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on It Itches! · c/comicstrips · 2 pts · 52d

Yes! Uranium and plutonium metals are not only flammable, but are also pyrophoric, meaning the can self ignite in air.

This sounds awful. Software companies have maxed out all the subscription money they can squeeze out of their customers. But sometimes their customers make a profit anyway, an now the tech companies want a share of that too. FYI, Oracle has been doing that for years. The answer to the question of what does it cost is "dunno, how much do you have?"

on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles · c/xkcd · 1 pts · 187d

That's what you're saying but it's not born out by what's being seen with used EVs (other than the early Leafs). Used cars are perfectly usable after 10 years. The main problem with the used market is that there just weren't that many EVs on the road 10 years ago, less than 1% of the market.

on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles · c/xkcd · 2 pts · 187d

Unfortunately that's a Tesla ad. But I was wrong. Looks like at least some of the 350kW charging cars take about 18 minutes. Slower than getting gas, but not much worse than a pee and sandwich break every two hours or so.

So here is another question, so when you say liberals in Oman and the US are a subset of the same thing

The thing I've noticed about the most vocal leftists here is that they all subscribe to the "spheres of influence" idea, where countries essentially belong to the great power whose sphere they exist in. Such countries (and the people within them) don't have any agency or rights except as afforded by their great power masters. As such, Oman doesn't matter or even really exist.

on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles · c/xkcd · 4 pts · 188d

If it helps, my EV technically has a manual transmission. 100% of gear shifts are manual (it only has a single reduction gear).

on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles · c/xkcd · 4 pts · 188d

Charge very slowly using a regular plug in (level 1 charger) until you have enough range to get to a fast charger. Or call a tow truck like you would if you ran out of gas.

on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles · c/xkcd · 4 pts · 188d

Batteries only last 5 to 10 years max

Most manufactures offer 8 or 10 year warranties. Batteries are expected to last the life of the car (10-20 years). This is similar to the expected lifespan of the engine, because it's designed that way rather than being a fundamental limitation of the technology, same as contemporary car engine lifespans.

Electric cars are essentially disposable

All cars are expected to be recycled when major components are damaged or worn out.

Ofc rich people can just charge in their backyard or garage at night, so not an issue for them either.

Charging in your driveway works fine, and you might be overstating the percentage of people who live in apartments and also have a car. Maybe true in your locality but not mine.

I’m not saying that EVs are bad, but there has to be serious investment in infrastructure and batteries need to be cheaper and cheaply REPLACEABLE in order for the poor to be able to adopt EVs

Replaceable batteries make the car cost more, not less, same as engineering in easily swappable engines (some tanks have this, no cars do). The big thing you're not getting is that POOR PEOPLE DON'T BUY NEW CARS. The only thing required for adoption of EVs by poor people is a healthy supply of used EVs.

This might be one of the few cases where democracy won't actually work very well. If for no other reason than that I don't think we can actually define the community in any useful way.

Technocracy/meritocracy in this case is better, so long as disaffected groups can fork the kernel rather than be forced to accept what that leadership decides (they can).

on Meanwhile in Canada · c/memes · 4 pts · 231d

And then there's this guy...https://globalnews.ca/news/6377799/bc-rcmp-want-to-talk-to-driver-about-questionable-snowmobile-transportation/

on [Mr Lovenstein] Volume · c/comicstrips · 2 pts · 237d

The high dynamic range 7.1 audio is already on the disc. What we're wanting is a decent stereo mixdown. Could be 128kb mp3 for all I care. Not like I'll be able to discern a higher bitrate on my tv speakers. That should require 86MB per 90 minutes.