Yeah, you have to like the suggestion of adding more automation to prevent a problem with, well, automation. I suspect that the reason it's not there is that it destroys the breaker if you drop it out with some hundreds of amps running through it. Most readily available breakers are rated for one use only if you drop them when they have 1000A - total runaway, but not many more if you drop them with more typical low-hundreds amp load.

Yep, there's no problem that can't be solved by simply posting it to the Internet and following the comprehensive, well reasoned advice of the commentators. Why do all these bad things happen in the world when the solution is so simple?

I think you're missing the point. One person (or more), after reasonable study, whether an expert or just inquisitive, can, and have, identified problems with ideas and theories that were missed by the original experts and designers. (I assume that someone was objecting to R-410a for the reason you identify before it came into widespread use but was ignored).

If 20+ non-experts, in under 2 minutes, isolate what they think is a problem, there is a very little chance that has not already been considered.

So a dozen or so /.'ers thought of the possible issue of moisture in a couple of minutes and yet they assume that the researchers, who've likely spent years on this project, did not and so did not and so gave it no consideration?

I'm amused that the whole "AI is dangerous" really started with ChatGPT. Understandable since ChatGPT appears scarily capable but the truly destructive tech is in the military arena and that's not even part of the discussion (and would be a non-starter even if it were).

135 billion gallons sold (91% for cars and truck - so 123B taxable gallons) https://www.eia.gov/energyexpl... $204B by state and local in repairs https://www.urban.org/policy-c... $153B in new construction https://www.statista.com/topic... (204+153)/123 $2.90 per gallon, BUT I can't find the federal repair contribution because it's a political football, $2 trillion proposed in 2019 (10 years?). Trump’s $550 billion infrastructure pledge that seems to have gone nowhere (I think more than just roads and bridges). I'd say $4 is on the low side, infrastructure is f**king expensive - $85 million/mile for urban freeways (2014) - https://www.strongtowns.org/jo...

Well, you could stop subsidizing private cars. The gas tax does not cover the cost of the roads, add $3-$4/gallon on gas and you start to get close. Yes, buses use the roads, but the cost of maintenance would go down dramatically if you removed the cars. Light rail likely has the best return...

Nah, it's not a casino, it's a Ponzi scheme. It just needs progressively more money to be invested to keep prices going higher. (See 2020 when the economy went to shit, but lots of people had free cash and no where to spend it so bought stocks). For what it's worth, the real investors know this. That's why there's always political pressure to invest federal social security funds in the stock market.

Last person in is going to be the loser. You should jump in now, if not to protect my investments, you should think of all the pension funds. Do you want to be the one responsible for seniors having to return to work at Walmart?

Interestingly, it's a fractal Ponzi scheme. The whole market needs money, but individual stocks can be run-up by buyer's sentiment. GameStop will probably be forever the champion of that, but Tesla and great many others are candidates.

It's so cute when people suggest that there's a relationship between the stock price, the company and the economy. You have to laugh at AI attempts to build market predictions on economic data when there's, at best, a very passing relationship.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/wo...

Wait, wait, don't watch it, this is way too dangerous

I assume it's also an attempt to energize the religious right. They're running short of groups to vilify, godless aliens are an easy target. No-proof of existence required.

From: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisea...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
One person dies every 33 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
About 695,000 people in the United States died from heart disease in 2021—that’s 1 in every 5 deaths.
Heart disease cost the United States about $239.9 billion each year from 2018 to 2019. This includes the cost of health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death.

So the cost is about a factor of 10 higher. Seems Pickleball is the scapegoat for increasing prices with not real evidence to support it (although the $240B figure includes costs other than just medical care).

I've been looking at the KIA EV9. It has these specs:

So 2 stops on your 900km journey. Each stop about the time it takes for a group bathroom break.

If you sell something as complying with a standard that allows the use of third-party cartridges and that turns out to be simply not true should there not be legal repercussions?

Starting at $20 - $4/sq. km min 5 sq.km 1m resolution. $7/sq. for 50cm resolution. More if the image doesn't already exist. Seems pretty reasonable...

lie on your resume and get elected to congress!!