Plenty of people can charge at home. So our day is, unplug, drive to work or whatever, drive home, plug in again overnight. For those people, EVs can be a useful option. If you're really lucky, your office might also have chargers available.

For people who lack ability to charge at home, it will be less convenient, at least right now. Maybe that will change later, but right now, it is what it is. EV people like to say that the vast majority of trips are commuting, and EV is good for that. However, that does not account for people who can't charge at home and such.

Right now, I have to say that if you have only one vehicle in your household, it probably shouldn't be EV. Hybrid would be a good option if you want to cut gas costs, but maybe your use cases are best for gas. In that case, that's what you should buy. The idea that people should not be able to choose is what I dislike. Drive what you want, doesn't bother me. Right now, EV can't replace everything you would use gas for. That doesn't make it bad, it's just something to be aware of. Maybe that makes it a poor choice for a specific person. That's a perfectly valid place to be.

I currently own one of each. A really old gas pickup truck I keep for occasional runs to move large items or sometimes one of the others isn't available. Hybrid mini-SUV (Highlander) for most driving. Leaf for the wife's commute and local driving when we want to. Works for me, in large part as I'm willing to maintain older vehicles so gas stuff is cheap for me to deal with.

It's possible to be the only option and still be shit....

I don't know that I would say CUPS is shit, but some people think so. I think it's generally good enough, which is why it's pre-installed on just about every distro, other nix-likes, OSX, etc.. Sure, it sucks that printer manufacturers refuse to use a standard driver, but if you skip inkjet, which I argue is more shitty than CUPS, things generally work fine.

I only buy Brother laser printers right now. They come with network support, postscript, and just work without me fussing with them all the time. Inkjet has uses and could be cool, but it's crippled by the manufacturers and their rent-seeking.

Not to excuse a security issue. That does suck and needs to be fixed.

Yup. They were deceived because they wanted to be. They wanted to think this would make their waste better. I can't even complain too much as I bought it initially too. But as I looked into it, I realized it was 99% BS. Some recycling happens, only the most profitable though. Metals often are, fair bit of paper, but plastic? Not so much. It could be, at least some of it, but it's too expensive to do compared to fresh material. I am required by my city to have and pay for a recycling bin, so I do try to at least put some things in there they can use. But I don't see any reason not to take them at their word when they say they want some of the other stuff and since I have to pay for hauling it off anyway, I guess they can have it. I have no doubt at least half of it winds up in the ocean or landfill though. More landfill here, but still..

As for the company, I have no idea. They could have been pushing it hard all over the place. I haven't looked into it. It wouldn't surprise me if they did, but it also wouldn't surprise me to see a Cali politician to lie about it and blame a business they dislike.

Illegals eating pets... There have been 911 calls, videos of cats on grills, etc.. Hyperbolic to say it's all of them, but I do think it's reasonable to say some of them. I'm not even really upset with them for it, they don't know. But it was irresponsible to send them into the country without telling them the expectations, which should be the same as anyone else. If they can't live under our system, they should be removed, like any other criminal, except we can send them home.

AGW: The constant manipulation of historical data makes me uncomfortable. Ignoring that, it's not some huge existential emergency that requires trashing the global economy. Particularly when we know that a number of hugely populated nations will not go along with it. So, really, it just disadvantages us while propping them up. That doesn't help anything on a global scale. Not to say we should pollute indiscriminately, but have a little perspective and reality. You aren't going to convince the entire planet. And telling people they should suffer while other people benefit, isn't going to go well.

Statistically, abortion is about a 50/50 split on a full ban, with close to 90% favoring some restrictions. Claiming Trump wants to ban them is retarded. He has always said he doesn't want that and only wanted to push it to the states so people can have more say in their local areas. There are a number of Republicans that would like to. What happened, was the supreme court ruled that the federal government does not have the power to regulate them at all. Which is true if you read the Constitution. As it stands, you need an Amendment if you want to regulate it at the federal level, which isn't going to happen right now, in either direction.

Inflation is defined as increasing the money supply without a change in GDP or other assets backing it up. So no, tariffs do not cause inflation. They DO increase prices at the consumer level, which is often used as a substitute for inflation. That said, it's impossible to compete with slave labor. So do you want to pay a little more or accept slave wages yourself? While imperfect, his policies created a huge economic boom while her's have driven it into the gutter.

