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Comment Re:Daily dose of reality... (Score 1) 140

This assumes, of course, that technology can never get better, that market demand won't push for technology getting better, and that the lack of the means to efficiently reprocess previously processed battery cell material (i. e. lithium) means there will never be those means. It also assumes other energy solutions won't ever exist, and discounts the effect hybrid vehicles can have for short range municipal commuters who simply want to go from point A to point B and maybe drop the kids or the partner off on the way. And that set of expectations seems... unreal.

Comment Re: Even better: no cars at all (Score 1) 140

This take is absurd as me accusing you of forcing people to take cars. The person you're replying to is suggesting that more transportation options would be better for all. I support the move to EVs and PHEVs, but I realize there are use-cases for ICE. It's my hope that we get to a stage where they can be powered efficiently and cost is reduced to enable people to have the ability to choose to own some kind of EV, but we've taken trips by train in order to avoid the effort of driving 5+ hours to a destination (and have on one occasion driven 5000KM to get to another destination).

The ability to make choices is freedom.

We need to get away from having transportation lines that are exclusively tailored to cars. That doesn't mean destroying roads, but might include shaping policy around including busses, or perhaps even rail.

Comment "This support agent is not supported" (Score 2) 50

I can see it now: whereas in the past you'd have a support engineer and their manager working with the customer and standing by their word, we'll soon see a world where you're accepting an EULA for using a support bot disclaiming the support bot's interactions as the use of the software. Bonus points to companies who offer the support agent experience to customers for free, and then use the product of that interaction to gather and sell personal details.

What a time to be alive.

Comment Re: Chicken vs. Egg (Score 1) 275

Is it much different than the people concern trolling that, unless they can take a 10,000KM road trip to go hunting, EVs are useless?
Here's the thing: EVs are perfectly suited for most day-to-day commuter trips. Unless you drive three+ hours to work and back every day, in which case you still have your petrol-based options. And some of those will be eventually outmodded by extended range and PHEVs for flexibility.
Ten years ago, an EV was a useful headache for a single person or a couple; charging was slow, standards were poor, and chargers were uncommon.
Five years ago, you'd start to see racks of chargers outside of certain malls and even airports.
As of last year, they're in many mall parking lots and can get you to 80% in the time it takes to find and eat a meal. And 80% can be about 400KM, depending on make and model.
There are grid considerations, sure. But to dismiss them as dead in the water even as the market and technology develops is wishful thinking. The biggest challenges with EVs right now are sensitivity to cold, repairability, and safety concerns with regards to batteries; it's still a new industry. But as new technology like solid state batteries take hold, and as we get a better idea of the maintenance profiles (i.e. oil changes, brakes, etc), we're finding that many of the problems are being addressed.
ICE vehicles aren't going anywhere tomorrow. But it's inevitable that EVs will displace them and relegate them to construction and hauling, and much like the horse, we won't do a mass culling, but we will wind up creating fewer of them.

Comment Re:Rush conflict ends another Linux dev (Score 1, Troll) 239

A rust developer asks for filesystem documentation. A C developer enters a rust presentation from left-field, and responds by calling the rust developer the purveyor of a new religion.

WHY ARE RUST DEVELOPER SOOOOO DRAMMMAATTIICCC??!?!?!!

Irony dies off-stage; C developer exits stage left; the fiefdom is saved.

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