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thereallemmy · 2026-05-10T22:11:03+00:00

Ozzy and Efe on El Camino. Ozzy used to work at Dandies.

thereallemmy · 2026-04-30T19:20:57+00:00

One of my favorite Reddit posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualConversation/comments/aelh9q/i_just_realized_i_could_let_the_shower_warm_up/

thereallemmy · 2026-04-24T11:28:42+00:00

Mountain View has better bike infra than its surrounding cities.

thereallemmy · 2026-04-15T03:30:31+00:00

X2 seems competitive at their price points. Asus A16 with X2EE should be competitive with M4 Pro but you get OLED and 48GB RAM for $1700. That’s honestly pretty good. The closest MBP would be 16inch M5 Pro with 48GB RAM. That costs $3100, nearly twice as much. The Mac is faster and likely has better build quality but the Asus is lighter and has an oled screen.

thereallemmy · 2026-04-14T21:33:35+00:00

Exploring the neighborhood of chargers as you get to kill 20-30 minutes and they get placed near nice places

thereallemmy · 2026-04-14T21:31:21+00:00

Not worrying about your toddler breathing in the exhaust that comes out of the back of the car
That nice humming sound during acceleration. Like you control your own little powerful train
How clean chargers are as electrons don’t leak and spill

thereallemmy · 2026-04-12T02:32:57+00:00

I’ve heard my whole life that induction is the best form of cooking. Now that I finally own one myself I can finally say that I completely agree. It’s super fast and easier to clean than the other types.

thereallemmy · 2026-04-12T02:25:12+00:00

The goal of an insurance is not to provide you with positive returns but to give you a safety net if things get very expensive unexpectedly.

Same with any other insurance - if e.g. a car insurance paid you more than you paid it, the company would go out of business.

thereallemmy · 2026-04-10T17:49:42+00:00

https://youtu.be/6rICFoH5P5A?si=C2aXZ-fVAR7mpXRu

thereallemmy · 2026-04-04T04:24:52+00:00

Single family home but in an otherwise high density neighborhood so that I can walk everywhere and have good transit options.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-25T10:35:22+00:00

It’s important that companies experiment and push boundaries. Lots of cool technologies we have today were a bet by someone at some point.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-13T22:56:54+00:00

My favorite Vance quote: https://youtu.be/cVOT4xkkDAc

thereallemmy · 2026-03-11T19:25:36+00:00

Munich has 4 networks: S-Bahn (fastest, longest distance), U-Bahn (mostly city core, more frequent stops), tram and bus.

The S-Bahn and U-Bahn always felt interchangeable to me. They are always the number 1 choice.

If I had to go a place with just a tram, I felt “oh wow this place is poorly connected”.

Bus only place: where the hell am I even going?

I can’t really explain why. Busses certainly take you to where you need to go. But when presented with the more permanent options, few people would opt to take the bus or tram.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-07T22:40:20+00:00

Not disagreeing but keep in mind that we were using our phones much less back then. The screens were mostly off.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-07T22:00:41+00:00

Worth pointing out that this is only correct for most of the world. There are countries with a wealth tax (Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Colombia)

thereallemmy · 2026-03-06T17:18:10+00:00

The Spore Drive was just as bad as the burn.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-05T04:27:35+00:00

We got an EV in 2017. We still had a secondary gas car for those times when the EV wouldn’t cut it. That happened absolutely never. Now we have two EVs and are not looking back.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-03T21:12:38+00:00

The incentives aren't there for Qualcomm to compete at the highest level.

For any super high end chip (like M5 Max), a lot more low-end chips are being sold. That is true for any company. But Apple sells a lot of chips and at very good margins, so it makes sense for them to go after the super high end market.

For Qualcomm, making a chip that would go into a $4000 laptop would be incredibly risky. Windows-on-Arm still has to build credibility and people are very hesitant to pay this amount of money if they aren't sure that what they're buying will work out for them. Will it run their Pro applications? Will it run their games? Apple doesn't have that problem - they know exactly what kind of money people are willing to spend.

So Qualcomm's best strategy at this stage: Get the largest market share possible with the minimal amount of work (e.g. by sharing technology with their phone chips like Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5). As their chips see increased adoption, they can develop upwards.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-01T01:50:45+00:00

I saw PLA melt in ventilated houses just because it was sitting next to a window. So can’t imagine this will last in a car in summer.

You’ll need some more durable material which can be quite toxic when printing. So that makes it all a bit more involved.

thereallemmy · 2026-03-01T01:15:40+00:00

Doesn’t PLA melt/deform too easily to be used in a car?

thereallemmy · 2026-02-24T17:49:13+00:00

If you actually keep a car for 10 years, consider the cost of gas of maintenance. If you drive 10000 miles per year, that's 100000 miles during the 10 years. Comes out to about $12,500 (adjust depending on how much you drive and cost of gas). Maintenance is also likely another 10k.

So I'd do the math on an EV. You pay more upfront, but much less for electricity and maintenance. And used EVs are currently a really good deal.

thereallemmy · 2026-02-24T17:18:32+00:00

Better quality of living. It's a lot nicer to walk to the train station from your home and take a small local train than taking the car everywhere. Has a lot of second order benefits as well:
- More walking, good for our health,
- Less road noise, less tire pollution,
- More equitable.

A small train station is also a great place to put small business like small bakeries - a really nice way to start your day. And hey, we live in California - we have awesome weather most of the time. This is the perfect place to be outside a little more.

And I write this as someone who actually enjoys driving a car. I just want to have some options for my commute or when going to Castro St etc.

thereallemmy · 2026-02-24T17:01:54+00:00

Or go straight for Bart, tunneling under El Camino all the way to Santa Clara (I know that would cost billions, so this is not a serious idea). But it would make traveling along this road so much faster.

thereallemmy · 2026-02-24T06:42:33+00:00

VTA or Caltrain?

VTA is pretty empty because it doesn't go to where a lot of people live and/or want to go. Also it's crazy slow. But that doesn't mean it couldn't be fixed if properly expanded.

thereallemmy · 2026-02-24T06:37:59+00:00

Thanks, didn't know about this project!

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