There are reasonable limits. Let’s say his car takes 30 minutes. Is 31 minutes total connection time acceptable? I think everyone would say yes. How about 35 minutes? 45? An hour?

Where people draw the line is going to vary. I agree with the premise that you shouldn’t have to wait by your car to charge, whether it’s 30 minutes or 2 hours. That is wasted time, and drastically reduces the attraction of having an EV. For myself, having to wait an extra 15 minutes isn’t too bad, and extra half hour or more is probably too much. I think context also really matters. If I’m parking at a station in a garage where most of the users are there for work, I expect to be there for at least 2 hours, possibly 4 (and would pick a charger I could use most of the time). At a mall, where people are in and out, if I was going to be there much more than 30 minutes I would probably plan to be back at my car to move it when it was charged. Especially since most of the chargers I’ve seen bill based on connection time and not electricity used.

And many of those activities include consumption. If you’re doing more than casual hiking, you probably aren’t using second-hand shoes from the thrift store.

While all of thos could be true, downloading on your PC should be possible to queue multiple games, and doesn’t require you to leave your steam deck turned on. Go for that nostalgic overnight download vibe.

There is a hydrogen fusion reaction that releases beta particles, i.e., electrons. This could be used to produce electricity directly without boiling water, but I think the heat output would be such that you could also boil water for more electricity.

I honestly agree, and said as much shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. Based on the world’s assessment, they should have just steamrolled them, and didn’t. I also said it would behoove the world powers to reassess their nuclear capability and got a lot of downvotes. The facts as they stand now, though, is the NK can’t get a nuke to American territory, not even Alaska (let’s not talk about Guam and Samoa, even America barely acknowledges they’re part of America). Russia, on the other hand, might be able to, and we don’t know for sure they can’t. All they need is one good sub with working missiles. None of this really matters for Europe, and even 10% of their stockpile working would be devastating for the world, or at least the people living on it. I’d like to think that Putin put more effort into maintaining their status as a nuclear world power, but I would have thought the same of being a military world power, too.

It asks for the most recent bread purchase. Technically, it doesnt even have to be from the Loblaws family, although I don’t know if putting anything else would disqualify you. It also doesn’t say prior to 2022, so what you bought in the last week would also be correct. That makes it easier to answer, I suppose.

Yes, those things can be done, and they’re good ideas. One key difference between the U.S. and North Korea thing is that Russia can, or at least is believed to be able to, use a nuclear response anywhere in the world. North Korea couldn’t threaten the U.S. with nuclear reprisal. But, yes, removing the entrenched and uncompromising leader is the first step, and that is much harder against a nuclear power.

There is also Veronica Explains. One more reason to get off Lemmy and onto PieFed.

I would say about the same number of people are offended by profanity in public as they are religious acts in public. Moreover, I would estimate the number who are offended by sex acts in public is much higher than either of these. So, for the sake of other people’s sensibilities, shall we ban public profanity?

Well, it was also proven that the Shuttle was a generally unsafe design. That seems like a good reason to unilaterally decommission anything.

Of course, none of that is possible against a nuclear power, because it first relies on unconditional surrender. I also don’t think any leaders in the world have to political will to do that, either.

This article gives some information on why some have abandoned hope for Firefox and Mozilla. AI focus, changing its stance on selling user data, and the overall loss of focus. It’s still better than most, IMO, but some of its forks better represent those who feel that way.

Sorry to break it to you, but you might want to start looking at Firefox forks.

Well, this isn’t a unique concept. The fact it goes horrible pretty quickly and people keep falling for it is the truly impressive part.

I wish we had Gattaca instead of what we have. At least the shitty people would be genetically superior, for whatever that’s worth, instead of just richer.

I have a 2017 Leaf. It absolutely has its drawbacks compared to most modern cars, but it did exist 6 years ago.

The newer EVs are switching to heat pumps for managing battery temperature. It’s more efficient than resistive heat, and can use the same system for cooling. This helps maintain range both by keeping batteries the right temperature and by doing it more efficiently.

And who in Winnipeg hasn’t heard of what happens if you let your gas tank get too empty in extreme cold?

I hope we get to see them hoisted by their own petard.

Your whole plan is to show them how things would be better if they just followed the EUs lead. Imagine you’re on a boat. There are a bunch of holes in it and you want to patch them up, but other people keep putting holes in it. So one day you lament, “Why can’t these boat-holers stop putting holes in the boat so we can all stay afloat longer?” And then someone comes along and tuts you saying, “Now now, no name calling. If you don’t want to put holes in the boat, just stop and show them how much better it will be!” The problem is, the boat’s still sinking, and faster all the time, and if the boat-holers don’t quit it, a whole lot of people are going to drown. Moreover, putting holes in the boat is not only cheaper than not putting holes in the boat (let alone patching it) you can make more money putting holes in the boat! Given that context, can you see how the people who want to stop putting holes in the boat would get frustrated with the people putting holes in the boat, and would be baffled by someone more concerned about the descriptive pejorative than they are by the other guys putting holes in the boats?

I don’t have to do nothing while waiting for delivery. I have to cook to…cook. Sometimes I don’t want to cook, and I usually have something quicker if that’s the case, but your false equivalency doesn’t help your argument.