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fosforus

@fosforus@sopuli.xyz

politics: green/libertarian

geo: anti-r***ia, anti-religious extremism, anti-fascist, anti-trump

gaming since 1986

linuxing since 1996

psych: drinking too much coffee, wasting too much time and energy in here

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fosforus ,

Which EV maker has a model whose range doesn't diminish in cold weather?

fosforus ,

A smart distro allows you to change DEs without changing the distro, though.

fosforus ,

I'm sure they all allow it, but some make it awkward enough that a reinstall might be a better option.

fosforus ,

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Distros used to be about experimenting with different packaging systems and system managers, but now seems like the packaging systems are mostly the three: Arch, Debian, Red Hat. And the system manager is almost always systemd.

So the only thing to do (beyond better quality control, which takes a lot of constant work) is to make the DE somehow unique.

fosforus ,

I watched the first generation that got personal unrestricted mobile phones for themselves. Somehow I thought it was a good idea at the time. It fucked them up mentally, and then Covid-19 came and doubled the effect.

Now I think that a parent who gets their under 12 year old kid a smart phone should be treated roughly in the same way as if the parent gave the kid cocaine.

fosforus , (edited )

There are a few things to consider.

  1. She's just 8, so you have an easier time controlling what she does (I say this with the experience of rising 2 children to adulthood)

  2. She might not be susceptible to these things

  3. You just might be a better parent for any arbitrary reason

So as an anecdote your situation is valuable, but as a guideline to how the whole society should handle this problem possibly not so much.

Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge (www.kansascity.com)

Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge::undefined

fosforus ,

I was initially confused but after remembering how Americans cannot science and 0F =~ -18C this made a bit more sense.

My Tesla worked fine through several days of -35C though, but the battery efficiency was a bit shit. I think I spent something like 6-8% just to get the cabin warm, but starting the car or driving generally speaking was never a problem.

fosforus ,

Ooh, ok. That makes quite a lot of sense. Especially if one uses the miles/km number to show battery state, people are gonna get screwed by the cold. I changed that thing to percentages pretty soon after I got the car.

I honestly don’t understand why people are buying EVs if they don’t have the option of home charging.

Yeah, that doesn't make much sense.

fosforus ,

Ok, sorry for leaving them out. Americans and Brits cannot science.

fosforus , (edited )

Do you really have nothing of genuine merit to be proud of? All you have is your thermostat?

No, that's it. That's my whole identity and existence. Spring is coming, send help.

fosforus ,

Well this is the most confused meme I've seen in a while.

fosforus ,

Huh?

But seriously, I don't think Hamas and Israel are comparable entities.

Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla (www.cnn.com)

In a series of posts on X Monday night, Musk said that he would not want to grow Tesla to become a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics without a compensation plan that would give him ownership of around 25% of the company’s stock. That would be about double the roughly 13% stake he currently owns....

fosforus ,

What do you mean by this? CEOs are fired from companies all the time.

fosforus , (edited )

I can feel the disgust of the car being related to Elon Musk, but at least the newer Teslas are actually great cars. Not sure where this idea of poor quality comes from. My previous car was a Toyota and I don't really miss it at all.

When I was making my choice of an EV, Polestars were too expensive and the Hyundais were too synthwave and gray. Volkswagens were shit. Tesla was practically the only choice.

I do hope there will be more serious competition the next time I have to choose. But I'm hoping I won't have to make that choice in at least 5 years.

fosforus ,

Are they though?

fosforus ,

Volkswagen EVs are pretty crap though. Teslas are way above them even if VW is catching up. There's a reason why they fired a lot of C-level people and other execs in the software side last year.

fosforus ,

Quality, price, availability.

fosforus ,

Their Q4 2023 results will be called in on 24th this month, so we'll see soon. They were still making profit in Q3, even if dwindling.

fosforus ,

Or, there is plenty of competition, but since users are the product, not the customer, the competition isn't what people think it is or should be.

fosforus ,

The several distros is a thing of sheer beauty. It's like the meritocratic free market -- everyone can participate and the only way to win is to make something better than anyone else.

fosforus ,

The latter part is kinda wrong. Article 17 of UDHR.

  1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
  2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

And also kinda article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

fosforus ,

Oh ok. Fuck OP then :)

fosforus ,

Not a recommendation, but a personal note: I'm waiting for the System76 Virgo, which is their (perhaps hyped up) upcoming Laptop built in Denver by themselves, instead of being a Clevo thing. But I have no idea how long I have to wait. Could be years.

There was some publicity about it about 5 months ago, and there's this github repo: https://github.com/system76/virgo -- but not much more. Not sure if it's still alive.

I hope it won't be a lot more expensive than Macbooks are when it comes out.

fosforus ,

Isn't it obvious? Linux turns people trans.

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