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  • Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college?

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  • I’ve been wondering that too. There are always co-workers but none I really connect to. Lots of parents but now that kids are grown there’s nothing in common.

    Now I’ve really gotten into cooking but my kids are in college and I have no one to cook for. I have a smoker that can ditn30+ pounds of meat or 6 racks of ribs. Who’s hungry?

  • What do you not like talking about?

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  • I’ll take a look, thanks

  • Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it?

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  • The is healthcare system is clearly a disaster but …. Since those drugs are not approved treatment for a health issue you have (your diabetes is under control), they have. Bit of an excuse. The real reason of course is that most of the population is overweight so they can’t afford to pay for everyone who needs it.

    Can I suggest other strategies that may help you lose weight?

    When I was planning to have kids I successfully lost over 100 pounds and kept it off for a decade! For me the key factors were doing it with my wife so we kept each other on track and food tracking. We joined weight watchers but it was the food tracking that made the difference for me and there’s many ways to do that. Even when you think you’re doing well you probably consume a lot more calories than you think, and it adds up. Food tracking can highlight this, identify where to make more effort. On the other side of things, losing weight requires following good habits over time: food tracking also helps you stay on track over time but this is also where peer pressure from someone else can really help.

    Of course I’ve gained it all back now that my kids are in college but I did pretty well for their entire childhood, which was my motivation. I currently may have better nutritional habits than I did back then but I’m clearly way off in portion size and calories consumed

  • My enthusiasm for tech is basically gone.

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  • That can be a dangerous line of thought …..

    Started thinking of my legacy and

    • I’m divorced
    • I’ve been bad at keeping up with friends
    • I’m unlikely to have grandkids and am estranged from my only niece
    • I live far from my family
    • my kids can’t afford to live in my town
    • I won’t be able to leave a house or other inheritance
    • even if one of my kids has kids I’m not sure I can run around with them anymore

    Everything I’ve done has no lasting value. I’ve always loved tech and can fix the problem of the day but a year or two later that’s no longer relevant

  • White House Says We Had to Bomb Iran Because Trump Had a “Feeling”

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  • Never forget the furry

  • is this even possible

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  • Maybe but not enough. Given gerrymandering and swing states. Do I wish my states politicians were progressive? Of course and I’ll keep voting for them. But when it comes to national politics, my states politicians are blue and that won’t change either way, and it will not be paid attention to because we’re not a swing state

    As long as my state is balanced by another I can’t affect, nothing is changing. No matter how progressive we may be, there’s always a West Virginia voting against healthcare, education, technology, jobs, the environment, livable wages, more protective safety nets, etc

  • is this even possible

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  • It’s time to give up on this idea, given the outrage culture, the death of journalism.

    We could have a race of Fred Roger’s vs fred rogers and someone would find or make up a scandal and half the internet will follow. For the foreseeable future all candidates appear to be evil, whether they are different from before or not, so our choice is who appears less evil.

    Then there’s the death of the platform. Candidates compete to see how little they can say, to not give their opponents anything to go on, so all future candidates will not appear to have a good platform and our choice is who is less evil

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • I’ve read the same but am skeptical because no one ever pulls out any numbers. I know every country does that same thing to some extent so just saying they do it doesn’t mean anything.

    I’ll believe it when I see actual data

    It’s also not necessary for the current reality to have happened. Following the K.I.S.S. principal, the current Chinese car industry is explainable by consistent government policy over many years, out in the open, so why are we blaming it on things we don’t o ow or don’t see? I’m not saying it’s not there, just that we’d be in the same boat whether it is or not

  • xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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  • I’m pretty sure maintenance still is a bottleneck. I did have to get warranty work done and the wait was significantly longer than I’ve waited for warranty work on traditional cars. I haven’t read much about it in the last year or though, so who knows.

    But do you even have to goto Tesla? Certainly the drivetrain and any software is highly proprietary but it also rarely needs attention. The shop I use for inspections claims they can do wear items like tires, brakes, suspension

    Body work on the other hand is probably a nightmare. Actually it’s a nightmare for traditional vehicles and can only be longer for Tesla based on lack of parts inventory

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • Everyone has different definition of lifetime and very few keep theirs 40 years

    I personally buy new and keep it for its lifetime, as defined by “needing more work than its value “. That has worked out to be 12-15 years for ICE cars. For an EV I’m reasonably confident the battery will last longer than I own the vehicle and it will still have some amount of resale value based on batteries degrade rather than die

    Also I’ve seen quite a few articles like

    Tesla is ahead there too. Its average EV lifespan is 20.3 years, whereas the average electric vehicle has a lifespan of 18.4 years. By comparison, the average gas-powered vehicle's lifespan is 18.7 years.

