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- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
yes. this is why we’re all here discussing alternative energy and fossil fuels. But ignoring you’re enemies’ strengths is not exactly the smoothest move.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
Solar is, on a consumer level, possibly more cheap than gas for a car now, in many areas. But more is actually done with oil->gasoline framework, including plastics and chemicals which would all need to be developed into new processes. I don’t disagree that we need to replace these, but oil is literally free energy, and it’s a substance with a lot of uses.
And that fact is one of the big reasons that oil is so hard to compete with - it is literally energy we do not have to generate. All other forms of energy we must actually capture the natural energy flow. In oil, it has already been captured - we’re burning biomatter from years long gone. That’s what makes it hard to compete with. Although, the competition is getting better, and that’s good.
as far as the costs for a vehicle go - I actually live on solar, with a very cost effective system at $25k, 14kw.
If I had an electric car and drove 15k miles per year, I’d need up that system by 11kw at least. That’s adding about $20k to that system.
Where I am, gas is cheaper tha than $3/gallon, but let’s say it’s $3/gallon.
at 30mpg gasoline, that’s about $1500. At 30mpge, with my lower-than-average system costs, that’s $2000. …and that’s not including maintenance and repair to that system.
Sure, there are a ton of other factors to take into account, both for and against. But electric is no clear winner from a personal-benefit perspective - particularly when you take cold weather into account for lithium batteries, and the inability to resolve an out-of-fuel situation easily. Sure, there are services. …maybe. depending where you are. But, it’s far from ideal for a lot of people.
anyways - no, nuclear is definitely not as cheap, but it provides baseline power, which is critical. only alternatives there are fossil fuels, geothermal, and hydro. But the main draw for 3rd and 4th gen nuclear is how low-impact and environmentally friendly it can be, while still providing base load power.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
Agreed all around, with one caveat.
On chemistry - Sodium Ion is a pretty solid bet for many reasons - material availability, energy density by weight, longevity (for some chemistries - others are only comparable to lithium), low-temperature operation for charge and discharge, cost, power (charge and discharge speed)… Also, it’s ecologically sound, in comparison with any other battery tech out there currently, and it’s at the beginning of it’s innovation arc. Also, it’s a tech heavily invested in by China, which has already spurred competition in other countries.
I’ll be attaching myself to that chemistry here in the next couple years to the tune of what I expect to be about ~$8k for about 50kwh of battery, as I’ll need a bank of them for my place soon that can handle quite a few days without sunlight while running a modest workshop and basic home needs. I might need to go larger than that, but… …energy storage isn’t cheap, and I can add to at at any time, unlike with lead acid storage.
- Comment on Corn the game 1 week ago:
age 8+ 💀
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
Because we don’t need to generate the energy, therefore it’s got a cost advantage, even though the true cost of it is that it contributes massively to climate problems.
That is: batteries must be charged, the plants to make biofuels must absorb solar energy for at least half a year to have energy present, the solar panels to power the grid must sit and soak up that energy, generators must be physically turned for hydro.
the only things that have pre-existing energy that we just “tap for free” are oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear.
the best track for us to go on is to go for 3rd or 4th gen nuclear, and sodium ion batteries, imo. Solar is a close second. Hydro would be up there, but it’s too disruptive ecologically.
- Comment on steam vs gog, which game store to buy from? 2 weeks ago:
Support GOG. what they’re doing is great.
Support Steam. what they’re doing is great.
Maybe, try to keep it roughly even. Or buy based on your whim. They’re both great.
- Comment on Norwegian Man Arrested for Playing Dorei to no Seikatsu 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know… don’t all people with extreme sexual fetishes that aren’t culturally acceptable end up, by fear of cultural reprisal, attempting to control the circumstances by which they fulfill their desires?
Like, a necrophiliac (not that that’s really that common) might work in a circumstance where they could get away with that. If someone were to fine out, they would try to control the outflow of that knowledge (probably unsuccessfully).
…and if someone only got off on animal shit, they would try to get an animal to shit on them. …and if that animal was like “I suddenly learned to talk”, the person would be compelled by fear of cultural reprisal to gain a position is power over the animal to silence the animal, if the animal also couldn’t be trusted to keep their secrets.
