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by falcolas 3y ago
> And most of that will not be used 95% of the time. That's OK. Because the alternative is not having one of those spaces to begin with, or having to change a space to fit the needs (i.e. friction). Specifically, how often would yo
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by falcolas 3y ago
> What is a "cave" and why would anybody even want one? It's basically a space with a door that's dedicated to one of the inhabitants and their interests. Even the closest of couples needs their own space occasionally
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by falcolas 3y ago
One advantage of a large house is that you can have specialized spaces. You can have a "cave" or two. You can have a shop. You can have rooms for guests. You can have greenhouses. You can have a dedicated office to work from home
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by falcolas 3y ago
> Organization of it is challenging. Doubly so if you're super space constrained. And when you're space constrained, just allocating a room to one purpose - such as recreation or hobbies - is super hard. Every space is shared w
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by falcolas 3y ago
> is that it insulates you from the pollution you bring with your car to the place you go This is a citation needed comment to me. It's one heck of an assertion that I have never heard. Most folks I've chatted with who have mad
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by falcolas 3y ago
I've made this move back, and it was great for my mental health. I work from home and like having the ability to live out of my house, instead of a city (i.e. leaving the house for various daily activities because the house isn'
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by falcolas 3y ago
An interesting (to me) meta analysis of the discussion here: most people who find the numbers out of whack bring up charging at home at off peak rates. But home ownership is only about 65% in the us, and falling about 1.5% quarterly. That i
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by falcolas 3y ago
> In the marketplace, only results matter and companies that deliver them displace those that don’t. In this case, result mean profit or at least conversions. Were this the unalterable truth, mom and pop shops wouldn't exist. Compan
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by falcolas 3y ago
> but play these mental gymnastics to give the implementor some benefit of the doubt. No. Using psychological tricks to get people to act against their best interests is immoral. “But if I don’t implement it, someone else will.” That’s m
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by falcolas 3y ago
Just because a psychological trick works doesn’t mean you must use it. Have some respect for your users, developers. ‘Cause you’re one of them.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Agreed. Even 50% of 300 miles is reasonable for commuting.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Well, battery packs generally have about the same lifespan as an engine, give or take. And with used cars will come used/refurbished battery packs for less than new ones.
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by falcolas 3y ago
A second hand geo metro would cost even less, making it more attractive. The same will be true with Tesla model 3’s. Even $30k is a lot to spend on a vehicle.
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by falcolas 3y ago
It’s how the car market operates for most of the US today. Dealers make more off used sales than they do new.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Going to need more used stock for people who can’t afford new, more specifically those who can’t afford the value cliff associated with a new car. The used market will naturally grow, but it will delay adoption.
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by falcolas 3y ago
> Almost as bad are folks who only read one chapter and leave a review. Would you review a 2 hour film after watching just 10 minutes? Just to provide an alternative point of view from a reader, this is fine behavior. So long as you men
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by falcolas 3y ago
If I think along the line of B5's technomages, Gandalf's staff is his cyberdeck. It has everything built into it, with a verbal and touch interface to access it. All he'd need is a small, highly directional speaker built in
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by falcolas 3y ago
I like it, personally. But, it’s also tunable with some sandpaper. A few minutes with 600+ grit, some water, and test ink, and it will feel however you want it to. Some good YouTube videos on the process.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Glass dip pens are fun to use. There's a pleasant scratch, they're super-simple to clean, and they lay down ink nicely. I don't use them for general writing, but for cards, addresses, and little drawings (or an approximation
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by falcolas 3y ago
This research won't matter for prisoners in the US. We (Americans at large) send criminals to prison for punishment, not rehab. It's why we care so little about their treatment while in prison. Why we make rape jokes about prisone
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by falcolas 3y ago
The existence of suffering greater than your own does nothing to invalidate your own suffering. And it certainly doesn’t mean someone else should come along and shame you for expressing your own pain. That’s toxic to any form of discourse.
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by falcolas 3y ago
"Since it's mostly men they know who assault them, they have no reason to fear strangers." That's some badly tortured logic to place the blame back on women. Anyways. Have a day.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Yes, I’m sure the fear is wholly imagined, and not a product of them or their friends being raped or sexually assaulted. Respectfully, talk to more women. It will change your perspective.
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by falcolas 3y ago
The real problem is that it is true for a vanishingly small minority of males. But that vanishingly small minority does enough "evil, vile, and perverted" activities to train women (and some men) to be afraid of males in general
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by falcolas 3y ago
86% of SAG actors make less than $23k. Even the leads on popular streaming TV shows work another full time job to be able to afford to live because the pay and residuals for streaming shows are measured in pennies per episode.
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by falcolas 3y ago
And yet children playing games on their phones and aren't the equivalent of your wildly inappropriate metaphor?
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by falcolas 3y ago
FWIW, there were more gameboys sold than there are people under 18. 73M children, 118M gameboys.
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by falcolas 3y ago
No, my argument is that it doesn't take a smartphone to be distracted in class. And that electronic entertainment devices have been available for many decades. None of this is new. Children being distracted in classrooms is nothing new
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by falcolas 3y ago
> playing video games in the middle of class. Laughs in GameBoy. Seriously, you have to be elder gen x or older to exist in a time where handheld consoles of some flavor were not available. And there’s always been other forms of entertai
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by falcolas 3y ago
> I would love to see a headset that can cope with being used in the sun. The biggest problem is the lenses work perfectly in reverse, transforming the parallel rays of light from the sun into a single spot on the LCD screen, literally b

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