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Comment Re:It's simple... (Score 1) 209

It's an argument for those of us who are happy with simplicity/manual operation for less cost.

Manual windows don't reduce cost much unless you're going to put them on a lot of vehicles, otherwise it's just more parts you need to design and stock, meanwhile window motors are shared between multiple vehicles. Statistically nobody would rather have manual windows on a vehicle which costs even $40k so it might actually increase costs to offer them.

Comment Re:It's all about design (Score 1) 209

Trucks need range because - tow!

The vast majority of pickups are never used to tow anything for their entire existence, not even once. This is probably not true in the UK, but here in the US they often serve the same market that a luxury car normally would, but for people with tiny PP syndrome.

Comment Re:It's simple... (Score 1) 209

I would LOVE me an F150 Lightning, but let me crank down my windows manually.

wat

When your electric offerings cost as much as your luxury trims, you're telling all of your customers that you only care about rich people.

Yes. That's correct. But have you seen how much vehicles cost now? That's true of all American automakers in particular.

I can think of 101 ways I'd leverage that Lightning, but because you're selling it to me at the price of a Limited trim, I'm not stepping anywhere near that truck.

Ford didn't offer the base package with the big battery, which is how we knew right up front that they didn't give a shit about working people. THAT would be the ideal tradesman's truck, because it can power pretty much anything.

Comment Re:Big surprise! (Score 1) 209

What is the pepperoni pizza at Costco? $1.50?

1.50 for a slice, $10 for a pie... but last time I tried to call ahead at 11 to get a whole pie at lunchtime, I couldn't have it until almost 1pm. I conclude that the pizza is another loss leader like the hot dog, which is why they won't hire enough staff to make enough pizzas to satisfy demand.

Comment Re:All according to plan. (Score 1) 209

Also remember that you can recharge the truck at any campground you might be parking the trailer at.

Maybe. Some of them outright prohibit it because their wiring can't handle the load.

A lot of posts I've seen have a TT30 on them as well as a NEMA 14-50 and they both work because one is 120V@30A and the other is 240V@40A.

Yeah, in some cases they are wired to the same circuit though. They shouldn't be, but RV campgrounds often aren't held to any reasonable standard.

I'm on some schoolie groups and may still be in rvelectricity (if I haven't been booted again for complaining about AI slop) and bad hookups at RV parks are horribly common.

Comment Re:A better response? (Score 1) 99

If you're using all USB connections that's perfectly rational. If you need SPI or I2C then you will need additional hardware, otherwise there's no problem with your approach. OTOH a Pi is a hundred bucks and low power and will fit in pretty much any printer, so there's that I guess. Someday when I have another printer I will replace the guts of my Adventurer 5M because 128MB RAM is pathetic and causes real problems. It would also be nice to have the printer do its own timelapses.

Comment Re:What ... (Score 1) 99

too many folks are still stuck on IPv4

Printer is IPv6 only?

What I'm saying is that if everyone had IPv6 in their homes and offices, remote access wouldn't require all the silly cloud server games. You could just hit the device directly by its IPv6 address, and assuming your router suppoerts UPNP pinholes, you're done. You'd need dynamic DNS and that's it.

I can understand the remote printing (not on the same network) part. But only up to the point where something jams and I'm not there to yank the plug and untangle it before it gets hopelessly borked.

An emergency stop button in the app should be able to do the same thing. If that's not possible, it's a rather bad design flaw.

Also, if something jams in a way that could cause meaningful damage (beyond having to brush blobs of filament off of the hot end) and the printer doesn't detect it, that's also a rather bad design flaw.

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