jumperalex

u/jumperalex@lemmy.world
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Why do we buy ICE cars based on distance driven and not total engine revolutions?

Because both are dumb and distance is a reasonable proxy for usage level. Almost regardless of the specific kwh/km efficiency, an EV that has driven distance X has had Y cycles within a range of values that aren't different enough to matter.

There is Verizon service, you have to buy from the US store. But then it is Android and not /e/OS ... it took me a while and a fair number of AI tokens to full figure that out.

trl;dr it is a hardware cert problem why the EU version is T-Mobile and the US is VZW/ATT. I still couldn't figure out why the US-VZW/ATT version can't have /e/OS but it still smelled like obtaining certification is the problem and there doesn't appear to be any public statements on a timeline for it.

If you want privacy, buy a pixel and flash GrapheneOS.

If you want modularity/repairability buy a Fairphone.

  • If you want modularity/repairability and privacy, buy an /e/OS Fairphone from the EU store but accept only T-Mobile
  • If you want modularity/repairability and ATT/VZW, buy a Fairphone from the US store but accept no extra privacy
  • If you want it all, guess we gotta wait.

None of those are reasons not to try a good idea. They are just problems to solve.

Also, have you ever been to those areas of NYC? Bulk buying, transport, and resale of food isn't that easy to do in the best of times.

I'd imagine even "low quality" stainless steel will hold up pretty well. And it has to at least have enough carbon in it to avoid rusting from all the water.

But WHOA BOYEEE it gonna get HOT!!! Not a bad thing per say, but as pictured there's nothing to prevent against an accidental leg brush. My firepit has a ring/lip around it that if you walk by you'll hit it first before the MUCH hotter body of the bowl itself. I feel like this needs something for a little protection. Even just a ring of very large rocks as a way to keep people away from walking too close.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rp5xgSrK228BkJQG6

Exactly. This is the overpass which is, frankly, one of the better pedestrian overpasses I've seen. Could it be better? 100% For one thing it needs more overhead lighting to a driver can more easily see a walker at night. Not to mention actual cross-walk paint and signage.

But at least all on/off-ramp crossings have long visibility sight lines for both the walker and the driver. I have one near me that is just HORRIBLE. The walker has no real sight line to a fast moving car, and the driver will have their eyes trained in the wrong direction looking for cars and would never see the pedestrian.

on The IRS is imploding. · c/politics · 19 pts · 38d

They have no interest in feeding the beast. Starve it, then point at it and exclaim, "see the government can't do anything right, PRIVATIZE IT [to my crony]"