u/ChromaticRift

What’s your favourite episode with a plot that doesn’t hold up to much scrutiny?

Mine is SGA S1E15, “Before I Sleep”. I absolutely love that episode: it’s beautifully told, there’s some great Ancient tech, and we even get a glimpse into the final days of Atlantis before the Ancients abandoned Pegasus. What’s not to love?!

But… I really struggle with the central premise. Are we seriously supposed to believe the Janus had no way to automate rotating the ZPMs every ~3,500 years? He’d just been revealed as inventor of a Time Machine, something the Milky Way Ancients couldn’t even do. The entire plot depends on someone literally staying behind in stasis just to swap power sources on a schedule?

I get that the story only works if Weir stays behind; otherwise she would have returned to Earth with the Ancients and the timeline never happens. Still, it’s absolutely one of my favourite episodes. I love it.

What episodes do that for you?

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Cam is sooooo ungrateful! He’s annoyed when he finds out that Mitchell had spent weeks planning an Oz themed party because a tornado had hit his home town, he’s annoyed with the backup boat idea, … seriously, doesn’t anything make him happy?

Does anyone else have this problem?

I have an iPhone 17 Pro and use wireless Apple CarPlay but I can’t seem to make WhatsApp calls. I ask Siri to call X on WhatsApp and one of two things will happen: 1) the call instantly fails, or 2) the call connects but is totally blank, I can’t hear them and they can’t hear me. This isn’t an issue if I just ask Siri to call X on the phone. I haven’t tried FaceTime audio.

Am I don’t something wrong and/or stupid?

I recently had RS Connect (UK installation service) install a front and rear Nextbase iQ dashcam in my EX30 and I highly recommend them. They came to my house and hardwired everything in about 1 hour 40 minutes. Thankfully the weather was good!

For anyone who already has this setup, or is considering it, I’ve found that setting the Smart Sense activation voltage to 13.4V works really well on the EX30.

By default it’s set to 13.0V, but I found that with this setting the camera never entered Security Mode (passive mode), where it only records when the proximity sensor is triggered. I won’t pretend to fully understand EV electrical systems, but from what I gather 13.0V works fine for ICE cars, just not for EVs.

After gradually increasing the voltage, 13.4V turned out to be the sweet spot. The camera immediately enters Active Mode when you get into the car, but still correctly switches into Security Mode when parked.

Thought I’d post this in case it helps someone else.

Has anyone else had this happen?

A few times now when I’ve switched between Reverse and Drive, the car has started moving forward on its own without me touching the accelerator.

Creep forward is definitely turned off, so I’m not sure why it’s happening. It only seems to happen occasionally when changing direction.

Does anyone know what could be causing this, or is this normal behaviour in the EX30?

Update:
Thank you for all the comments about the seat belt. It was the seat belt! Explains why it’s only ever happened after I’ve parked and decided to correct my position - my seatbelt was off and I never noticed.

Next question, what’s the benefit of that feature when your seatbelt is off?

The episode where Phil knocks Claire over with the shipping cart and then denies it seriously grinds my gears.

Alex, Hayley, and Phil spend most of the episodes sarcastically pointing out that Claire always had to be right and Phil categorically denies he did it while flirting with another woman. When she finally has proof, he gaslighted her again by saying she is obsessive and always has to be right.

She was right!!!!

This is the first car I’ve ever owned, I’ve had it three weeks, and I genuinely never thought it was possible to love a car this much. I was always indifferent to driving and I only got my licence last year (at the ripe old age of 36) because I thought it would come in handy for career change. Since getting the EX30 though I find myself just going out for a drive around my town and neighbouring villages to relax. I love driving it so much and I so glad I went got this over other cars I’d shortlisted.

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Does anyone else find that automated unlocking is unreliable when using the key fob? I often find myself having to wait at the car for a minute before it opens. And even when I press it to the B column, sometimes it’s quite slow to response.

Does anyone know why the Kill Bill OSTs were removed from AM? I’ve found a couple of posts about this on Reddit but they’re all about 7 months old and date back to when the soundtracks were first pulled. Just wondering if the reason why has been released since then.

For anyone who’s ever been alone in a lab after hours… what’s the strangest, creepiest, or most genuinely terrifying thing you’ve experienced?

And I don’t mean the usual stuff like unbalanced centrifuges, alarms going off for no reason, or equipment acting up.

I’ll go first:
One night I was working late at my desk in the reading room (you needed a punch code to get in). I thought I could hear voices echoing through the halls, but it was an old building and there were always random noises, so I ignored it at first. Then someone started pushing at the reading room door. The way they were trying it, I could tell straight away they didn’t know the code and were not familiar with the door, if that makes sense, so I knew it wasn’t anyone from the building.
Long story short, two guys had broken into the building. They ended up stealing zoological specimens worth a lot of money!!! After that, the no lone working policy was really enforced and security came by at least one an hour to check the building.

I’ve been going down a bit of a rabbit hole reading strange camping and hiking stories, and now I’m curious what people here have actually experienced firsthand.

What’s the creepiest, scariest, or just plain weirdest thing that’s ever happened to you while camping or hiking?

If you’re comfortable sharing, it’d be great if you could include roughly where it happened.

Genuinely interested to hear your stories, whether they turned out to have a logical explanation or not.

What’s the point of the climate setting in the Volvo app when you can’t even control the temperature? It’s just on and off. How does it know what to do?

First off, apologies if this is a basic question. I’ve recently been in the fortunate position to buy a new car and went for an EV, as it suited my needs really well at a high level. However, I hadn’t originally planned for it, so I didn’t do a huge amount of research beforehand and I’m still learning the basics.

I did search the subreddit for this but couldn’t quite find an answer, probably because I’m not using the right search terms, so I thought I’d ask.

I understand that keeping the battery roughly between 20–80% is generally recommended for battery health. My (stupid) question is: within that range, does it matter when you plug in? For example, should I be letting it drop to just above 20% before charging again, or is it fine to plug in at any point (say 40%, 60%, etc.) as long as I’m staying within that window?

What would people here recommend as best practice?