Yes, my front loader allows me to add laundry for a good while after the cycle has started... I've done this a bunch of times when I realized I had forgotten to add something after starting a cycle.

Wow, way to lose the forest for the trees, but you do you...

Hypocrite much? The 'longest line' in the US you posted about hasn't even begun construction yet (breaks ground in 2026). Perhaps you should read your own links first before accusing others of doing the same.

And China just completed their ultra-high voltage DC project spanning almost 1500 miles (https://www.hitachienergy.com/news-and-events/features/2025/06/hitachi-energy-to-deliver-pioneering-hvdc-solutions-for-chinas-cross-regional-clean-power-highway).

Depending on where you are, energy can be the big cost savings. I pay less than $0.10 per kWh, so typically it costs me around $15 to charge my car per month.

I just went on a roadtrip with my EV across the country. Had absolutely no problems charging along the way. Plus, charging stops seemed to correspond to how often I'd normally stop to use the bathroom and stretch, so it only added a nominal amount of time to the trip.

Also, seems like back then people made content just based on their passion for it. These days, everything seems like it is all about monetization.

On some EVs (Ioniq 5, not sure about others), theres an 'auto' regen mode that adjusts the amount of regenerative braking based on conditions around and in front of you. Open road with nobody around? Regen is set to a very low level. Coming up on traffic stopped at a light? Regen ramps up as you approach the stopped traffic, effectively braking for you.

Note on the results of that survey... it is a self-selected group of respondents and doesn't include all faculty members of the FAS department. From the article: "The Crimson distributed its survey to more than 1,300 members of the FAS and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, including tenured and tenure-track professors, non-tenure-track lecturers, and preceptors. The survey collected demographic information and opinions on a range of topics, including Harvard’s academic atmosphere, life as a professor, and political issues.

The anonymous 124-question survey received 386 responses, including 234 fully-completed responses and 152 partially-completed responses. It was open to new responses between March 23 and April 14. Responses were not adjusted for selection bias."

Not sure what kind of conclusions can be drawn from less than a third of surveyed of people responding...

A country calling themselves a thing does not make it so. Unless we consider such places as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or the German Democratic Republic shining examples of democracy...

They're also mixing wet bulb and normal temps. In any case, the Japan wet bulb temp of 28C they mention is pretty uncomfortable without some kind of active cooling.

Lol where did you pull that stat from? There are some rural counties with homicide rates much higher than Chicago. In fact, Cook county (where Chicago is) doesn't even appear on in the top 10 counties by murder rate https://www.police1.com/ambush...

Sure, there's HL: Alyx, but there is no way that would be able run at full res and framerate on Meta's VR offerings. Really needs the Valve Index and controllers to make the most of it.

Why gas stations? Electricity is everywhere, so why make a separate stop to charge my car when it would be more convenient to just charge at the grocery store, restaurant, hotel, mall, etc. while I'm spending time there anyway.

I do... I have municipal fiber where I live, and it is way better than any of the other offerings. Lower price, higher speed, no downtime, no BS. There is pretty much zero reason to choose any of the commercial providers with the municipal option available.