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meandave

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About meandave

Open to new contracts (especially interesting ones)

https://justice.engineering

https://crewchief.cc

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    send them to the US, the used car market is in bad shape

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    Comment #49257096

    I agree, its an idea I've been playing with for a while also. The difficult part would be isolating the sound, but perhaps with new ai audio models that has become trivial, its def…

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    Comment #49239331

    Thanks, yes its been empowering my less handy friends to fix things on their own, and building their confidence. I figure, we can't have right to repair without a more informed/con…

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    Comment #49236126

    At the wire level, no: it speaks generic OBD2 (ELM327), so it sees powertrain codes and standard PIDs. It won't talk to every module on a VAG car the way VCDS does — no ABS/airbag/…

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    Comment #49235968

    I haven't targeted for ipad yet, I should test soon, I have an ipad mini that would be great to use, since I keep manuals on there anyways.

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    Comment #49235953

    the Vgate works good, there is a spec for the OBD2 Devices over bluetooth, so any of the cheap ($20-$30 range) should work fine, I haven't found one that hasn't connected to the ap…

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    I've been building the most advanced automotive diagnostic app on the market I used to be a mechanic, and spend a lot of my free time working on project vehicles, motorcycles, trac…

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    Comment #48480210

    You could swap the 2LTE engine, that’s the equivalent hilux diesel for 80s. You may have to import though, they are few and far between in the us. Totally with you, I want more opt…

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    Comment #48116628

    Man, what the hell is that song

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    Comment #48094053

    Diagnostic tool for all vehicles. Describe your symptoms in as much detail as detail as you like and get a full diagnostic report with parts links, tutorials, price estimates, guid…

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    I first heard about this in an former coworker's (Robin Berjon) talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s878bm15mrk at an IPFS conference Fascinating He writes about these things on t…

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    Comment #47428300

    I'm in talks with some factories that manufacture the scanners, I'd like to produce branded versions and ship them out automatically to users who signup for the paid plan, but I ne…

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    Show HN: Crew Chief – OBD2 diagnostics via cheap Bluetooth scanner

    I have too many vehicles. Cars, motorcycles, tractors -- they pile up when you can't say no to a project. Keeping track of everything across all of them was the problem: which part…

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    Comment #47308678

    Crew Chief ( https://crewchief.cc ) — a Vehicle diagnostic and management tool. Plug in your OBD2 codes (or just describe symptoms) and get a structured diagnosis in under 30 secon…

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    Mikeal was extremely welcoming to me when I met him over a decade ago, It was either JSConf or NodeCamp, He was always super insightful and encouraging to my personal growth as an …

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    Comment #42693545

    I live at a _very_ loud and busy intersection in downtown manhattan, it's usually gridlocked every day from 4pm - 7pm at least. That hasn't happened once since congestion pricing k…

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    Comment #39912449

    SEEKING WORK | NYC | REMOTE Web, browsers, browser extensions, ionic/react native, Electron, IPFS, Open Source Formerly at Mozilla and Protocol Labs. Available for part-time or ful…