RubberElectrons
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
Just a shiny male toy…
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 5 weeks ago:
Gotta love a broken spark plug…
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 5 weeks ago:
I’ve tried to kick them out in a taxi driver fainting situation, it’s really not trivial, particularly if you’re the only one in the back.
- Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel 8 months ago:
Again, not a fan of how the h2 is sourced, how limited its surrounding infra is, etc etc. Just saying that at least for trains, it makes more sense than for a car.
I do like that it’s approximately an EV that isn’t lithium constrained, but plenty of serious downsides as well, see: intra-atomic escape.
- Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel 8 months ago:
I’m inclined to agree re: h2, though at least with trains it kinda could work, maybe. They tend to come back to similar yards all over the place.
Hydrogen cars is just… Don’t.
- Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel 8 months ago:
We can consider it a relatively straightforward upgrade to the system though. Definitely more expensive than upgrading individual trainsets to h2 or lithium, and nowhere near as quick… But it could be staged, or just the mainlines.
Imagine mainlines get electrified so EV or h2 trains use none of their onboard energy, until they start getting onto the unelectrified branches.
- Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel 8 months ago:
Not if you do it simultaneously… cost is higher than just rail, but rains wouldn’t have range limits at all, and would weigh less, meaning less energy used to accelerate (and better emergency brake response).
I’m very pro EV, but even more a fan of distributed power systems that aren’t chemical based.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Thx for the heads up, knowledge is power.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
You’re right. Just trying to counter the very confused people saying a glass of wine everyday is good for you lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Not beneficial, both your comment and your attempt at rationalizing use of booze. In excess, both are bad.
The point, which hasn’t changed, is that it takes a lot more smoking to cause damage equivalent to what booze causes, even in small amounts.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Hey cope, thanks for the reply. Consider how we use alcohol to make things like turkey, pork etc tender. Alcohol breaks down fibrous connective tissue, so your bourbon-bbq pulled pork is especially soft and succulent.
Now, consider what happens in your body. A toxic agent reaching all corners of your body, vs an irritating cloud of ash which gets trapped in your alveoli. Neither is good, but evidence strongly suggests that it’s harder to hurt yourself with flower vs booze.
For the record, I partake in both on occasion, but I definitely think alcohol is worse for me, personally. Everybody’s different.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
At least some of us know how to properly parse words lol
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
No, I still think bud is safer.
- Comment on No nut November is finally over but... 1 year ago:
I will gladly lose this battle.
- Comment on Why Your Office Holiday Party Is A Secret Evaluation — And Possible Job Interview 1 year ago:
Ugh.
- Comment on You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age 1 year ago:
I guess it’s good that devs don’t need to optimize as much as they had to, but I also feel like we’ve collectively allowed the laziness to go too far, with 110gb updates and stuff.
- Comment on You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age 1 year ago:
Crazy that it only needs 3.5mb of disk space.
- Comment on Even H. R. Giger would be terrified. 1 year ago:
What would happen if xenomorphic aliens and Superman existed in the same universe? Ooo boy, flying xenos mean a fast goodbye for me.