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  • I built a data logger a few years back. The data you likely want is on the CAN BUS network. You’ll need a CAN BUS hat for a pi or a pi with it baked in. There are other ways but you will likely end up realizing a pi or similar is best.

    You’ll need to log the data while away from home and then sync the data when WiFi is available. Requiring the pi to stay powered after the car shuts off. Easy to do with some relays.

    Depending on what data you are looking for it shouldn’t be too much work to get going on logging.











  • I’m not convinced that a mid cycle GPU upgrade fixes the problem of e-waste at all. The problem is everyone is obsessed with having the best they can afford all the time.

    Buying a laptop designed to make it through 2 generations that maybe will offer some pricy parts down the road vs. spending that extra money on a better single use laptop and keeping it for a decade or more…I think doesn’t make sense.

    I haven’t purchased a laptop since 2013. The screen is still nice, still plenty fast, storage is fast, I replaced the battery…why upgrade?

    Now if someone going off to college needs a laptop. Am I going to ever recommend a new company’s new product that is attempting to shake up the laptop market? Absolutely not.

    Framework will not appeal to the average person. So they will stay small. And a don’t expect a small laptop manufacturer to ever make a meaningful difference to the environment. I expect their net impact to be bad for the environment. And ultimately a waste of time and effort.

    We don’t need another new product to save the environment. We need to stop consuming.