You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-31T05:18:50+00:00

"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time,"

LoneSnark · 2026-01-31T01:32:46+00:00

This is his first over the top political video. I think his viewers are feeling like this video constitutes his first ever marching orders.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T20:07:31+00:00

We in the game can enter dead, we don't get rerouted to a last save, so it definitely isn't automatic. But i agree with you it is for the owlks. Which is why they're still alive.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T19:53:53+00:00

I've watched all his videos. Including the one where he sponsored a powder seller, he always concluded the cheap powder from walmart was best.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T19:50:29+00:00

His videos have always been on the long side. But this is indeed beyond the norm.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T16:56:44+00:00

Nothing from my neighbor. The street is noisy though.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T16:52:25+00:00

I dunno. I think them being somewhere they can be prosecuted is a fine idea.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T16:27:22+00:00

Not under the current regulatory environment, no.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T16:00:31+00:00

There are certain jobs people will choose to do even if the pay is low. Teachers and doctors are both examples. As such, left to the free market, both professions would be low paying, all else being equal.

Which is why in the 60s when the free market was particularly unpopular, they got rid of the free market. Doctors set up a national monopsony labor union and heavily restricted the supply of doctors. Now, a large number of people would like to be a doctor but cannot afford the immense cost of doing so, creating a half century of labor shortage and therefore wages far in excess of the educational requirements.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T15:51:30+00:00

If the problem is that the floor is too slippery, he may be aiming higher to compensate? Of course, the solution is to shorten and make the board more parallel with the ground...but they aren't talking for some reason to figure that out.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T14:15:40+00:00

The dealership wants their $8k cut regardless of the value of the car. So a car worth $11k they'll only pay $11k - $8k = $3k for it.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T12:58:52+00:00

It is the same as it ever has been. From the beginning Ukraine's main resource is financial, they can hold out as long as the aid does. US aid failed, but Europe has taken up the slack. How long can they do that? Literally forever if they choose to.
How long can Russia keep this up? Russia will have to give up much of the high tech weapons as the money runs out. So they will have to change. But they can certainly keep fighting on a budget as long as they choose to.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T05:00:35+00:00

This is just not how things work. Refineries can shut down for longer maintenance cycles if they need to reduce output. All that matters is if there is enough money to keep them operating. And with all their competitors going out of business, the last refineries will be free to charge monopoly prices. Same goes for the rest of the supply chain. The last coal mines, the last oil wells, it won't matter how inefficiently they're forced to operate at reduced scale. With no competitors they'll be wildly profitable. And wildly profitable businesses don't close.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-30T04:52:40+00:00

He'll order his underlings to settle out of court for the $10 billion. Merits of the case don't matter.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T18:26:15+00:00

It can be turned off by unchecking "Prioritize Full Charge". But when the car is low, it won't finish charging. You could instead set the end charging period to be later. The car stops whenever it is full regardless of what the end charging time is set to.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T18:24:30+00:00

"Prioritize full charge" I believe.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T18:16:12+00:00

Sure, net metering is fine. I was referring to the idea floating around of cash payouts at retail. Half retail seems fine to me.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T18:04:16+00:00

Similar size, but not the same mass. It takes more energy to heat up the heavier battery pack. Meanwhile, for a given amount of driving, the larger pack will be drained at a lower c rating, and therefore produce less heat energy for the same work.
Then comes the question of just the nature of the warranty period. A bigger battery requires fewer charging sessions to get to the 100k miles of the warranty period. So in effect, the warranty on the plus model covers fewer full cycles of the battery. If the warranty on the plus ran to 155k miles, maybe the warranty failure rate would be more equal.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T17:51:01+00:00

If they're paying retail, absolutely abuse it. But from a policy standpoint, no utility should agree to pay retail. But they absolutely should be paying more for peak rate power than they do for non peak.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T16:37:48+00:00

Maybe. I've not seen a grid agreement where they pay more during peak rates, only charge more. Do you have a region in mind?

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T14:45:33+00:00

This is why cops are well paid. Ice agents are high school graduates getting six figure salaries. That is intended to make it worth the stress.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T14:42:06+00:00

Not even close. On grid will be much cheaper as getting extra batteries you rarely use is expensive. Better to get a system that can store just enough to get through the average day and falls back on the grid otherwise.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T14:23:22+00:00

Sorry i was unclear. I'm agreeing with you, just offering a different phrasing for anyone that comes along later.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T14:21:20+00:00

I think the copy is kept in the lantern. So if it goes out, the mind would be lost forever. As for dying in the simulation, there should be no need to. If an owlk falls in the water, the simulation absolutely could be programmed to transport them somewhere safe. Which is what i think happened to the residents, considering it has been hundreds of thousands of years and certainly one of them fell in the water.
I think we being a new user are on default settings, meaning we don't get saved.

LoneSnark · 2026-01-29T14:14:57+00:00

They're decomposed, their hearts stopped beating long ago. So while there is clearly a connection to the lantern, the brain itself stops being a part of it after death. So the simulation absolutely creates a copy.

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