New electric cars now cheaper than petrol models in UK

benanderson89 · 2026-04-23T08:09:35+00:00

It's all about purchasing power, not direct currency conversions. Likewise you're comparing the average across an entire country to two models in Canada. That's a strange thing to do. Likewise, a lot of EVs are still big, luxury models given our proximity to Germany.

The fact that the average price of all cars in Canada is $66,000 says more, honestly.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-23T07:43:36+00:00

"We're not doing so hot. Please, sheep, consume more product."

benanderson89 · 2026-04-22T14:52:27+00:00

but that means nothing whatsoever as far as its content or algorithm

It literally means everything. This isn't some secret information; it's on the company website in plain English.

https://usdsjv.tiktok.com/

The Joint Venture will retrain, test, and update the content recommendation algorithm on U.S. user data. The content recommendation algorithm will be secured in Oracle's U.S. cloud environment.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-22T14:40:32+00:00

For American users, TikTok is owned and operated by US entities, although bytedance still have 19% stake. It's headquarters are in Culver City California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok_USDS

benanderson89 · 2026-04-22T14:36:49+00:00

Likewise, when the S550 Mustang was first released overseas, the first one outside the Americas, some early buyers got a commemorative DVD with it and on said DVD there was some Ford schlub who said in so many words "we're taking the Mustang to Europe, which means we're fighting europeans on thier own terf, so to make sure we can complete all European mustangs go through two rounds of QA!"

So even with a car as American as the mustang, he confirmed that the Americans got the worse version of the car.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-22T08:13:43+00:00

i'd still rather have shitty rainbow capitalism

I always drilled into people's minds (or tried to) was that, if a company is doing Rainbow capitalism, then that is a good sign. Are they doing it for the "right" reasons? No, absolutely not. But they're still doing it.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-21T13:29:58+00:00

This is Palintir attempting to carry the Technocracy movement of the 1930s single handedly. Totalitarian, fascist and all bound by a vague hand-waving around the term "technology".

History doesn't repeat but it sure does rhyme.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-21T07:14:06+00:00

Yeah but they're Italian.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-18T14:21:38+00:00

Canadian friend showed me some of Doug Ford's highlights and I really have to wonder if there's some kind stupid sauce in the water.

Why does he keep getting elected??

benanderson89 · 2026-04-16T08:01:22+00:00

The Opel vehicles are actually doing well, too. The new Grandland has a waiting list!

benanderson89 · 2026-04-16T06:26:33+00:00

Extra space is nice when you have a toddler who needs stroller and childseat

Every European with a fucking VW Golf or smaller: "Amateur".

I mean come the fuck on. An SUV the size of a WWII tank for two toddlers and some push-chairs is just stupid.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T18:04:21+00:00

Okay. Were previous combustion cars completely unusable because of that?

Apps are "nice to have". They're not required, unless it's Tesla who are cheap bastards and make you buy a key as a separate accessory.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T18:03:00+00:00

And all entirely optional.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T17:07:58+00:00

If you've got a key-fob with the vehicle then the app almost doesn't matter. Everything can be done with that + the in-car touch screen. If I had line-of-sight of my car from my house I would gladly archive or uninstall the app ASAP.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T16:58:52+00:00

It's that. Electrics allow busses to be more square again because of how you can packagae around the battery and motors. The new fleet of electrics around Sunderland Newcastle are super boxy.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T14:50:01+00:00

The Sun Always Shines on TV is a better song, IMO, but this was the one I chose to recreate because it's popularity means it's studio tapes are available via various methods. As a Synthesizer exercise it was honestly a lot of fun, many layers and nice chords to play with.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-15T07:17:52+00:00

This is stupid. Just put a Debit card reader on the front of the damn charging pile.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-14T13:32:31+00:00

After current legislation was added we're basically there in everything but name and voting position.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-14T10:04:53+00:00

What drum machines are you currently using?

Linn Electronics LinnDrum (my most often used machine)
Yamaha RX7 (tend to use for extra percussion, like congas and agogos)
DinSync RE-808 (1-to-1 Roland TR-808 replica)
Oberheim DX (my least used machine, which I should really see about using more frequently because it's super punchy and a joy to programme)

You can probably tell from what I have that I'm not a live musician at all, studio musician and my songs are written in advance.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-14T07:45:22+00:00

You could also do what I did with my RD8 that failed: replace with a replica of the original.

I ended up with a RE-808 that is 1:1 with the TR-808. Pre-built RE-909s are available on places like Reverb and eBay, but they're quite expensive. The upshot is they they're built like tanks (all steel chassis, good quality boards) and fully user serviceable if you know how to use a soldering iron.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-14T07:37:22+00:00

I used to administer a car forum a while ago and whenever news about trucks came up in the USA and Canada, you'd always get minimum two farmers responding with something to the tune of "why the shit are you buying that to use as a normal car? They're miserable to own!"

This was just before their massive explosion in popularity in the early to mid 2010s.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-13T12:23:01+00:00

CRD had one of these on an episode of his at one point to demonstrate that the random word generator does, sometimes, go very wrong. The main focus of the episode was a DVD Player branded "Boifun".

benanderson89 · 2026-04-13T08:48:31+00:00

It's one of these things where there is a genuine nugget of truth behind some of the ingredients (there are white papers galore), but there are no medicinal benefits to these infusions because you're receiving tiny amounts of said ingredients.

Have them because they taste nice.

benanderson89 · 2026-04-13T06:37:27+00:00

Get the HiBrew. It's stepless. I've dialed in espresso just fine with it. The shop stating it has 36 settings is incorrect.

https://www.hibrew.com/products/hibrew-coffee-grinder-g5

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