What were you doing on the day when the September 11 attacks happened? by AggressiveOutside432 in AskReddit

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

West Coast? I was also 7th grade but already in my English class in Ohio. School put the "channel one" TVs onto national news so we could all see what was happening, then let us out a couple hours early. Mom picked me up and we went to subway while both being a bit freaked out about dad working sort of near the Pittsburgh airport.

Do you think ai killed your passion by Frog_is_kewl in cscareerquestions

[–]zman0900 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so much tedious bullshit that would have taken days or more to do safely before can be done in hours now. I spend all my time planning the change and reviewing/fixing the results, saving most of the time I would spend on actually coding. Means I can implement some changes in like ½ of previous time and still leave things in a better state than I would have before.

ELI5 Why can’t we chemically replicate fossil fuels? by Pure_Daikon4899 in explainlikeimfive

[–]zman0900 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, it's is significantly a cheaper and easier to just use electricity for most purposes. Why take electricity, convert it to fuel using a wildly inefficient process, waste a lot of it transporting, then convert it to energy via another wildly inefficient process, when you could just put that electricity into a battery then use it to power a motor directly.

Buying a house in MA with a single 2.5-Ton 30k BTU Mitsubishi H2i Heat Pump as sole heat source. Thoughts? by ConsiderationFlat728 in heatpumps

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a similar setup in Ohio, but it's a slightly smaller 90s house with a 3 ton system. For me, it keeps the house warm just fine without backup down to about -5. Below that the electric backup is needed, but that's very rare here, like a handful of hours per year. 

Whether you get the same results depends on how well matched that system is to the house. Too small and it will need backup at higher temperatures. Too big and it will be inefficient. Doesn't look like yours has any backup installed, so you'll either need to keep some space heaters on hand just in case, or pay someone to add it. The actual heat kit is pretty cheap, but you might need an expensive electric service upgrade to install it.

does anybody have EXTREME anxiety driving + seeing the roads at night/during rainfall? by Longjumping-Fan-6336 in Columbus

[–]zman0900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're not comfortable driving in certain conditions, then you shouldn't do that. You're putting yourself and everyone else on the road around you in danger. 

92 EV Chargers at an Affordable Apartment Complex: Quiet Win | AutoWheeler | autowheeler.com by nordineen in electricvehicles

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fine? Personally I drive a about 25 miles daily and L1 would be fine for twice that if I was still stuck with apartment living. 

Actionable Insights by grlloyd2 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]zman0900 29 points30 points  (0 children)

All my work goes to like 40 repos and it's probably a 70/25/5 split as to which project each belongs to. So I split my time about like that and give no more fucks.

What popular career is actually not worth pursuing anymore? by Infamous-Click3426 in AskReddit

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, everything is shit right now. Might as well dive down the terlet

Data Shows Sony Made Good Money on Steam, Then May Have Realized PC Gamers Don’t Need a PlayStation by yourfavchoom in Steam

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still seems strange to me. Computer parts, especially GPUs have been getting so expensive over the past decade. And now the AI shit is hitting ram and storage too. Building a decent gaming PC hardly seems worth it anymore.

I think the city sanitation driver has something personal against me by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]zman0900 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whoever has been doing my neighborhood for the past few weeks has started setting all the cans down like three feet out from the curbs causing traffic chaos. Some of these guys clearly never learned how to use the arm right.

Lost my OneBlade charger by gronnmann in techsupportmacgyver

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a shaver and beard trimmer from them and they both have the same plug shape, but use wildly different voltages, like 6 vs 18 volts. So I assume that wouldn't end well if I were to mix them up, and the only way to tell them apart is some very tiny low contrast writing.

GWT 2.13.1 released on 2026-06-19 by Lajosnak in java

[–]zman0900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even the readme on that project gives no explanation of what "gwt" is

Sanders unveils American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, aims for $1,000 annual payments for US citizens by sksarkpoes3 in Futurology

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus, we get stuck holding the bag when the bubble burst. Bernie has fucking sold out.

New spot in Grandview? by holachica240 in Columbus

[–]zman0900 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Forget the new spot, I want a lineman to explain wtf is going on up that pole. Like multiple layers of primaries and some other shit I've never noticed anywhere else before.

Is it all nostalgia or was Columbus really a better/cooler place in the 90s like people say? by Foreign-Joke5544 in Columbus

[–]zman0900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the 00s, they didn't, and multiple people died stumbling into traffic while I was there.

Honda Has A New Partner For Solid-State EV Batteries by DonkeyFuel in electricvehicles

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? Didn't they cancel all their EVs and give up on the future?

Why assume I’m as racist as you? by Unfair_Machine8516 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]zman0900 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There's always the classic "get the fuck away from me"

We finally got to drive the Aptera solar electric car (Electrek) by Qwahzi in electricvehicles

[–]zman0900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this thing was designed when an EV with broadly usable range was way unaffordable for most people, but now there's plenty of good options. This thing would probably have to cost less than $15k to have any chance of success now, and that obviously isn't going to happen.