[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

electric vehicle (EV) drivers to wait in line for hours at charging stations last month; some even found themselves stranded when their battery died while they waited in the queues.

I'm sure "some" ICE cars have also ran out of fuel while queueing, seems like a bit of a nothing statement. More stations are needed and range does get lower in colder conditions that is known. Waiting until you have 30 miles left when you know electric cars lose 15% of range isn't smart.

Norway does winter testing on their vehicles and I'm sure people ask other people about car performance.

https://www.naf.no/elbil/elbil-nytt/ev-range-and-charge-test

Hydrogen is largely useless. It's an electric car with extra steps and low density fuel and difficult storage conditions.

Sure if you driving across the outback and need lightweight and fast charging there might be uses for it. But when you got 300 miles of range and live in a city why would hydrogen be better? You actually have to go to a station if nothing else rather than just charging where you park.

Hydrogen is ultimately more inefficient in time and energy and cost so it's going to lose.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 14 points 4 days ago

When I went to Oslo I only took public transport.

I even used to to take the bus to the forest. I walked into the bush for hours then slept. Decided I couldn't be bothered walking back. Checked my paper map and walked into a one road town/suburb and took the bus back. That's how much faith I had that some random place would have a regular bus going to the city centre.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

I think the only logical conclusion would be EV actually work better in the cold than what you have been told. Maybe that's the same for charging stations or maybe Norway builds to a standard that fits their climate and doesn't cut corners.

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"Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country."

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 106 points 2 weeks ago

VLC represents what the internet could have been and what it should have been.

Wish we could start again with a new internet.

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Figure AI, a robotics innovator, and BMW, the German automobile giant, have revealed remarkable advancements in the Figure 02 humanoid robot’s capabilities. 

Operating on a production line, the Figure 02 robot has made a significant leap, achieving a 400% increase in speed and a sevenfold improvement in success rate.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 85 points 3 months ago

Fake but at least it isn't gay.

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"The UK’s era of coal-free power begins on the 1st October 2024, following a rapid decline over the last 12 years which has seen power sector emissions plummet by three quarters."

"This report provides an overview of the UK coal power phase-out, looking at changes in electricity generation since 2012 when coal began to rapidly decline. It provides context on how phase-out was achieved through a mix of initiatives and policy frameworks, and considers how this can inform the next chapter of UK power sector decarbonisation."

"Coal power provided almost 40% of UK generation in 2012, shrinking to 2% by 2019, and finally falling to zero by October 2024. In 2012, coal generated 143 TWh of electricity, equivalent to Sweden’s total power demand in 2023."

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"the Alphabet-owned company has been allowed to deploy an unlimited number of robotaxis for paid driverless rides in the city [San Francisco] at all hours. In March, state regulators allowed the company to expand its commercial ride-hailing to 22 Peninsula cities.

Now, Waymo officials are declaring victory after a year of commercial driverless service without any serious incidents and say it gives them confidence to speed up their robotaxi expansion.

David Margines, Waymo’s director of product management, said in an interview that the company’s one-year track record in San Francisco “is a validation” that its robotaxis can “drive safely” and “coexist in the communities that we want to operate in.”

“Looking back over the year, I’m thrilled to say that it’s been a big success,” he said."

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[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 88 points 5 months ago

Grow some balls.

Become the man your girl thinks you are.

But you can't be tall, you are fucked.

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"Waymo regularly takes its autonomous vehicles on winter road trips to test the cars in snowy environments. In 2017, it was Michigan.

This year, Waymo will hit multiple wintry locales, including Truckee, California; Upstate New York; and Michigan, from the Upper Peninsula to the metro Detroit area"

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 164 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fire good.

Beer. Good also.

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Seen this on reddit and thought it was an interesting question that largely is not talked about.

It is largely an issue that gets sidelined and hidden because people don't want to talk about it or accept that it exists. Hopefully this gets some traction to break that marginalisation.

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"There is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review has found."

"Prof Appleby's review concludes "the data do not support the claim".

And he added that the way the issue had been discussed on social media was "insensitive, distressing and dangerous".

"A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said decisions on children's healthcare must follow the evidence at all times."

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 107 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can we all use base 12?

It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 358 points 9 months ago

Yes you should take it, if you got no other options.

Then you immediately update your CV with your new job title and jump ship for more pay. If the orginal company offers to match the pay you say "you had the chance to pay me more. If you valued me that much, you could have paid me that much from the start"

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 93 points 10 months ago

It's very fucked up what people perceived has healthy now.

I've been in fairly decent shape my whole life but the amount of people, especially women, that tell me I'm too skinny and that I need to gain weight. Even when I'm actually closer to being overweight than underweight. Or how many times I seen someone point to someone on steroids or fat and say that they are healthy.

It's got to the point where kids need to be educated. I wouldn't even be against weighing them. If they obese then it's also child abuse and the parents fault.

People think now if you can see/feel ribs or have any muscle tone (while not being a body builder) it means you're underweight. That's how humans are meant to be built! Go look at hunter gathers tribes or any active person pre the 90's.

Shit even dogs are fat nowadays.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 152 points 1 year ago

No VAT or fuel tax is madness

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 114 points 2 years ago

The world is running out of sand.

It's one of the most used materials in the world for construction but islands are disappearing because of its limited supply.

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