Rx drugs in the water supply has already been studied. It was all the buzz a couple years ago, now they're looking into the impact of illegal drugs too, as it's not necessarily intuitive enough make it to the water supply to matter.
Yes, I do. the ICE has far more value to me than the extra battery and the curb weight of a Volt and a Bolt is about the same so it's not like it's extra, just different use.
The different options of the affordable cars are about as follows for my driving pattern:
50 mile battery PHEV, 70% of my driving (estimate), convenient road trips (Volt, Civic PHEV) or 200 mile battery 80% of my driving (estimate on big normal driving days overflow, but pulled from my ass), no road trips without rental (Bolt)
or 300 mile battery 100% of my driving, inconvenient but doable road trips (Tesla model 3).
The first option is the most appealing to me, and as a single car household the second is pretty much a non-starter, even if super chargers existed everywhere gas did (I doubt that to be the case in central VA or NY), the extra fill-up time (30 minutes for 200 miles (fill to 80% from 40 mile buffer) sounds like a huge pain. If the range was 600+, and I could plug in overnight at a hotel everywhere, my opinion would change. I've cleared more than 600 miles in a day, but it's beginning to get uncomfortable as I age.
I drove 1400 miles in a 3 day span on pretty much a whim (well, it snuck up on me, I loosely had planned on doing it for a few months) to see the eclipse, I like that freedom, it's part of why I want a car to begin with (also, I like my 12 minute commute not being 30 by bus).
It seems to me that for a home thermostat, wireless only is good enough if it's a retrofit. To add Ethernet you're going to need to run another wire through the wall, why not just use wifi and the supplied power that already exists (a reason big enough that it's worth designing around the space used and the extra however much a piece to have a niche item on every thermostat). Essentially every house already has a thermostat wire in the correct place for a thermostat.
As for the door, sure, it's easy if you have the correct type of door (I guess?), but I don't know how I'd run a wire through my door from the opposite side. Maybe the inductive method could be powered from the frame side and leech off the doorbell, and that would work, but it seems to me that if you want a smartlock without power issues, the better way to so it is a smart door, that has leads to wire in built into the frame (perhaps this could even become standard).
My main point though is that (almost) any stationary IoT device is already powered by something, and the movable ones don't benefit from this.
The only place this has any use is for the security of wired, or to transmit power at a level too high for USB (an existing convenient power standard) but not high enough to warrant over 50v (so that it can be wired without a license)
Not once have I been worried about the fact that my thermostat was not tied in with Ethernet to a hub, worst case, I have to spin the knob and it's a dumb thermostat (actually, I wish it had a mechanical failsafe, when things get super cold my thermostat circuit seems to voltage drop)
They're thicker and less flexible than CAN cables though.
I'm curious what IoT type stuff is full wireless though. Most of what I see already has a power source (Doorbells, Lights, Smoke Alarms, Fans, AC, Washers, Thermostats).
Other things are useless with a wire (locks, can't really think what else).
Sure, this solves the janky security issue to an extent, but I'm unconvinced this actually solves the power issue.
Regular hybrids aren't maintenance traps like you imply, and a plug in hybrid would be lower maintenance (much more time using the electric vs the gas compared to a regular hybrid).
Additionally in practice the plug in hybrids seem to be about the same efficiency as regular hybrids, so I'm not convinced battery size is a huge deal.
If I cant stream netflix, or the price goes up a a little bit for my internet, I am likely to actually cancel Comcast.
I'll get a phone with HDMI out and stream unlimited SD using Tmobile.
I'm very close to work and have a key, so I can use real internet there if need be. I'm somewhat unique, I son't have kids or anything, but I can't be the only person willing to leave just to stick it to them (I almost did this January when they added $30/month to my bill).
Because if the increase means another wire run to every house, it will mean expensive service.
I am (slightly) hopeful that 5g will offer a low overhead deployment option for at least dense areas.
