BuT AlL JeWz ArE LiTEralLY the DEVIL!
He isn't the only one around here. Gizortnik vacillates between Idiot Savant and just Idiot.
He very clearly has deep knowledge of several fields ... but some of the stuff he says is just bonkers. Sometimes reading his comments are a rollercoaster ride; especially when it is a field I happen to know in depth.
Remember on Reddit when a tool would lose so hard they would go and downvote every comment you had ever made?
Good times!
What?
I asked the guy to suggest a different political candidate!
I don't even have a dog in this fight. I don't vote in the USA.
I personally think that Trump is the best chance because he is scrupulously honest and from totally outside the system of graft and bribes.
The Australian tertiary education system (Universities) are explicitly funded by selling a pathway to Australian citizenship to foreigners.
So much so that when COVID closed off access to those students and their money there was a literal collapse of the Australian university funding model.
So, no. It is not a consolation. Not even a little bit.
Present an alternative to Trump or shut up.
There are no solutions, only compromises. Present a better one.
Resist? Ghana begged the UK to administrate their country. The local king could see the advantages of being an English colony.
The UK initially refused, because they didn't want to make the investment.
Africans would much rather have been subjects of the crown, with all the rights and privileges that conferred, than being conquered by the neighboring tribes and sold as slaves; which was very much a reality for many.
The quality of life of the colonial subjects shot up immediately after the colonial power moved in. They plummeted the minute the colony was abandoned. Ask Cambodia how that turned out for them.
Stalin has the high score, no question! But for sheer cultural impact, Pol Pot has to get an honourable mention.
Just think about it. Every single Cambodian that survived.Pol Pot's leadership was forced to murder their friends and family. Every last one.
Change comes from the barrel of a gun.
Pol Pot is the real MVP. He took out 40% of the population of Cambodia.
A series of horseshoes in proximity to a horse's ass.
Hey, didn't JFK do that?
I mean, it worked out for JFK, right?
Until we get the Exploding Atomic Cars of Peace.
... the fact that people treat it as such is why we get retarded policies like ICE vehicle bans by 2030.
I blame political lobbying. Holy fuck, how does anyone think that hydrogen is clean? Tell me you are brutally, willfully ignorant without telling me you are a window-licking moron.
Is horribly underreported how worse the ev batteries become after 5 years.
That is because there is so much variability. The software of the battery power electronics is paramount to battery lifespan.
That is, how fast and deeply you discharge your battery and the way you charge your battery both dramatically effect lifespan.
It turns out that active cooling (liquid cooling systems and radiators) are vital to both fast charging and battery pack lifespan. See the early Nissan Leaf that had battery packs without active cooling systems. The battery had a truly disappointing lifespan. Now Nissan doesn't make them like that.
That said, it would be a relatively simple matter for the manufacturer to build a diesel heater into the battery cooling system. That would keep the battery warm in low temperatures. Even electric heating driven from the charging circuit (an electric blanket) that ran while the car was plugged in would be a good start.
It amuses me to think about people pouring diesel or kerosene into their electric car to keep it warm. It would solve a bunch of problems, as making heat out of electricity is really inefficient, so passenger cab heating, windscreen defrosting etc takes a huge toll on the battery and thus the range.
IMNHO, EVs are just an under-baked idea. They will get dramatically better as these problems come to light and are solved.
tl;dr: It is just about impossible to do an apples to apples comparison across EV brands or even models.
Solar panels have a effective lifespan of about 25 years. It used to be 20 years, but the newer Chinese panels last even longer.
If the frames are built well and there is quality wiring, you can just replace the panels and get another 25 years.
You may want to add more panels or replace them early, because performance degrades slowly over time. At 20 or 25 years (depending on where you draw the line) they are no longer economical.
As for Lithium Ion battery packs. That is a legitimate concern. Depending on environment, cooling, charge discharge cycles and how full you charge the battery for maximum charge ... you could get between six and ten years out of your battery pack. Less if you regularly charge them really full and discharge the battery completely; that is long distance driving. Don't do that.
Replacement costs of a battery pack for a six or ten year old tesla is more than the resale value of the car.
If you can get your fuel for free (simplest is if you charge at work) then it might still be a worthwhile trade.
I have a friend who has an EV. His wife also has an EV. Both of them charge for free at work. Both drive less than 40 km a day, on average. It works out very well for them. Free fuel, no mechanical services required. There vehicles will just cost them tires and washing until they sell them.
EVs are not for every case, but for their niche they can be outstanding.
I'll bet you a shiny dollar that by the time you get around to your EV + Solar Panels you will not be able to afford insurance for any vehicle with a Lithium Ion battery pack.
I don't think that the insurance industry is going to be smart enough to figure out that LiFe battery chemistry neatly solves the issues thermal runaway and fire.
Tell me about it! I worked with a company that ... lets say they made superior spanners. Like, really awesome, totally better than the best spanners. Wrenches for you yanks.
On two separate occasions the (Aussie) DOD turned up and asked: "Hey, can you build ROCKETS with those spanners?"
Company: "Well, yes you can. These awesome spanners can build the shit out of any rocket you like."
DOD: "So, we should declare that these spanners are of military significance! And as part of a ROCKETRY PROGRAM they should be on the RESTRICTED EXPORT LIST! In fact we should declare them CLASSIFIED!!!11!! eleven!"
At which point some frantic conversations took place to cause the DOD to step back from the edge. Such a declaration would absolutely destroy the spanner company. Even though spanners are basic tools that could be used to build literally anything at all.
Actual rocketry programs, satellites or any details pertaining to them are all of military value. You could strap a rocket motor, precision guidance and a heat shield to a simple bowling ball and have a precision inter-continental weapon with first strike capability. If your guidance is good enough, you can use it for single target assassination anywhere on earth.
If the CIA is put under executive control, then that control will be handed to whoever replaces Trump.
That sounds like a terrible idea.
Even if you were dead set on tearing down the institutions that hold up a nation by executing people, a list is still important.
You have to kill them in the right order. The CIA proved this by giving such lists to Saddam Husain in his rise to power.
Australian here. Get fucked!
Sure! But when no one watches this year, it will be because we are all racist!
This is a perfect solution! Without changing the awards show or improving the quality of TV series there is now a reason for why no one watches the Emmys. It turns out it was our fault all along. You racist fuck!
D&D Jumped the shark at 4th Edition. 5th doesn't quite suck as hard, but it is still a narrow take on the heroes journey.
In reality D&D rules are made to tell a story about killing things and taking their stuff from 1st to 12 level. That is it.
If you want to play some other kind of game that revolves around court intrigue, assassination attempts, solving a mystery or some such ... don't play D&D.
I recommend Reign by Greg Stolze.
https://gregstolze.com/reign1/
Available as PDF, it scales better than D&D and is capable of more stories than just "I attack the goblins! How much loot do they have?!"
Her ejection speared her head first into the waves. She didn't survive.
Super mature. I can tell that social media is making you a better person. /s
Guy, you don't argue with zealots on the internet to change their mind. You do it because people read your comments and you might influence the bystanders.
Either bring your best game or it absolutely isn't worth your time. This "insult the trolls for lols" is beneath you. Or it should be.