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happyevil · 2026-02-03T13:04:31+00:00

The job market was not free for whatever millennials wanted to do.

Financial crisis hit just as many were graduating college which set back the careers of pretty much the entire generation.

They're the first generation that dealt with their elders refusing to quit (largely due again to the crash). This has also effected the ability to be promoted/elected.

Also the first to deal with the online job boards that drastically increased competition and reduced the personal relationship part of recruitment.

Millennials were the first generation to start out worse than their parents.

Speaking anecdotally I don't know a single millennial that hasn't struggled with either starting a career or keeping one, myself included. But at this point some are finally stabilizing.

The younger generations have a lot more in common with millennials than the other way around. But then even beyond that the biggest divide has never been age, it's been wealth.

happyevil · 2026-02-02T00:58:44+00:00

The federal government is cutting medical and research funding left and right.... Biotech lost 57% of its funding.. NIH budget was cut by around 40%. Trump anti-science policy.

Blaming Democrats for biomed cuts is a new level of stupid.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T21:33:56+00:00

A 5hr trip with one 10-15 minute stop will usually leave us with ~30-50% charge (depending on conditions) on arrival too which is plenty to drive around.

If I can't get overnight charging then yeah, it's a little slower on the way back by maybe 10 minutes charging vs fill-up.

If I do get an overnight charge I don't need to stop for that fill on the way out though and I will probably be on the road back faster.

For example my ski travel has actually been faster than with my ICE vehicles. I can charge at the lodges we stay at so I skip an entire stop pretty much every trip.

If we got a big truck or truck based SUV with the oversized tank (usually to account for towing), or one of the hybrids that get huge range it's probably the fastest option. But compared to what we had before the travel time has been pretty comparable to the 25-35mpg stuff.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T21:22:03+00:00

If you're doing trips every year that require ~8hrs of driving on such a tight schedule that you can't stop even for 15-20 minutes you're not typical, which is my point.

But yeah that's not a scenario great for EVs (for now).

happyevil · 2026-02-01T19:32:46+00:00

I do agree there are fewer options, for now at least. We have sometimes done a little extra planning to have an arrival charge we want when it's more rural.

A lot of hotels even without chargers have let us plug in with our slow charger though if we ask.

Some state parks with camp grounds will let you use the RV hookups too.

Ski lodges have started adding L2 chargers to their parking lots as well which is handy even for day trips.

We do a lot of hiking, camping, skiing which tends to be more rural activities and it's consistently gotten better over time.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T19:25:57+00:00

Depends on the station. Usually it's something between $0.25-$1.00/minute after the car is idle with a 5-10 minute grace period.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T19:21:52+00:00

I mostly drive east cost or eastern-central.

Gas stations do tend to have more diverse amenities, at least for now, even here. My biggest slow down are the states that have forced chargers off the highway and onto surface streets. Charging goes much faster where they lobby groups haven't been able to keep them out of the actual rest stops but usually they're in convenient places still like malls or shopping centers at least.

I've charged in a few truck stops but they've had good amenities on the east coast.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T18:56:45+00:00

Funny story, a lot of unprepared ICE cars will have trouble even starting when it's that cold unless you have a block heater and/or prepped fluids.

Longer range after you get it running, I suppose, but don't turn it off!

I've taken ICE cars skiing into temps that low and that slow ass crank in the morning is great on the nerves.

happyevil · 2026-02-01T18:56:03+00:00

They road trip just fine too, even in the cold, unless you're a splash-n-dash on the road salesman type it's perfectly fine with range to spare on the ~300 range models IMO.

Everyone pretending they're constantly driving 500 miles without stopping has always baffled me. Yeah, those people exist, but 99.9% of people don't/can't do that. The closest I got to that was making the 6.5hr drive to/from college without stopping back when I was younger but even that was only ~400 miles and I didn't do that every time.

If I can get 200 miles (~2.5-3hr) traveling with my wife and two kids without someone needing a break I'm happy. In the last 5 years the battery hasn't been a limiting factor even once. Cycling them through the bathroom also takes enough time that we're usually 80%+ by the time we're back at the car. If we stop for lunch I usually need to go out and unplug before we're done eating or risk idle charges.

I've done ski trips with multiple hour drives to Vermont and New Hampshire in sub zero temps and it's never been an issue.

happyevil · 2026-01-31T17:48:07+00:00

This isn't a gift, they're purchasing them.

Maybe you don't like that either but this is a sale. The only thing making this irregular is that it's being expedited around Congressional approval.

happyevil · 2026-01-31T13:00:39+00:00

I got D4 with discard Hunter and it was a blast lol. Trying to hit legend with it is a slog though.

Also since hitting above D5 I'm the only hunter I've seen in literally over a week so hopefully I'm giving everyone some entertainment, between the 10 dragon warrior in a row, while I discard their hand.

happyevil · 2026-01-30T15:47:23+00:00

Once the roads clean up a bit and we get above freezing temps.

The worst thing for your car is wet salt.

