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Comment Re:I dont want to waste car charge cycles (Score 1) 91

The bigger reason is that the early Leaf had terrible range. Why spend money to put a battery in a vehicle that will get less than half the range of a modern EV? And with no active liquid cooling system, you are still going to have a battery trashed after a few years. Modern EVs will have enough economies of scales and range to make it possible that replacement batteries will be viable.

Comment Re:The search for the greater fool came to an end (Score 1) 110

I'll try and remember that when the Stock Market House of Cards topples over under the sheer weight of..expert financial advice.

Looking at the stock market charts, I see that nothing has 'toppled over'. It has continued to rise year after year. Does it have dips? Yes. Those are corrections to over-valued stocks, and a chance to buy at a lower price.

It'll only be the fourth fucking time I've had to survive it.

If you just let it ride, and continue to buy on dips, it is very survivable. How would one NOT survive one of these... topples?

Comment Re:No people are not buying EVs (Score 1) 135

Without knowing the individual variables for a particular person and their circumstances, you can't say definitively that one costs less than the other. With my EV and situation, I've run the math and I'm DEFINITELY going to come out ahead by year five, and I keep my cars for at least ten years.

Comment Pay again for streaming content? (Score 1) 92

I already pay for a Disney+ subscription. I already watched The Mandalorian series. It was OK. Why would I pay more to go watch mediocre content I've already paid for once? And I've heard the production quality of this 'movie' is no better than the series. I can't even believe they tried to pull a fast one on us like this...

Comment Re: Builders and buyers wake up! (Score 1) 146

But that's not who live in Tahoe, for the most part.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. There are LOTS of neighborhoods that are small residential homes/townhomes/duplexes where average people live. You see the mansions overlooking the lake and think that is what all of Tahoe is like, but that is not the case.

As an example, I own a 2nd home in Tahoe, purchased 20 years ago for around $300k. I don't really care if you feel sympathy for me. But what about my neighbors who have lived their for 50 years, are retired, and very active in supporting the community? Should they have researched effin' AI's affect on their electricity supply in 1976? Or the working people that rent the duplexes across the street from me that work in the city?

Your entire take is a complete joke simply meant to make you sound smug and superior.

Comment Re:Builders and buyers wake up! (Score 3) 146

Exactly how much research is the average person suppose to do on these subjects? And how far in advance should they be able to predict things?

I feel no sympathy for anyone who paid $2M for a cabin in Tahoe and can't manage to get electricity.

What about people that paid $350k for a place years ago? Is there sympathy for them?

Comment Re:If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 157

My car charges while I'm at work. Zero time lost to me. And the one or maybe two times a month I have to wait the 20--30 minutes to charge on a long trip is around how long I would spend in a month pumping gas anyways. People drastically overstate how long charging takes, and how much their 'time is worth'.

Comment So, no video allowed either? (Score 3, Interesting) 131

When looking at a video recording from around the crime scene, it shows more than one person at a particular place/time. Any or none of them could be guilty of the crime, but all are observed on video.

When looking at a list of phones present from around the crime scene, it lists more than one person at a particular place/time. Any or none of them could be guilty of the crime, but all are on the list.

I'm not sure I see a particular distinction between the two.

Comment Re:Same as it ever was (Score 1) 296

Funny how those motors have unlimited miles on both the coils and bearings!

Funny how I mad no such claim.

A while ago, we had an Olds Delta 78

I'd rather have that Delta 78 than any of these newer ones, any day of the week.

Well, why DON'T you have that Delta 78 then? If it was the end-all-be-all of cars, why isn't it still humming along for you? Don't answer, I already know why.

Eventually, we got a car with fuel injection, and gave up on fixing anything beyond spark plugs and oil.

Jeez, really? Nothing except spark plugs and oil? Damn, son, every car I've previously owned was fuel injected, and I've done WAY more work than that. And I don't even consider myself that big of a car repair expert.

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