HelixDab2

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

dismissing information based on mediabiasfactcheck

Dismissing information based on it coming from a badly biased source is smart. If the information is solid, then there will be other, credible sources that cover it, without the bias. The problem with taking information from a deeply biased source is that you have to try and fact check every single claim that they make in an article, because they're inherently untrustworthy. If you want to waste your time tracking down sources to try and verify things, rather than just finding good sources to start, well, that's a you problem.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

I live in an an area with a lot of empty houses. A lot of those houses are not fit for human habitation. Someone dies, the house gets tied up in probate, the kids don't want to live in the area--nor do most other people--and so the house that was already in disrepair degrades more. And, TBH, moving homeless people to rural areas that have a lot of abandoned homes would make it harder for them to access social services.

Yeah, we have the houses. Just not where the homeless people are.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

People generally want that suburban ideal, of a four bedroom house, two car garage, a front and backyard... Zoning would be needed to require housing to be denser, rather than allowing sprawl.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Can you elaborate on that? Structurally they're quite a bit sturdier than typical residential construction. You need doors and windows, but that's a matter of cutting holes with a plasma torch. You can use 2x2 and foam board on the inside, and partially bury them in earth for the bulk of insulation, while running ducting, etc. under a raised floor. You certainly have limited space layouts--a CalKing bed ain't fitting--but that's not necessarily a deal breaker.

Personally, I lean more towards Quonset huts for inexpensive and durable construction.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Geddy Lee (Rush), Les Claypool (Primus, others), Dominick "Forest" LePointe (First Fragment, others), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Chris Squire (Yes), Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Sting (The Police), John Deacon (Queen), Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)...

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Guess I'm an athlete then, because I badly deplete my electrolytes every time I'm backpacking on the AT.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I'm going to disagree. Water, alone, is about a B+, maybe an A-. If you've ever been working out really intensely, to the point where you feel nauseous and could drink a liter of water and still be desperately thirsty, then you'll understand that you also need to get electrolytes, things like sodium, potassium, and magnesium. The mineral content in plain water is too low for that; a sugar-free (preferably unsweetened) sports drink is going to be better for you than water alone.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

That, and it's hard to record customers with LIDAR.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The problem--aside from the god-awful build quality of Tesla in particular--has usually been software. Too much shit being done by a single central system. Yes, they should be much simpler. But instead they've been made much more complex.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a non-sequiter, given that Milwaukee is nearly 300 miles and three states away from Ohio. It's like, 'eat your vegetables, people are starving in China.'

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 57 points 10 months ago (11 children)

First: It's a site dedicated to electric vehicle promotion. So it might be a tiny bit biased.

Second: Their criteria was for their claim was, "13 percent of the cases with starting difficulties are electric cars". Well, golly gosh gee, how surprising that an electric car would be easier to start in cold weather, since as long as you have any juice left in your battery, it's gonna go. You don't have problems like diesel fuel gelling, or oil turning into molasses. (If it gets cold enough, your battery might freeze solid, and then you have real problems.)

Finally: "[...] electric vehicles are involved in roughly 21% of all its cases so far in 2024" Given that Norway is roughly 25% electric vehicles--they don't give the exact percentage in the article--that's... Pretty much in line with overall percentages. It might even be high, given that EVs are more likely to be new than ICE vehicles.

If we're going to do cars--and I don't think that there's a reasonable alternative that can be brought to bear in a reasonable time--then I'm all for electric. But this isn't a great way to promote them.

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