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someguy3 ,

EVs are more expensive up front, then cost less as electricity is cheaper than gas. And cheaper maintenance and longer lifespan.

someguy3 , (edited )

Some quick math from this https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/09/22/how_expensive_is_it_to_charge_an_ev_in_europe_and_is_it_really_cheaper_than_gas_854618.html#!

Puts slow charging at 1/4 the price of gasoline. That's substantial.

Other searching says average of 18k km per year in Europe. With 6 l/ 100 km average age 1.76€/ l, gasoline costs €1,901 per year. Vs €475 for electricity. Saving €1,426 a year (1,527 US) Do that for 10 years and that's €14,260 saved ($15, 270 US). I can only expect that savings will increase as gas prices go up.

As for maintenance anything with a timing belt is going to have a massive maintenance cost. There's just no comparison in the design of these things. Electric motors have such a simple design. ICE cars have oil changes, transmission oil changes, coolant changes, spark plugs, starters, 12 v battery, accessory belt, timing belt, alternator. Yes EV's have a 12v battery and coolant but these are not taxed nearly as much as ice cars.

EV motors are so simple they'll handily outlast ice engines. And no transmission either. Boy if you've ever had transmission problems you'd never want another, EVs don't have that. Tesla used to be on about a million mile drivetrain warranty because it really should be feasible. Ice cars can't ever get that (on average).

Batteries yeah we'll see how well new ones last. For a million miles you'll go through a few batteries, which get better each time.

someguy3 , (edited )

You have an incredibly adversarial tone with that "actual numbers" as if mine aren't, so I'm not going to continue.

But I will point out I'm using averages and you are cherry picking low mileage per year, low fuel consumption, and low gas prices. And I'm guessing funny electric numbers to change 1/4 the cost of gas to nearly 2/3 the cost. And funny enough you are combining low mileage per year with moderately-high battery replacement rate. You are picking and choosing.

someguy3 ,

Really not necessary (maybe unless you're rural in a high snow area). I have AWD and really don't need it, next car (sedan) will be FWD.

someguy3 ,

Who headbutted you?

someguy3 ,

What happened?

someguy3 ,

Old parts of the USSR are now part of NATO.

someguy3 ,

Sounds like you need some recovery work. It's annoying and tedious I know, but if you need it you need it.

Sounds like you need to find something that you enjoy that moves you through a range of motion. There's a reason why people say so what you enjoy. Buy I will say, I think that much running can be tough on your body. If you really need to scratch that itch, maybe try sprints. But definitely try sometime else too.

Missing mother found dead inside 16-foot-long python after it swallowed her whole in Indonesia ( www.cbsnews.com )

A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday, marking at least the fifth person to be devoured by a python in the country since 2017....

someguy3 ,

Fucking terrifying.

someguy3 ,

I believe prey are suffocated before the snake consumes them.

someguy3 ,

FYI North Korea is sending balloons over because South Korea sends balloons over with pamphlets, usb drives with tv shows, etc.

someguy3 ,

Why were they recalled?

someguy3 , (edited )

Is that a fucking computer chair in the back of a truck?

someguy3 OP ,

At our work a long time ago they switched out the phones and I think but I'm not sure it was going to voip.

someguy3 ,

Overdose deaths seem to have peaked in 2023, with an estimated 112,000 Americans dying from an overdose, reaching yet another annual all-time high.

someguy3 ,

That wouldn't be a threat to humanity.

someguy3 ,

A threat to a handful of women who happen to be pregnant. Not to humanity as a whole.

someguy3 ,

humanity /hyoo͞-măn′ĭ-tē/
noun

Humans considered as a group; the human race.

Humanity is not individuals. It's humanity as a whole.

4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good?

Was 25 and super nervous, so when the realtor was like "oh yeah they just check for basic stuff, but I looked around and it looks great" I was like "Oh okay, this is so astronomically expensive every penny saved is good..."...

someguy3 , (edited )

Get it inspected. It's better and cheaper to fix any issues sooner rather than later.

someguy3 , (edited )

Honestly doesn't look all that bad for a fucking anti tank mine.

