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I have a 2025 Renault 4 etech and I frequently enable bluetooth thethering so I can access Spotify, HBO etc via the in car entertainment system (It runs a flavour of Android called OpenR Link) , not via android auto. Though I frequently need to enable the bluetooth tethering setting on the phone before the profile can be activated via the cars paired devices menu (where you can select other profiles such as Audio, calling, etc)

While the car has a sim card already, I can't use it for general purpose apps without a subscription. Only updates, remote control and I suppose telemetry.

I usually opt for choosing a bluetooth tether instead of wifi since I already establish a connection for calls, or music / audio books.

It isn't hard to imagine Android being able to transmit vehicle telemetry via the same means.

I notice that my contribution was evaluated based on my identity rather than the quality of the work, and I’d like to understand the needs that this policy is trying to meet, because I believe there might be ways to address those needs while also accepting technically sound contributions

Wow, where can I learn to write like this? I could use this at work.

I'm very impressed by the range of shows available on DR (Danish broadcasting). Shows about emotion, social etiquette, animals, machines and other intrigue. We do limit time, use it to reward good behaviour, and use it to recuperate after a day at nursery. Each night the kids get a book, and we usually play music as we prepare and eat dinner.

I believe a balance of all mediums is healthy. I look forward to introducing video games to them.

The game also had support for mods. After the first playthrough I've always played the game with the kongfu mod enabling wallrunning, kicks, additional weapons such as Sticks, and various other action orientated changes.

Additionally, I believe Rockstar gave the go-ahead for work on a remake for 1 & 2. Hopefully they have James Perry McCaffrey's voice work in good enough quality. RIP.

Helm 4.0 8 months ago

Running my home lab at home, I've grown sick of constant Renovate PRs against the helm charts in use. I recall one "minor" update not long ago recently in CoreDNS was messing with the exposed ports in the service and installs broke for a lot of folks. If I need to run some software now, I `helm template` the resources and commit those to git. I'm so tired of some random "Extended helm chart to customise labels / annotations in $some resource" change notes. Traefik and Cilium are the only helm charts I use, the rest I `helm template` in to my gitops repo, customize and forget.

At Dayjob in the past, we've debugged various Helm issues caused by the internal sprig library used. We fear updating Argo CD and Helm for what surprises are in store for us and we're starting to adopt the rendered manifests pattern for greater visibility to catch such changes.

I don't think HN is a social media site. The goals of a social media site is to keep you engaged for as long as possible with the assistance of various algorithms, dark patterns while your data is sold to businesses so they can have a slice of your attention pie via ads and supported content.

I dont feel as if any of that applies here. In fact HN has gotten further from a social media site by not displaying comment points.

I do think that JetKVM software is more polished, and has more frequent updates. Stuff like streaming images over the network is something that is handy.

Nano KVM commits have stagnated a bit, but the form factor is really nice to have everything tucked away. I wish I could run JetKVM on the Nano KVM.

Maybe its possible to feed everything in to a model that can identify the situation or context in audio or video and block a section out because its an ad. We would not be short of training material. Latency would have to be low enough to be attractive to users.

We do apply the same measure, adblocking. Except since companies base their businesses on ads theres a cat and mouse game at play to ensure you pay them with your attention. I'm reminded of the scene in "Airplane" where the captain is fighting off sales people in the airport. I feel the same way about the Internet.

My earliest memory of adblocking is the VHS recorder or player skipping commercials similar today to SponsorBlock and other autoskipping methods.

For my day job, installing software / admin access is reserved to those who work in IT / software development. Rest of the business need to go through a vetted software library.