This sucks because it’s an invasion of privacy. But it also sucks because SMUD is an otherwise great utility.

In n Out is worth billions selling hamburgers almost exclusively in California. Even the ‘doing business here’ must not be too bad.

I’m on the beta. And I started hating it, then went to disliking it to simply not preferring it.

Being in beta, they are still making tweaks. I think, somewhat unexpectedly, the final build will be kinda nice.

There was a point at which reddit because so big as to fundamentally change. Call it ‘when regular people joined reddit.’ But that’s not what ruined it, it was reddit itself capitulating to shareholders.

Still hard to ditch Reddit entirely, there’s just too much valuable content on there.

But accessing Lemmy via mobile app is darn near perfect, and feels a lot like early Reddit. Just need more active users.

Why “fuck the UN” and not “fuck China?”

Sounds like the UN could have made better choices, but the real villain (at least in the part of the history you describe) is China. No?

She was a talented editor, and SW and RoTJ are the better for her work. But I think her real contributions during this time was reining Lucas in. He seems to do better with a moderating influence, at least in filmmaking.

I think we are all better for having George Lucas. We wouldn’t have Pixar, ILM, or LucasArts without him. OG Star Wars and American Graffiti were legitimately good. Every other film he did was garbage, however.

And you know what, I desperately want my (tax) money to go to supporting them in their disaster.

I saw a billboard (in California) for a gofundme for Texas disaster relief. That feels peak 2025 to me.

PlexAmp is so good. Nothing else comes close.

I’ve joked for years they should pivot to legit Michelin quality white tablecloth restaurants called Charles E Fromage.

That’s why they call it ‘risk’ and not ‘safe.’

If we’re not ready to put our jobs at risk to protest for what we believe in, do we really believe in it.

Our founding fathers were risking their actual lives. GTFO with the “livelihood” bullshit.

I generally don’t believe Iran was on its way to building nuclear weapons, only nuclear energy. But, if we were to entertain for a moment the notion that they were, this is all pretty badass no?

But, since it’s not the case this whole thing is frightening. Israel is a terrorist state and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.

Okay, but like specifically what law, proposed or enacted?

To what Democratic policy or policies are you referring?

Let’s agree to simply not tell people what they do and do not need.

I just explained this in the comment you replied to.

You explained how it’s doable when you drive 60 miles, which I admit will be most people most days (12 hours of charging at 5 miles per hour charged.) Average EV has 293 miles of range currently; even if you arrived home with 20% battery remaining and you only wanted to recharge to 80%, that’s (at 5 miles per hour charged) over 25 hours. Empty to full is over 58 hours!

At least once every few months we take a day trip to the nearest “big” city, which is 105 miles away. Typically a Sunday. Leave on a full battery, arrive home nearly empty. 8 hours of charging, and I maybe have enough for the next day. I will run a deficit until the weekend.

Again, I’m certainly not saying that a L2 charger is a must for all people, or even most people. But I would not agree that L1 is enough for most people.

It factually is not.

Factually, it’s not either. Both are statements of opinion, although I’d say saying the word “usually” should have some degree of proof behind it.

My statement of “might be” recognizes that there are many instances that L1 makes sense, and I agree with the video that for those for whom it does shouldn’t needlessly install a 240v outlet. Sounds like you’re among those.

I’d say that, sadly, most EV drivers drive more than 40 miles per day on average, and that the moment you drive more than 60 miles per day you’ll have difficulty recharging to full. Most days, you’ll have no trouble recharging overnight. But if you’re like me, you might take a day trip over 100 miles away a handful of times per year. When that happens, I’d arrive home with very little battery left; am I supposed to have the ability to charge for 50 hours?