Yaztromo
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Sure — but max 49 000 isn’t a small number should they reach it; it’s more cars than a lot of manufacturers sold in Canada in 2025. More than Tesla, Volvo, Volkswagen, BMW, Lexus, Porsche, or Mercedes sold that year. It would put them around the middle of the pack.
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Sure — but max 49 000 isn’t a small number should they reach it; it’s more cars than a lot of manufacturers sold in Canada in 2025. More than Tesla, Volvo, Volkswagen, BMW, Lexus, Porsche, or Mercedes sold that year. It would put them around the middle of the pack.
Tesla sold around 18 000 cars in Canada in 2025.
49 000 is more than 2.5 Teslas worth of cars.
49 000 is more than 2.5 Teslas worth of cars.
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Tesla sold around 18 000 cars in Canada in 2025.
49 000 is more than 2.5 Teslas worth of cars.
49 000 is more than 2.5 Teslas worth of cars.
Not _just_ mainframes — IBM OS/2 on PC (and PowerPC) also used DASD in places (like the names of some drivers for disk access).
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Not _just_ mainframes — IBM OS/2 on PC (and PowerPC) also used DASD in places (like the names of some drivers for disk access).
It’s boomers. I can’t tell you how many times I corrected them in the 80s and 90s. That and calling the computer case and everything inside it the “hard drive” (or something “the CPU”).
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
It’s boomers. I can’t tell you how many times I corrected them in the 80s and 90s. That and calling the computer case and everything inside it the “hard drive” (or something “the CPU”).
It never really caught on, but for a long time (80s or earlier) IBM referred to all of these as “Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD)”, to do away with these naming issues when talking about a variety of types of things we think of as storage devices.
January 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It never really caught on, but for a long time (80s or earlier) IBM referred to all of these as “Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD)”, to do away with these naming issues when talking about a variety of types of things we think of as storage devices.
The US Federal government is one of the few actively fighting against transportation electrification; they have a “burn baby burn” attitude that requires a stable and increasing oil supply.
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The US Federal government is one of the few actively fighting against transportation electrification; they have a “burn baby burn” attitude that requires a stable and increasing oil supply.
Thus non-oil producing countries have massive incentive to electrify. once that happens, who do the oil producing countries sell to? Each other?
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Thus non-oil producing countries have massive incentive to electrify. once that happens, who do the oil producing countries sell to? Each other?
The economics of oil are _terrible_ for non-oil producing countries. They need to get foreign dollars to buy oil with for the transportation of their nation, causing wealth to leave their countries. Electrification allows that money to stay in their own economies.
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The economics of oil are _terrible_ for non-oil producing countries. They need to get foreign dollars to buy oil with for the transportation of their nation, causing wealth to leave their countries. Electrification allows that money to stay in their own economies.
I saw from a reply further down that you want to be completely disconnected from the gas grid. That’s reasonable, and my response above doesn’t make sense given that position.
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I saw from a reply further down that you want to be completely disconnected from the gas grid. That’s reasonable, and my response above doesn’t make sense given that position.
If you have natural gas service to your home, you’re likely better off just having a natural gas fireplace installed in your home.
Our natural nat.gas fireplace is our heat backup — it takes 4 AA batteries to allow it to continue working when the power is out. No bottles to keep filled, instant on.
Our natural nat.gas fireplace is our heat backup — it takes 4 AA batteries to allow it to continue working when the power is out. No bottles to keep filled, instant on.
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you have natural gas service to your home, you’re likely better off just having a natural gas fireplace installed in your home.
Our natural nat.gas fireplace is our heat backup — it takes 4 AA batteries to allow it to continue working when the power is out. No bottles to keep filled, instant on.
Our natural nat.gas fireplace is our heat backup — it takes 4 AA batteries to allow it to continue working when the power is out. No bottles to keep filled, instant on.
Trunk subfloor, as close to the charger port as possible. But I only have a NACS to J1772 adaptor at this time; still waiting on Hyundai Canada to see if they are going to offer free NACS to CCS1 adaptors like they did in the US (FAQ still says 2H2025; they’re running out of runway on that one).
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Trunk subfloor, as close to the charger port as possible. But I only have a NACS to J1772 adaptor at this time; still waiting on Hyundai Canada to see if they are going to offer free NACS to CCS1 adaptors like they did in the US (FAQ still says 2H2025; they’re running out of runway on that one).