This incident marks the first documented instance where a commercial-based armored vehicle has successfully withstood such an attack, highlighting its robust protective capabilities

For those that don't know it's built on a Ford 550 frame.

someguy3 ,

V shaped armour to deflect blast. It's in the article.

First case of highly pathogenic avian influenza transmitted from cow to human confirmed ( www.sciencedaily.com )

In March a farm worker who reported no contact with sick or dead birds, but who was in contact with dairy cattle, began showing symptoms in the eye and samples were collected by the regional health department to test for potential influenza A. Experts have now confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza...

someguy3 ,

Fuck.

someguy3 ,

Also known as Fort McMurray.

someguy3 , (edited )

Hopefully they're just playing it safe. The road out is 256 km of trees which could be cut off.

someguy3 , (edited )

I think the other way around. When Obama was elected the racist's heads exploded (including in Congress) and instead of being quiet they went absolutely nuts. This is what Maga is about, what the Tea Party was about. Can't forget Fox, which also went absolutely nuts https://youtu.be/S9VeNB5ili8

someguy3 ,

Not the good one https://youtu.be/_bx347ilv64

someguy3 ,

Cough cough.

someguy3 ,

You say one thing (cough) while doing another.

someguy3 ,

Cough cough is an indicator that a person says one thing but wants to do/does another thing.

"Mom I'm going to the mall cough ^Stacy's^ cough"

The tea party did not actually care about fiscal responsibility. It was anti Obama.

someguy3 ,

I did, most people understand that idiom. Frankly it's amazing he didn't.

someguy3 , (edited )

It expressed what I wanted to say, because it was my reply.

Notice I'm downvoted, so who's the one being edgy? Could have said that for your original comment too. Ciao.

someguy3 OP ,

Well don't I feel silly. Thanks!

someguy3 , (edited )

NIMRH Not in my rental house.

*NIMROD Not in my rented out domicile.

someguy3 ,

Bravo.

E-Bikes Should Not Require Pedaling, Proposes U.K. Government, Diverging From E.U. ( www.forbes.com )

E-bikes could get faster, more powerful and not require pedaling, in a move announced today by UKGOV. Cycling organizations are opposed to the plans.

someguy3 , (edited )

Ehhhhhh I can't agree. When you're pedaling it's a completely different feel and mentality. It still feels very much like a bicycle and you belong in bike lanes.

No pedaling is a motorbike and you belong on the road.

Only exemption is for physically disabled. I think they could have no pedaling and 30 km/h just so they have access to bike lanes.

someguy3 , (edited )

You can get electric scooters. Some country in Asia banned use of gas ones because of the pollution and noise when electric ones became feasible.

r/The_Donald helped radicalize users into far-right identities and discourse – Active users on r/The_Donald increasingly used white nationalist vocabularies in their comments within three months. ( journals.sagepub.com )

I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won't be surprised but don't dismiss the findings out of hand. It's important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.

someguy3 , (edited )

Did it actually radicalize, or just take the mask off? They may have used vocabularies they always wanted to.

Using an original dataset of Reddit user posting histories from 2015–2017, I test for increases in the frequency of this far-right vocabulary.

I think there's a lot to be discussed on the topic but I wouldn't put much on this methodology.

someguy3 ,

Radicalization happens yes, it's a question of The Donald specifically doing it. It's not so big that many people will just randomly stumble into it like Fox (which is passive and 24/7). People have to kinda seek the sub out and engage. At that point they were probably quietly, let's just say, racist. So I put that in the category of mask off. I know people they could do that.

someguy3 ,

I guess you could define radicalization like that, but I'd define it as taking regular Joe with no hate and you know radicalizing them.

Radicalization (or radicalisation) is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo.

Yeah I think there's a difference between radicalization and mask off.

someguy3 ,

I did read the portion accessible, I quoted it in my original comment.

someguy3 ,

Adopting is the key word actually. Mask off is revealing it.

someguy3 ,

Did you set that up just to have step 4?

someguy3 ,

I think it's a massive forum.

I think of social media as Facebook where it's your real name and contacts who you interact with (primarily anyway).

But this is any number of topics you can go in and out of, with a huge array of strangers that you may or may not interact with again. More links, discussion, specialities.

You can get into precise definitions to force Lemmy/Reddit into social media, but I'm still forum.

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