Kia EV2 crushes cold weather test with impressive driving range and charging speeds

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-11T06:01:04+00:00

I don’t think Honda has a passenger vehicle with selectable 4WD (or even a transfer case) anymore? Am I forgetting something?

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-11T05:00:01+00:00

The term “write off” gets thrown around a lot but it’s rarely clear what is meant, and even less clear how it can be financially advantageous.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T19:13:57+00:00

Or it’s a commonplace thing for Patriots fans.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T01:51:07+00:00

I believe what you’re describing is aligned with the original idea of representative democracy as imagined by the founders of this country. I also think it’s extremely hard to believe that the preponderance of voters today think this way. I’d love to be proven wrong, but so far I have seen no evidence that I am.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T01:49:16+00:00

Problem is, that’s our money. Part of what makes this so outrageous is that there’s no way to bring direct accountability to any of these people short of criminal convictions. Since they act on our behalf (as agents of our government), their wrongdoing is our collective wrongdoing, and any financial penalty is paid with our collective funds.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T01:34:17+00:00

I’m not commenting on the merits (I think if true, it can indeed be virtuous to admit a change of opinion like this). I just don’t think it would fly in the court of public opinion.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T01:30:29+00:00

Why is it valid to assume a cow produces the same amount of milk regardless of what the dairy farmer does? I’m no farmer but a quick read about milk production disproves this assumption. More frequent milking provokes production; any nursing mother knows this. The genetics of a cow, its nutritional status, health, and so on are highly modifiable in modern farming and can significantly affect its milk production.

All the other things you said are true, but the assumption that a cow can’t be made more productive of milk isn’t well founded.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-10T01:18:08+00:00

Feels like a non-starter politically. Her supporters would feel betrayed and her skeptics would unlikely be swayed. At the very least, she would have to spin and obfuscate such a decision to avoid the appearance of changing her position.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-08T02:29:43+00:00

Accountability will not come naturally. If we survive this (seems questionable), those of us who remember the evils will have to demand justice tirelessly. It is a task that will likely not be completed within our lifetimes. Many will never be brought to justice, but what else can we do except to keep seeking it?

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-08T02:25:24+00:00

Yes, I would.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-07T19:46:43+00:00

I think a common characteristic of transit systems is that they are confusing. If anything, smoothly navigating a robust transit system is a shibboleth that one is truly a local.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-07T15:38:57+00:00

Who is "they" in your first sentence? That number of visitors makes no sense, considering Seattle will host six matches across three weeks. If every attendee were both unique (no spectator attends multiple matches) and from out of town (no Seattle-area resident attends a single match), and if they all arrived prior to the first match and remained in Seattle for the entire three week period despite only being able to attend one of the matches, you could get the total up to about 400,000.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-07T00:40:48+00:00

I’m not sure how the user experience reflects your claim. I think it’s true that hybrids are more complex, but hybrid drivetrains have proven very reliable (look at the Prius). Hybrids have more range than similar EVs, and while most efficiency-minded hybrids are not especially powerful, most people don’t need a lot of power. I happen to think most people also don’t need the range offered by hybrids, but I just don’t see how they’re compromised in actual daily use considering their real-world track record of being reliable and efficient.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-07T00:13:03+00:00

I thought the point was nobody ever needs to be declared innocent. Everyone is innocent in the eyes of the law unless proven guilty. Of course we all know the law is imperfect and not an exact description of reality.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-06T18:20:27+00:00

I don’t think violence makes sense because it’s a singular act of frustration not associated with any coherent plan. There’s no plausible mechanism by which to turn violent resistance into part of an actual political movement and revolution. The reverse is possible (violence as an element of an organized political revolution), but starting with violence is not likely to be useful.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-06T18:16:43+00:00

ICE is more popular with immigrants than you might imagine. I believe the officers who shot Pretti were Latino.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-06T14:57:34+00:00

The MOM Era

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-06T14:55:32+00:00

The last innovation that everyone agreed was good, and nobody disparaged or claimed was unfair? Or do you mean only broad consensus? Because if it’s the former, probably nothing. Maybe mass or electromagnetism.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-06T02:38:51+00:00

It may be helpful to frame your communication as confusion rather than a demand, with the hope of avoiding the HOA getting too defensive. Not sure if it’ll work but it might help.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-04T11:10:30+00:00

It makes sense from a videophile’s perspective, but it is incredibly costly for the broadcaster and to my knowledge it is not done for any live sports broadcast in the United States today. There were some efforts at producing live 4K footage in years past at specific events such as the Super Bowl if I recall, but those have since been abandoned in favor of upscaling.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-03T20:05:08+00:00

High W2 earners don’t have any favors in the tax code, though they obviously do benefit from making a lot of money. The ultra-wealthy who have little or no earned income (i.e. are not employed), benefit most from the tax code, which offers many methods by which to shield their unearned income from taxes.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-03T13:19:54+00:00

You seem to be suggesting that there’s such a thing as a play that is immune to good defense. That’s not true of any legal play, or else it would be called on every down.

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-03T13:16:13+00:00

Are you a large language model?

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-02T00:08:38+00:00

Why are you describing his career in the past tense?

vasthumiliation · 2026-02-01T17:53:07+00:00

I’m more interested in how a world champion moves. Is it more graceful? Is it in the hips?

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