NickM

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by NickM 4y ago
If the explanation were that simple, one would expect to see the same problem at all kinds of EV fast chargers, not just EA ones.
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by NickM 4y ago
It's not faulty logic at all. Scientists have known for a while that your ability to experience pleasure is a result of certain biological processes Well of course on a certain level your ability to feel anything is the result of b
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by NickM 4y ago
Oh yeah, certainly, being depressed is correlated with all kinds of changes in biology. I'm not saying it's like "just in your head", but the question is, do those changes lead to being depressed or does being depressed
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by NickM 4y ago
It's really bizarre to me how fixated people are on viewing depression solely through the "disease with a biological cause" lens. Even in this article, which acknowledges the serious flaws in the serotonin hypothesis, all the
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by NickM 4y ago
SSRI efficacy is already in doubt, as roughly 80% of the beneficial effects are replicated by placebos; some research has suggested that the remaining difference is due to the side effects, which make SSRIs active placebos and mess with stu
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by NickM 4y ago
Is the discrepancy just the inefficiency (i.e. waste heat) of the charging circuitry and/or battery chemistry? I'm not positive on the specifics but I believe it has more to do with the combination of supported voltages/amp
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by NickM 4y ago
Like, on paper they can do 250 kW but you never get more than 100 when actually charging it etc Yeah this is one area where there's a lot of deceptive marketing. For example the Kia EV6 specs list a max fast charging rate of 350 kW b
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by NickM 4y ago
Glad to see "chemical imbalance" make the list. It is very common to see people use terms like "dopamine hit", "endorphin rush", "low serotonin", etc. in ways that don't make scientific sense. I
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by NickM 4y ago
Exactly. The stock market is positive sum, since companies on average create more value than they destroy. Bitcoin, though, is negative sum, since no new value is created and value is actively destroyed via mining. Investing in BTC is like
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by NickM 4y ago
AFAICT this isn't the case Is this a "as far as I can tell based on my knowledge of immunology" or "as far as I can tell based off of personal experience and gut feeling"? I mean, what you're saying sounds pl
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by NickM 4y ago
Could someone with more knowledge than myself help explain what the practical applications of this are?
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by NickM 4y ago
A decentralized system can still die if nobody wants to use it anymore. If prices continue to fall as a result of more and more flywheels and ponzi schemes coming to light, and more and more people keep losing their shirts as a result of co
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by NickM 4y ago
It sounds like you're bitter because you think having all people take personal responsibility for their own actions is the only solution, and you don't see people doing that. I used to feel similarly. But I think the real problem
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by NickM 4y ago
Depression and anxiety are completely unrelated to the immune system as far as I know. They are definitely related. Many studies have found links between inflammation and both anxiety and depression. There's even a Wikipedia page abo
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by NickM 4y ago
If your preferred candidate does not win, your vote gets a second chance (or more!) to get counted. But that's not always the case; this is exactly the point I'm trying to make. The whole problem is that your vote only gets a
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by NickM 4y ago
Probably a long shot, but have you ever gotten a Lyme test? Tinnitus is a common symptom if it gets into your nervous system, and the other symptoms you describe fit too. Anecdotally I was having a bunch of bizarre symptoms this summer and
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by NickM 4y ago
It's not nearly as complex as you're making it out to be. Palin was the spoiler candidate in Alaska. If Palin hadn't run, Begich would have won. Additionally, if Palin > Begich > Peltola voters had "dishonestly&quo
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by NickM 4y ago
it's easy to understand and doesn't result in absurd outcomes I mean, I realize this is somewhat subjective, but "more people ranking a candidate first can cause them to lose" seems like a pretty absurd outcome to me.
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by NickM 4y ago
This adds too much distortion to people wanting to express their sincere preferences, which they can easily do in RCV: A > B > C RCV actually literally has the exact same problem you're describing with voting strategically, it&
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by NickM 4y ago
it would be a shame to spend our effort squabbling over which alternative, than giving support to the one that has the most momentum and chance of succeeding now I think the bigger shame would be to spend so much effort promoting RCV, onl
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by NickM 4y ago
My point isn't that we should actually shrink EV batteries and use the excess for stationary storage, my point is that car batteries as a demand-leveling mechanism is not likely to be an optimal solution. That said, it's not somet
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by NickM 4y ago
The problem is, you need a full charge in the morning if you're leaving on a road trip, so then your car will not be powering your house the night before. This would likely lead to big spikes in demand the night before the start of hol
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by NickM 4y ago
If you're regularly committing a certain percentage of your car's battery capacity to powering your house, wouldn't it make more sense to just have a stationary battery at home? Otherwise you can't rely on that extra ran
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by NickM 4y ago
I think you're conflating two separate markets; there can be as many subsidies or taxes added to buying an EV as you want, but the "what time do I charge my car" problem is an electricity market problem, not a car market prob
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Ranked Choice causes spoiled election in Alaska(electionscience.org)
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by NickM 4y ago
Burlington is unusual in that third party candidates are already competitive in Vermont, which means the spoiler effect was more visible from the outset. As RCV proponents continue to incorrectly imply that RCV eliminates the spoiler effect
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by NickM 4y ago
I think this is a very valid concern, not only for the peaceful transition of power, but also for the pragmatic fact that we will never get off FPTP by replacing it with methods that seem worse to many people. This problem has already happe
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by NickM 4y ago
I mean, I don't want to discount that many people are suffering, but real income growth for the bottom 50% of earners has gone up substantially over the last year (and, notably, have gone up more than for high-earners, percentage-wise)
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by NickM 4y ago
I'm sorry, I meant no disrespect. I agree inflation is a very real issue, my comment only meant to question whether it's going to continue to be a long-term issue and whether it's an indicator of a broader economic downturn o
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by NickM 4y ago
I find the whole "economic gloom" sentiment a bit odd. We're at extremely low unemployment, and GDP took a small dip in Q1/Q2 but is projected to start growing again in the second half of the year. The S&P 500 is dow

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