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by torpfactory 6y ago
It’s available: https://insideevs.com/reviews/420126/nissan-leaf-plus-highwa... But for $43k you could also get a Model 3 SR+...
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by torpfactory 6y ago
I think they are not trivial but relatively easy parts of the design. I’m sure they can design support structure to withstand whatever arbitrarily large earthquake you throw at it. The structure doesn’t need to be particularly light or comp
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Just for context, neither of two of the most common food borne bacteria (E. Coli O157:H7 and Salmonella) are killed by typical freezer or refrigerator temperatures.
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by torpfactory 6y ago
The Governor of Georgia specifically disallowed mask requirements. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
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by torpfactory 6y ago
It has a manual accessible through the screen, but most people just google it anyways. I certainly did.
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Not sure if everyone's familiar what is actually in the Model 3/Y. - The main mode of use is 'auto' which uses as its feedback sensor the forward facing camera (I think only this location, but not 100% sure about that) l
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by torpfactory 6y ago
We have a friend who is an ER nurse at a hospital on the Central Valley. She had a nasty interaction while buying takeout at a bar in Winters. Another patron said “we don’t need any mask wearing cowards in here” and then proceeded to get ph
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Same thrust but less mass as the fuel burns up.
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by torpfactory 6y ago
That Michael Moore film is pretty terrible and doesn't contain the best available and most recent science. I wouldn't consider it a reliable source.
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Wood pellet burning is a temporary distraction and distortion caused by regulation that allows it to be counted as "renewable". I believe you can make a reasonable argument wood burning is carbon neutral. Unfortunately, land used
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Climate Change I Have Known(outsideonline.com)
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Well considering the progress of Falcon 9 and Dragon relative to the rest of the aerospace world, I’d say they are the adults in the room. Their development methodology is specifically set up to test a lot of hardware and fail a lot in a
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by torpfactory 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/1294/
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by torpfactory 6y ago
But if the link is optional (i.e. no storage), it's unlikely the timing works out often enough to justify the increased complexity or cost. (E.g. if the time overlap of water heating AND fridge cooling is 25% (which seems pretty hi
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by torpfactory 6y ago
They even beat natural gas on operating cost for many installs these days: Gas Furnace: 1 Therm = 29.3kWh, Cost $1.5 (at least where I live), Furnace efficiency = 95%. Cost per kWh heat delivered = $0.053. Heat Pump (COP=5, EER=17): 1 kWh
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by torpfactory 6y ago
The big issue is timing: hot water, fridge use, and home heating would need to be well synchronized to take advantage of this. I.e. you don't necessarily want to make your fridge colder just because you happen to be heating water. The
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by torpfactory 6y ago
The big problem with MVP is that it is now simply one more corporate buzzword. Many using the term may have heard the 30-second description from a colleague and now repeat it freely. Like a game of telephone, what was said and what was hear
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by torpfactory 6y ago
That’s the heart of the original argument I posed on this thread: we really should rush to market because the status quo is quite unsafe.
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Speed is an important parameter: you can’t do freeway driving in a golf cart. IMO regular vehicles can be safe enough with appropriate supervision. It’s really once you get to the first runs without safety drivers where your backup goes awa
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by torpfactory 6y ago
There is a different perspective that you could use (and I’m not necessarily advocating for it; hear me out): Human driven cars are dangerous to the tune of ~36,000 deaths per year. Every year without the implementation of full self driving
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by torpfactory 6y ago
When testing is scarce it is used as a clinical tool to help make decisions about treatment. For example: patient has pneumonia. If its bacterial pneumonia a course of the right kind of antibiotics will be very helpful. If its COVID, those
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by torpfactory 6y ago
Point of clarification: Are you saying that there's no way to disprove your claim of being a savior? Or no way to disprove the reaction was disproportionate.?
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by torpfactory 6y ago
If you act early, it will always appear you overreacted. If you act too late, well... https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007076660/corona...
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by torpfactory 7y ago
Yes, but it's not like the 1990 model was massively wrong or something. The (now historical) observations are riding the lower end of the predicted range from 1990, but even the low estimates still predict a 3C temperature rise by the
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by torpfactory 7y ago
Just a friendly reminder that the consensus estimates about climate change have been reasonably accurate. Not perfect but decent enough as decision making tools. See for example the IPCC report from 1990: https://en.m.wikipedia.o
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by torpfactory 7y ago
One of the key issues in American politics is epistemic. Many voters on the right will not receive any information about just how badly the initial response was bungled. There is a relatively closed media ecosystem of TV, web, and social me
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by torpfactory 7y ago
My wife is an ER nurse. One of her coworkers recently went through a nasty divorce. Yesterday her estranged husband filed paperwork to get full custody of their child on the grounds that her mother (an ER nurse) could not provide a safe env
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by torpfactory 7y ago
At least in criminal law there is the concept of "necessity". That is, an illegal activity may in certain cases be legal, if it is necessary to prevent serious harm. Since the manufacturer was unable to supply the part, I would ar
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by torpfactory 7y ago
Yeah I think the issue is that you can be contagious without being symptomatic. I don’t want it on my conscience that I may end up infecting others, even though I personally will probably be fine. Edit: spelling
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by torpfactory 7y ago
My wife is an ER nurse. (West Coast but not California) Kind of wondering if I’m going to have to isolate myself from her just in case. She’s almost surely going to be coming into contact with patients soon. Starting to get real for sure.

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