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Further Tesla Full Self Driving thoughts

Posted on 2024/06/23 by richardykuo

Just writing these down for posterity: Changes lanes without real purpose. The car may not see far enough ahead to understand that changing lanes won’t allow it to make much real progress. Needs to identify bad drivers and stay out … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Tesla’s Full Self Driving 12.3.3

Posted on 2024/04/04 by richardykuo

Elon has done us Tesla owners a solid and given us a free full month of self driving. To me, the current 12k price is pretty outrageous and the 199 monthly subscription is a bit more interesting … but free … Continue reading →

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Tesla Model Y – Best charging practices

Posted on 2023/11/16 by richardykuo

Earlier this year, I joined a fairly large segment of the population in purchasing a Tesla Model Y. It’s currently the best selling car in the world by some accounts … so it’s certainly not unique. But it’s new to … Continue reading →

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How to fix Ubuntu 20.04 on the Lenovo ThinkCentre M920q / ThinkStation P330

Posted on 2020/09/16 by richardykuo

I mentioned a few months ago that Ubuntu 20.04 was unstable on my Lenovo ThinkCentre M920q. 18.04 worked fine, so I kept it on there until development circumstances forced me to upgrade. I took a gamble that the issue might … Continue reading →

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How to REALLY fix Chrome Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on 2020/05/10 by richardykuo

So, as I hinted in my last post, I’ve been fixing up an Ubuntu machine to do some development on.  This machine needs to be headless because it isn’t my primary development machine, and running a VM everywhere I have … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 18.04 – how to fix auto login

Posted on 2020/04/30 by richardykuo

I always joke that when a new release of Ubuntu comes out, it’s time to f*** up all my computers. It’s funny only because it’s true. The plan had been to use 20.04 when it came out last week, but … Continue reading →

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Working around pfSense Unbound DNS race condition on startup

Posted on 2019/07/31 by richardykuo

I previously wrote an article on how well pfSense has worked for me.  I’ve so far managed to get it to do everything I have thrown at it, short of integrating fully with my UniFi based network. There is one … Continue reading →

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Adventures in cooling the UniFi US-8-150W

Posted on 2019/06/19 by richardykuo

After hearing about Apple discontinuing further development of the Airport Extreme, I decided to switch to Ubiquiti’s UniFi line of wireless gear about a year and a half ago.  The internet is full of great reviews, so I didn’t need … Continue reading →

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Nest Temperature Sensor impressions

Posted on 2018/07/14 by richardykuo

It’s not uncommon for a thermostat to be located somewhere that doesn’t correlate well with the area you really want to be temperature controlled.  In fact, it’s probably the rule rather than the exception.  Thermostat placement is often dictated by … Continue reading →

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A plug and play USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter for Mac’s

Posted on 2016/12/05 by richardykuo

In a previous blog post, I noted the insane lack of simple Gigabit Ethernet adapters for Mac’s.  Even the ones that claim to be “plug and play” have some bad reviews when it comes to handling resume from sleep or … Continue reading →

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