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New comment by gogusrl in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

gogusrl — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:59:04 +0000

ouf yeah, I agree. I had a lot more to say about this but the ICE checkpoint found my smuggled kinder egg and now they're sending me off to alligator alcatraz.

It's all good anyway, statistically I'm 3 times more likely to die on the way there than those nannied europeans so freedom wins in the end.

New comment by gogusrl in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

gogusrl — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:45:08 +0000

and who would take care of your BMW when you're not around anymore ?

New comment by gogusrl in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

gogusrl — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:30:16 +0000

I also have an EX30 and while I have many many MANY complaints about this car, driver monitoring isn't one of them.

Also disabling this feature is only 2 taps (because EU says it can't be only one tap), Settings -> toggle Driver Monitoring.

New comment by gogusrl in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

gogusrl — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:41:33 +0000

The Volvo EX30/EX90 and Polestars 3/4/5 don't have a backup physical key or even buttons on the remote to force an unlock. That works exactly how you'd expect :)

New comment by gogusrl in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

gogusrl — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:06:33 +0000

The stock fell down to the price it was a SIX days ago. It was even lower at 321$ 11 days ago. Guess the guardian forgot to mention that.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RACE/?guccounter=1

til ferrari's ticker is RACE !

New comment by gogusrl in "Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars"

gogusrl — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:49:31 +0000

My theory is that people buy mass-market Porsche cars because the 718/911 guys tell everyone how cool these cars are, but not everyone wants or needs a kidney-busting two-seater, so they compromise with a Panamera or Macan.

If there's no electric 718/911 version to hype them up, there’s not going to be any demand. There's also the issue that they're known for their small sporty cars, yet they're trying to sell 5m-long sedans and 'soccer mom' SUVs and failing at it.

New comment by gogusrl in "Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars"

gogusrl — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:38:33 +0000

The Volvo EX30 / MG4 XPower would fit in the hot hatch / sub-compact crossover crossover. Both cars are the size of a raised VW Polo at 4.2m length while having over 400hp and around 3.5 secs to 60.

While not exactly cheap, you can get the MG for under 30k eur if you shop around for some discounts and the volvo at around 35-40k. considering a 300hp golf R is over 50k eur they're pretty great options for some cheap fun. Cheap as in total cost of ownership, not just purchase price.

Also, the SC01 people just announced that they plan to bring it to Europe [1] so that's gonna be a great option.

[1] https://insideevs.com/news/784884/sc01-electric-coupe-roadst...

New comment by gogusrl in "Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%"

gogusrl — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:39:30 +0000

They're also a lot more resilient at extreme temperatures. Your range will be crap, but you can count on it running in -30C or more without problems.

New comment by gogusrl in "Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it"

gogusrl — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:20:19 +0000

Tesla cars to be banned from Chinese government buildings amid security fears.

I wonder what China knows :)

https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-vehicles-to-face-entry-b...

New comment by gogusrl in "Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower"

gogusrl — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:35:22 +0000

I went from a 2021 Opel Mokka (4.2m long, 1350kg) to a 2024 Volvo EX30 (4.2m long, 2000kg).

It was an absolute shock the first time I braked in the Volvo, not to mention trying to take a corner.

New comment by gogusrl in "Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower"

gogusrl — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:32:27 +0000

Exactly. I was very surprised to find out a fully loaded 40 ton electric truck only uses ~100kw / 100km ( https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker ) when my 2 ton Volvo averages 20-22kw/100km on road trips.

New comment by gogusrl in "Tell HN: Azure outage"

gogusrl — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:41:12 +0000

I got burnt by this bug on freakin' Christmas Eve 2020 ( https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=40766 ). There was some data loss and a lot of lessons learned.

New comment by gogusrl in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

gogusrl — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:37:15 +0000

And unfortunately he was one of those gun deaths that protect their God-given right. He really did die for what he believed in and should be celebrated for that.

New comment by gogusrl in "What services or apps did you see abroad and wonder: why don't we have them?"

gogusrl — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:15:06 +0000

dumb question but what happens if you forget to tap out ?

New comment by gogusrl in "U.S. sanctions cloud provider 'Funnull' as top source of 'pig butchering' scams"

gogusrl — Sat, 31 May 2025 03:37:19 +0000

A friend of a friend (doctor as well) got taken for ~20.000 eur while being kept on the phone for over 6 hours using the "security breach at your bank" story. She said they got her so into the story that she really saw no issues going to the Crypto ATM at the local mall and doing 15 (FIFTEEN!) purchases there because a "police inspector" told her that's the only safe place for her money. They had a fake website where she could "see" her deposits but she was with the guy on the phone and was telling him "I made another deposit" ...

New comment by gogusrl in "Defragging my old Dell's UEFI NVRAM"

gogusrl — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:43:42 +0000

I found an point-of-sale minipc with a very nice integrated touchscreen (Pipo X10). As I kept getting unrecognized usb device on a usb-serial adapter I entered bios and played with a few usb-related bios settings. Save & Exit and I discovered I just disabled ALL my usb ports with no way to reset the bios or any other available port to plug an input device into.

So yeah, the CMOS battery not clearing the bios + my own stupidity cost me ~150$.

New comment by gogusrl in "Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions"

gogusrl — Wed, 22 May 2024 06:55:14 +0000

I've been looking for something like this.

I was an idiot and my 18 years old reddit account got hacked. Figured it out in a few hours, did a password reset, I change the password but I still get invalid password after.

It's been 9 months now without a reply from support. I wished I'd have paid for reddit gold or something to have an actual legal base to do something.

If anyone from reddit is reading this, it's the same username as here.

New comment by gogusrl in "The curious case of hybrids in watchmaking"

gogusrl — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:07:05 +0000

I had an electromechanical Timex with a dead beat seconds complication. Which means it was a battery powered watch with a balance that was supposed to be ticking 4 times / second and an extra complication added (the dead beat seconds) to make it tick once per second.

If you'd put your ear to it you could hear it tick 3 times in the background and then a loud tock.

New comment by gogusrl in "Weight-based motor vehicle tax"

gogusrl — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:52:21 +0000

The Kia EV6 might be a reasonable replacement. All wheel drive electric sedan which gets pretty nice reviews.

New comment by gogusrl in "EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles into the Water, Soil, and Air"

gogusrl — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:12:17 +0000

While they are heavier than the ICE counterparts, EV's are usually delivered on skinnier tires with low rolling resistance so that should help a bit.

In the end like others have said, it's extra tire particles vs all the nasty crap from ICE.