In AU, they already have public charging networks (Evie, for example) that allow you to pre register your VIN and just roll up, plug in and it starts charging.

Do you need to pre register your VIN on a gasoline pump? Then why would somebody even consider this as a requirement for BEV...

Actually I think this sort of feature could sell in regular cars as well. Embed a chip next to filler cap. Then at station just pull out nozzle place it in and in few second automatically start pumping. Then later the charge would go directly to credit card.

Many would love it if it was secure enough.

I just built a new NAS using a raspberry pi5 and radxa SSD expansion hat, using openmediavault on the software side. Fairly painless setup, the kit is barebones but I 3d printed a custom case.

It is surprisingly good! 16gb of RAM so you can host all sorts of goodies, and you arent locked into vendor software. Its also extremely cheap to setup, the SSDs end up being the largest expense.

It does all this while using about a quarter of the power my old Thecus NAS did.

Got a Librem5 and sold it immediately. Too large, too heavy, shitty, buggy software and the battery was terrible. This was admittedly a few years ago but I wouldnt touch them.

A few years has made a huge difference in stability and usage I would offer. It sounds weird to say, but I like its size and heft now.

I said it in a sibling comment, but yeah, battery life leaves a lot to be desired with heavy usage.

The enshitification continues

It's not free but Americas Test Kitchen is very, very good

It was already dead to me

Dell XPS 13 - died just out of warranty with probably 10 hours of usage. Giant waste of money.

Kobo eReader, think it was called a Sage? absolute garbage, worst eReader I have ever bought. Spent 10 months battling with support after constant issues, got a replacement and sold it immediately.