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freetime2 commented on Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV rivian.com/r2... · Posted by u/socialcommenter

pstuart · 39 minutes ago

> It's an EV most of the time

Nowhere on the Toyota site did I see anything about range on battery only. Still, I wouldn't mind having one.

I settled for a refurbed Leaf and have only needed an ICE vehicle twice, because of cargo capacity, not range.

freetime2 · 34 minutes ago

Toyota is claiming "up to 52 miles on a full charge" on the recently announced 2026 RAV4 PHEV [1]. For me that would be enough to cover the majority of my trips.

Looks like I was mistaken though and you can't actually buy the 2026 model yet (and the Toyota website still shows the older 2025 model). And as another commenter pointed out, it may not actually be possible to buy the older model either due to insufficient production.

[1] https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a69059379/2026-toyota-r...

freetime2 commented on Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV rivian.com/r2... · Posted by u/socialcommenter

freetime2 · an hour ago

Looks like a great car. As Marques Brownlee puts it [1], this is Rivian's "Model Y fighter". And I personally find the R2 to be much more appealing than a Model Y in terms of size, shape, and interior.

But we have been misled so many times about EV prices prior to launch, I think it's important to wait until we see what it actually costs for different trim levels before making comparisons to the Model Y. That $45,000 price they are throwing around could very well be for a trim that isn't even available at launch.

And anyway if I were going to buy a new compact crossover today, I'd probably lean more toward the RAV4 PHEV. It's an EV most of the time, I can refill it up with gas during long trips, it's got tactile buttons, and it has carplay.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfReqcUJfBU

freetime2 commented on Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV rivian.com/r2... · Posted by u/socialcommenter

Someone1234 · 2 hours ago

People keep repeating this uncritically. There is a car-debt crisis, and wages haven't kept up with house/car costs.

We have one person saying "well in Californian wages..." and another saying essentially that 50K isn't a lot of money when the average SALARY is $66K/year.

freetime2 · an hour ago

I also believe this $50,000 stat is the mean car price which is likely to be pushed up by luxury car sales that cost 2-4x what a typical car costs, whereas a median price would give a better indication of what most people are actually spending. I did a quick Google search and wasn't able to find any data on median price, though.

freetime2 commented on Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV rivian.com/r2... · Posted by u/socialcommenter

JumpCrisscross · 2 hours ago

Are you buying a car in the next 10 years? I’m in a similar boat. But I’m irrelevant to the car market because I’m not buying until I can buy a Level 4 car.

freetime2 · an hour ago

I just bought a new car, and will probably buy another 1-2 cars in the next 10 years. My ideal upgrade path for cars is:

* I wanted my most recent purchase to be a PHEV

* I want my next purchase in roughly 5 years to be an EV (hopefully solid state batteries are available by then)

* In about 10 years I am hoping that I can buy a car that can self-drive most of my trips door-to-door

One thing I'll add is that I live in an area that gets a ton of snow, and current ADAS features are basically worthless in snow. They all turn off once the sensors get covered in ice, or when lines in the road are no longer visible. So I expect that even in new cars 10 years from now, I'll still need to take the wheel to drive during winter. Basically the features are nice when they work, but I'm still going to want to car that is first and foremost designed to be driven by humans.

freetime2 commented on Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV rivian.com/r2... · Posted by u/socialcommenter

para_parolu · 2 hours ago

I really reality wish rivian create a better self-driving technology soon and make a proper competition to tesla. Rivian cars are so nice and well designed.

freetime2 · 2 hours ago

Personally I'm in no rush to have self-driving capabilities in my car for at least another decade or so. I'm pretty happy with the current ADAS systems found in most cars like adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, and collision avoidance - and happy to just see incremental refinements to those systems.