I get that some companies like to argue their software is better than CarPlay, but if they don’t have support for CBC Listen or Microsoft Teams as a call source/dest then no, your software isn’t better. Apple’s app ecosystem is only rivalled by Google; the car manufacturers aren’t even close.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I get that some companies like to argue their software is better than CarPlay, but if they don’t have support for CBC Listen or Microsoft Teams as a call source/dest then no, your software isn’t better. Apple’s app ecosystem is only rivalled by Google; the car manufacturers aren’t even close.
We would have won just before that if that play at the plate had been called correctly. It was pretty obvious from the reply the Dodgers catcher had his foot off the plate when the Jays player slide into home.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We would have won just before that if that play at the plate had been called correctly. It was pretty obvious from the reply the Dodgers catcher had his foot off the plate when the Jays player slide into home.
That’s a lot of complexity to avoid giving your systems IPv6 GUAs and setting up appropriate firewall rules or security groups.
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
That’s a lot of complexity to avoid giving your systems IPv6 GUAs and setting up appropriate firewall rules or security groups.
I went with my loyal companion. They haven’t let me down yet!
October 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I went with my loyal companion. They haven’t let me down yet!
With the IONIQ 3, 5, 6, and 9 either in sale or arriving soon, and the Casper/Inster all on the market, I haven’t been able to figure out exactly what market segment the older Kona is supposed to fill (especially as it doesn’t share a platform with the other Hyundai EVs).
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
With the IONIQ 3, 5, 6, and 9 either in sale or arriving soon, and the Casper/Inster all on the market, I haven’t been able to figure out exactly what market segment the older Kona is supposed to fill (especially as it doesn’t share a platform with the other Hyundai EVs).
The correlation between living near a major highway at time of birth is pretty strong, and we _know_ fossil fuel transportation byproducts are hazardous to human health. Yet somehow I’m not surprised we didn’t hear this administration say the solution is to stop burning hydrocarbons.
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The correlation between living near a major highway at time of birth is pretty strong, and we _know_ fossil fuel transportation byproducts are hazardous to human health. Yet somehow I’m not surprised we didn’t hear this administration say the solution is to stop burning hydrocarbons.
IMO Hyundai gets this right. Interior handles are purely mechanical. Outdoor latches may be recessed, but still work without power — they’re in a rocker, so just push in on one side and lift the other (I can do this one handed).
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
IMO Hyundai gets this right. Interior handles are purely mechanical. Outdoor latches may be recessed, but still work without power — they’re in a rocker, so just push in on one side and lift the other (I can do this one handed).
My IONIQ 5 powers up a single circuit in my home. I’ve been able to run my computers and networking gear, entertainment centre, lights, and two full sized refrigerators during an outage. It’s not the whole home, but it does the trick!
September 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My IONIQ 5 powers up a single circuit in my home. I’ve been able to run my computers and networking gear, entertainment centre, lights, and two full sized refrigerators during an outage. It’s not the whole home, but it does the trick!
Partly that’s due to how they’re built — they’re on a roughly 25/75 split hinge, and you push on the 25% side of the hinge to pop out the handle side manually. If it was something that had to be 100% automated like some EVs it would be more of an issue.
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Partly that’s due to how they’re built — they’re on a roughly 25/75 split hinge, and you push on the 25% side of the hinge to pop out the handle side manually. If it was something that had to be 100% automated like some EVs it would be more of an issue.
That’s fair — but I’ve lived in icier parts of the country with vehicles with more normal handles that have frozen up I suspect my IONIQ 5 wouldn’t be any worse than, say, my old late 90s Chevy Lumina.
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
That’s fair — but I’ve lived in icier parts of the country with vehicles with more normal handles that have frozen up I suspect my IONIQ 5 wouldn’t be any worse than, say, my old late 90s Chevy Lumina.
Winter yes, but covered in ice no. I’ve only had the car one winter, and last winter was mild in my part of Canada. And I park it in a garage. So as yet no frozen for experiences for my IONIQ 5 yet!
September 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Winter yes, but covered in ice no. I’ve only had the car one winter, and last winter was mild in my part of Canada. And I park it in a garage. So as yet no frozen for experiences for my IONIQ 5 yet!
I love the ones on my IONIQ 5 Ultimate. They pop out on approach, and nobody I know finds them difficult to use. Gives the car a nice clean look too.
September 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I love the ones on my IONIQ 5 Ultimate. They pop out on approach, and nobody I know finds them difficult to use. Gives the car a nice clean look too.