Kethal

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[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I recently learned that in my car the same light is used to indicate that the parking brake is on and that the brake fluid is low. Nothing bad happened, and it's getting worked on, but my first thought was that the sensor on the brake must be broken. It's poor design, seemingly without reason.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I have heard that the reason for this is that trucks in that size range are less regulated by the EPA. Companies didn't want to put in the research to develop trucks that met emissions standards, so they just make them really heavy for no purpose, evading regulations. Take this with a grain of salt, because I've done zero research of my own on it.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Use infinite monkeys.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have a fairly new, expensive (not $5000 expensive though) laptop from work. It's quite a high powered laptop. It's full of administration crap that constantly runs in the background using 8 GB of RAM and at least 20% of the CPU, nonstop. Daily I run out of RAM and it freezes. I have a 15 year old laptop that, without exaggeration, is faster to use and can run more programs without running out of RAM.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Never heard of Android I guess?

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

People know what it is. That's why they're down voting it. These don't build communities.

We all have access to RSS and can create our own sets of feeds. Posts are for the things that are worth talking about. Spamming a community makes it harder to find the interesting things.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

According to the article you have provided, it has... The first figure under Global Studies shows nuclear prices have increased, and the general trends of the various studies in the two tables show an increase over time.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The other table has newer studies than 2015, where nuclear is not cheaper, but you've only pointed out the column where they found it was cheaper 10 years ago. Wind and solar have gotten cheaper to produce, and nuclear more expensive. It is not cost efficient compared to other modern options.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It costs more to produce that electricy with nuclear than it does to produce it with other technology. Making lots of cost inefficient electricity is still making cost inefficient electricity.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Nuclear plants cost a lot to produce but electricity from a nuclear plant sells for the same as electricity from anything else. Since many other options are cheaper to produce and maintain, nuclear is less cost efficient, not highly cost efficient as you claim. That's why it's not successful.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Wind and solar are both cheaper forms of electricity than nuclear. It's not like this is a two-way race between nuclear and fossil fuels. Nuclear is a losing tech, right next to fossil fuels.

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

My moral compass is also why I dont use search engines. It's absolutely cheating to use modern technology to find out something.

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