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prodigalsorcerer

@ prodigalsorcerer @lemmy.ca

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  • When a charging station on a street side public parking space is broken, the parking space is for ... care to guess?

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  • How is that ambiguous? You can only park there if you're charging. If the charger is broken, you're not charging, so you can't park there.

    It's only ambiguous in the sense that, you could park there, and run an extension cord to the closest building and plug in and now you're technically charging but not using the city's charging infrastructure as I'm sure they intended when they wrote that sign.

  • When a charging station on a street side public parking space is broken, the parking space is for ... care to guess?

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  • What did the sign say?

    Many of the public charging spots in my city say "reserved for EV charging only", which unambiguously means that you can only park there if you're charging. If the charger is broken, you can't charge there, so you can't park there.

  • TotalEnergies ends EV charging operation in S’pore (Singapore), to transfer charging points to other operators

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  • Everything except the full spelling is the verbatim headline from the article. I don't think this community has a rule about using the exact headline, but many communities do, and it's pretty good practice.

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    You need to get some skin in the game.

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  • Getting some skin in the game. Can't you read?

    I think he's asking for dick pics.

  • How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA

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  • It doesn't have to mean pulling away from the global community. It just means that the global community needs to build itself up to be more than three US corporations in a trenchcoat.

  • The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements

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  • It doesn't have a battery cooling system, so the batteries degrade quickly and significantly.

    Newer models are slightly better, but not as good as pretty much every other option.

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  • Do any of them implement blocking for piracy websites in the way that Japan wants?

  • Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots

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  • What if we just say that they're smuggling drugs?

  • The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements

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  • Anecdotal, but my 2019 Tesla model 3 is at 86% of the original rated range. At max charge it shows 332 km, and it was rated for 390 or so when I bought it. The battery has another 2 years of warranty, but that only kicks in if it drops to 70%, which I don't think will happen.

    As for buying used, as long as you avoid Nissan Leaf, I don't think there would be a huge issue with any other model. I wish this article had broken down the models that needed battery replacements rather than just by year, because I suspect the issues are going to be concentrated in a few specific makes or models.

    There are EVs that are 10+ years old already. Most of them Tesla. But you can take a look at that, and hopefully it'll help you figure out whether the degradation is acceptable to you. As a quick rule of thumb, I think 80% after 5 years is pretty normal, but the degradation also slows down over time.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ca
    prodigalsorcerer @lemmy.ca

    xkcd: Car Size

    xkcd.com /3167/

  • Buy and sell EVs for free locally or worldwide

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  • When will it support other countries? And why is the list of countries sorted the way it is? Non alphabetical makes it more difficult to see whether my country is even in the list.

  • You're going to make up the funding shortfall, right?

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  • I don't know about other provinces, but here in Ontario, the provincial government created the problem. Tuition has been frozen to 2019 levels and they reduced direct funding to universities and colleges. The "solution" was to massively ramp up international student enrollment, which came with a lot of other issues.

  • Shein accused of selling childlike sex dolls in France

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  • To be clear, I'm not doubting that therapy helps. Therapy is a great idea for everyone.

    But I'm still dubious about the claim that access to artificial children, including AI porn, will cause pedophiles to offend (more than baseline), rather than provide an outlet for their urges. What makes this different than simulated violence in video games?

    And finally, please take note of how unhelpful and condescending "do your own research" is, especially after starting your comment off with "this research is unavailable, but trust me, it exists".

  • Shein accused of selling childlike sex dolls in France

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  • This feels a lot like the "violent video games cause violence" argument, but because it's about child abuse, people don't want to defend it.

    Are there actually any studies supporting your comment? I briefly looked and couldn't find anything.

  • Almost 100,000 young men flee Ukraine in two months

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  • Ottawa limits how many American vehicles Stellantis and GM can import tariff-free

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  • Are you under the impression that this new manufacturer will somehow capture the entire market?

    To use Tesla as an example, since they're the largest and fastest growing "new" auto manufacturer... In 2024, they sold about 50,000 cars in Canada, and manufactured 1.7 million. So we're barely 3% of their market, and if their Canadian sales drop to zero (as they should), they would barely notice.

    As you said, licensing could save a lot of R&D costs, but it would almost certainly come with a stipulation that we couldn't sell the vehicles outside of Canada. If a new manufacturer were to take up the entire Tesla market in Canada (which would be incredibly ambitious), they'd need to be about a quarter (or less) of the size of the Oakville Ford plant. I don't think that it can be profitable at that scale, but I'd love for someone to prove me wrong.

  • Ottawa limits how many American vehicles Stellantis and GM can import tariff-free

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  • Canada has about 1.8 million new vehicle sales per year. It's not impossible to serve a market that small, but a lot of profits in the auto industry are due to their ability to scale.

    Any new manufacturer will have to start in the high priced, low volume, luxury segment anyway, but there isn't huge room for growth while remaining in Canada.

    If they expand to the States, then they just end up with the same problems we have now. If they expand to Europe, shipping is a pain, though doable. But if that's the plan, anyone with enough money to start a new car company will probably just start it in Europe to begin with, since Europe has a bigger market than Canada.

    The other way to do this would be a non-profit or Crown corporation, where profitability isn't the goal. That has a lot of other issues, but avoids the biggest one.

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will double its non-US exports as Canadians can’t rely on US

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  • Can you explain what a trade deficit is and why it's bad?

  • These 49 Canadians Have Served In Israel’s Military Since Oct. 7

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  • It's a list of Canadians with the implication, but little to no evidence, of war crimes beyond the fact that they served in Israel's military.

    To me it feels a lot like the published lists of people who "celebrated" Charlie Kirk's death. Yes, it's likely factual, but it feels like it's trying to start a witch hunt. And in this case, there's even less proof of any "wrongdoing".

  • Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

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  • Anyone know what legal issues might exist?

    Any potential legal issue would be a civil, not criminal matter, and would be with the other xAI and SpaceX shareholders. Both are private companies, so if someone has issues with this, there could be a lawsuit, but more likely, it'll result in a quiet settlement. If a lot of shareholders have an issue with this, then we'll probably hear something about it.