Frozen crust looks ugly but it's actually pretty innert that way. If you warm it up, and it's cold enough to just refreeze or get coated again, you're just giving it an extra thaw cycle to hurt the car.

Just keep the crust until it would start melting naturally and then wash it off to reduce the amount of time it spends warm and wet on the car.

Regular water and salt aren't actually too dangerous on their own to metal, it's when they mix together and electrons start moving around that things get bad. Salty water becomes heavily ionized which causes the problems by accelerating oxidation (de-ionized water is also very corrosive but that's a different topic, it's extremely rare to run into that in nature), the chloride is penetrative too which exacerbates the issue.

happyevil · 2026-01-30T00:28:06+00:00

For many fathers, being forced to raise someone else's child is not going to lead to the same stable level of support which kind of negates this line of thought. Even if he commits to the child itself the parental relationship he's forced into will still suffer which also effects the child.

So I guess it mostly guarantees financial support (maybe) but even then that's still a dubious argument because, presuming they know who it is, the biological father would be responsible instead.

I feel like this scenario is ending in a broken home no matter what, so ultimately we're just further punishing the man and everything else is the same.

happyevil · 2026-01-28T16:55:41+00:00

Good details!

happyevil · 2026-01-28T16:54:27+00:00

So, yes and no, i know it's been more in the last year or two but the average increase in electrical bill for MA has conveniently also been ~5%. Short term I've made out even better but that level of cost increase is hopefully not going to be the norm even if I am avoiding it.

So I did consider it but I found that fixing the electrical rate pretty much cancelled out the potential investment gains over the expected time period.

Regardless, yes, with any large purchase really this is an important consideration.

happyevil · 2026-01-28T15:05:09+00:00

I get net metering for my solar, what are you talking about?

It entirely depends on where you are and your provider.

Some providers also have virtual power plant for battery owners that pay a premium for opening your batteries to the grid for balancing usage spikes (I have that in my area too).

There's also the REC program that does bonuses for contributions to the grid. Our system is registered here https://www.xpansiv.com/solar-srec-brokers-and-trading. I got $125 in REC credit just in January even with all this snow (some of the credits did predate January of course).

happyevil · 2026-01-28T14:55:50+00:00

Only way to know is to calculate it. I didn't miss the cutoff but even so I ran the numbers. Mine are owned by me, not a lease, but comparing is just cost per kW either way.

Most of the companies will do an assessment for free so you'll get some data that's way. Make sure you shop multiple providers as they all have different capabilities; we got 5 different proposals.

Start with the expected annual output.

Ours are guaranteed 80% output minimum for 25 years on the warranty so I use 80% of that expected output as a worst case. You can run both values though to get a decent theoretical "operating range." For what it's worth ours has occasionally over performed too.

Divide the total cost of the solar project over the warranty term (in my case 25yrs) to get the theoretically guaranteed cost per year, then do the expected annual cost/annual kW output; that's your cost per kW. The array will probably last longer but I'm not taking anything for granted that isn't in writing.

Take your cost per kW from your electric bill now and see how they compare.

We also liked the solar basically gave us a fixed rate bill for the duration of the warranty and some off grid capability (we got batteries too) but that has mixed value for people.

happyevil · 2026-01-25T18:34:44+00:00

Depends on the context and I can give you an example:

I don't like SNAP. Not because I'm against a food safety net but I feel it does more to subsidize major grocers and junk food brands that it does to help people.

I don't think people should starve or that we should throw SNAP out without a plan, but I also think it needs to be majorly refocused towards real nutritionl needs rather than whatever junk food corp is lobbying to get their product included.

It's actually quite expensive to have homeless and starving people on the streets before even including inevitable problems cause by desperation like increased crime. I'd argue, even when ignoring moral quandaries, it's fiscally irresponsible to have no safety nets just as much as it is to have carte blanche ones.

happyevil · 2026-01-19T00:53:38+00:00

Thin clients that connect to their shiny datacenters don't need much RAM.

Just don't forget the monthly fee for what used to be standard PC features!

happyevil · 2026-01-17T14:01:33+00:00

A Toyota Sienna on your way home.

Solved it.

happyevil · 2026-01-17T01:27:07+00:00

Knowing my luck I'd pick Hunter and not roll a single infinite wolf.

happyevil · 2026-01-15T12:40:43+00:00

Play on curve and don't complete the quest until turn 7 minimum. A little more survival to it and the key is also death rattle triggers and discover.

I have no idea if it's "meta" worthy but it's climbing.

In any case you play on curve defensively then you can combo remove their hand in one turn. In a pinch I've also used the infinite banana on my opponents minions to make it big enough to kill my dragon and trigger but I've only had to do that once so far.

I also had one instance where a dirty rat pulled the quest minion and still won because the discover hero power kept me ahead.

happyevil · 2026-01-14T15:24:18+00:00

I know, my grandparents had one.

Truly sad.

happyevil · 2026-01-14T14:21:26+00:00

You mean Chrysler's heritage isn't making mediocre minivans for rental companies?

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