throw in an electric (induction, hopefully) stove
Fuck no!!!
I live in a house with gas for a reason!!! I prefer my stovetop cooking with gas....and for my clothes dryer and water heater.
But especially COOKING!!!
Perhaps you should try racing off the green light with an EV. You'll be surprised. Even the smallest EVs (at least the ones available in north America) will out-accelerate your stick shift v-8 sports car.
But that EV wouldn't be NEARLY as fun to drive....I like to shift gears and have a nice engine note.
Like with a motorcycle...half the fun is the rumble of the engine and noise....
Without a stick shift, what's the point?
Funny....I've never in all my years owned a car without a stick shift....
The vast, vast majority of Americans don't live in "remote areas".
No...but the vast majority of the US landmass does not have infrastructure in place for public EV charging and at least 1/3 of the US or more does not have access to charging at home for various reasons.
You're asking a LOT of people to alter their lifestyles and inconvenience themselves to live with an EV without much perceived return on investment from such efforts......and then there's the $$$ price.
No one wants V8's
Err...did you miss the parts where the customers were clamoring for big V8's which had almost disappeared, etc....and that sales were going up?
Obviously in the US...there IS a market for these big block engine cars/trucks.
You noticed that when tax breaks/incentives were removed from EVs....the somewhat lackluster sales dropped like a hot rock.
There is a market for EVs here, but that market for the most part is saturated...the people that want them, have them.
If they were cheaper, I'm guessing sales of EV would increase somewhat...but at this point, I will posit that the main general market in the US isn't there for EVs....if for nothing else, the infrastructure just is NOT in place across the whole of the US.
I don't have anything against EVs....but I myself do not want one....I'm a 2 seater sports car kinda guy....but that's just me.
But please don't kid yourself.....there IS demand for ICE vehicles here....big engines for cars, trucks and ICE off road vehicles too.
How can you look at the power Putin has over Trump and not want something similar?
Err....exactly what power does Putin have over Trump?
Then why the holy fuck are we allowing the Chinese to use our advanced shit like this?
They should be barred from our AI....barred from our social media, etc.
Is this not common sense?
that calls women they disagree with fat and ugly
I think people calling some women "fat and ugly"...is because they are, well.....fat and ugly.
9 times outta 10 they also have blue or purple/reddish dyed hair so where on the troll doll spectrum...septum rings...etc.
They're really pretty easy to spot (and hear...as that they are almost always shrieking or crying in front of a camera phone).
I worked food service, bartending, retail sales, etc all through High School through Grad school....
I schmoozed a ton of money in tips....being happy, attentive, friendly and doing my best to give good service.
Not everyone is a grouch and non-social.....
Those jobs really set up up with people skills that I later VERY MUCH profited from in real jobs....especially getting up in front of people.
In the tech industry especially.....minds MUCH better and smarter than I were just too afraid to talk in front of people..I took advantage of this and excelled in position and money while smarter people stayed closer to the bottom.
People skills are important....and jobs as a youngster dealing with the public help...I feel they should be mandatory.....
It's a non-problem. Make them take an in-person conversational exam for 100% with the TA at the end of the semester. If they fail, they don't graduate.
Thank you....this was my line of thought too.
I know it has been a LONG time since I was last in school....but today is ALL test taking, essay writing, etc done online?
It seems a quick way to by pass AI taking the tests would be to make sure and do the old fashioned way of tests....having the students take hand written answers on physical test paper sheets....where you show your work, write your essays, etc in real time.
Do they not do this in any more at schools anymore?
Learning anything is really not the primary reason reason for education anymore
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If you're studying the effects of gender studies on underwater basket weaving....sure, let AI do all the "learning" for you.
But, if you're a physicist, or say a structural engineer designing oil platforms at sea, you might need to actually learn something.
Well, good luck to ya.....thankfully it's a big world and we have choices like this.
Personally, I couldn't do it....I enjoy all I can do in the US waaaay too much.
Just curious, what state are you in? Have you been there all your life?
Have you visited other states in the US that might fit your needs more closely? It's such a large country I have a hard time believing someone couldn't find terrain, climate and people that fit their preferences somewhere in the US.
Anyway, if you don't reply....again, good luck.
My God... Just let Ai do the talking if you want that much control. Personally? Every Wednesday, I eat out at noon in the same place. The owner is a grumpy old man. Serves the food himself. No "thank you", he is polite, but uses as few words as possible and will not fake a smile. He is real. It is one of the reasons I eat out there. No nonsense. We know each other now. I no longer talk to the guy. I just point to the menu. I used to wink at him when I started doing that. He smiled. What a contrast with the US... waitresses are so annoying there. I usually explain them that I am from Europe and will tip generously if they let me be. It is a bit uneasy for them at first, until they get the tip.
So...being from Europe, you say ya'll don't believe in just being friendly to your fellow humans you cross paths with daily, no need to smile or show common courtesy?
Just going through life not interacting and enjoying live and fellow people sounds like a sad and wasted life.....
When out and about I'm constantly meeting new people....and at times it has later meant money in my pocket with new found business opportunities, etc.....or just a new friend and I feel you can never have too many of those.
No Problem does NOT equal You're Welcome.
That one drive me up the wall.....
I'm a little against the actual tool, HOWEVER I'm in favor of almost any way to get society to largely start using common courtesy again....starting with Thank you and You're Welcome.
Basic basic stuff that somehow disappeared I dunno how long ago.
"You show me an American who can keep his mouth shut and I'll eat him." -- Newspaperman from Frank Capra's _Meet_John_Doe_
