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No sure they're politicizing it so much as commercializing it. I'm tired of hearing and seeing all the plugs for bottled water, for instance. Seriously, when Sandy came I filled up a bunch of empty soda bottles and other plastic jars with tap water. Just as good, nearly free, and I didn't have...

E-bikes can actually fill quite a few trips which are too long for a bike but rather inefficient to do by car. A susbidy makes sense. In 5 years time you'll certainly have an even greater selection of electric cars than now. It seems they're finally starting to catch on. The real turning point...

Actually, I already know all about the great Dutch cycling network. I particularly love their growing system of bicycle superhighways: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/superhighways They realized if you want to get people riding bikes you have to make it safe, stress-free, and...

Someone in the second link of my original post has some direct experience with automotive data recording systems. Here is what he wrote in italics: I've read the datasheets and I have practical experience hacking these devices. Event data recorders in cars have exactly one record. The control...

Yep, saving money has always been one of my motivations for not having a car. I see family members who always seem to be hit with big repair bills just as they're starting to get ahead on their finances. I've found for many trips in the city, the bike is as fast or faster than a car. One...

Indeed, sounds like a stuck register or something. Glad my suggestion fixed it. I had a similar problem a month ago. One of my A/Cs was clogged, the water wasn't draining outside. Pulled it out and cleaned it. When I put it back in the control panel gave a F0 error code. Supposedly there was a...

Thanks, SD. Very informative. Sort of how I thought it was. Basically, if you live in small towns you're pretty much limited locally to how far you can walk or bike. More train options than the US, which is great, but the trains aren't necessarily always faster than driving. In larger cities you...

No argument from me about that. I especially think highway speed enforcement is BS. In part because speed limits are almost always set way too low, and in part because the police might ignore speeders 95% of the time, then suddenly have a crackdown when they need to meet quotas. And then you...

We have to get him into the jail cell first.

I have but strictly speaking you're not incriminating yourself here unless you volunteer the information. This is more like the police are gathering forensic evidence (and would presumably need a court order to look at the "black box"). Remember the police already have lots of other tools to...

The whole cloud cover thing could be an issue. Probably why I'd want to go west even though Buffalo will have a good view. Just my luck Buffalo will be overcast that day. Go out west, particularly in those small desert towns, and clear skies are way more likely. Definitely want to do this with...

If I manage to get to this one I think I'll take Amtrak out west as close as it gets me to the centerline, then bike the rest and pitch a tent in the middle of nowhere. I'll probably want to go with a few people. Just don't know anyone that adventurous.

I'm thinking along the lines of integrating panels into the roof and hood. That might give you about 1 square meter even being very conservative. At 25% efficiency the numbers actually come out pretty close to yours. Weight penalty should be less since the structure of the car is supporting the...

Just a shot in the dark but try letting the cable router and modem sit overnight unplugged. Sometimes that works on electronic equipment when all else fails.

Why not make EVs with solar panels integrated into the body? No sure how much they'll increase range while in motion but you'll basically be charging the battery anytime the sun is out. They'll also keep you from getting stranded in the outback for lack of recharging stations. [/COLOR]Over...

SD, since you were in both China and Europe what were your general impressions of the ease of travel if one doesn't own a car? I'm really curious. Europe seems to have a much more mature cycling and public transit network but China is building up really fast (and perhaps overbuilding). Not...

I've been living with a 240GB SSD for a boot drive for over 4 years. It's finally getting close to full but I can put in one of 960GB Enterprise SSDs I have as a replacement. That should be good virtually forever at the rate I use storage.

As a member of a site devoted to reducing the carnage caused by motor vehicles, one thing which has come up repeatedly is why don't motor vehicles keep an ongoing record of vital telemetry data like speed, pedal/steering wheel positions, turn signal state, and so forth. With the size of today's...

This all started with my evaluation of an article on EVs. I'd really love to know exactly where I'm "wrong" here because maybe I like to breathe clean air. Yeah, people love to buy cars. People love to do lots of other things too which are incompatible with the long-term health of the planet. We...

BTW, rather than continuing to discuss around the margins, the root of the problem is the impending health crisis: http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-facing-a-time-bomb-of-health-crises-2014-8...

Looking at Google Earth, the built-up part of Shanghai looks to be roughly the size of NYC, perhaps a little bigger. Yes, it's big, but it's of a size where most transportation needs can be handled by something other than private autos. They're having massive build-outs of public transit which...

I haven't but my understanding is they're extremely polluted due to both industry and motor vehicles. Just Google "Chinese cities pollution" and you get images which remind me of NYC in the 1960s.

The article is missing a few things by focusing only on greenhouse gas emissions. Even if we assume a dirty coal plant (which largely doesn't exist in the US any more) is the sole source of electricity, EVs move the emissions from population centers to remote areas where far fewer people are...

I second that! :b-day: David!

