As soon as I saw your sig I was like quite a flashback.

I don't really think we're through all of the low hanging fruit. There are a lot of single family home dwellers who have yet to buy EVs. Just drive around a residential suburban neighborhood and you'll still se a LOT of CV cars in the driveways and garages (with the doors open).

I'm a city dweller who doesn't have access to a home based charger. Fortunately I do have access to about 8 level 2 chargers (30A 220V) a little over a block from my house. We have two Teslas and typically charge 1 to 2 times a week for our pattern of usage. It's not the best but it definitely works. We do need more city charging options and more curbside charging to complete the transition to be sure, but there are places that are making it happen, and in those places owning an EV without a charger is a definite option.

When it comes to long distance driving the reality is most US residents don't drive large distances on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis. So, for most US residents an EV with a 200 to 300 mile range is completely practical. (For those who drive long distances on a daily or weekly basis I do agree an EV isn't the solution now.)

EVs are definitely going to win. It's not really a new thing either. The first EVs were made in the early 1800's. They just weren't practical, and the combustion engine took off and eclipsed them. The big innovation that helped the CV win was the electric starter of all things. Anyway, yesterday we finished the complete electrification for our family. It took a little over three years including a complete gut remodel of our home to take it from plaster on lathe on brick to a modern efficient envelope inside the historic exterior using heat pumps, and induction cook top (best cooking experience ever). Two months ago we sold our last combustion vehicle and got a Tesla Model 3. (So, I guess technically we were completely electrified two months ago.) Yesterday we picked up a new to us Tesla Model S with 320 miles of range. We're never going back. The electrified and modernized house is amazing, the cars are just.... wow. The next project will be solar, but we can not net meter due to the grid we are on. So, that's going to wait until the whole house batteries are a bit cheaper. All of the things are going to be electrified, not just cars.

Turbo Pascal was my first professional language. It enabled us to do amazing things on bare bones PCs and be amazingly productive. The Borland character based IDEs were some of the most productive tools I've ever used. Fond fond memories.

Long time since I've posted.

As a parent of two Fortnite'ers (12 and 14) who are absolutely in love with Fortnite (especially Chapter 4 Season 1), and who have their internet access closely monitored via pretty simple means (we just turn off their access via our Eero), this sounds ridiculous. Even if the parent's are not technically sophisticated they can take devices away, turn off the power to the router, etc. There are ways.

Does Fortnite reward consistent play? Yes it does. Does that make it addictive? If it does then any rewards program could fall prey to the same argument. EPIC rewards me for playing the game. United rewards me for flying. Home Depot rewards me for doing home improvements. Etc. Does that mean that United's rewards program is trying to addict me to flying or Home Depot's to doing home improvements?

I'm sorry their children suffer from addictive conditions but blaming EPIC isn't the solution to their problem. Restricting their children's access to their devices, the Internet, and sources of money to spend online are.

Of course, Faust's deal with the devil was signed too.

Everything in my house is "solar" powered in the sense that I have elected a solar provider as my power supplier. (Through de-regulation, supply and delivery are de-coupled in NY and can be purchased separately).

Yes you are.

What possessed you to give your SSN to DirectTV?

What possible reason could they have to require that information in the first place, and why would you deal with a business that required it?

HP sauce

Was that known as Compaq sauce before the merger?

Is it ethical to kill the toddler?

One might argue that if you're picnicking in a war zone, you get what you deserve. Once the robot kills the toddler, I'm sure it will be forced to kill the irate parents that attack it. At that point, the robot might have preemptively done the toddler a favor by a) keeping it from being an orphan and b) not making it watch its parent's deaths.

All kidding aside, I'd like to presume that if we can build airport scanners so that TSA agents can look at naked people, we can make these robots determine whether to kill an intruder based not just on their presence, but on whether they pose a threat.