Bad Robot

By many reviews the iRobot Braava Jet m6 mop and the iRobot Roomba s9+ robots are some of the best in their respective classes. 3.9 star review on Amazon for both, and as I said many reviewers rated it top of its class.

Today I want to tell a depressing story of two Bad Robots. See, I have had them now for about 4 months, The mop has completed 48 jobs, 47.5 hours total job time, and surprisingly only 55m2 area cleaned according to the iOS app. Of those jobs, it got stuck multiple times, closed various doors on itself (even though I use door stoppers), takes about 2.25 hours to clean 60m^2, leaves streaks most of the time when wet mopping, cannot clean any dirt spots such as from snow boots, cannot pick up any larger pieces of soiling / debris (like rice grains, small pieces of food etc).

The s9 vacuum is worse. If the mop was Mussolini, then the s9 is definitely Stalin. The s9 completed 33 jobs, cleaned 45 hours and emptied the bin 41 times. The s9 will get stuck at least 2 times per job on my Ikea POÄNG chair feet. It will repeatedly get stuck on the same foot within 3 minutes of me rescuing it. It takes an average of 6 hours to vacuum an area of 49m2. This is because it has such bad navigation, even though both the mop and the vacuum fully mapped the area on a dedicated mapping run, it constantly follows random and sub-optimal paths ending up draining the battery by driving and not working. So it usually has to recharge 2 - 3 times per job. Granted it has a self charging station but 6 hours? Of that 2.5 hours is charging time, 3.5 is cleaning. Also, when cleaning it does not honour my exclusion zones I defined in the app - to not get stuck on the speaker feet. And it misses many spots as it is just as blind as a bat.

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Asana and Stupid Money Making Security Decisions

I just do not get companies like Asana, where some high level executive probably decided it is a good money making scheme to include security features in the list of optional extras you have to pay extra for, by requiring (almost) the highest end tier plan possible - Enterprise.

I get things like SSO, advanced audit reports and other compliance features are enterprise grade and belong to the corresponding plan. However basic security features to help strengthen the platform for any kind of user should never be bundled as an extra-to-pay-for. Specifically these options:

Enforcing 2FA for All Users
Enforcing 2FA for All Users
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Windows 10/11 - Unable to turn on Bitlocker

When using Microsoft Intune / Autopilot to turn on Bitlocker, sometimes you might run into this error:

You can't create both a recovery password and a recovery key. Contact your system administrator for more information.

The solution is to delete this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FVE

Aurora Borealis - Okotoks

Finally had the good fortune of having the northern lights show up here in Okotoks, no cloud cover and being awake.

Aurora Borealis - Okotoks #1
Aurora Borealis - Okotoks #1
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Aurora Borealis - Okotoks #2
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Car Review: BMW M240i xDrive

Make/Model: BMW M240i xDrive 2023 (AWD)
Colour: Thrilling Thundernight (aka Minion Purple)
New?: New
Engine: 3.0l I-6 Turbo
Power/Torque: 285kW (382 BHP) / 500Nm (369 lb·ft)
Average Fuel Consumption: 7.4 - 10.4 l/100 km (Highway - City)
Performance: 0-100km/h in 4.2s, 250 km/h top speed
Transmission: 8 speed automatic
Owned: October 2023 - Current

BMW M240i 2023 - Front View
BMW M240i 2023 - Front View
BMW M240i 2023 - Rear View
BMW M240i 2023 - Rear View
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