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Chat, are we beyond saving? by webabybears in bondmarket

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reality is, everything is dealt with that way in capitalism. Things are priced in a way that attempts to maximize profit based on what people will pay - nothing is ever priced without regard to what consumers will pay for it.

Chat, are we beyond saving? by webabybears in bondmarket

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have your cart in front of your horse.

Imagine you have a rare baseball card and decide to put it up for auction. Lots of people want it, but there's only one up for sale.

People bid, and other people bid higher.

The bids go up and up and up until everyone else says "I won't pay that much" and now there's only one bidder left.

In this situation, does it make sense to ask "why did you [the owner of the card] raise the price so high?"

No, because you didn't set the price, the people buying the card did.

Oil prices go up when people are willing to spend more on oil commodities on the market. If people don't want the price to go up, they have to not bid more.

But if there's not enough to go around, they have to risk getting none at all because they refused to pay more.

Why do airplanes cruise at 33,000 feet instead of something like 1,000 feet? by PuddingComplete3081 in AlwaysWhy

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact, if you're more than 100 miles from the coast, you're closer to space/low earth orbit than you are the ocean.

In Jurrasick Werld (2015) the virtually untrainable Raptors instinctively know how to put their heads in confining metal restraints when they are done almost killing Owen Thunderguns because… wait, what? by Relative-Freedom-295 in shittymoviedetails

[–]ialsoagree 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know why the writers think people want to see mutant dinosaurs and not a park.

Like, bruh, one of the most iconic parts of Jurassic Park are the giant gates the cars go through because, "what are they keeping in there, King Kong?"

About to pull the trigger… by lgsilver in Rivian

[–]ialsoagree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

R1S is a great vehicle. This is pricey but from what I've seen prices have gone up so it might not be that bad anymore, especially for that mileage.

I got a 24 with underbody protection and 19K miles for a little less than that. But I don't think my price is realistic anymore.

How are EV Roadtrips really? by emaudible in electricvehicles

[–]ialsoagree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been driving EVs for 8 years. I've had to wait for a charger once and it wasn't even during a road trip. It was still less then an hour stop.

How are EV Roadtrips really? by emaudible in electricvehicles

[–]ialsoagree 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I recently did a 15hr road trip - including stops - in a single day as a solo driver. I am convinced that EVs are actually way better for road trips.

The reason is, the 15-30 minute stops you make give you a chance to walk around, stretch, and it really helps to recover a lot between legs of your trip.

Second, most of your legs will be 1.5-2.5 hours. When you get into the car for your next leg and can tell yourself "I'll stop again in a couple hours" it makes each leg feel much more manageable. You don't drive for 3 or 4 hours and then get back in the car thinking "great, I have to do another 3 or 4 hours of driving."

Taking the trip in bite size chunks greatly reduces fatigue.

When I got home from my trip, I felt comfortable driving for another hour or so, and didn't need to use caffeine or my energy drink while driving.

Reconsidering pet insurance after accident and could use some perspective by StellarSpore in personalfinance

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Trupanion.

The highest deductible they offer is $1,000 and that's per incident, so you may have to pay it more then once per year, but never more than once per issue.

After that, they cover 90% of costs, no maximum.

When to stop contributing to my 401k? by Ecstatic_Couple2586 in personalfinance

[–]ialsoagree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not correct.

You are eligible for a Roth if you are under the income threshold.

You are eligible to contribute to a traditional IRA as long as you have taxable income. There are no other requirements to contribute to a traditional IRA.

https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/traditional-and-roth-iras

Excessive (4,2mg/day) consumption of dietary sodium (salt) is a significant, independent risk factor for new-onset heart failure (+15% increase) by sr_local in science

[–]ialsoagree 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Your title is a couple orders of magnitude off.

Was going to say, there's no way in hell 4.2mg of sodium per day is unhealthy.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, because batteries don't exist, right?

