It is much easier to scrub the exhaust from a stationary power plant, no matter the energy source, than it is to scrub the exhaust from a car engine.
Why? Because with the power plant, you don't really have to worry about weight and size, and to a certain degree vibration. So you can make the scrubbers a lot more effective.
Electric propulsion is the way forward, because it makes transportation energy-agnostic. Electricity is electricity, no matter where it comes from, so it becomes much easier to make the infrastructure more environmentally friendly.
You're making this needlessly complicated. Google is a de facto monopoly (you try and compete with them. Go ahead, see what happens) and they've been found to be abusing that power to lord over others, determining almost solely who succeeds and who fails. Therefore, regulation is needed, before their influence gets out of hand.
Electric cars have great potential for standardization. Build a basic skateboard-type platform with individual motors at the wheels, with options to extend the track and wheelbase. Boom, you've just made a platform for all of your vehicles. Need a small city car? Use the smallest configuration with 2WD, add a hatchback body on top. Need an SUV? Use a larger configuration with motors at all four wheels, add taller suspension, put a roomy SUV body on top. Need a limo with plenty of rear legroom? Use the longest wheelbase configuration, add luxury. The only thing you can't really do is a super low slung sports car, because of the batteries in the floor, but meh. VW isn't about sports cars anyway.
It's been talked about for years, it's time to actually do something about it.
Because Google knows how valuable the European market is, and they would hate to simply hand it over to a competitor.
Same reason why big corps like Coca-Cola and McDonalds bitch and moan about the Danish tax rates, but they never actually follow through on their threats and actually leave the country. Because they know it would be a valuable market to simply hand over to a competitor, for free.
I probably go to more concerts in a month than you do in a year.
Happy upbeat music can only be tolerated for so long. You need contrast, drama and excitement to move the soul, not the meaningless platitudes of inoffensive "happy music".
I refuse to believe that any person can possible stand sappy "we're all so happy everything is wonderful"-type fake-positive dreck for any length of time without tearing their ears off.
I know it'll be faster, but it's fast enough for my needs, and it only cost me $300 as a refurb model. I can't be arsed to buy an SSD or more RAM when it already fulfills its function perfectly well.
The touchpad itself is fine, but it did impact the usability of the trackpoint. I may be one of the only people who actually enjoys using the T440 touchpad, but I honestly find it far superior to the trackpoint, and I used to be a die hard fanatic of the little red nub.
I will admit to a bit of hyperbole, in order to rile people up a bit.
I was a die hard trackpoint user for years, through my T42, numerous HP Elitebooks at work and so on. Yes, touchpads were inferior, but the modern ones just completely outperform any trackpoint implementation for speed and accuracy.
If you hit the touchpad with your thumb while typing, why isn't your thumb on the space bar where it belongs? And why have you disabled the thumb detection while typing?
My T420 is going strong, 5+ hours of battery life and more than fast enough for everything I need (generally a web browser and Spotify. I have simple needs).
But I would replace it with a T440 or newer in a heartbeat.
However, in 2012 Lenovo saw fit to 'modernize' the iconic keyboard, along with other unwelcome changes. This didn't meet with approval from some stalwarts, who clung to the superior X220 and T420 lines
I've got a T420 as my personal laptop, and a T440 at work. Anyone who claims the T420 is a better laptop is a blithering idiot. It's heavier, slower, has much worse battery life, worse screen hinges, an inferior touchpad (the trackpoint is obsolete when compared to modern touchpads) and is just a worse package.
Even the much-vaunted keyboard on the T420 has issues. It's wobbly and I've have to add little pads of duct tape in strategic places to make it feel nice and solid, like my T440 or my old T42.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a better laptop than most non-Thinkpads, but it is absolutely not a better laptop than the newer Thinkpads.
Just turn off the notifications. The only apps I allow notifications from are phone (duh), text messaging and some selected chat apps. I also allow a few occasional-use apps, like the parking app I use in my city (because running out of parking time is a pretty important notification), but only those that do not pester me at inappropriate times.
Everything else is turned way the hell off. I also disable any kind of notification "peeking" that loves to invade my screen space at the worst times. Somebody texted me? Great, I'll read it later, I don't need to read the stupid preview popup.
IMO it's the only way to actually use a smartphone for anything remotely useful.
The mainstream web as of 2017 is borderline useless without an adblocker at the very least, and preferably an extension to stop autoplaying media content as well.
You have to experiment to find the right amount of water, especially with cask strength malts. I have some at 65% that are undrinkable when undiluted, and I have others around ~63% that are just deceptively smooth and hardly need more than a single drop or two to open up beautifully.
I have a 65% ABV whisky you should try, then. It's a real fiery bitch of a burninator undiluted, but with some serious dilution, it becomes the most wonderful peaty campfire smoky dram I've ever had.
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Capitalism does need very heavy regulation, though, in order to prevent monopolies and exploitation.
It is much easier to scrub the exhaust from a stationary power plant, no matter the energy source, than it is to scrub the exhaust from a car engine.
Why? Because with the power plant, you don't really have to worry about weight and size, and to a certain degree vibration. So you can make the scrubbers a lot more effective.
Electric propulsion is the way forward, because it makes transportation energy-agnostic. Electricity is electricity, no matter where it comes from, so it becomes much easier to make the infrastructure more environmentally friendly.