At some point I want a self-driving car, but I'm happy to let Waymo and Tesla users test those systems for another 10+ years before I personally start using them.

freetime2 commented on Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server 128.237.157.9/pub/... · Posted by u/1vuio0pswjnm7

Fhch6HQ · 8 days ago

Why is this noteworthy in 2026?

freetime2 · 8 days ago

Yeah I’m also not sure what I’m supposed to be looking at. Maybe just the fact that it’s still running in 2026 is what’s interesting?

freetime2 commented on IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT johnmaguire.me/blog/ipv6-... · Posted by u/johnmaguire

freetime2 · 21 days ago

I think two things can be true here: the article's assertion that "IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks NAT" is correct, and other peoples' assertions that NAT provides an extra layer of security are also correct.

A correctly configured IPv6 firewall provides equivalent protection to a correctly configured IPv4 firewall and NAT. Either way, connections that do not originate from within the local network are going to be rejected.

But if the firewall is misconfigured, then NAT will make it more difficult for an attacker on the internet to discover and exploit vulnerabilities on the local network.

"Defense in depth" is a valid security principle. But NAT also creates real-world problems that IPv6 solves. As with all things, there are tradeoffs, and whether or not you should enable IPv6 on your local network depends on your use case.

freetime2 commented on IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT johnmaguire.me/blog/ipv6-... · Posted by u/johnmaguire

Gigachad · 21 days ago

Every router I’ve ever used has blocked incoming connections on v6 exactly the same as on v4. Really the only difference is you can have multiple devices on your network allowed to receive on the same port if you want.

freetime2 · 21 days ago

> Every router I’ve ever used has blocked incoming connections on v6 exactly the same as on v4.

A few years back my ISP didn't properly support prefix delegation, and the only way to get IPv6 to work was in "Passthrough" mode. My router (Asus ax86u) was really unclear about what passthrough mode meant, but I think that it might also disable the IPv6 firewall (I have read conflicting reports, and was never able to find an authoritative answer). The setting is buried pretty deep in the router and off by default, so I don't think most people would enable it by accident, but a quick google search does show lots of people on forums enabling Passthrough mode to get IPv6 working. So seems pretty dangerous and there is no warning or anything [1] that you are potentially exposing every device on your network to the internet (if that is indeed what it does).

Fortunately, my ISP has since implemented proper support for prefix delegation.

[1] https://www.asus.com/support/faq/113990/

freetime2 commented on Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales electrek.co/2026/01/13/fo... · Posted by u/MBCook

alexjplant · a month ago

> A pickup truck should just be max utility, especially if you're a manufacturer making your first one

The modern US pickup truck isn't built for utility. It's a $60,000 four-door lifted luxobarge with leather interior and a short bed. It signals (perceived) wealth while preserving working-class alignment. It can also be justified by way of having to pick up used furniture for TikTok refinish and flip projects or bimonthly runs to Home Depot to buy caulk and lightbulbs. Independent tradesman can write them off as work vehicles or, allegedly, use COVID-era PPP loans to buy them.

It's the suburban equivalent of a yuppie's Rolex Submariner. Investment bankers generally don't go scuba diving and if they did a dive computer would be vastly preferable.

I say all of that to say that making a pickup truck for that market segment isn't a bad idea from a numbers perspective. You just can't market it as a luxury vehicle because the whole point is that it is but it isn't.

freetime2 · a month ago

Pickup trucks also portray toughness - the other all-important American virtue in addition to wealth. I always get a kick out of American Football ad breaks, where every other commercial is either a truck commercial narrated by some guy with an extremely gravelly voice talking about how tough their trucks are, or an ad for ED pills.

freetime2 commented on Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales electrek.co/2026/01/13/fo... · Posted by u/MBCook

arcticbull · a month ago

> A pickup truck should just be max utility, especially if you're a manufacturer making your first one

> 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.

[1] https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz...

freetime2 · a month ago

I wonder if there are any other countries in the world where the best-selling automobile is something completely impractical? Or are Americans unique in that regard?

Serious question. I can't think of any, but I'm also not familiar with car markets the world over. In Japan, for example, the best-selling car is the Honda N-BOX [1], which is an incredibly practical car.

[1] https://car.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2076520.html