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[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Wait, don't Bluetooth devices randomize their macs like wifi to hide their identities from unpaired devices?

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They found a very interesting way of selling their hybrid cars as full on EVs where I live. Their e-power stuff are small ICEs working as generators for electric motors that then drive the wheels. Apparently the fact that the wheels get all their power from an electric motor makes it definitely not a hybrid no sir, despite the fact the cars have tiny ass batteries and the single source of power for the whole system is the ICE. Also they somehow have worse fuel efficiency than many contemporary ICEs that cost quite a bit less. I don't understand Nissan.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What is "best experience" though? It's such a subjective thing. For you it might be pushing a lever back and forth. For every one person like you, I bet there are hundreds who'd rather leave that menial task to the car. Manual transmission can quickly stop being "fun and engaging" and become a chore, especially if you drive through traffic regularly.

I, or rather my left leg, personally do not consider manual transmission as a good experience at all. I also think paying much less for fuel is also a very good experience for my wallet. Though of course I don't drive a Lamborghini or even a nice M4, so there's that.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago

Plenty of brands stopped offering manual variants of plenty of models. IIRC BMW practically begged people to stop asking for manual variants, saying it just does not make any sense to mess with the supply chain and the production line and the car itself just to put an objectively inferior transmission inside it.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Phones routinely look for specific SSIDs by their names. Imagine you're strolling through a mall while your appearance changes every 2 seconds, but you keep yelling out the names of 5 other peoole. People will not know who you are really, but they will be able to follow you around because they will know that it's you who yells those 5 names no matter what you look like.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Are you capacitance-shaming her?

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Correction: she's 35 Farads.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah my galaxy watch 6 can go 2 days on a charge. I say "can" because it does depend on usage, but it's not a rare thing to happen.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah obviously made up for fake internet points. There's no way there was a third toot, it's just impossible. I don't buy it.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody's gonna abandon cars as a whole over this, the same they wouldn't abandon bicycles as a whole over some other outrageously monetized luxury feature they could live without.

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's cockus engORgio, not engorgioh

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