Dude, if the wires on your headphones wear out in 2 years, you're severely mistreating them.
You're making this needlessly complicated. Google is a de facto monopoly (you try and compete with them. Go ahead, see what happens) and they've been found to be abusing that power to lord over others, determining almost solely who succeeds and who fails. Therefore, regulation is needed, before their influence gets out of hand.
Maybe that was where I heard the idea, actually.
Thanks for the info about the pack heating, that's pretty ingenious.
Electric cars have great potential for standardization. Build a basic skateboard-type platform with individual motors at the wheels, with options to extend the track and wheelbase. Boom, you've just made a platform for all of your vehicles. Need a small city car? Use the smallest configuration with 2WD, add a hatchback body on top. Need an SUV? Use a larger configuration with motors at all four wheels, add taller suspension, put a roomy SUV body on top. Need a limo with plenty of rear legroom? Use the longest wheelbase configuration, add luxury. The only thing you can't really do is a super low slung sports car, because of the batteries in the floor, but meh. VW isn't about sports cars anyway.
It's been talked about for years, it's time to actually do something about it.
"Come to their senses"?
I think taking action against a hugely dominant market leader (meeting most, if not all the marks of being a de facto monopoly) is very sensible.
Fuck the big corporations, we don't need them. There is always an alternative.
Because Google knows how valuable the European market is, and they would hate to simply hand it over to a competitor.
Same reason why big corps like Coca-Cola and McDonalds bitch and moan about the Danish tax rates, but they never actually follow through on their threats and actually leave the country. Because they know it would be a valuable market to simply hand over to a competitor, for free.
The DAC in previous iPhones and in the Apple Lightning adapter is actually very good, it measures far beyond what's needed for audible transparency.
I probably go to more concerts in a month than you do in a year.
Happy upbeat music can only be tolerated for so long. You need contrast, drama and excitement to move the soul, not the meaningless platitudes of inoffensive "happy music".
I refuse to believe that any person can possible stand sappy "we're all so happy everything is wonderful"-type fake-positive dreck for any length of time without tearing their ears off.
Looks like I'm sticking with good ol' 1080p, then.
Fuck DRM.
I know it'll be faster, but it's fast enough for my needs, and it only cost me $300 as a refurb model. I can't be arsed to buy an SSD or more RAM when it already fulfills its function perfectly well.
Treating me very well, thank you very much.
The touchpad itself is fine, but it did impact the usability of the trackpoint. I may be one of the only people who actually enjoys using the T440 touchpad, but I honestly find it far superior to the trackpoint, and I used to be a die hard fanatic of the little red nub.
I will admit to a bit of hyperbole, in order to rile people up a bit.
I was a die hard trackpoint user for years, through my T42, numerous HP Elitebooks at work and so on. Yes, touchpads were inferior, but the modern ones just completely outperform any trackpoint implementation for speed and accuracy.
If you hit the touchpad with your thumb while typing, why isn't your thumb on the space bar where it belongs? And why have you disabled the thumb detection while typing?
My T420 is going strong, 5+ hours of battery life and more than fast enough for everything I need (generally a web browser and Spotify. I have simple needs).
But I would replace it with a T440 or newer in a heartbeat.
However, in 2012 Lenovo saw fit to 'modernize' the iconic keyboard, along with other unwelcome changes. This didn't meet with approval from some stalwarts, who clung to the superior X220 and T420 lines
I've got a T420 as my personal laptop, and a T440 at work. Anyone who claims the T420 is a better laptop is a blithering idiot. It's heavier, slower, has much worse battery life, worse screen hinges, an inferior touchpad (the trackpoint is obsolete when compared to modern touchpads) and is just a worse package.
Even the much-vaunted keyboard on the T420 has issues. It's wobbly and I've have to add little pads of duct tape in strategic places to make it feel nice and solid, like my T440 or my old T42.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a better laptop than most non-Thinkpads, but it is absolutely not a better laptop than the newer Thinkpads.
Nice strawman you've got there.
Just turn off the notifications. The only apps I allow notifications from are phone (duh), text messaging and some selected chat apps. I also allow a few occasional-use apps, like the parking app I use in my city (because running out of parking time is a pretty important notification), but only those that do not pester me at inappropriate times.
Everything else is turned way the hell off. I also disable any kind of notification "peeking" that loves to invade my screen space at the worst times. Somebody texted me? Great, I'll read it later, I don't need to read the stupid preview popup.
IMO it's the only way to actually use a smartphone for anything remotely useful.
Yes. Yes, it is.
The mainstream web as of 2017 is borderline useless without an adblocker at the very least, and preferably an extension to stop autoplaying media content as well.
I'm sure my Moto X Play will be updated to 8.0 any day now.
Aaaaaany day now.
Fuck you, Motorola.
Whisky's don't improve much after 12 years.
I have a beautiful 20yo SMWS Laphroig on my shelf that very much disagrees with that idea :-)
You have to experiment to find the right amount of water, especially with cask strength malts. I have some at 65% that are undrinkable when undiluted, and I have others around ~63% that are just deceptively smooth and hardly need more than a single drop or two to open up beautifully.
I have a 65% ABV whisky you should try, then. It's a real fiery bitch of a burninator undiluted, but with some serious dilution, it becomes the most wonderful peaty campfire smoky dram I've ever had.