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by tzs 5mo ago
Around 38% of new cars sales in Finland in 2025 were EVs [1], so they apparently have figured out how to make them work. PHEVs were another 20%. Gas cars were around 39%, and diesel cars were about 4%. [1] https://alternative-fue
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> After two years with the EV it became evident to me the hybrid doesn’t make sense In some places in the US the hybrid can have lower energy costs per mile. Using the average price/kWh of residential electricity and the average pri
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How do? Gas usage is roughly proportional to miles drive, so gas tax is already roughly a tax on miles driven.
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If we go by the fourth power rule that is usually cited, it is kind of shocking how fast damage goes up with weight. For example if you replaced a typical 40 ft transit bus containing 60 passengers going from point A to point B with those s
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$130 is the amount of tax that an average person would pay if they drove in ICE car that got under 19 mpg. No way is that a bargain.
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OT: do many people who come to your door actually ring your doorbell? 95% of people who come to my door, which has a doorbell and does not have a knocker, knock. Do people just prefer knocking nowadays? Have Ring type doorbells become so co
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Have you tried KING 98.1? They seem to have a vast playlist.
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> $130/yr? No matter how heavy the vehicle or how many miles you drive? It could be worse. In the "Big Beautiful Bill" they originally had a $250/yr EV tax in it, which then got bumped up to $500 by a Representative w
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In the particular case of SO what is annoying is that even if the person who posed the X question really did actually have a Y problem and responders figured that out and solved Y, that doesn't help people who really have an X proble
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> Importantly, I am not saying that it’s impossible for data centers to ever cause any problems with water. They require careful planning in the same ways other large industrial buildings do . (Emphasis added) I think that part of why A
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> Democrats would rather reach across the aisle than actually help people as has been proven out ever since my very first eligible vote for Obama. Obama: Affordable Care Act; allowed LGBTQ+ to openly serve in the military; American Recov
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Brandon Acker, a classical guitar/lute/theorbo player specializing in classical/baroque/renaissance repertoire, checked out what AI could do. He asked for three compositions and performances from the AI. 1. "I want
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Are Musicians Doomed? (Pro Guitarist Reacts) [video](youtube.com)
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It is a big deal in the US because the US has never had strong identity document requirements for nearly anything until relatively recently, and has been adopting such requirements piecemeal often without doing anything to help people obtai
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> I'll wager you assumed all compilers process this line in the same way You would lose that wager. What I mean by "I do know the answer" is that I know that this is undefined behavior and why it is undefined behavior and
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Pretty much nobody, but dumps and nuclear power plants are in the same category as things like airports and sewage treatment plants that provide services that are largely used in the area the service provider is in. You may not like a dump
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> We need to win in AI and to do that we must have data centers What exactly do you mean by "win in AI"?
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> IMO, The only reasonable answer if asked this in an interview is “I would not write code where I have to know the answer to this question” That's half of a reasonable answer. The other half is "but I do know the answer so if
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> and it was a BA not BSc though that matters less I've got no opinion on the existence and legitimacy of any degrees Musk may or may not have, but whichever he does have you really can't infer much at all from whether a STEM d
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I'm trying and completely failing to even begin since I cannot find any way to think of what something analogous to Section 230 would even be in the context of tobacco.
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New York did a pretty good job in their law that limits addictive feeds. Here's what their law says: > "Addictive feed" shall mean a website, online service, online application, or mobile application, or a portion thereof,
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>> I owe you all $36,000 > Only if you "stole", and only if you get caught Are you sure? I'd have guessed that the debt is created when they generate the $36 000. Getting caught would just make it easier for the vict
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How have they hurt tourism? According to the data here [1] tourism has been going up every year since 1996 except for a moderate hit during the 2008 recession and a big hit during COVID. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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What makes you think they are talking about Starlink satellites? The 1 million satellites in the article are data center satellites.
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> Why are so many people just desperate to imagine environmental, economic, or social harm from any new technology or ambitious projects? Rockets aren't new technology and they are not imagining the environmental harm. It has been k
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What seems fake about it?
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Getting a certified copy of a birth certificate requires proof of identity. If you don't have a government issued photo ID states typically require multiple forms of secondary documentation (some of which themselves require photo ID to
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> Whether we like it or not, ID is required to function in society these days. Not in the US. See this thread [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911619
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What about people who can't afford the costs to get the documentation required in order to get the ID?
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I'm pretty sure I am in fact only very rarely stomping my brakes, because since I drive with one pedal driving mode on I use my brakes rarely enough that I notice when I'm using them. Maybe I simply don't drive often in circu

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