"I live in Ontario, the world's largest buyer of alcohol..."

Wisconsin has entered the chat...

My first thought when I saw this: are you fucking KIDDING me?

I've always thought that "rugged individualism"was going to be this country's downfall. Add hyper-competitive workplace to that list. Have we really gone so far down the competitive road that we've forgotten why we work to earn a living? The pendulum has swung too far over to the "live to work" side.

I've known people who scoffed and complained how much vacation time European workers have. "I guess they just don't want to win." If getting doped up is one of the ways to "win," I don't want that prize.

Given our rush-here, rush-there lifestyles of late, who has time to sit and read a book?

The curb weight of a Toyota Camry is between ~3200 and ~3500 pounds. For comparison, a Tesla Model 3 is between ~3500 and ~4000 pounds.

The curb weight for a Ford F-150 is between 4000 and 6000 pounds. The F150 Lightning is roughly 6000-6900 pounds, all depending on trim level and options.

An ICE Kia Nora curb weight (2020) is 3854 pounds a 2023 Niro EV is around the same, 3833 pounds. .

A Hummer curb weight is about 6400 pounds. A Hummer EV is around 9000 pounds.

So while EVs tend to be a little heavier, they are not necessarily twice the weight of a comparable ICE vehicle.

It already has...

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"It's always a huge problem and priority but for some reason when it comes time to vote those same folks don't want to act."

Because if they (as in Congress) acted and put the reforms to work, they would have to campaign on something else.

The information can still be obtained with a proper legal order or warrant. Get the warrant. If that's the requirement, then meet the requirement.

This reminds me of a class I took as an undergrad...

At the start of the semester, the professor would say that there will be an opportunity to perform a Test of Skill (some silly thing like landing a paper airplane in a circle 30 feet away) that could make the full exam optional. Your grade was thus determined by the rest of the coursework alone. We had students that passed the Feat of Skill, but took the test anyway. If I recall correctly, those students' exam scores were the highest scores they earned all semester.

As a class, right before the exam, we would go into the building atrium and sing a three-part round of "Jingle Bells" (I took the class in fall so finals were in December).

I think these were creative ways to help the students go into the exam more relaxed and less anxious...in particular the students whose exams were optional thanks to the Test of Skill, since the exam couldn't hurt their final grade.

I'd be willing to be a donut the a good portion of the "disabled" students gaming the system are also not looking for jobs on LinkedIn.

Hopefully it's all for nothing (in a good way).

I'm not very AI saavy so this may be a dumb question.

Why do the logs exist to begin with? Do the ChatGPT algorithms use them to "learn?"

The cores do not lat 60 years. Roughly 1/3 of the core is replaced every 18 months when the plant is shut down for refueling. This means that any given fuel rod lasts about 4.5 years in the core before it is considered spent and removed from the core and put into storage as spent fuel.

So if I read this right, insiders are setting the value of something that doesn't physically exist, investors buy into something that doesn't exist, then when the value of the thing that doesn't exist goes down and investors try to sell the thing that doesn't exist, the insiders buy the thing that doesn't exist for less than it was worth when it was sold, so they pocket s profit on the trading of something that didn't exist.

Wow talk about falling off the common sense cliff.

How about these SOBs focus on getting the appropriations bills passed that are required for the government to function? You know, one of their most basic functions they have failed at for YEARS now? Yep off topic but goddammit if these leeches can't their most basic job function why in hell should we expect them to do anything else??

Rant over

I believe that if the BEV is to become popular in the USA then it will be because it is seen as a secondary vehicle for local commutes while their primary vehicle is for the trips needing 500+ miles with a 5 minute stop at a filling station.

I see that as backwards; the primary would be an EV for everyday commutes and something else for the longer road trips. This what my wife and I do, except both cars are EVs, and if that won't work, we rent an ICEV for a few days. I've taken one of them on a multi thousand mile road trip and it was no more inconvenient or longer than taking an ICEV. The charge stops and durations lined right up with my need for breaks, and most of the time the car was ready to continue before I was.

Having said all that, I agree with the basic idea that you drive what works for you. If an EV doesn't work for your needs then drive something else.