Certainly not a priority, but Ford still has to meet certain standards that as I understand it keeps getting tougher.
Nasty was probably strong word. I mostly expressed my disappointment and that I would steer clear going forward. And that would have a stronger economic impact on their bottom dollar.
I sent them a nasty gram from their contacts page. I don't own anything from them right now but you can damn well bet I will avoid them if when/if it comes up.
I pointed them to Louis' video also
I assume a zero chance of any purchases is a larger economic hit than allowing a small diy community to interact with their PURCHASED and OWNED product.
I agree if your diy an esp32 and a dht11 could easily handle those duties.
I use one with 2 DHT11s and two DS18B20s to monitor my HVAC temps.
Ya, but it's hard to use logic for a company that realistically has too much money and power if they decide they want to 'win' against ad-blockers.
That said, I do use adblock(Ublock Origin), Sponsorblock, and I even have / use pihole in the house, and I guess being a 'premium' subscriber overrides their messing with ad blockers. With my TV(nvidia shield) or Browser (Firefox) I do not get any delays / problems. So at least that's good for now.
I mean, perhaps, but it the infrastructure, creators and user base are pretty big hurdles to overcome. I keep my head up watching Odyssey, peertube etc... but they seem mostly fringe creators so far.
Competition is good no doubt
That's a bold statement since they own the stream we're watching from
If they embed the ads, and block things like sponsoblock from working, it'll get pretty hard to filter them.
I pay for premium, but I watch a LOT of YT and listen to a lot YT music so I don't mind paying ATM.
I only ever owned 600cc sport bikes. I started on a 1997 Honda CBR 600 F3, and put 17k miles on it the first year I owned it!! Started doing track days with it also. I did ride a number of same/larger cc ones just never owned (GSX-R 750, GSX-R 1000, Ducati 748R, various Honda 600s, Kawasaki 636)
Bought a brand new 2004 GSX-R 600, and laid it down before making my first payment on it. (Sigh). I hit some gravel while going around a corner that had been washed out of a driveway. Insurance totaled it, so I bought it back and turned it into a full track bike, and bought a 2005 GSX-R 600. I got my race license with Wera and raced the 2004 for a couple seasons. Super expensive, especially if you crash :). So after that ran it's course I ended up trading my track bike with someone for a Honda CRF 450R dirt bike, and got into riding off-road. That bike was silly fast but it was not very good for riding in the woods. It was made for motocross not trails. Eventually I bought a new 2011 KTM 450 XCW which was a fantastic woods riding bike and sold the CRF.
I had the GSX-R and KTM for a while but had stopped riding regularly in the street, mostly just to work which was a bit of a pain on a sport bike. After a few years I sold the GSX-R.
That lasted for a year or so before I bought a 2006 Honda ST-1300 in 2013. Had 20k on it. I still have it and it has right at 50k on it now. I even got my "iron butt" with this bike. Road from NY, to Michigan, down to Indiana (1077 miles) in about 17h straight. Glad I did it, got all the official paperwork but would never do it again!!!
I sold my KTM just this year to a buddy I used to ride with for his son, so I'm back to just one bike (ST-1300).
That's my riding history :)
And you would be surprised what you can get used to speed/power wise !
That's crazy... And sad, however not surprising insurance doesn't cover it...
Well back when I was riding a LOT and even racing (wera) it was the literal same chassis, and weight of it's little brother (GSX-R 600) but with 145hp. So a menace :)
Not every single day, but quite often, I'm reminded of how much I hate the general public and continue to be amazed at the new and exciting ways it's shown off.