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New comment by moepstar in "Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself"

moepstar — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:10:03 +0000

The old S5 ones are very easy - factory reset, connect to wireless AP, run utility, done.

New comment by moepstar in "Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself"

moepstar — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:36 +0000

Also very fond of the Roborock S5, in fact I recently got a second one for the other floor - totally took it apart, cleaned it, put it back together and stuck Valetudo onto it. The first one is from 2017 and still going strong - issues so far: battery replaced (only recently), laser motor replaced, fuse replaced. Aside from the fuse it was very easy and doable for basically anyone.

New comment by moepstar in "New Beam Spring Keyboards"

moepstar — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:18:42 +0000

I could probably $searchengine this, but not being into keyboards: none of that made any sense to me :D

New comment by moepstar in "GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits"

moepstar — Fri, 29 May 2026 05:05:50 +0000

Yes they did: https://gitlab.com/nightmare-eclipse

That git account was posted on their blogspot...

New comment by moepstar in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

moepstar — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:36:47 +0000

Password App surely is a good alternative, however i don’t think there are clients for Linux or Windows? …and that is where Bit/Vaultwarden comes into play.

New comment by moepstar in "Germany goes from labour shortages to hiring freezes"

moepstar — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:47:26 +0000

No, there’s only enough Bundestrainer every other world championship…

New comment by moepstar in "I hate soldering"

moepstar — Wed, 13 May 2026 10:58:29 +0000

This thread is no good for my bank account. Ordered

New comment by moepstar in "Two millionth electric car registered as market rebounds from tax changes"

moepstar — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:13:50 +0000

Which ones?

A colleague drives a BMW 3something hybrid and as far as i know has a 14kWh battery..

Thats good for about a 100km, but i very much wouldn't consider that a "fully" electric car by any means (edit: did you edit your post? couldve sworn you said "fully electric" instead of "mediocre range"?)...

Also, what most people don't realize: if you're only (or mostly) driving it electric, you're putting many more cycles onto that tiny battery.

...which usually costs as much as a "regular" EV battery, x times the size.

https://evclinic.eu/2024/09/05/bmw-hybrid-repeated-battery-f... for example...

New comment by moepstar in "Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good"

moepstar — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:26:27 +0000

> Except Jobs approved the design of that screen

..which they, as far as i recall, pretty much stole from WebOS back then..

(well, the functionality aspect of it at least)

New comment by moepstar in "The Super Nintendo Cartridges (2024)"

moepstar — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:01:11 +0000

...much to their detriment, sadly.

R.I.P. Dreamcast, R.I.P. 32x, R.I.P. Mega CD, R.I.P. Saturn...

New comment by moepstar in "In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition"

moepstar — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:33:39 +0000

That, for one - also: people constantly are overconfident in their ability to judge the status of really anything in a ICE car.

Newsflash: you simply cannot "readout" the status of an engine, transmission, ...

But you can/could/should for a battery.

Now, someone hammer that into peoples brains...

New comment by moepstar in "In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition"

moepstar — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:18:36 +0000

Bollocks - all generalizations are false.

My Model 3 (RWD SR+ 2023) is 1847kg unloaded weight, including driver.

New comment by moepstar in "In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition"

moepstar — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:13:43 +0000

Lampposts or even curbstone: https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/products/charging-infrastruct...

New comment by moepstar in "NeoGeo AES+: SNK announces reissue of retro console without emulation"

moepstar — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:34:27 +0000

Do you mind sharing which make & model that'd be?

New comment by moepstar in "One item purchased, Ten emails"

moepstar — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:48:27 +0000

Ugh... same feelings here... looking at you, eBay.

New comment by moepstar in "ESP32-S31: Dual-Core RISC-V SoC with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Advanced HMI"

moepstar — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:27:07 +0000

> My PoE switch is powered by a Li-Ion UPS and can provide power for about a day.

Same - and i can "remote yank" the power, thus restart the devices without lifting a finger (much).

New comment by moepstar in "ESP32-S31: Dual-Core RISC-V SoC with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Advanced HMI"

moepstar — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:02:37 +0000

I believe this is the first ESP to gain Ethernet capability?

I totally wish that a board would come with PoE…

Because as it is right now, powering a fleet of those with USB power supplies is annoying as fsck…

New comment by moepstar in "Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and Lidar, still undercuts Tesla"

moepstar — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:37:59 +0000

Sure, they're so far up in Germans automakers asses, they don't know it any other way.

One of the reasons i quit my 20 year+ membership with them.

I mean - have some bias? Fine with me, i can read between the lines. Come up with ridiculous crap and reasons to favour domestic brands? There is a line, at least for me and many others that do know when they're intentionally ignoring, downrating, downplaying etc. etc. etc.

Another example? German IT magazine "c't" by heise recently featured a test (4/2026, page 16ff.), in cooperation with ADAC, about subscriptions in electric vehicles - actually one thing where Tesla shines (it's a flat 10€ per month, other countries get a 99$ a year deal) - others don't even bother listing prices until you order, for example.

With no single word that test mentioned Tesla (yet, priding themselves having queried 16 brands for information) - only in the final table overview, there indeed is one column for them.

The bias is showing, it's ridiculous and they can, as far as i'm concerned, go the way of the dodo.

New comment by moepstar in "Honda is killing its EVs"

moepstar — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:42:51 +0000

> Most Asian countries either have no charge stations or very few

I think Vinfast would like to have a word with you…

New comment by moepstar in "Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads"

moepstar — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:39:24 +0000

Having added Hisense to my shitlist of TV manufacturers a long time ago - did they ever make a model that haven’t had its power supply die after about 4 years? I don’t think so…