i charged at home for the first three months and could get by on 110. when i had to move and had a significantly larger commute(50-100mi/day depending) i ended up seeking out every 350kw charger because after a long day the ~20min 12-80% charge was nice and i appreciated being able to peace out quickly and get back home. if you can L2 charge at home it doesn’t really make a difference but if you’re using electrify america or whatever and there’s a wait, it’s nice to not spend more time there than you need. oh also, the michelin tires that came with mine had this noise insulating foam that detached at 12k miles causing the wheel to wobble unsettlingly and various speeds. it can be removed but it really is a weird failure. beyond that i love the car, just wanted to share

my name is kublai khan and i'm here to say
i'm decreeing pleasure domes in a major way

So, @rek drew a flying Potato, in the style of Afterdark, that wipes the screen for Potato OS.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/potato

this really is shaping up to be the year i Become Handy.

the story in birmingham (england) is so bananas, it's like one of those toppling domino memes where at the bottom is "only giving The Lads a bonus" and "25 libraries to be shuttered and refuse now collected fortnightly" at the top. it seems like it keeps getting worse, but i'd be shocked if other cities don't have the same problem as well??

just the absolute thirstiest platform

"i love taxonomies but hate genres", kirk hamilton of triple click podcast Gets It.

like wow the fbi one, news at eleven jfc

i finally hopped over to threads after not looking at it since launch day and, just want to be clear, i don’t think these people are lying but there are a ton of posts that are engagement-bait stories like “am i the oooonly one that does…” or what i will lovingly call “tall tales”

@bshaykin feeling extremely #blessed to not even know if this is real or a shitpost

i'll go as far as saying that these games are most successful when they interleave exploration and traditional story/battle mechanics, it's just fun to explore these places, but fighting one boss after another and not having a chance to take in the world, it feels like a rushed buffet. in contrast you have games like yakuza that invest so heavily in dialog at times that it feels more like interactive fiction than an arpg. hard to find that balance, but i feel like s/e mostly Gets it!

just a random thought but what current day square enix Gets about final fantasy 7 Remake/Rebirth etc is that the games are as much rpgs as they are theme park style immersive experiences for fans who spent so long staring at standard def matte paintings.

@jeremyosborn i think they're generally great (even if absurd), but i think they also need a bit more heuristic behavior behind them, i haven't experienced the snow case, but i have had similar situations in a parking lot where a car turns on in the spot in front of me and my car starts going wild. i always imagine somebody shouting "brace for impact!!" at least my dash ui has the courtesy to show where and how severe the danger is, but i wonder if i'm tuning it out more than i should.

the most ridiculous thing about getting a car with audible proximity/blind spot alerts is that some portion of my drive, usually while stopped at a light, i am subjected to a medley of klaxons that sound like they're coming from an x-wing flight sim letting me know that a tie interceptor is locking on

the way this editor understands at a cellular level the Jonathan Frakes oeuvre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJEu2UEbteo

me wiring a keystone jack: Haha fuck yeah!!! yes!!
me wiring a passthrough connector: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.