Kevin Neely 

@[email protected]
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Personal: technophile, oenophile, lexophile, gastronome.
Professional: information, network, and computer #security #infosec #cybersecurity

Interests: #cyberpunk #linux #tech #privacy #hacking #reading #PDX

Music: most non-pop genres. I usually listen to #KEXP,and #KUTX, #SomaFM streaming

I love #food and #wine, you'd probably call me a #foodie

Way too many projects at any given time

Love to write but don't do much of it (see projects) and also #fountainpens and actual notebooks.

LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kevintneely/
GitHubhttps://github.com/ktneely
Websitehttps://the15thstandard.com/
Bookwyrmhttps://bookrastinating.com/user/ktneely
Kevin Neely 15h ago
Show threadKit Bashir21h ago

Junkyard e-bike part 8.2: Charging

I used a bluetooth scanner to confirm that the battery management system was online. Yay!

I connected a charger and observed its current display. Nothing. Not charging.

Hmmmn, let's get an app.

App thinks the battery is flat. Probably needs to be configured for number of cells. No obvious way to do that.

Try a different App "Xaio Xian Electrical" (name of manufacturer). Not as pretty, but it has a setting for cell count (10 cell-banks). Yay, now it says 100% full.

Connect charger and it says "temperature error". Hmmmn, this BMS has an internal temperature sensor and a socket for a second external one. Didn't come with one though. Fortunately, I buy one of everything from China so that you don't have to, and I have a packet of 10kΩ thermistors to hand.

After fitting the "optional" second temperature sensor, the battery now says "charging" when I connect the charger, and it pulls 8 amps (for about 30 seconds beforer reporting full and dropping to zero amps).

I connected a "dummy load" and the app reported that the battery was now discharging.

YAY, everything works!

Kevin Neely 2d ago
In which an AI newsletter called "The Batch" quotes itself in order to prove its point. Not actually how journalism works.
Kevin Neely 2d ago

I had a bit of a glitch with my #Nextcloud news feed (fixed in the most recent beta, coming to prod soon!), and now I'm catching up on the reporting by @molly0xfff.

Holy crap is she on fire with her reporting on the #cryptocurrency industry. Everyone should be reading this!

Kevin Neely 5d ago
🧠6d ago
Hey Fediverse!
Do you have #recommendations for good, affordable #webhosting, preferably of the type that allows me to have fun with nodejs shenanigans? Preferably EU-based, privacy-friendly, etc.
DEI, environmentalism and other woke stuff are plusses too.
I'm pretty happy with my current webhosting at weboke.nl, but I sometimes run into #nodejs issues that would require me to upgrade to the most expensive tier. So I'm checking to see what the alternatives are like.
#askfedi #webdev
Show threadKevin Neely 6d ago
@strangequark option 3
Show threadKevin Neely Mar 26
@killyourfm love that picture; it really captures the awe and love of where y'all are.
Show threadKevin Neely Mar 26
@isol @Unixbigot if you don't drive often, wouldn't it make more sense to be proactive with a trickle charger than reactive with an IOT monitor?
Show threadKevin Neely Mar 26
@Diami03 wow! I'm interested in seeing how those horns turn out.
Show threadKevin Neely Mar 25
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @dougiec3 @anolandria do they post the same article under different headlines to target different groups?
Kevin Neely Mar 24

Reporting that TSA wait times are 4 hrs in some places. #PDX is 4 minutes.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/tsa-wait-times-us-airports.html

Tracking TSA Wait Times for General Security and Pre-Check at Major U.S. Airports

Travelers are facing long lines at airport security as the partial government shutdown has strained T.S.A. staffing. The New York Times is tracking the latest available wait times across the country.

The New York Times