You don't have to lose interest in hobby computing, just consumer electronics. I still do hobby computing, but on regular PC hardware running GNU/Linux and rare niche devices like the N900.
I'll also get into Android once it's possible to set up a rooted Android install without ever using a Google account.
Yep it's pretty obvious they're transitioning the OS from an open one to a fully closed curated computing system. Anyone who can't see it is neck-deep in denial.
In fact I think that Facebook has done immersive amount of good for the world.
By destroying humanity's concept of privacy, serving new forms of digital crack for the weak-willed to become addicted to, commercializing and commoditizing our relationships, and enabling a new golden age of corporate and government surveillance?
It's not that I like the high revs so much as I dislike the tractor-like feeling of a diesel. Lots of torque down low and then you have to shift up pretty soon. Great for an offroad vehicle but not in a sports car, for those I'd prefer gas or electric (with a manual gearbox).
I think electric would be great for an autocross car, they can rev way past peak power and torque, handy for those places where shifting up for a short while is barely worth it.
You know I was thinking of building something like that XR3 kit just for fun recently, the big difference is I was thinking of going half-width. Seems like it could be a good buy for anyone who wanted an Aptera.
I'm more interested in a Smyth G3F kit right now, I won't be putting a diesel in a sports car though.
Of course I agree it should be based on weight per wheel (psi really) and maybe mileage, if we just taxed "18 wheelers" you'd see trucks rolling on 6 monster truck tires the very next day.
It's not too uncommon nowadays. The Acura NSX had electromechanical power steering in the '90s, then the Honda S2000 had it, and more recently the Toyota Yaris (an econobox) and Scion FR-S/Subaru BR-Z have it.
It's too bad they don't just tax the operators of 18-wheelers instead. It would also address road maintenance costs, 18-wheelers cause the lion's share of the damage.
There was a story on Slashdot not long ago about a battery with gasoline-like energy density. Most people will charge at night so the infrastructure problems aren't so huge.
If anything diesel (which can be made from Natural Gas, coal dust, FT process, oil, etc) is the long term winner.
More fossil fuels, yay! What could possibly go wrong?
Except instead of transporting your electricity through wires and storing it in a battery, you now need to transport it in (new) pipelines and store it in pressurized containers, all of which it will leak out of because it passes through solids. Hooray!
It can only help efficiency. In the short term, CAFE standards are going to require insanely high mileage out of cars pretty soon (60MPG fleet average IIRC) and this probably just made automotive engineers everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. I don't think electrics will have total dominance of new car sales until 5-10 years from now, and even then there will still be old ICE vehicles on the road.
It's probably worth considering the demographics of who goes there too. Only guy I know who went to MIT is extremely rich. He had his shiny new RAV4 shipped out there with him. Just a couple years older than me, I was driving my mom's hand-me-down shitbox at that point (I remember she originally bought that car by walking into a dealership and asking for the cheapest car they had - wasn't street legal in the US because it didn't meet the safety regulations, was about as agile as a loaded dump truck and left me fixing stuff on the side of the road on most trips. Some poor bastard is still driving it, I see it on the road sometimes:-( ).
I've seen a few right wingers admit that they consider contraception to be "pre-emptive abortion." I applaud them since they're at least honest and consistent.
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You don't have to lose interest in hobby computing, just consumer electronics. I still do hobby computing, but on regular PC hardware running GNU/Linux and rare niche devices like the N900.
I'll also get into Android once it's possible to set up a rooted Android install without ever using a Google account.
Yep it's pretty obvious they're transitioning the OS from an open one to a fully closed curated computing system. Anyone who can't see it is neck-deep in denial.
If only people could fund such ideas themselves and weren't fully dependent on an ownership class to set up anything bigger than a lemonade stand...
In fact I think that Facebook has done immersive amount of good for the world.
By destroying humanity's concept of privacy, serving new forms of digital crack for the weak-willed to become addicted to, commercializing and commoditizing our relationships, and enabling a new golden age of corporate and government surveillance?
What have you done, exactly?
A lot more good than they have, that's for sure.
It's always free.
It could still work in space. Pump air in to unlock, suck air out to lock. It might not be as flexible in the unlocked state though.
It's not that I like the high revs so much as I dislike the tractor-like feeling of a diesel. Lots of torque down low and then you have to shift up pretty soon. Great for an offroad vehicle but not in a sports car, for those I'd prefer gas or electric (with a manual gearbox).
I think electric would be great for an autocross car, they can rev way past peak power and torque, handy for those places where shifting up for a short while is barely worth it.
If you ever get out of Iran YOU DO NOT GO BACK. People have died for this before. Don't fucking do it.
You know I was thinking of building something like that XR3 kit just for fun recently, the big difference is I was thinking of going half-width. Seems like it could be a good buy for anyone who wanted an Aptera.
I'm more interested in a Smyth G3F kit right now, I won't be putting a diesel in a sports car though.
Way ahead of you, I'm trying to keep the trophies coming now ;-)
Of course I agree it should be based on weight per wheel (psi really) and maybe mileage, if we just taxed "18 wheelers" you'd see trucks rolling on 6 monster truck tires the very next day.
It's not too uncommon nowadays. The Acura NSX had electromechanical power steering in the '90s, then the Honda S2000 had it, and more recently the Toyota Yaris (an econobox) and Scion FR-S/Subaru BR-Z have it.
It's too bad they don't just tax the operators of 18-wheelers instead. It would also address road maintenance costs, 18-wheelers cause the lion's share of the damage.
drive for fun
There are so few places on the street where it's fun to drive, I don't see this being an issue. Potholes, buses and slow-moving idiots aren't fun.
There was a story on Slashdot not long ago about a battery with gasoline-like energy density. Most people will charge at night so the infrastructure problems aren't so huge.
If anything diesel (which can be made from Natural Gas, coal dust, FT process, oil, etc) is the long term winner.
More fossil fuels, yay! What could possibly go wrong?
Plus flying pollutes way more than driving, so I'm not gonna encourage anyone to go out of their way to fly.
Or have an EV range-extended by an ICE trailer. Although pretty soon "electric jerry cans" will be possible, once the energy density is high enough.
Maybe he has a huge-ass house covered entirely with solar panels.
Except instead of transporting your electricity through wires and storing it in a battery, you now need to transport it in (new) pipelines and store it in pressurized containers, all of which it will leak out of because it passes through solids. Hooray!
It can only help efficiency. In the short term, CAFE standards are going to require insanely high mileage out of cars pretty soon (60MPG fleet average IIRC) and this probably just made automotive engineers everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. I don't think electrics will have total dominance of new car sales until 5-10 years from now, and even then there will still be old ICE vehicles on the road.
You ever seen a civilization without government? Has there ever been one in history? What always happens in the absence of government?
Protip: Anything that resembles Mad Max with more black dudes is not civilization.
Yeah, stupid assholes who contribute to the civilization that supports them. What a bunch of douchebags.
60GB cap? I'd blow through that in a week.
It's probably worth considering the demographics of who goes there too. Only guy I know who went to MIT is extremely rich. He had his shiny new RAV4 shipped out there with him. Just a couple years older than me, I was driving my mom's hand-me-down shitbox at that point (I remember she originally bought that car by walking into a dealership and asking for the cheapest car they had - wasn't street legal in the US because it didn't meet the safety regulations, was about as agile as a loaded dump truck and left me fixing stuff on the side of the road on most trips. Some poor bastard is still driving it, I see it on the road sometimes :-( ).
I've seen a few right wingers admit that they consider contraception to be "pre-emptive abortion." I applaud them since they're at least honest and consistent.