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • wouldn’t necessarily say that from what’s visible outside the information confines of the CCP is cheating.

    I do have to say I’m skeptical of all the claims that they are subsidizing industry and this is a problem. They are. In the open. And that’s normal. I have yet to read a convincing story that they are doing this enough to be substantially different from every other country. And being consistent over multiple years is clearly not cheating

    Chinese companies have a deserved reputation for industrial espionage and not respecting intellectual property. I haven’t read complaints recently so does that mean they’ve cleaned up their act?

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • Maybe, but there’s a lot more chance to solve it 20 years out

    More importantly, generating and transmitting more power is not the only option. It is for ai since a datacenter needs huge power continuously. However EVs need much smaller amounts of power intermittently. If I plug in overnight, I don’t care when it charges or how fast as long as it’s done by morning. Not everyone does that at the same time, and we ought to be able to create a “smart” solution to coordinate this and minimize the impact

    EV potentially could coordinate with the grid so we don’t need much or any additional power but just use it at different times

  • What do you not like talking about?

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  • Huh, never tried it

    Are there different forms or something I should look for? I’ve only noticed it in a small can in the Asian section of my grocery

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • I don’t think anyone is denying Chinese aggressive intent here, just our response. Give us a response where we can get onboard, a response that is more legitimate than their approach, and wecan all be mad at China.

    Or think of it this way. We all agree on all the ways China are the bad guys, but our behavior is making them look like the good guys. wtf are we doing?

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • While I’m positive they are playing dirty in many ways, the fundamental difference is they saw a long term transition, welcomed it, guided it. Whereas us sees a long term transition, pulls our head into our shell, holds on tighter to old ways of doing things, keeps focussing shorter and shorter term. Whatever China may be doing to “cheat”, it really seems like this is mostly self-inflicted

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • Not practical, no one wants it.

    People are already bitching and moaning about how hard it is to build out charging, when it’s based on existing electric system that’s is already everywhere. You really think it’s at all practical to build out everywhere a network of station with a large inventory of one ton batteries to fit every age of every vehicle in every location no matter how rural and heavy automated equipment to maneuver them? You want to hold battery technology stagnant to support this? You want to lose the efficiency and reliability benefits of structural batteries.

    The reality is current batteries already last longer than the first owner keeps a vehicle and newer ones easily exceed lifespan of ice vehicles. The reality is charging is already more convenient that battery swapping. The reality is building out chargers is much easier than any other infrastructure

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • grid systems couldn’t handle a complete EV swap by 2035. Look at the issues these stupid ai server farms

    While we’re so stagnant it would be a challenge, do you not see the difference between

    • a known, gradual transition with a 20 year timeframe (10 to end ice production + 10 for most existing to age out)
    • an immediate demand for for large amounts of power for a bubble technology that didn’t exist a couple years ago

    You can plan for a well known and couple decades timeframe, or the failure is yours. It’s harder to plan for surprises

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • If it has to be forced, then it probably isn’t a good idea

    It’s not like people want to do that for shits and giggles.

    A different perspective is the market shift is inevitable. We can work with it to make the transition smooth, to help existing manufacturers retool, to more quickly build out the necessary infrastructure, ensuring least disruption and existing manufacturers are still in business. Or we can let the market be disrupted by new companies predominantly in other countries. The transition will be longer and rougher as jobs are lost, infrastructure lags, existing manufacturers cling to old technology, until eventually that entire industrial base collapses

    Or of course there’s the perspective of acknowledging long term climate trends and understand the responsibility to our children, our society, our descendants, to make small steps to mitigate the harm we do them

  • BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace

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  • Someone should tell them “struggle to keep pace” is different “abandoning the attempt”

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Looking for garage heater, US, 240v, 5000w

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Euro-Lemmings: do you see common charger rules beyond computer devices?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    Delayed

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    The 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025

    nchstats.com /highest-car-accident-fatality-rates/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died — The Dallas Morning News

    apple.news /Ar4R4ruBOT8KVK3Xi9bBeAw
  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    RECIPE

    Crispy salmon in Avocado sauce

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Do dams pregame?

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    How is it going with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

  • aww @lemmy.world
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    Someone got some new sweatshirts

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Thread for Inovelli Blue?

  • AssholeDesign @lemmy.world
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    Unfortunate ad placement

  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    QUESTION

    What to look for in an Olive Oil?

  • iPhone @lemmy.world
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    Is it worthwhile capturing personal photos as spatial?