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  • alphafalcon@feddit.detoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas
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    6 days ago

    My EV sits in the driveway and soaks up excess production from my PV setup.
    My main problem is it’s never really empty enough.

    If I’m on the road, a high voltage DC charger gets me from 10% to 50% in about 10 minutes. Barely enough time for a coffee and a leak, then it’s another 2 hours of driving. Rinse, repeat.

    Sure, you can’t barrel down the Autobahn for 10 hours straight without stopping but who wants that?








  • No actual technical solution here, but it smells slightly of XY-Problems.

    From what you described it seems the main issues are

    • too many calls
    • not knowing who’s calling
    • not wanting to answer the phone
    • not reaching the phone in time

    Maybe you could look into solutions like setting a custom ringtone for important callers or having the phone announce caller names so your mother can decide if she wants to make the effort to get her phone.

    I’m speculating a bit here but I can imagine that getting up and answering the phone is exhausting for your mother. Also if her mindset is " a ringing phone means it’s important" that could make it even more stressful.

    Maybe you could find a way to let her silence all calls except caregivers and ICE contacts. (On Android DND exceptions could work for that)

    That way she doesn’t feel pressured to answer the phone every time it rings and stays reachable.

    If it’s actually just the physical issue of reaching the phone in time, does she have a convenient way to carry the phone indoors like a lanyard?

    Hope some of this helps you





  • For anything I don’t control, like door locks at work, I’m with you.

    For a device controlled by me, the tradeoff for convenience is so much better.

    If it’s properly implemented, extracting biometric features is hard, so stolen fingerprints are less of a concern.

    It allows me to use a long password, which in android also serves as an encryption key for the filesystem, while allowing me to unlock my phone without entering that password every time.








  • That feature is right on the border between real neat tech and deeply unsettling.

    “Hey, my phone uses its last few electrons to turn into a bluetooth beacon to stay findable” sounds like sci-fi “reserve power emergency mode”

    “I can’t turn off the locator chip in a device that holds half my life and memories” is just dystopian.

    I’m wondering if there would be a way to keep it useful while minimizing impact for people who stay off the grid. A hardware switch would probably be a good start but they won’t fly with current all-touch designs.