There's a company doing line of sight wireless in my city, but I don't think they'll make it, I have two spots within range, but blocked by trees, I'm willing to bet they only cover around 50% of their "covered" area (I'm not is an area so full of trees or low laying ground).
Also, the concept of "0" seems very different than "none" to me.
When I think "concept of zero" I think 10>2, since that's pretty much how the concept is taught (that it was invented/discovered and revolutionized mathmatics).
I'm not convinced labor participation is a good way to calculate real unemployment.
We want to capture discouraged workers (covered by isong labor participation but not the official numbers), but happy single working adult households shouldn't be included in the real unemployment, and probably not the disabled either.
Neither of these metrics measures the under employed though, that's probably the most important number.
How many people are working for more than 10% less than their peak earnings?
How many people with college degrees are earning less than median?
Under employment I think most accurately measures the desperation in the economy.
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Are you sure about the ratio?
I know an eBay seller that sells almost exclusively bout of state.
Probably doesn't break 200 transaction/year to a single state, but it isn't out of the realm of possibility he'll get there.
It sounds like you're describing VAT and not income tax.
Every item sold will need to be categorized as taxable or not taxable for every state that has a sales tax. This is as simple as you'd think.
Yeah, because filing 50 state taxes is definitely not over head even if you know the numbers.
200 transactions at a $100 average (reasonable average for an eBay seller if some type) is only 20k.
For that 20k, one will need to send and file monthly or quarterly?
Sure, they're simple to calculate (software, likely Free even), but there is real overhead to filing taxes with different states every month.
Rx drugs in the water supply has already been studied. It was all the buzz a couple years ago, now they're looking into the impact of illegal drugs too, as it's not necessarily intuitive enough make it to the water supply to matter.
Oh,
I actually lost tract of the thread, and I thought you were erroneously comparing the 0-60 of the Model S with Ludicrous etc. to a Ferrari.
Tesla isn't making any roadsters as a production car currently, so that's can't be what MightyYar was referring to.
Yes, I do. the ICE has far more value to me than the extra battery and the curb weight of a Volt and a Bolt is about the same so it's not like it's extra, just different use.
The different options of the affordable cars are about as follows for my driving pattern:
50 mile battery PHEV, 70% of my driving (estimate), convenient road trips (Volt, Civic PHEV)
or
200 mile battery 80% of my driving (estimate on big normal driving days overflow, but pulled from my ass), no road trips without rental (Bolt)
or
300 mile battery 100% of my driving, inconvenient but doable road trips (Tesla model 3).
The first option is the most appealing to me, and as a single car household the second is pretty much a non-starter, even if super chargers existed everywhere gas did (I doubt that to be the case in central VA or NY), the extra fill-up time (30 minutes for 200 miles (fill to 80% from 40 mile buffer) sounds like a huge pain. If the range was 600+, and I could plug in overnight at a hotel everywhere, my opinion would change. I've cleared more than 600 miles in a day, but it's beginning to get uncomfortable as I age.
I drove 1400 miles in a 3 day span on pretty much a whim (well, it snuck up on me, I loosely had planned on doing it for a few months) to see the eclipse, I like that freedom, it's part of why I want a car to begin with (also, I like my 12 minute commute not being 30 by bus).
For me the excitement is about not dealing with gas stations basically ever.
I hate (perhaps irrationally so) pumping gas.
It seems to me that for a home thermostat, wireless only is good enough if it's a retrofit. To add Ethernet you're going to need to run another wire through the wall, why not just use wifi and the supplied power that already exists (a reason big enough that it's worth designing around the space used and the extra however much a piece to have a niche item on every thermostat). Essentially every house already has a thermostat wire in the correct place for a thermostat.
As for the door, sure, it's easy if you have the correct type of door (I guess?), but I don't know how I'd run a wire through my door from the opposite side. Maybe the inductive method could be powered from the frame side and leech off the doorbell, and that would work, but it seems to me that if you want a smartlock without power issues, the better way to so it is a smart door, that has leads to wire in built into the frame (perhaps this could even become standard).