Health care.. well, my options and coverage/price have gotten far worse under Obamacare. A lot of people report the same. Some seem to like it. I will say that stuffing government where it doesn't belong has caused huge price increases and waste. Look at education for example. As for Trump's suggestions, I watched the videos and it looked to me like he was trying to throw ideas out. That's how high level business people I've known think. And it wasn't just "shine a light on them" it was something more akin to Dialysis running blood through something to filter or kill the virus. Perhaps still unworkable for a number of reasons, but he's not an expert and didn't claim to be. Plenty to disagree with on the COVID response in every direction.

Trump threatened to nuke Putin, personally. Not Russia, Putin. I don't think that counts as "cuddling up". And since she is proposing Communist policies when she has a policy she hasn't stolen from someone else, I think it's fair to call her a Communist. And since she seems to be suggesting the same things other Communist regimes have done, I don't see any reason her version would have a different outcome from any other attempt at it.

For lots of Democrats, disagreeing with them is Fascism. I don't understand it either. I think both comments are funny. Laughing at either big party is worthwhile. Just don't take them too seriously when it comes to real life.

Forget? No. But a lot of people don't GAF about it or at least don't think it's a huge emergency that requires trashing the whole planet's economy. This would still be an improvement, but instead of accepting a marginal improvement, some people want to insist on perfection, which doesn't exist. Thermal depolymerization is available now, works well enough, and outputs far less garbage to the environment. Even incinerators don't just spew the result out, they filter at least some of the junk. Given that we can make coal plants not have visible exhaust, I think we can manage this.

If this new process works out and can be made into real plants, cool, glad to see it. Break down the plastics into feedstock for other industrial processes. It beats digging more up doesn't it? And this new process has no significant waste, all the plastic is broken down into gasses that can be captured and reacted into other material. It even solves the problem with plastic recycling causing breakdown of the polymer AND handles contaminated feedstock, which existing recycling can't do.

Just one example, use the excess heat to run generators. Now you have 24/7 power. Use solar during the day, excess goes to process plants like this. Night time, use the energy you stored in whatever way worked for the process. Depolymerization leaves you oil. You can burn some at night for power, use some for plastics, fuel, whatever. One thing we know how to use is oil. Could also make Hydrogen and use it later for energy or feed into another reaction. And yes, using it might well release some CO2 etc.. It's still less than digging up new material. We have picked the low hanging fruit on efficiency and similar ideas. Reducing consumption significantly from here is very expensive and will get significant pushback from people. They are already pissed that their electricity bills shot way up while using LESS. We are getting to the point that pushing harder will result in them just pushing harder. We are already seeing violence from both sides as a result. Or, we could try to compromise and come up with something we can live with. Remembering, that compromise means everyone leaves unhappy.

It doesn't exist. There is only tolerance and price. Lower tolerance == more money. And you have to specify things like temperature. You ok with your computer only being "valid" at 70F +/- 0.0001F?

If you want legal liability for bugs, you are asking for VERY expensive software. And it would require ditching most hardware as well. All the bugs in CPUs lately? And patches are not good enough, so not only is hardware going to be expensive, it's going to be SLOW. There's a reason space missions don't use the latest hardware, preferring ancient gear, by our standards. Almost all the CPU issues are performance enhancements. SMT is right out, most multi-processing and multi-core. ECC RAM is required, and must be proven correct. Maybe add some RAID style RAM? And you would have to really pay attention to those qualified hardware lists. Going outside of that is going to increase issues and may well cause crashes. You can't blame the software if the hardware isn't verified. Not to mention firmware. And we haven't even gotten to the OS yet! A modern application has to go through a dozen layers of code, libraries, firmware, microcode, etc. etc. etc.. I'm shocked that they work as well as they do.

You can have this sort of thing now. It's just very slow and very, very expensive. Every zero you take off the tolerance, you add two or more to the price. Same here. There's a reason NASA spends a million on a 286 class spacecraft computer. And it's not just wasteful spending. When every bit has to be correct, all the time, you can't go modern. At this level, you examine every solder joint and copper trace with a microscope and x-ray. Maybe even the bond wires inside the package. And one bad joint, you throw the whole board in the bin.

We all know that actual "advances in computing" are extremely rare. It's almost all incremental advancement and mostly speed or parallelism. True algorithm advancement can be patented, at least it looks that way based on patented CODECs and such. So what's left is the 99% that really do read like "XYZ from 50 years ago, but using a computer". That's not a useful patent for anyone other than the jerk that patented it for trolling. The way current patents work, no, I don't want them more involved in computing, thanks.

