Interesting... So in most cases the government should stay out of free market and let things "just happen", but with the screwworm damaging cattle, the government must spend millions upon millions to save a relatively small number of ranchers.

Seems like a perfect description of governmental market manipulation, doesn't it? Where are the libertarians railing against this?

Which big oil company bought you? Seriously�

Sure they did. Trains, trollies, and other transportation options existed. They just don't help fulfill your ICE-only narrative...

Let me guess... You grew up seeing gas stations everywhere so you simply assumed that they have always been there, since the beginning of time, right? I mean it's not like there was a time, during ICE's history, that either a gas station, or gas itself, was a challenge to find, right?

And as you try to formulate an argument against what I said, realize everything you are about to say means EV chargers aren't an insurmountable problem any more than gas historically was...

Ohhh, I can play the many people game too! Many people drive less than 50 miles a day, which fits easily in a 120v charge cycle overnight.

I know, in 2011, I owned a Leaf which on a great day could do 80 miles on a full charge, and 60 was more realistic. I used that as my daily car for years.

Is that good enough for everyone? No... That's why other cars exist. But to borrow a phrase, that's good enough for "many people".

IIRC, aluminum also flows over time and that was a problem too. I believe you needed some sort of terminator that could account for that flow to prevent a spark gap. I'm sure that too is resolved now but I believe it was a similar problem when aluminum was first used.

I can't speak to all smaller communities, but in St Croix (approx 50k residents), finding an electrician can take weeks and costs quite a bit.

That said, I own two EVs in FL and am actively planning how to bring one over to St Croix when I plan to be on island longer term.

Oddly enough, public fast chargers are cheaper than home charging, electricity is about $0.50/kwh. The L2s charge between $0.30-0.40/kWh.

It's because the WAPA power company is awful and most of the public chargers blend solar in to reduce their rates. My place is too close to the ocean for most solar companies to be willing to install panels.

In FL, the fast chargers are all by rest stops with play areas for kids, relief zones for pets, and multiple places to eat.

It's not remotely hard to spend 20 minutes without thinking about it.

I wonder if people would have said the same negative things about "the good" unions that you ack helped change things that you are saying about "the bad" unions now.

For instance, unions were the largest thorn in the DOGE and Trump agenda and helped saved people from random and unnecessary cuts.

I made the same comment about Googleâ(TM)s SDK. If AI is so awesome, why not just write a single SDK in a single language, and AI build the others on each push? Then devs can use their preferred language and it already has full first party support. Seems so simple⦠and the fact that it isnâ(TM)t being done screams pretty loudly.

Certainly not defending bigotry, but there was, about 15-20 years ago, a big issue with Chinese drywall being used in home construction. The root cause of why it was used was a material shortage in the south east due to a severe hurricane season. For those who bought a house built with it, or those who remodeled before the issue was known, it was a potential financial disaster for them. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The TZ difference between India and the US is a pain. I'm in EST, so we have some overlap. But most of my team is PST, and they basically have none.

OTS GPS companies cannot sell units that can work over a certain altitude or speed without a special buyers permit because those components are known to be able to used in homegrown weapons.

You cannot bulk purchase fertilizer for a same reason without a buyer's permit.

Why should LLMs be different?

Chrome's AdGuard does a pretty fantastic job with them. I pair that with PopUpOff for those annoying popup content blockers where they try to force you to see their ads.

As someone who was in a toxic relationship with my ex, and had similar experiences with some family members, some people aren't willing to be convinced and the effort spent trying can often be better used almost anywhere else.