I’m not saying that to mitigate pedophilia, but I just don’t think the underlying drives are dissimilar. I do, however, think the circumstances are dissimilar. That is to say, I think the underlying drives are similar to other fetishes, but the stakes are massively higher for all parties involved, and the odds of your secret coming out are massively higher.
I don’t think pedophilia is uniquely “evil”. like, I consider extreme NPD, Sexual Sadism Disorder, and coercive paraphilia to be far more “evil”. …and people with those disorders coins potentially choose children just because of their vulnerability, and not even due to any intrinsic attraction to children. but that’s not pedophilia.
But, I do think that pedophilia is uniquely high-stakes for all parties involved, and that the cultural demonization of it simply raises those stakes. Of course, we still need to stop it as a culture. It can’t be culturally accepted. But, I, for one, on the receiving end of that, would have talked to people had the societal reaction not been so extreme. As a child, I knew how grave it was societally - and couldn’t talk to anyone because I knew the resultant social explosion would only further erode my own sense of personal autonomy.
I mean, I didn’t think of it in those terms, but my heart correctly felt the social situation. …and I navigated it alone, except for one random person in my neighborhood that I was able to talk to, once, who just listened, and talked to me about it, and prioritized my feelings. Their consideration of me would not have been societally condoned at the time, and now verges on being illegal, but I will be forever grateful to them for standing up for my autonomy, and helping me understand.
- Comment on Norwegian Man Arrested for Playing Dorei to no Seikatsu 3 weeks ago:
yeah… …there’s something so fundamentally fucked about conceptual suppression, and I don’t think it makes the real issue - actions that harm others - better.
Like, I keep thinking of how deeply Christianity and Catholicism want to get in your pants and tell you what and when you should and shouldn’t be thinking this or that. …and it ends up making a system that helps to obfuscate and provides cover for that very thing.
Now, in tits following example, I absolutely am not suggesting that being gay is bad. But, in religions (Christianity being the prime example) where it is considered bad, it’s always the loudest, most virtuos signallers that end up being found to be involved in closeted gay relationships.
I guess, in some ways, there’s just no better cover than to signal that you’re a good thought haver, and that bad thought havers should be executed.
- Comment on Where do I even start? 5 weeks ago:
KDE connect and/or Synching/Syncthing-fork
- Comment on [Discussion] What non-movie anime do you consider to be the "most-complete" in terms of execution from start to finish? 1 month ago:
Steins;Gate - I know there’s SG0, but… SG, as is.
- Comment on Anyone have long range 802.11ah / HaLow experience? 1 month ago:
was gonna suggest similar.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you? 4 months ago:
this is a particularly good one. on top of that, (though this may have been a different anime), there was the introduction of VR as a form of hospice / terminal and immobile patient care. …which is cool as shit.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you? 4 months ago:
jk btw
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you? 4 months ago:
Nozoki Ana! <3
- Comment on Honestly 4 months ago:
sure.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
-bro, but yeah, good point.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
yeah. poorly worded.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
yeah, that was ambiguously worded.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
then don’t ask questions you can find out in other comments.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
because people like things.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
maybe read the headline and the comments, but only like 30% before i react.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
i get it, and don’t mind seeing him these days, but I don’t seek him out.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
so much better
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
If you don’t let people make mistakes, change, and grow, you’re living a petty, sad life.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
they’re responding to other comments, like about Pewdiepie being a nazi.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 5 months ago:
shrug
- Comment on Is using MicroSD cards a good way to store data that you can destroy quickly incase an adversary is about to seize control of it? 8 months ago:
I never knew twisted pride could feel so good.
- Comment on Is using MicroSD cards a good way to store data that you can destroy quickly incase an adversary is about to seize control of it? 9 months ago:
ok, here:
put it in a blender, and then put the resultant powder in a pepper shaker that’s about 1/4 full. Use it normally to heavily until fully consumed in order to have maximal sd/poop dispersion.
- Comment on Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school 1 year ago:
Welcome to they internet.
- Comment on Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school 1 year ago:
That’s a fairly decent and nuanced take.