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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The big one seems to be non-techies who long ago heard they were good. A long, LONG time ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I really doubt that's a significant portion of drunk drivers. Those people would not be getting far when driving anyway.

The amount of fighting there was about lowering the BAC limit from 0.10 to 0.08 leads me to believe that's where a large portion of them are.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why are you measuring natural gas in kWh? How do you even measure that as such?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Because vehicle to load (V2L) is a popular selling point of EVs. While the article isn't clear, it sounds like this is what they already had installed and used.

V2L is not the same as those inverters. The inverters can only provide enough power for a few outlets (~3,000 Watts or so, depending) and for a relatively brief time (looks like most are 600-1500 Wh, meaning 1 hour of a single US 120v outlet at capacity). They must be purchased separately (which can be a problem once the need first arises, since they are not a common preventative option), and then manually connected all the way from car to device.

V2L, however, is very different. It is purchased and configured when the vehicle charging circuit is installed. It connects directly to the mains line, meaning that the feature simply needs to be turned on. Devices you want to power are still plugged into the wall. This feature can often supply 50 amps @ 240v, or 12,000 Watts.

Then there's the issue of capacity. The battery used to start an ICE isn't even playing the same sport as an EV battery. The high end noted above is 1,500 Wh (1.5 kWh). The Tesla model 3 has one that's 50,000 Wh (50 kWh), while the F150 lightning has 98,000 Wh (98 kWh) and an option for 131,000 Wh (131 kWh). While an ICE can act as a generator, I'm not even going to try to get an estimate on capacity. Way too many variables involved.

As for why the article focused on that brand/model, I think it's more about tugging at the heart strings. It's less about the brand and more about putting a face on why the feature was helpful/important. But I agree that it was written in a way that focused way too heavily on the brand and feels like an ad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Flip it around - why would you work a job, any job, where you don't know your pay until after the work is done?

"Tipping" is rich-people speak for shifting the expense (and blame) to the customer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This must be a regional thing. In my area, most places like that run from 7-3:30. I did see a place that ran an area from 5-1:30, but that was specifically during the summer months to avoid the heat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Their consumer line has very poor build quality. Cheap everything. All of the plastic is flimsy and breaks easily, inadequate cooling, etc. They're built about as good as Acer, but at a price that you'd expect from a much, much better brand.

Then there's how dedicated they are to screwing you. I won't touch them again for any reason after how malicious they were with the nVidia failures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Careful with this- since MLC just means multi, I've seen drives marketed as "3-bit MLC", i.e. TLC

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Not OP, but a lot of people use YouTube (video) as a music player. Although I would expect these people to notice the sound getting quieter/disconnecting when they moved away from the phone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem with this is that with most initiatives, there are winners and losers. Someone is hurt, but someone else (possibly many people) is helped. Even a Robin Hood-like approach hurts the rich, however small and insignificantly.

Can you refine that rule?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I would be surprised if the tablet itself isn't already running Android. It has to run something, and it definitely isn't iOS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://[email protected]

(Hoping that didn't get blocked as spam)

On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com

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