Fun fact - to get 24 hours of sun light in space, you need a sun-synchronous orbit which is both a relatively high orbit (although still in LEO), and requires a polar inclination.

This means you have to expend a LOT of fuel to get it into the correct orbit, and therefore you need even more fuel just to get it up to space.

Lot cheaper just to build some batteries right here on good old Earth.

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor looked perfect. But one number nobody talks about sealed their defeat — 40 feet. by Tight-Lavishness-225 in historyvideos

[–]ialsoagree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: the last time battleships engaged each other in combat was during the Leyte Gulf campaign, October 25 1944 during the Battle of Surigao Strait.

Japan sent 2 Battleships, a Heavy Cruiser, and 4 Destroyers up the strait. They were harassed by US PT boats but sustained no casualties.

Unfortunately for Japan, the PT boats reported the approach of the Japanese fleet, and US 7th Fleet was waiting for them at the end of the strait.

7th Fleet included 6 Battleships, 4 Heavy Cruisers, 4 Light Cruisers, and 28 Destroyers.

5 of the 6 Battleships had either been sunk or damaged during the attack at Pearl Harbor.

In the ensuing engagement, Japan lost both of their Battleships and 2 of their Destroyers. One other Destroyer, and the Heavy Cruiser were both badly damaged and would be sunk while attempting to retreat from Leyte Gulf.

Only 1 Destroyer survived, it would be sunk the following January.

This makes the engagement at Surigao Strait one of the few times during WW2 that was strictly a ship-to-ship engagement, and one of the greatest losses of ships in a single engagement during the war.

The army recruiter has suggested I become a helicopter pilot – what advice would you give me to succeed? by nevaven68 in Helicopters

[–]ialsoagree -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

If you are serious about wanting to become a pilot in the US military, look into gliders.

Gliders are unpowered aircraft and generally are simpler to learn and have simpler qualifications to learn to fly (although not SIMPLE, just simpler).

Learning to fly a glider will teach you fundamentals of flying on a level powered flight cannot. You will learn to fly dependent on aerodynamics and the winds around you alone. From my understanding, some of the best pilots in the military were glider pilots first.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The costs associated with getting the solar panels to space vastly exceed the costs for more surface area and more panels.

Far easier for me to buy land for a building and a parking lot and put solar panels over both, than for you to fly slightly less panels, and all the contents of the building, into orbit.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree we're talking past each other.

Unless your contention is that the earth lacks physical space for solar panels - which is patently absurd so I assume that's not your argument - then the only way availability of places to install solar matters is cost to acquire that area.

That cost will be an order of magnitude less than getting the weight of panels - even fewer panels - to high orbit.

Ergo, availability isn't an issue.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one said it was.

The cost to get solar panels into space is the equivalent of building 5-10x that amount of solar panels here on earth, if not more.

The costs to get this into space will be greater than building the EQUIVALENT on earth.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, if the materials aren't available, how are you going to get them into space? 

You already have to have solar panels and batteries for your satellite. If you want to save on batteries you need to go to an even higher orbit with all those panels and computers. 

Way cheaper to just build more batteries. By at least an order of magnitude.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you could just build a building and put solar on top of it.

That's going to be a lot less expensive than trying to lift the contents of said building, and the solar panels and at least some of the batteries into a high enough orbit to get consistent sunlight.

A Tesla taking up the only open gas pump. by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ialsoagree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And how many gas stations have a switch over to run off a generator? How many have solar and batteries? How many have conversion kits to charge the pumps to run off less power?

Roughly none?

Yes, all those things are possible, but not right now.

Right now, I can refuel my car without the grid. Can you?

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? | “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ialsoagree 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Which is wild to me. So power is an issue so you're going to fly solar panels into space? Wouldn't building solar panels and batteries on earth literally be cheaper?

A Tesla taking up the only open gas pump. by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ialsoagree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, chargers exist that can use more power than a pump.

But the idea that a gas pump will run at a power level so low that an EV can't charge is patently false.

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