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[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can use the left scroll wheel on your steering wheel to adjust the wipers once you've pressed for a single wipe. Just click it right for more, left for less. No need to look at the screen at all really. There's a little graphic on the wiper controls showing you this.

[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 10 months ago

What car do you drive where charging stops are that long? My average Supercharging session in my base Model 3 is 9 minutes. That's barely enough time to go pee and walk my dog.

I strongly prefer road-tripping my EV because the natural breaks mean I arrive more refreshed and less sore.

[–] sky@codesink.io 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They are genuinely more reliable. Having more stalls does help for when there's issues, but they have 99.96% uptime across the entire network. I've had to move stalls once in my almost 3 years of ownership.

They also have their own service people that travel to chargers to fix them, where Electrify America hires local electrical contractors that may not be experts on DC Fast Charging equipment.

Edit: ran some numbers and I've charged 109 times on Superchargers. One failed session. I live in the rural Midwest/South so it's not like I'm in EV heaven either.

[–] sky@codesink.io 22 points 10 months ago (13 children)

You're not unlucky, in the U.S. any charger that isn't made by Tesla is unreliable. It's been getting worse over time, and the only real hope is that every manufacturer is switching to Tesla's charge port (now called NACS) and getting access to their Superchargers.

I had a non-Tesla EV and eventually got a Tesla because I need to road trip regularly and can't handle chargers being down.

[–] sky@codesink.io 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I switched to Android a few months ago and expected to want to switch away from Apple Music, but their Android app is excellent. Plus they have lossless quality. Oh, and you can upload your own music to their cloud for streaming anywhere.

[–] sky@codesink.io 10 points 11 months ago

Oh this will be nice, I loved having this on iOS. I used it for things like sign in codes from TV apps or whatever. Hopefully it works offline like voice does so I can continue using GBoard without network permissions.

[–] sky@codesink.io 20 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I don't think you understand what Apple Fitness+ is? You don't have to pay for access to any health data?

It's a service with workout videos lead by instructors, like what Peloton offers with their app. It's pretty good, I enjoy the yoga classes on my Apple TV.

[–] sky@codesink.io 3 points 11 months ago

to be fair the shit is expensive and insurance won't often cover it

[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I get notifications on my phone every 5 minutes until I change the laundry, it's been very helpful honestly.

[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Do you use Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1)? They block it because they remove some trackable information from requests.

[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a lot better these days with the CameraX extensions. My Snapchat looks just as good as the native camera on my Pixel.

[–] sky@codesink.io 2 points 11 months ago

Such a wonderful phone! The pop up camera is so nice for privacy. I got a new phone and gave it to a friend and they still daily drive it happily.

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