[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

NighthawkInLight has lots of great stuff, but his subambient temperature paint videos are the best.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 79 points 2 months ago

I liked the Dresden Files approach to this, it is having faith in something that repels vampires, not the things people have faith in. So the main character repels vampires with a pentagram necklace and his faith in magic.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 73 points 2 months ago

And the person who found it isn't doing a good job either, putting new shingles over old. The old should be removed.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 75 points 4 months ago

As a bald guy with a beard, yeah it does.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago

And it costs municipalities less money than the problems it prevents, so obviously we shouldn't do this everywhere and raise the standard of living for everybody. Because it wouldn't be fair, somehow.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 124 points 5 months ago

But remember, electric motors also require next to no maintenance and can last for many years of runtime. Pros and cons.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 74 points 5 months ago

Take that house so they never see that view again.

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submitted 6 months ago by jmiller@lemm.ee to c/evs@lemmy.world

It is a strange looking vehicle, but there are a lot of things I like about the company's philosophy and approach.

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submitted 8 months ago by jmiller@lemm.ee to c/atlanta@lemmy.world

We recently attended a wedding in Atlanta, and we and some inlaws stayed at a Vrbo rental. One of the guests lost their balance and ripped the toilet paper holder off the wall. It was fasted with drywall anchors, and the damage is contained to the area under and immediately beside the holder base, less than a 3" circle. The holder is not damaged. We took pictures and sent them to the owner, telling them to let us know what the repair cost. They responded today that they had a quote for $500.

I am from a much less metropolitan area in a midwestern state, so maybe I'm out of touch with contractor prices there, but that seems very high. Any locals with insight?

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 36 points 8 months ago

In general I agree with you for sure, we have way too many. But if there are any worth preserving, I'd say it's the old ones in Scotland where golf was invented. And at least there they don't have to be watered constantly.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 53 points 9 months ago

I'd say anyone choosing to drive 74mph in a 25mph zone can be said to have disregarded safety. And if you haven't realized you are going 74mph in a 25mph zone, you shouldn't have a license, let alone be an officer.

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submitted 9 months ago by jmiller@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve HVAC performance.

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago

They are too expensive. But only because auto manufacturers are only making midsized and larger suvs or luxury cars. The average price of an EV has dropped over 50% in China since 2015. That would have been tough for us to match, mostly because of batteries, but we could have made much more progress than we have.

The electric grid isn't nearly as unprepared as people say. Sure, we need to build out more charging stations, but the grid as a whole far exceeds current needs. In fact, nationwide electrical usage is actually trending down in the US because of efficiency gains. Better building codes, heat pumps, LED lighting, if it uses electricity newer stuff is more efficient. If we had sold 8 times as many EVs in 2023 than we did, electricity usage would have stayed about flat.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/02/the-us-added-1-2-million-evs-to-the-grid-last-year-electricity-use-went-down/

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 36 points 10 months ago

This may be the most apt application of this meme I have ever seen, lol

[-] jmiller@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

Nissan Sakura and Mitsubishi eK X EV are $14-16k, but are only for sale in Japan. Nissan closed orders for the Sakura because they already had more orders than capacity to make them. We need vehicles like that everywhere! That would drive EV adoption far, far more than another "affordable" $45k SUV.

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