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EtherWhack , to Showerthoughts in Wouldn't it be funny if there ended up being a plastic-based life form and they wondered how they came to be...
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EtherWhack , to cats in I adopted a very sweet and lovable very old cat.
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EtherWhack , to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility in The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
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Exactly. As I think I've said it before, there are a lot of numbskulls who think the PEVs work just like manual powered ones. But, with the increased speed, faster acceleration, and the general less work it takes to use one can make them take stupid risks that normally they wouldn't otherwise.

For instance, they may be cruising down a road at 30mph. Coming to an intersection, they see the light is red, but since they aren't in a car, they think it shouldn't apply to them as they think that's only for cars. What they didn't realize is there is a tanker truck coming down the cross-street. The truck isn't able to stop in time to avoid the guy on a e-bike who just darted out. The truck driver still tries to futilly veer away while slamming on the brakes causing the truck to jack knife and rollover. Smashing and killing the driver of a car that driving along next to it along with spilling whatever was in the tanks.

The end of it now is the e-bike rider and the driver in the car are dead, quite possibly the truck driver too. There is also a toxic spill that requires everyone in the immediate area to evacuate to a safe area until it is cleaned up. The roadway is closed for multiple hours, causing major delays and loss of business/service to the shops in the area. (hopefully no medical facilities) All this because the idiot on the e-bike didn't bother to stop like they should have.

While there are some laws and rules in regards to PEVs, they are generally far and away from being complete or enacted/enforced in all areas. This in my opinion needs to be made a priority to achieve at least some semblance of safety and responsibility of all parties.

EtherWhack , to Technology in Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car's Safety
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More and more they are starting to look like someone just vacuum molded the body over a chassis rather than putting any sort of real artistry to it. It also makes me wonder if Ellen is saying the look is "sexy," does he have some sort of spandex fetish. Maybe he stole his mum's pantyhose when alone and strutted around the house wearing them, thinking of himself as such. Maybe he still does...

EtherWhack , to Technology in Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway.
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One of her more recent and popular roles is Black Widow in the Marvel/Avengers movies. The one with red hair, dresses in an all black leather biker suit like an assassin, and acts as the sort of voice of reason to help keep the heroes grounded. (like being able to calm down the hulk when he's having one of his fits)

Another role was as the title character in Lucy. The movie where she was conned/forced to be a drug mule and inadvertently got dosed with what she was carrying. This sort of supercharged her mind to superhuman levels, and turned her into a perfect assassin to be able to seek revenge on everyone who did her wrong.

EtherWhack , to World News in Woman killed by her two XL bully dogs at home in east London
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just one... single... Slip

EtherWhack , to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related in New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually
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We also have a bunch of ESS startups (at least in the bay area) carving into the newer market of decentralized energy.

EtherWhack , to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related in New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually
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Going by what I've heard, it's a growing movement to switch to green energy and the concern that burning any fossil fuels is damaging to the environment.

A lot of these articles, while using completely valid science, are also worded in such a way to help convince people of the health concerns (no matter how small) to make the change, which also helps the movement. Sort of the "any little bit helps," sort of thing.

EtherWhack , to science in Warp Drive Breakthrough Could Enable Constant-Velocity Subluminal Travel, Physics Team Says
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Like Hippocrates telling people that a new breakthrough in medicine could allow bones to be seen in detail without cutting into flesh

EtherWhack , to Ask Lemmy in What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
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I guess they've never hard of the borg...

EtherWhack , to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility in E-bike incentives prove to be worth the investment
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Unfortunately that wouldn't be likely, considering there is history of fires with improperly designed/tested devices even from "respectable" brands (see note7). With e-bikes, the same issue would apply and with the battery being much larger and charging much faster; generating more heat and creating a larger potential for a runaway reaction.

EtherWhack , to memes in Learn More at Let'sStopDoingIt.Org
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Supposedly their motive is altruistic in nature for not allowing this "reminder" to be disabled is that some users may forget to backup and not wanting the user to get upset with losing something.

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