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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

And? What happens next?

I acknowledge your feeling at this moment. However, politics are decisions about the future. Will you welcome them then? Will you accept their votes on your side at the next election?

They're misled idiots for sure, but there's no benefits in keeping them in that position just out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Go to the singles park on a bicycle. Ride somewhere with cute single girls in your area. Fall on the bicycle and hurt your knee. Wait for help. If the cute girls don't help, they're probably not that nice. Phew, you just saved a bullet there.

Is it this kind of stupid methods you want?

Okay, buy a shitload of oranges. Put them in a bag. Cut a hole in the bag, so it barely keeps together. Go to the park and find the cute girls again. Give the bag a firm shake so it falls apart and the oranges start rolling all over the place. Look sad. Attempt to pick up the oranges but keep dropping some, until they come and help.

Now for the next one, you will need to get out of your comfort zone. Go to the grocery store. Find the laundry detergent isle. Keep staring at the products until a cute single girl comes by. Look confused. Say to her: "excuse me, I'm really confused about all these, which one are you getting?" Eventually thank her for help and turn the conversation into something else " I'm new in this town, do you know any other great places to get laundry detergents (or whatever)"

Oh, I forgot to mention, you need to be wearing a suit or at least a blazer and proper shoes. None of the above will work very well if you look like a hobo who washes with a toilet brush.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The freight prices need to be changed. It's unacceptable low.

It's just not reasonable to get free shipping when buying "dollar store" items from the opposite side of the globe in individual packages. The environment is paying for this shit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

They're just big dogs.

wolf pooping

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On long trips you need a break. I don't need a break on my daily commute. To me, never having to stop at gas stations is one of the key benefits of driving electric.

The larger downsides are mentioned in the article. Gas stations, charger sites and potential swapping sites all require massive investments in land, infrastructure and idle batteries. And they still experience shortcomings in peak periods. The idea of driving somewhere and stopping there for refueling is probably the least efficient method of distributing energy. I'm sure the gas station companies will gladly push for this method and it will be nice to have the option, but I will always prefer not having to go there at all.

For long drives, where you do need a break, the fast chargers are quick enough. Cutting the waiting from 15 minutes to 5 minutes is really not worth the investment.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Headline ends in a question mark. The answer is no.

Battery swapping is a nice option for certain types of vehicles and locations, and battery standards would be great too, but I doubt it will replace home charging anytime soon. It has all the downsides of gas stations, as stated in the article.

Perhaps it makes sense in a couple of car-generations if batteries eventually get really big, like 5000 km range or something.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Coffee dispenser at work. It acts up like it's a printer. Replace left cartridge. Replace right cartridge. Cleaning required. Thorough cleaning required. Unknown leak. Heating water please wait. Unknown error. Fuck that, I'll piss in a cup myself if I don't get my coffee now.

Then there's also the towel roll thing in the toilets. I swear it's stuck for longer time than it's functioning. It'd be a full time job keeping that rolling throughout the day

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

According to the source, he didn't saturate it.

I drive by something like that daily. Some days it does look like that, but it mostly looks like a regular manure field. Capturing it on camera is a matter of timing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's a different culture altogether, where a job is expected"for life", which also makes it difficult to quit a job. People are literally hiring other people to deliver their resignation notices because it's impossible to do in person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Unions are gangs. Companies are gangs. Any group of people larger than 2 is a gang.

The difference is that unions are democratic, while companies (and criminal gangs) are top down hierarchy.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Perhaps it's time to remind people that the date of celebration of labour day in most of the world on May 1st. was chosen to commemorate the American Haymarket affair in 1886.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's going to fluctuate a lot on it's way down.

The people who bought it for a high price will also buy at lower prices to get a better average in total. These kinds purchases will increase the price for no other reason and self fulfill the option to sell the total at a slightly higher average than rock bottom. It's a (risky) way to cut the losses. Many people are probably still holding on to the overpriced stocks. With these things combined, existing investors can maintain an artificial high price. However, unless new investors start buying, it'll slowly but steadily lose value over time as existing investors manage to seep out.

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