spidermanchild

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

What does this even mean? What TV shows are you even talking about? Indiana is a US state.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Are you just making up phrases at this point? Show us where in the definition of capitalism that human rights exist.

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

Yes, it was very clear (native speaker here). Something like this is more commonly spoken than written, so I can see why it might be confusing. If your experiencing with English is more formal (via education, reading, etc) vs talking to a whole bunch of different people, that would explain it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless the plan is something more like Terminator. If you "unshackle" AI and give them a mandate to get CO2 back to 250 ppm things are going to get real.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's entirely the wrong denominator for this comparison. IRS doesn't write the budget nor do they write tax law, they just collect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It will still be a dramatic improvement because these packs will be able to hold the max charge that the charger can support for much longer. E.g., a car that can hold 350kW from 0-90 is much better than one that peaks at 350kW for 2 seconds before dropping to 150 or 100kW for 40-90%.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Maybe the garbage brands. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, etc are very well made, and significantly more powerful than they were 5-10 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I appreciate your lived experience, but at the same time the rest of us will seek answers in basic physics concepts, none of which help explain such phenomenon. Is it possible you just got stronger or subconsciously tried harder because you wanted the heavy bike to be faster? Did you add weight but also make sure your bike was well tuned? Tire pressure and a greased chain go a long way. I certainly agree that the weight weenies can go way overboard though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wat? The law of conservation of energy tends to disagree. Commuters are generally starting and ending at the same elevation so there's no trick. We're not going to convince anyone to carry heavy loads on bikes by saying "pedal more downhill to smooth out the power requirements if you hate grinding it out on uphills", the answer is just ebikes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

One part of the answer is enforcement. Ticket the shit out of dangerous behavior and people will do it less. I literally never see anyone pulled over for traffic violations anymore, whereas it was common 10-20 years ago. What happened to traffic cops, and why don't we have cameras that detect this shit? In Colorado people don't even bother to renew their tags and there are no repercussions. It's like fucking Mad Max out there, I hate it so much. Obviously making the world less car reliant is critical, but the lack of any visible enforcement is absurd too.