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Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car?
  • No regrets. Polestar 2 MY22 long range AWD. Ride is a lot harsher than in the BMW i4 for instance (family member has one). But overall I wouldn't want to switch.

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  • "Net new logos" was an actual term used in the company I previously worked for.

  • Is Dune part 2 worth watching?
  • As an avid Dune books reader (all of them), I think Villeneuve did the best adaptation possible. As a character, Chani is much more fleshed out in the films and Rebecca Ferguson CRUSHED it as Jessica. Oscar Isaac also was a very good Leto.

    My big gripe is with Stilgar and Paul. Stilgar in the second movie was almost relegated to comic relief. Yes, he is also portrayed as a believer in the books, but it felt like a caricature in Dune Part 2.

    As for Paul, I had hoped for more focus on why he actually went to drink the water of life. In the books he wanted to avoid it. But events he couldn't foresee and put people he loved in danger pushed him over the edge. In the film I didn't get any of that.

    Still, loved both parts. Definitely worth a watch.

  • Ah, the free press
  • With normal news websites, A/B testing could be a thing. We had a rudimentary implementation of that back in 2011 already. But this is Reuters, a news agency. They are B2B and don't care about clicks, their business model is selling first hand reporting to other media outlets (e.g. CNN, USA Today etc). As stories develop, so does the title. Especially when ongoing conflicts are concerned.

  • Am I the only one watching the Olympics opening ceremonies? Because WTF am I watching?
  • Ugh, might be a EU region lock thing. I hate that type of restriction, especially for a global sports Event. The organizers or media have been going after every shred of shared media from the ceremony. It's ridiculous, do you want to promote you event or not?

    Sorry for the rant, but these antiquated copyright behaviors make me angry.

  • Am I the only one watching the Olympics opening ceremonies? Because WTF am I watching?
  • That wasn't just cool, it was badass! You can rewatch it here: https://youtu.be/cJowjYixfEs

  • What product have you purchased based on advertisment from modern podcasts and youtube channels that have worked out well?
  • I've been using Backblaze long before it showed up in YouTube ads. It's a great product.

  • Me trying new weapons without respeccing
  • Fun fact: "Mordhau" literally translates to "murder hit".

  • Confound you, WSUS!
  • Sorry I don't. I only have the HDMI card.

    Does the Index really need full DP or does it work via USB-C? Because in the end all those expansion cards are just USB-C accessories. I'm asking because we own a Quest2 and use it with USB-C and my desktop PC. Haven't tried it with my Laptop.

  • Confound you, WSUS!
  • I have the 13" AMD one. Only reason I still have Windows on it is because I can't get Davinci Resolve to run under Ubuntu. Otherwise very happy with my purchase.

  • Confound you, WSUS!
  • Had this exact thing happen to me. Luckily my Framework laptop's BIOS allows me to pick the EFI boot order and I set it back to the Linux Boot loader.

  • E-Bikes Should Not Require Pedaling, Proposes U.K. Government, Diverging From E.U.
  • Nope, Austria. I can imagine they have the same problem in Amsterdam as we have here in Vienna.

  • E-Bikes Should Not Require Pedaling, Proposes U.K. Government, Diverging From E.U.
  • No, no and no. In our country, there's a loophole in traffic regulation allowing for anything under 25kph on bike paths if it's electric powered. This resulted in a super dangerous situation for normal cyclists. I commute by normal bike and believe my it's terrible:

    • food delivery guys switched to electric scooters (think Vespa) and clog bike paths. These things are way too heavy in case of a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist.
    • the 25kph speed limit is not observed! Either the manufacturers don't care or the drivers tweak their rides.
    • the acceleration is way too sudden. Even a regular E-Bike needs to ramp up to speed. And you see when the driver engages his drivetrain by way of them moving their legs. With a throttle you just have a lump of mass that suddenly jumps forward. Super unpredictable.

    So now we basically have way too big, way too heavy and way too quick objects on bike paths endangering everyone else.

    There needs to be strict mass limits for vehicles allowed on bicycle paths. There need to be acceleration limits. There need to be mandatory checks for pedal-less ebikes. If a bike from a manufacturer is found that can exceed the speed limit, there need to be existentially threatening fines. Because their products are threatening lives!

  • Risks of CPR
  • This. When I got my CPR training, the consensus was: if you hear or feal something crack, don't stop. Messing up is better than doing nothing.

  • Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay
  • Except for the unicorn, your last paragraph is my reality. Oh and it's five weeks vacation, actually. My wife even has six. Sick days not included. Those are all part of the universal health care we have.

    38h work week btw. Rarely overtime.

  • Which electrolyte drink do you think tastes the best?
  • Pokari Sweat.

    I survived on that stuff when I did a one week Kebdo training camp in Japan. It's fantastic!

  • Sci-fi books which don't involve too much space travels and massive world builds?
  • If you like grounded sci-fi that elicits a "it could happen in a few years" vibe firmly rooted on Earth, check out William Gibson. Most of his stuff is excellent, but "The Peripheral" and its followup "Agency" are recent highlights. From his older stuff I very much enjoyed "Virtual Light" the most. More than his acclaimed "Neuromancer" (he invented the word cyberspace in 1982 and popularized it in this 1984 novel) even.

    Neal Stephenson - "Seveneves" One of my all time favorite sci-fi books. It is set mostly in space, but very realistic and never leaves the Earth's influence. Time setting is basically now or a few years from now.

    Also by Stevenson: "Anathem" Marvellous alternate universe story with a few twists. It's on Earth, just ... different.

    If you wanna go for the classics (1960 roughly), look into Stanislaw Lem. "Solaris", "Eden" and "Transfer" all left a lasting impression on me.

  • Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000
  • Yeah. And adaptive cruise control is something you have to pay 900 Euro extra via the in car shop on some models. Models you already paid 50k Euro and more for.

  • What are you Reading? (August 2023)
  • Andy Weir's second best book after "The Martian" in my opinion. But not by far, it was a great read and I enjoyed every page of it. Rocky for intergalactic president!

  • Morning trail run

    Got up early today to put my new-ish fully to the test before it got too hot. Trail was great, view was fantastic.

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