I have to agree. I like the idea, but it isn't working and we can't fix it without admitting there is a problem. In my area, I'm REQUIRED to pay extra for a recycling bin that I know full well isn't being recycled. I do try to give them stuff they might be able to use, metal cans, clean cardboard and such. But if I'm required to pay for it, I want it done right. Right now, it's useless and lines pockets.

How about we start with truth in labeling. If it's marked recyclable, it MUST be recycled. And it can NOT be sent to other countries. Do it here or not at all, where we can see it. As such, anything marked as a lie will be banned from selling anything in the US for 1 year per violation. If that kills companies, so be it. And the C level execs can be held personally responsible. Companies WILL increase costs for this. So accept it or deal with the garbage that results. You want it cleaned up, you have to pay for that. Just how it is. And companies could just package in paper, cardboard, glass, metal, etc..

For plastics that cannot be reasonably recycled, get some pyrolysis plants going. At least it will decompose it to the point we don't have microplastics everywhere. Or just ban types that can't be recycled, but I think this makes more sense. Or just landfill and we'll have to mine them later I guess.

I wish environmentalists actually cared about the environment more than making noise and virtue signaling about the environment.

That one is really about loss prevention. It's cheaper to package it that way than to lose them all to theft. It sucks, but with theft being legalized in some areas, it's only going to get worse. I'm a little surprised stores haven't switched to "order online and come pick things up" due to this mess.

I can build a 3D printer from raw parts. It's not difficult. These things used to run from an Arduino. It doesn't take a lot. It's all open source and open hardware. Hell, at this point I could probably get the control side into an FPGA or PLD. Things like watermarking are simply not possible to require. Every piece has significant other uses and banning them isn't possible without completely destroying the economy. Of course, the Democrat party seems hell bent on doing exactly that, so hell if I know. But think about it, there are probably more stepper motors on the planet than people. In my house alone I probably have a hundred of the stupid things in various items. And that's ignoring 3D printers and such. I harvested, I think it was 4, from the last paper printer I broke down.

That's not even getting into CNC machines and other machining tools. I can make all the required metal parts with those. And maybe some casting if I want to get fancy. Wire EDM is also starting up. Now I can precision machine super hard metals like Tungsten. You can build those to be accurate to microns. There are even people out there doing their own Integrated Circuits! DIY chips on silicon.

You can make a "Glock Swtich" with a couple pieces of plastic or aluminum and a file. It wouldn't even be that difficult. Easier if you let me have a hand drill and a couple of bits. If I can break out the mill, I can make the whole damn firearm. AND IT'S LEGAL for me to do so in my state. Other than the switch, obviously. I can also make all the parts and the finished ammunition. That is a few thousand years old tech at this point. You really think people don't know how to do it? We could even make smokeless powder, primers, explosives, etc.. Generally, we choose not to. Give us a reason and a LOT of people will do it. Many already have the tools, materials, and knowledge.

Rights cannot be licensed, or they aren't RIGHTS. The militia stuff has been covered to death. Your view is wrong based on plain reading of the Constitution, other writings at the time from the people that wrote it, numerous SCOTUS rulings, and rubbing two brain cells together. The federal government isn't supposed to have an Army at all. They only let them have a Navy because it was considered too expensive for individual States to be expected to maintain one. And that was probably correct thinking. It would also be unreasonable to expect the coastal states to pay for it alone. They were all coastal at the time, but it's not like they didn't know about all that land to the west.

Even my X1C doesn't NEED cloud. It will run fine without it. I would lose a few features, but nothing I couldn't live without if I wanted to. I wouldn't need internet at all. If they start playing these games I'll just unplug everything from the internet. I don't need the nanny state telling me I can't print something because it looks too much like a "bad" part. Particularly if I'm expected to pay for the devices.

Assuming you could make it work at all. Particularly from gcode.

Or people will just pull the control board, replace it with one of the older ones, and go about their business. These things do not need high power CPUs. The originals used an Arduino. And it was under-utilized for a long time. It's only the last few years we really got much benefit from moving to faster control chips. Most of the is quality of life stuff we can live without. So in PC terms, maybe a 286?

Even if you have the STL, those are difficult to convert to something else. Many designers include CAD or STEP files to make remixes easier for people.

Or the guy I watched hammer a fucking shovel into an AK receiver.

Because nobody could figure out how to make gunpowder? You know it's 3 ingredients that are naturally occurring?

Even Smokeless isn't hard. Hint, it used to be called "guncotton".