The difference is those foods are not exposed to heated plastic. Chemical reactions are about two times more energetic for every 10°C increase in temperature. Long term for sustainability reasons we should probably go back to glass for liquids and cardboard/wax paper for everything else...

You might be right if you look at it that way. Personally, I fly 0 miles and ride as a car passenger for probably under 300 miles annually. Given that, my risk from plastic containers could well dwarf that from traveling.

Same reason I avoid plastic cups and don't store leftover food in plastic containers. The general concept with this type of cooking seems interesting. Maybe a variation where you seal the food in metal foil instead of plastic might work?

If only that were true we would have 4TB SSDs selling for less than HDDs.

Exactly. I suspect NAND manufacturers are going to milk this for every penny they can. They'll only start making more NAND when they can't make timely deliveries to buyers. Not helping matters is that it costs literally billions of dollars to compete. So it's not like there's going to be...

NAND flash shortage, mainly thanks to the iPhone 8, is to blame for all this: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4085499-1999minus-2000-memory-shortage-redux-blame-iphone-8-time https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/taking-apart-the-global-nand-memory-shortage/...

I'm pretty disappointed myself that there's been no downward movement on prices in over a year.

42°C = 107.6°F Kind of a hint that he's elsewhere. It doesn't get that hot where Dave lives.

Has to do more with being stuck home taking care of my mother. She's no longer mentally competent, so I'm shopping, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the bills, doing home repairs, and also helping her shower and get dressed. I can't be out for more than an hour or two. My brother and sister...

Wish I had been able to travel for this. Next one is in 2024, so maybe then. Better off just soaking up the experience rather than taking pictures. There will be plenty of pictures we can see later, taken with far better equipment than we have.

Caught a picture at 2:44 PM when the eclipse was at its maximum here: That was with 4x zoom on my camera. Amazing how small the sun and moon are when you're trying to take a picture of them.

I second the :puke-r: . I once had a neighbor (not German) who didn't shave her armpits. In the summer it looked like she had a squirrel under each arm. :hurl:

So in other words you probably wouldn't recommend buying bitcoin or bitcoin cash now as an investment?

I few months ago Office 2016 prompted me to activate it again. I had to sign in with my office account and reenter the product key but it worked. Today it prompted for activation again. Nothing I've tried worked, including and uninstall/reinstall and reactivation. MS says the product key is...

Honestly, four bits per cell scares me. Three bits was bad enough in that you had to distinguish between 8 voltage levels. Now we'll have 16. I'm more concerned with how long the cells will hold data than with the number of writes. With wear leveling it's pretty much impossible for most people...

Well, they do have their (cough, cough) reputation to uphold, so it might be fair to assume these will make as good paperweights as their HDDs.

I agree. Who is going to want gold or silver when they're starving? Add solar panels and wind generators to your list of things which will be valuable if the SHTF.

Ironically, the only thing which gives gold its value is its scarcity (same as bitcoin). If a solid gold asteroid hit Earth tomorrow gold would probably be worth less than tin. It has a few industrial uses but in general it's too soft and too heavy. Maybe it would be used in place of lead where...

He means they'll still be viable decades from now, either to use for their intended purpose, or to trade for other goods. Can't say the same about either bitcoin or the US dollar. Maybe Bitecoins will be worth something though. At least they'll have intrinsic value as dentures.

Fixed. The other link was about "shitcoin".

After reading this I'm seriously thinking of putting about $5K into bitcoin after August 1. To me it seems there's not much downside. Worst-case unless bitcoin completely crashes I won't lose my principal. The upside though seems huge. I'm skeptical of $500K BTC but even if it goes to $20K in a...

Seems that way to me also. Just reading about it a bit yesterday, it seems the first ones in get rich. Once the word spreads, mining quickly becomes an arms race where you've lucky to break even. While that's happening the cryptocurrency rises in value to reflect the added difficulty mining but...

I never even heard of this until seeing this thread. To me it sounds like nonsense. Fake mines for fake currency. Or maybe I'm missing something. Definitely sounds like a fad to me, just like beany babies (or the baseball cards my late father "invested" in which are probably worth a few cents on...

Interesting. For what it's worth my place isn't multi-wythe brick. It's wood frame with a one-layer brick veneer. And there's already some kind of crappy 1950's insulation between the brick and the wood framing. Pumping foam into the cavities between the framing seems like the easiest way to...

I think I would blow my brains out if I had to live somewhere that hot. As things stand now I'm finding the 4 months of hot weather in NYC more and more intolerable. Retirement in Alaska is starting to look good.

Same here. It hasn't been unheard of for me to keep my bedroom at 60°F or even lower during the summer and 75°F in the winter. To me it makes sense. My body is tired of hot or cold, and wants the exact opposite. Yep. Mid 70s might be fine if you're sitting or sleeping but it's downright...