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I'm hoping this attracts the right crowd.

I've been struggling with getting carplay to show it's alternate screen on my car's cluster display. Everything is fine for the first three seconds or so, then because apple doesn't use a nice annex-b stream (android auto's cluster display works fine), but avcc, shoving it into mpeg-ts requires some work.

Apple's encoder stops sending frames if nothing is happening on the screen, and at least my instrument cluster's h264 decoder loses sync after 3 seconds of no frames being delivered.

I've tried different kinds of filler, null ts packets, P-frames with no changes, etc. The decoder just doesn't want to resume playback when the frames start flowing again.

Any ideas?

I'm curious about the usability of the clothing. Who wants to wear clothes that actively cool you when you're in a cold environment, or heat you when you're in a hot environment?

I came across a "special character" requirement while creating an account. The client validation was not the same as the server validation. The client proceeded as if my account was created, but it never was. The client functioned without an account until it was closed. I asked the creator what their app's problem was, why did I need to keep resetting my password, then be told that I don't have an account, and have to create it anew.

They would not believe I was creating an account and using the device, because their own logging was so terrible.

I had to send them a screen recording from me using this abomination, and only then was I told "you're using the wrong special characters". They helpfully gave me some examples of allowed special characters, which then would pass the server validation.

I wish they would have gotten rid of the account requirement, as the device and client software seemed to work fine without them.

It's one week of lunch. Not too bad.

I don't see why a slider couldn't work with "Auto".

Setting the temperature where one end is minimum, the other is maximum, and between them you have a choice of degrees.

Activated vents would probably be better kept as buttons instead of being on a slider, I might want to use the floor vents at the same time as the defroster.

Fan speed (imo) should be on a knob, like a volume control. It would be fun to see it move, like a motorized pot on a receiver.

Confident talk, but that's not at all the reality that I'm seeing.

Public transport is almost completely electric powered where I live (ferries still haven't changed to electric, but it's coming.)

Trucking is electrified, as in, the operators have realzed that they're cheaper to run, so they are changing over when possible. (Sidenote: with some of the heaviest loads worldwide)

Very many agricultural buildings in active use either have, or are installing solar. Their energy usage is so high, that any offset to it is "free" money. Many have installed batteries also, so if there is an interruption in power delivery, there isn't an immediate need to start up a generator.

Electric tractors are also something I've heard them want. Less maintenance means less time spent not being able to work.

Sure, fertilizer and animal husbandry have other emissions which aren't tackled by this, but why exclude improvement just because some other area isn't affected.

That is some whataboutism.

You do realize that net zero homes are buildable? Even in surprisingly challenging climates.

There are so many ways to make better use of the energy we have available than to waste a bunch of it to pollute the air.

It works fine with intel and amd igpu's. They won't run many games at the native resolution though. Doesn't really matter to me, as the igpu's are in work laptops for me, so 60hz or better passes for "adequate".

Even a raspberry pi 4 or newer has dual 4k outputs, that can fill the entire screen at native resolution. Macs have been the worst to use with it so far.

Back when Windows 2000 was the new thing, I used to put "Program Files" on another disk with this. Starting programs became faster too, as things loaded both from the OS drive and the drive where the programs were installed.

I don't know what the deal is about people saying heat pumps are expensive. They used to be a little pricier than AC units, but it's just a 4-way valve in addition to one.

I just looked it up, and I can buy a heat pump for 200-400 euros (depending on desired output), installation is ~400 euros. Why are you paying 20-30x for something identical? This sounds like a price difference created by government behavior, like with solar panels and related hardware which seem to be significantly overpriced in north america.

This was cool but the software support from intel was terrible.