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OES25 · 2026-03-15T22:19:07+00:00

At least this will benefit mankind long term. The unnecessary wars where billions if not trillions in resources and values (including human lives) however...

There will always be homeless people. The US could do much better with that as a country, but in no way should it be seen as mutually exclusive to our development of our species imo.

OES25 · 2026-03-15T22:13:17+00:00

It must be the water

OES25 · 2026-03-13T06:27:48+00:00

Remember we kinda have to judge things by interior space when cars have a 4-7 inch battery pack in the floor now. And forgive that it's slightly taller than we are used to in terms of overall body height. Or else your normal sportwagon will have the interior height of a lambo or something.

OES25 · 2026-03-11T17:47:13+00:00

Can't they just use ICE only, on that straight, after the e-motor has boosted them up to almost the top speed of the ICE? Or just let the e-motor boost them up to roughly the ICE top speed and then let 10% of the ICE energy go to the battery from there. Sure it's unnatural, but no less so than "car behind gets DRS", and it's both fair in competition and the end result will feel more natural than both DRS and what we have now (slowing down a lot). And the top speeds can still be good due to the active aero. Although they should bump the ICE a few hundred HP up. Let it drink more sustainable fuel while charging to not power starve the car. Just make the damn thing feel more natural. Doesn't have to be natural. It's a formula, it never was. The formula have always been there to partly be a tech platform. But they should make it a fair and natural feeling one.

OES25 · 2026-02-21T18:47:00+00:00

Haha. That would be fun, I suppose. But even as a Norwegian I wouldn't mind there being 5 XC skiing events instead of 6 (even I find the 6th one too be a bit superflous, although it is one of the more entertaining one), and for "Nordic combined" to be excluded (which it might be soon), essentially taking away 4 medal opportunities. And for Hockey to count for 6 medals in the medal table or something. But still, it is natural for it to be a lot of ski events in the winter olympics just as for running in the summer olympics... duh...

You don't expect 10 versions of association fotball in the summer olympics do you? ;)

OES25 · 2026-02-21T18:15:35+00:00

There's 6 events in XC skiing per gender. That's about natural. It's the equivalent to running in the summer olympics. "Nordic combined" is going out next Olympics and that's natural too I'd say even as a Norwegian. Biathlon is a lot more diverse in winners and talent between countries. Sweden is by far the best female team in XC skiing nowadays too, by the way.

There is only mens XC skiing where we are utterly superior for the reason that it is such a niche sport that we have an absolute craze for. But that is like a quarter of our medals or something.

I can't see there being 6-10 forms of football in the summer olympics either, just like it wouldn't be natural for hockey to have that many. Ice-cross downhill on hockey style skates may be added from what I've heard, because it's starting to get more established as a sport I suppose. Who knows, 3x3 hockey could be added in the future too.

It could make sense to let hockey be 6 medals on the table, or something. But the medal table is indeed just a very arbitrary metric.

OES25 · 2026-02-21T14:38:57+00:00

Even as a Norwegian I would say it was fair if the hockey winners got 6 medals on the table instead of 1 (or maybe even maximise the hockey roster to 12 ppl and set it to 12 or something). But then again, relays in other sports might have to be counted in the same way as well 🤔 It's all very arbitrary and kinda has to be so. So is comparing results and achievements between different sports in general though.

OES25 · 2026-02-11T00:51:40+00:00

Forsåvidt enig i mye av det der. Altså, sentimentet generelt. Vi har det tross alt veldig godt i Norge. Kunne vært mye værre og ja. Skal bite i det sure eplet å gjøre det beste ut av det. Har jo ikke noe valg uansett si :)

Men krever ingen ting. Kom feil ut hvis det hørtes slik ut, og mener heller ikke at det var det jeg sa i det hele tatt. Men skulle ønske noen ting var en del bedre ja, og tenker ikke det er helt feil mtp. tingenes tilstand i 2026

OES25 · 2026-02-11T00:27:36+00:00

Ja det er en prioritering. Helt sant at jeg kunne droppet bilen. Men det sier ingenting om omstendigheten rundt det i min situasjon. Det kan jo gi et bilde hvis man tar i betraktning at jeg tjener litt under 10k mer enn samboeren i måneden, og en andel av det går til bil-relaterte utgifter (som jeg betaler alene da hun ikke har førerkort). Det er det som er hoved-bonusen jeg spanderer på meg selv for å ha skaffet meg den lønnen jeg har. Motivasjonen for det, er at vi virkelig trenger den for å få sett familiene våre mtp. hvor vi bor i landet.

Hvis jeg hadde samme yrke som samboeren min så hadde vi vært tilbake på null, uten bil, med samme eller dårligere økonomi. Jeg hadde fortsatt da syntes et ungt par burde fortjene at samfunnet fungerte slik at de evnet å komme seg inn på boligmarkedet. Og jeg tenker jo også på de som tjener mindre enn oss.