My main point though is that (almost) any stationary IoT device is already powered by something, and the movable ones don't benefit from this.
The only place this has any use is for the security of wired, or to transmit power at a level too high for USB (an existing convenient power standard) but not high enough to warrant over 50v (so that it can be wired without a license)
Not once have I been worried about the fact that my thermostat was not tied in with Ethernet to a hub, worst case, I have to spin the knob and it's a dumb thermostat (actually, I wish it had a mechanical failsafe, when things get super cold my thermostat circuit seems to voltage drop)
They're thicker and less flexible than CAN cables though.
I'm curious what IoT type stuff is full wireless though. Most of what I see already has a power source (Doorbells, Lights, Smoke Alarms, Fans, AC, Washers, Thermostats).
Other things are useless with a wire (locks, can't really think what else).
Sure, this solves the janky security issue to an extent, but I'm unconvinced this actually solves the power issue.
I'm not sure I buy your argument.
Regular hybrids aren't maintenance traps like you imply, and a plug in hybrid would be lower maintenance (much more time using the electric vs the gas compared to a regular hybrid).
Additionally in practice the plug in hybrids seem to be about the same efficiency as regular hybrids, so I'm not convinced battery size is a huge deal.
I don't understand why there isn't more excitement for plug-in hybrids.
I can buy a Civic or a Volt, and get 70%* or so of my annual miles electric, and have an even faster more complete supercharger network.
This is the best of both worlds, zero gas fill ups day to day, fast fuling when traveling.
Sure, the 50 mile range won't cover everybody's failing driving, but even if it only covers half, it's a huge improvement, and available today.
*70% assumption is 95+% of daily driving + quarterly road trips of 500-1000 miles.
I did a quick Google, I can't find a citation for the Bolt costing 47k/ea to make.
I've thought about it, or only subbing for a few months a year.
Of 4k still costs extra when I have one, or they break $15/month, I'll almost certainly cancel.
Maybe at that point I'll say fuck it and cancel Hulu and internet too
I assumed "separate sober passengers from drunk ones." means they don't want the Uber X to commingle the two.
This makes sense I think, if I'm heading out at 8pm, I don't wanna share with someone leaving a happy hour wrecked.
If I cant stream netflix, or the price goes up a a little bit for my internet, I am likely to actually cancel Comcast.
I'll get a phone with HDMI out and stream unlimited SD using Tmobile.
I'm very close to work and have a key, so I can use real internet there if need be. I'm somewhat unique, I son't have kids or anything, but I can't be the only person willing to leave just to stick it to them (I almost did this January when they added $30/month to my bill).
Because if the increase means another wire run to every house, it will mean expensive service.
I am (slightly) hopeful that 5g will offer a low overhead deployment option for at least dense areas.
There's a company doing line of sight wireless in my city, but I don't think they'll make it, I have two spots within range, but blocked by trees, I'm willing to bet they only cover around 50% of their "covered" area (I'm not is an area so full of trees or low laying ground).
That doesn't look like floating point to me.
Also, the concept of "0" seems very different than "none" to me.
When I think "concept of zero" I think 10>2, since that's pretty much how the concept is taught (that it was invented/discovered and revolutionized mathmatics).
You're assuming that what they allow the general population to use is their most advanced tech.
I'd think Tesla is 3rd at best in self driving (behind alphabet and Chevy).
Which is a shame, because they have all that data of actual driving, they should be crushing it.
I'm really surprised the civit plug in isn't on that list (sice it appears to include plug-in hybrids)
I could imagine it working today.
Shipping has gotten a lot cheaper in the last couple of decades.
I'm not convinced labor participation is a good way to calculate real unemployment.
We want to capture discouraged workers (covered by isong labor participation but not the official numbers), but happy single working adult households shouldn't be included in the real unemployment, and probably not the disabled either.
Neither of these metrics measures the under employed though, that's probably the most important number.
How many people are working for more than 10% less than their peak earnings?
How many people with college degrees are earning less than median?
Under employment I think most accurately measures the desperation in the economy.