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My advice against purchasing no longer limited to Shark model (also subject of a recall that manufacturer or dealer are yet to contact me about)- BYD is not a trustworthy brand. They could fix 90% of their problems w/a team of five programmers/ document writers including two native English speakers.

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Another ’upgrade’ failure which has altered yet more behaviour. Vehicle now fucks with my EVSE, repeatedly and rapidly switching it on and off while displaying “Connecting. Please wait.” On top of this morning’s ABC reporting on absent security, hacking ease - BYD’s reputation is shot.

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Need some explanation for those comparisons to make any sense. ‘kg of waste per kWh (storage) capacity’ ?!? An electrochemical battery keeps the same mass for its lifetime. Fossil fuel is literally burnt up as it’s used.

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“Date captured” remains correct, but delayed images are jumbled in “Recently Added” order.

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Only noticed this when behaviour changed again, not allowing capture at all. Restarted phone, and missing photos/screenshots appeared one by one (including recent, increasingly frustrated repeats).

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Fucking #AppleCorp - just discovered that for the last four days photos/screenshots on my iPhone can be taken and edited, but when saved have quietly disappeared into the void. #AppleFail #iOSFail

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Can the #ACCC help? or does the Australian Government need to impose yet more regulations on tech companies? We need a ‘right to revert’. If I buy a car, then 12 months later the company shouldn’t be able to remotely update software to block features (except perhaps for acknowledged safety concerns)

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I waited more than a fortnight to install this ‘upgrade’, and yet it still has previous-feature-killing bugs. Maybe #BYD doesn’t care about #BYDShark owners because that model isn’t sold in the PRC?

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And because I forgot to note it in their recent feedback solicitation (bad survey)… I still get asked about the #BYDShark almost every week. I mention a couple of good features, then list complaints and faults until the questioner has had enough. I have now prevented at least three sales.

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Perhaps only relevant to #BYDShark #BYD. And yep, really is a ‘Rage Mode’ that has been added :-/ Still the most useless of change logs. New screens with consistently bad layout, etc. Has shown it absolutely needs an option to roll-back to a prior (semi-)working software version.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yet another #BYDFail. Do not attempt to upgrade to software v2.2.1 Mine has failed multiple times. Some changes have been made, including breaking Vehicle to Load, which I rely on daily. Claims both to have been upgraded, that upgrade has failed/ is available, that I should contact service centre.

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Perhaps this suppression was court ordered as the victim is a minor. Still, Fuck the Police, ACAB.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New support act announced for Ed Sheeran - Nick Cave says he is happy to play alongside anyone who (apolitically) supports Zionist genocide.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why is mandatory to choose either “I am Jewish” or “I am an ally”? Would otherwise have signed.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Fuck this! Israeli company no doubt looking to identify Palestinian-Australian children.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I have questions about my car’s New feature - Added Rage Mode performance. Is it intended to enhance, or subdue rage? Or is it a typo related to driving range?

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I remember buying that issue!

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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‘Glitching’ reference reminds me of Ms then-13yo who in 2014 couldn’t recall the term ‘heat mirage’, so spoke about ‘when objects in the distance don’t render properly’.

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ABC Australia always ready to name person charged - unless they are a cop.

How is this news?!? Please, @news.abc.net.au, if you won’t use a separate sports account, why not try a simple, filterable hashtag. My mute list is already scores of sports related keywords long.

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I would be happy with dogspeed.

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Alt-text on images (even this vague-posting) would be a good habit to get into early, if you ever want to be a serious business.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cumulative days worth of existence spent reading various ‘Terms and Conditions’ (hyper-)documents has yielded no perceptible benefit to me. Unlike, e.g. manual coffee grinding, which may have caused noticeable joint wear, but has provided useful time for contemplation.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Rethinking my prank - please do not open a parcel labelled “Art Supplies” from Chitin & Co.

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Been hanging out for a Mickey post! :-)

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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One year ago today, the Israeli army killed Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif + five other Palestinian journalists. RSF honours them and continues to demand justice. The Israeli authorities must be held accountable @rsf.org rsf.org/en/gaza-rsf-...

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On Sunday, 10 August, an Israeli strike killed six media professionals in Gaza, five of whom currently work or formerly worked for the Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera and one freelance journalist. The ...

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Also, the media system can interfere with outside camera processing - e.g. reversing camera dropping from smooth video to laggy + <5fps. So, #BYD ships vehicles liable to all sorts of RF attacks. ‘Collision avoidance’ already has an unsafe number of false +ves, glitching it more -> easy accident.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Is all of Australia (NNSW) Optus internet unusable at the moment? or just my single mobile tower?

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I bristled at hearing media reports that today’s AusAlert test message would be received by “*all* mobiles” - surely that’s why a *test* was being held - but did expect most models less than a decade old would receive it. Not so in my case, as this link suggested. www.ausalert.gov.au/receiving-al...

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𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’ve just learned from Wikipedia that Wolfgang Egger is supposedly a real person! I’d assumed from BYD’s lousy design (including driver side charging port) that it was name of an AI, committee, or Alan Smithee-like pseudonym.

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To which they replied: >> Dear …, >> >> We confirm receipt of your request for erasure below. … I explained I wasn’t seeking to be erased, just wanted to know what info they held… and never heard back from them.

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Sent: 18 February 2022 To: ABC Privacy Subject: To seek access to, or correction of, your personal information please contact the ABC Privacy Officer. Please reply with a statement of all data fields you have associated with this email address. Data values are not required at this time. thank you

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Would have been on then-Twitter. 2021 >> Hi ABC listen Beta testers, You may have noticed an email last Friday 30 April … This is because earlier that day at 12:39pm, we sent an email to you as a member of the beta group, where you were able to see the email addresses of others in the group. …

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Sorry to waste your search time. I was among those who received emails CC’d to hundreds of others - blamed on human error. iirc Asher Wolf reported on data connections being made to foreign countries even when opted out.

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Even as the ABC ‘accidentally’ bulk-emailed account-holders’ information, they were still airing Charlie Pickering smugly telling us iview IDs/viewing history were completely safe and confidential, also omitting that even ‘opting out’ would not stop sharing with overseas 3rd parties.

𓅃 @whisperfist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Another #BYDFail yesterday - the FM radio encountered some static and glitched the whole ‘media system’ into being silent and unable to change stations until a vehicle power-cycle. I wonder what other vehicle systems are susceptible. It’s already the worst radio interface I’ve ever encountered.