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by blamazon 4y ago
Mmmmm, I don't think I assumed that. I'm pretty sure I described my current scenario, and the scenarios of others who live in similar places. I know how loathsome this scenario is because I have lived and traveled in those places
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$2000 for a set of all seasons? I thought I was spending a lot of money when I dropped $1100 on a new set for my Model X. That works out to about $0.024 per mile for me if they last as long as the last set of the same make and model. (About
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I want to point out you started this quagmire by connecting into a broader narrative. The linked article simply says "we think localized emissions go down when EV adoption rates go up in a particular area" which says nothing about
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Some studies back this idea up with data, such as "Conservatives Anticipate and Experience Stronger Emotional Reactions to Negative Outcomes Samantha Joel et al. J Pers. 2014 Feb." [1] This is why it is more important than ever to
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by blamazon 4y ago
Seems likely! I don't know German at all. I just saw that when I websearched it, I actually saw these in Austria years ago.
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My friend, I don't mean to offend, but these takes seem unnecessarily hateful and indicative of a worldview where people are "out to get you." I encourage you to think collaboratively on these issues and perhaps travel to a p
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Hello, real commies don't think cars should be required for existence at all. Trains, trams, buses, cycling, walking are the socialist methods of transport and are like 100-1000x more affordable than any car to the poor. Cars on the wh
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That is not a discordant take. Pedestrians and cyclists are obviously the most pleasant transportation option to be around in an urban space acoustics/particulates emissions wise. Unfortunately, some places have gone all-in on cars and
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Shall we also ignore the similar negative externalities of ICE cars such as palladium/rhodium mining for catalytic converters?
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In other news: water linked to wetness. EVs are so much more pleasant to be around for both acoustic and particulate emissions. Anyone who's dined outdoors next to a busy car intersection in an ICE-centric location knows this. And it i
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by blamazon 4y ago
In Germany a similar but more traditional thing (bark-y wood pieces usually used for the roof, no stove pipe, instead a loosely/chaotically packed core for airflow) is called a Holz Hausen: [1] https://www.logsplittersdirect
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I saw the finished solar kiln photo and thought "holy crap, they did an amazing job, that looks so much better than if I did it!" then I navigated around the site and realized they are a very skilled woodworker. They have a nice
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To answer your question 'has ESA launched anything to space' literally: Ever heard of the James Webb Space Telescope? Many consider it the most expensive, most complicated, most important single object launched into space. It was
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There is no way to make a mistake here because there are essentially no consequences -- entities of this scale can rehire as easily as they fire. At a lower average compensation rate too, most likely. These companies are basically refinanci
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And now we've dragged Rock forwards, kicking and screaming, as we animated it and are earnestly teaching it to think. (Silicon and derived semiconductors)
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I do like the woods and the hounds but I'm willing to roll the dice in the name of hedonism. I'm down to be a party/war barge for my little microbiological amigos. No harm no foul, game recognize game etc. Jeez, I am so high
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When I was working in a bacteria research lab I often thought about how cool/terrible it would be to have magic glasses to actually see the invisible, biologically thriving worlds that are present on basically every surface of this pla
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by blamazon 4y ago
Could be a mistranslation thing. They lock into my vintage Japanese stuff really nicely in such a way as to make me think JIS.
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That very plane is on display at the Udvar-Hazy center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, at Dulles airport. Plane nerds MUST go there!! Incredible place. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_F._Udva
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by blamazon 4y ago
Check out "Vessel Famidora 8 TD-800" on eBay or other places! It's a lovely kit and affordable enough for me in USA to stockpile them.
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If you ever need to rebuild a Japanese carburetor, buy some nice JIS screwdrivers. Thank me later!
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Eh, think about this from the perspective of a potential scammer who doesn't speak the targeted language very well, or doesn't have someone adjacent to them who does. (ChatGPT can do many human languages) Machine translation worke
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by blamazon 4y ago
Are you sure it had to do with your appearance? I experienced this same thing in the past but in hindsight I came to the conclusion it was because I went from a place where generalized casual promiscuity was an accepted part of the culture,
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I mean, my source is that I lived in Norway and know a lot of driving Norwegians, which I do understand is far from hard data on their true sentiments nationwide.
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Pointing out their unique social environment doesn't change the fact that people there are happily driving EVs that fit their lifestyle, despite living in a cold place with few garages and large rural expanses.
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One reason I cannot just agree is Norway, which has anything but a mild climate, a low rate of garage ownership, and a lot of long distance rural journeying to go to places like Tromsø, and yet has 8 out of 10 new car buyers selecting EVs:
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Humans are, in many ways, in many places, the best, least expensive robot. To me the bottleneck is not technology, it's the labor market. Basic human labor planetwide is generally not expensive enough for full automation yet. This is n
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I recently caught an apple-centric episode of 'Gastropod' and definitely recommend it. [1] I like podcasts that have transcripts, and invite you to this moment where a few layers were added to my understanding of well known Americ
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The Logitech K400 Plus [1] is a solid contender in the couch-service class IMO. It has a left click button on the top left of the keyboard and a trackpad on the right, such that you can swipe on the touchpad with your right thumb and click
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Interesting, that explanation does make sense. It's interesting to think about how the limits of human synchronous focus are involved. That must be such a stressful job! TIL about ACARS.

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