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by bluGill 28d ago
China has some influence. They did do what was said - but only if you take the absolute most charitable reading (which is a expected here).
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by bluGill 28d ago
Almost nobody today was alive when the US used nuclear weapons. We can ignore them at this point. Judge the current US policy by the current US.
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by bluGill 28d ago
What is the world going to do? The US is the only country that has a "blue water" navy. That means not just enough ships to go to sea, but enough of a supply line to handle all the logistics of having ships anywhere in the world
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by bluGill 28d ago
No Chinese EVs in the US (yet)... This is a really complex optimization problem, but slowing EV adoption, which low gas prices help, is likely the better course for a few more years. Eventually just gouge the petrol users left is the most
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by bluGill 28d ago
For now. They are well aware of the long picture. They know how long they can risk doing without maintenance, and will do it eventually. They are also well aware that EVs are coming and high fuel prices hurt them long term because people
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by bluGill 28d ago
Israel didn't really change their position much. Iran was already funding all their enemies. I suspect (know way to know) Isreal would have been better off attacking Iran alone - they could have sent a message "back off - we can
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by bluGill 28d ago
Even if they don't say that, it is the obvious thing to do. Elections are coming up in a few months. Already because of midterm elections the democrats were expected to gain seats (this is something you could predict the day after the
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by bluGill 28d ago
You can't find an equivalent for the same price. OP has an 11 year old car that apparently works fine. To get a EV means he needs to spend thousands (or settle for one that is a lot cheaper for a reason) more. We don't know how
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by bluGill 28d ago
Problem with buying used is EVs you are limited to what is for sale now. Search EV market share by year in your favorite search engine, then do your own analysis: if you are buying a used car more than 90% of your options are not EV (even
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by bluGill 28d ago
War is only good if it doesn't destroy many of your investments. When oil goes up in price, or you start losing factories war is bad.
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by bluGill 28d ago
The new jet powered Shaheds are more expensive as well. And Ukraine is already having good success in shooting them down without patriots (which they are very lacking in) - these are new drones that they just designed for the task. These
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by bluGill 28d ago
> their home is no longer in the republican party Which is why I'm no longer in the party... Where did the rest of us go?
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by bluGill 28d ago
Supply demand. As refineries got better at cracking fuel they made more and more gasoline since that is what the market wanted. However to change the mix they need to make a long term bet on it isn't worth it to build/rebuild th
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by bluGill 28d ago
I just checked 2015 diesel vehicles on my local craigslist (I refuse to use facebook, though I know that is where most cars are these days). A bunch of trucks for $15k-30k, and a few VWs for $15k. So then I search for electric cars from $
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by bluGill 28d ago
A lot of the Ukraine strikes affect Russia only. Russia has changed to import a lot more, and exporting less (I do not know the balance - most refining countries both import and export fuel from different locations), but the vast majority
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by bluGill 28d ago
Diesel was over $4/gallon in 2005. Please run inflation against that, not last years prices. (I remember 2005 prices I'm not old enough to remember diesel prices in the 1970s, but that would be an interesting place to run inflati
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by bluGill 28d ago
I want to know what happened to all the free trade republicans we used to know... If anyone knows where they went I want to join them.
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by bluGill 28d ago
Diesel engines in the US are used for things where they do count fuel costs. (there are a few diesel cars/SUVs, but they are a tiny minority). In short for most diesel users the efficiency is very similar between US and Europe.
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by bluGill 28d ago
Only for a short time, everybody knows about cheap drones and they are ordering cheap drones (likely from Ukraine where they are field tested to work) to shoot down drones. If the next round is in a few years patriots will only be used on
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by bluGill 28d ago
Not in the US, but I believe there are some countries that have tried that. For a while Europe (in general - but individual countries had different policies!) had less tax on diesel because it was more energy efficient, then they realized i
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by bluGill 28d ago
The market values Diesel more. Diesel fuel has more energy per gallon, and a diesel engine as run in the real world is more energy efficient (in a lab gasoline is slightly more energy efficient, but the difference is slight and the conditi
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by bluGill 28d ago
Hint for long cables: figure out what end you will be looking for first when unwrapping and start at the opposite end. For extension chords I'm going to plug it in and then unwrap to where I want to use it, so I always start at the so
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by bluGill 28d ago
Right, I keep the cables I commonly need, or cables that I know exactly what they go to. A new mini USB cable is cheap and I can get them from amazon if I need one, so why would I risk keeping one in my junk drawer in hopes it works (I jus
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by bluGill 28d ago
Don't forget about the dynamics (loud or soft) dimension of music.
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I suspect given western dominance in economics others have exposure to western music traditions. I wouldn't expect exposure to traditions other than their own and western.
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by bluGill 28d ago
There is a big problem in music of tradition being elevated too much. If it wasn't used 300 years ago, or is changed in anyway it must be bad. (except the brass is allowed to add valves even though those are modern)
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by bluGill 28d ago
As I said in a different comment: every point in music theory should result in a "so that is why I already am doing [point]". Well maybe there is a use for "hmm, that is interesting, I wonder how [some song] would sound if I
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by bluGill 28d ago
> The student seeking to build their understanding asks: why is the order of sharps FCGDAEB? Why is the mode with a sharp 4th note the Lydian mode? > Music theory responds: Because fuck you, that's why. Those are questions that m
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by bluGill 28d ago
I'm still not sure why not possible. A tankless waterheater is just a regular water header with a tiny tank (pipes count as a tank...). I know electric tankless water heaters exists - they draw massive amounts of power (I considered
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by bluGill 28d ago
The rewrite was done over several years which is going to complicate your analysis. It's been making money and over fist for the company for the last 10 years and the investment to R&D has gone down some since the rewrite but not a

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