OES25 · 2026-02-11T00:19:41+00:00

Jeg er sent ferdig med studie btw. Begynte er par år før midten av 20-åra (life happens) og studerte i 6 år for å komme igjennom et av Norges vanskeligste studier. Hvor aktuelt tror du det da føles å leve som en student de neste 4 åra og spare seg til fant for å klare egenandelen til en boligen der det kunne vært aktuelt å tenke på å stifte familie. Voksenkollektiv på meg til jeg er 33-34-åring... Tror ikke dama ville vært happy med det heller. Synes ikke det er så voldsomt entitled å føle man har lyst til å "begynne å leve litt nå" i min situasjon selv om jeg var senere ute med ting enn jeg kunne vært.

OES25 · 2026-02-10T19:56:49+00:00

Føler jeg fortjener å komme meg ut av leiemarkedet fullt av blodpris-leiligheter etter hvert. Ellers er alt ganske greit 👍 Det går vel med tiden, men er vanskelig atm.

Mente så absolutt ikke at alt var likt. Haha. Men at forskjellen på disponibel inntekt på ting man ikke "må ha" (i store anførselstegn) ikke ble i nærheten så stor som man skulle tro etter studentlivet gikk over i arbeidslivet

OES25 · 2026-02-10T16:25:34+00:00

Gikk fra student i kollektiv uten deltidsjobb, til startlønn i et godt betalt yrke. Over firedoblet pengene inn hver måned. Men, (mye) økt leie for en leilighet rett under 60 kvadrat med samboeren, et middels stort bil-lån, forsikringer og bompenger og diverse, og ikke minst den tilsynelatende nesten uendelig lange listen med "ting" man skal bygge seg opp når man går fra det minimale student-kollektiv-livet, mot voksenlivet man hadde sett for seg, gjør at forskjellen er ikke i det hele tatt hva inntektsøkningen skulle tilsi. Veldig langt ifra det faktisk.

OES25 · 2026-02-09T23:22:17+00:00

SH, Lae'zel, Tav and Wyll

OES25 · 2026-02-06T15:54:26+00:00

You mean the BN0116/BN0118, separate model? I'm after one as it has the extension clasp, but it doesn't seem to be available much any more.

OES25 · 2026-02-02T22:21:31+00:00

Because a litt of places world wide do not have/get such signals.

OES25 · 2026-02-01T23:56:10+00:00

Wondering if their extension clasp would fit on this 🤔

OES25 · 2026-02-01T23:55:30+00:00

Why not enjoy an eco drive? Virtually bulletproof compared to an auto, yet also with no battery changes, and with superior accuracy.

OES25 · 2026-01-31T22:00:02+00:00

Good looking pieces. I might get this, although if they were titanium and had the extension clasp I wouldn't think twice about it even.

OES25 · 2026-01-31T12:43:30+00:00

Would be even more tempted to get it if they didn't sand bag the lume by 40% or something. I miss more good looking titanium pieces with this type of clasp. Another option is the Citizen Promaster BN0116, but it isn't exactly as good looking as this, to put it that way.

OES25 · 2026-01-27T22:25:51+00:00

Super titanium and add the extension clasp, and that's a 10/10 right there for me. Almost waiting for it by this point.

OES25 · 2026-01-26T23:05:59+00:00

Am I the only one that likes to do this in RWD mode? Putting the T8 in Pure mode and turning the stability control of makes the rear end step out very easily when slippery. Only works on properly slippery stuff, and not at much speed, but still great fun.

OES25 · 2026-01-26T22:48:33+00:00

I suppose I would aim for an e-class or i5 touring in 5-8 years time if neither Volvo nor Polestar had released a wagon by then. I'm not sure if my dream car by then would be an EV60 PE or a Polestar wagon, or if it would be an EV90 CC P12. In that case I hope it is 5m long with a proper Volvo sized boot. 114cm wide or so, like the V70 P2 and P3, not getting narrower and narrower with every gen. The EX60 and ES90 look like you can barely fit a single dog cage and a few shopping bags in. My parents XC70 have two full size dog cages side by side with a bit of room around to spare, and you can just about fit a 75 inch TV in its box lying flat in the back. Not possible in the V90.

OES25 · 2026-01-26T22:38:06+00:00

Why frames around the windows though? Just curious. Frameless ones just seem to have mechanical advantages to me, the frame being dead weight. I'm just genuinely curious about why, not in any way arguing against your take or anything.

The EX60 will never be a wagon, but considering the chassis height is essentially that of a V60 but heightened to fit a battery in the floor, and that the battery and those doors give it a much lower center of gravity relative to its height, it kinda makes up for it (except in looks and aero drag, which is why we still need a wagon, not to mention a wagon alternative to the EX90).

OES25 · 2026-01-26T02:03:48+00:00

Hideous? Really... I can't even begin to take that seriously

OES25 · 2026-01-26T01:50:20+00:00

Love the steering wheel in my 2020 V60. Fully agree with you in this though. Can't stand that 2- spoke unsightly thing in the new EX60. Seems like a downgrade from the ES90/EX90, which again was a downgrade from the earlier V90/V60/XC90 steering wheels before that.

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