DarkSirrush

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DarkSirrush ,

As a west coaster, quebecois is unrefined and coarse.

DarkSirrush ,

Honestly, same. I "passed" grade 8 French with a 51%, and it was a in-person correspondence course (school was remote and didn't have a French teacher, so we did the homeschooling course at the school).

DarkSirrush , (edited )

I literally just did that with backpack hero - the windows version through wine was having problems that made the game unplayable if I alt+tabbed, so I bought it for the native Linux version.

DarkSirrush ,

The demo is basically a different game tbh.

There's an ok storyline, progression, more characters with very different equipment and backpack quirks, a town builder, and each stage is unlocked through questing, instead of just being thrown in and expected to go all the way through every run.

DarkSirrush ,

Yes, but katsu breading is far superior imo.

DarkSirrush ,

This reminds me, I should put my default search engine back to whoogle again.

Secure portal between Internet and internal services

I thought I was going to use Authentik for this purpose but it just seems to redirect to an otherwise Internet accessible page. I'm looking for a way to remotely access my home network at a site like remote.mywebsite.com. I have Nginx proxy forwarding with SSL working appropriately, so I need an internal service that receives...

DarkSirrush ,

You can try setting up a VPN, eg headscale/tailscale with your home server being an exit node, and then just set up your questionable services on a domain that only resolves locally - and then you don't need to use authentik for authorisation to those services.

This is what I have been trying recently, and seems to work well.

DarkSirrush ,

Neurolink has been used on 1 disabled person, and it was "working" for about 2 weeks before it was announced there are "problems" with the connection to the brain.

Oh, and it has killed a bunch of monkeys.

DarkSirrush ,

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/d7faa711-95f2-49d2-954b-a59488de5b21.jpeg
She stepped on an empty food bowl this morning and spooked herself so bad she didn't eat breakfast for 20 minutes.

That's a kind of special right?

DarkSirrush ,

Dumb question: have you tried updating your mobo?

DarkSirrush ,

Honestly, I have a hybrid, and even a lvl 2 charger at home, but I could never consider going full EV where I live, as I need a vehicle that can travel 700km in a single charge at -30°C before they are viable.

Give me a small SUV that can do that, and keep my payments under $300 bi-weekly, and I would switch in a heartbeat.

On a side note - fuck BC Hydro's exorbitant charging station rates, they are as bad as just using gas in my escape

DarkSirrush ,

I own my home and am as happy as I can be at my current job, why would I decide to move 350km away where I would have a rent/mortgage, need to find new work for my spouse and I, and live in a city that literally reeks of sewage constantly?

As for "planning better", cold snaps can happen at any time from late October to early April around here, and if one happens when I plan to do some shopping for necessities where its 20%+ cheaper? Oh well, at least the roads will be more likely to be clear.

DarkSirrush ,

...you are aware that battery efficiency drops drastically in cold weather right?

That doesn't magically get fixed by preheating the car, the batteries are not well insulated enough to stay at optimal running temperature at -30°C while going 100km/h, even if they have a dedicated heat pump, as heat pumps also lose efficiency below -20°C or so.

DarkSirrush ,

Gas engines needing to be plugged in or they don't start isn't relevant to why I can't trust an EV in the winter, it's the 25% loss of range at -8°C, and not wanting to get a hotel and stay somewhere overnight so that I may have the privilege of spending up to $0.41 per minute to charge my car overnight so that I can make it home in winter, vs my current hybrid, where it takes 5 minutes total to stop at a gas station to top up my fuel.

And actually, the Government of Canada states that most consumer heat pumps tend to need supplemental heat around -15°C to -25°C, with only the most expensive "cold weather" variants managing anything colder.

See screenshot as I can't hyperlink to the exact line in question stating that.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/844d3583-776f-4646-8ebd-eb16fd852811.jpeg

DarkSirrush ,

I will admit, looking io charging times, half an hour isn't so bad, now that BC hydro has put in/activated their level 3 charging stations.

When I purchased my current vehicle, there was not any non-tesla lvl 3 stations available, and even then there was only 1.

That being said, the available lvl 3 stations aren't near an amenity I would normally stop at, and would add nearly an hour to my current 12 hour round trip.

And again, my biggest problem with full electric vehicles in my situation is the charge time and charger availability, if the chargers available weren't for any reason, I would be SOL - and charger availability is a lot lower than gas stations even at the best of times

DarkSirrush ,

I definitely agree that I am an outlier, but due to the size of Canada and how many remote towns there are (especially in western Canada, which Ontario and Quebec pretend don't exist), there are an unfortunately high number of outliers.

Honestly, more than getting everyone on full electric cars that don't have the range needed to compete convenience-wise, Canada needs to invest in better long distance transit options, be it better (preferably electrified) bus systems, or expanding on our train systems (and stop price gouging the very few passenger trains we have).

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