mmaurizi's comments

It may not be biologically possible for those who grew up on a low-gravity planet like Mars to emigrate to a higher-gravity one like Earth.

You're aware that control of the House of Representatives is still Democratic because the new Congress isn't sworn in until January right?

Likely when built the streetlights weren't LED, so the buried cables are under-capacity. Assuming they can provide 230v power at 15-20 amps, that's enough to fully charge something like a Tesla or Chevy bolt (250-300 mile range) overnight.

Most people could do fine with charging only 1 out of every 4 nights for regular commuting, the tricky part is just figuring out how to make that work logistically, but it is at least feasible. Those with schedules that allow charging during the day make things easier I'd assume.

How cold is "very cold" to you? There are air-source heat pumps that work all the way down to -15F now.

Thats... extremely pessimistic. I have a VW eGolf, with our 7.6kW home charger it can go from empty - full in 4 hours. It has a 36kWhr battery w/ a range of 150 miles, so in 30 minutes that's on average a little under 19 miles (probably more because you get faster charging at first and slower when closer to full).

But more to the point, how many people have a regular commute, only have street parking at home, and ALSO couldn't be expected to have their employer provide charging at work? Are they doing on-street parking at work as well?

I know a lot of folks in the city who own a car but use it for errands and trips but not commuting. They're the people best served by slower charging at grocery stores, movie theaters, etc. 20 miles isn't a lot but if you're topping up every-time you use the car anyways it adds up or at the least means you only need to use the fast charger once every few months at the most.

What about where you park at work? Or when grocery shopping? There are more options for 240v "slow" chargers than you'd think.

I've been thinking about this for a bit (I happen to live in Philly) & I think the easier answer for cities is instead of focusing on charging "at home" parked on the street, to instead go all-in on destination charging (charging at work, at the grocery store, etc).

Adding charging to a garage or parking lot is easier than on the street, and you don't have to worry about not being able to access "your" spot.

Being able to shut down existing gas power plants should free up a lot of gas for home heating.

So batteries on EVs generally don't fail dramatically, they slowly lose range over time.

So someone buying a used EV will presumably buy something with enough range for them to get around, and then over time if they notice the range starting to decline to the point that it might be an issue, they'll have some time to save up & trade in their car for a better one. Their current car won't be worthless on the used market and someone who doesn't have as large of range requirements (e.g. a 2nd car for commuting) will still buy it.

There are other issues that can prevent an EV from charging at all, but they have usually cheaper fixes than a whole battery pack replacement like you're talking about.

Seems like you need a flying wing design so you can have gigantic wings to put your giant tanks (and also passengers) in. Maybe this https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/futuristic-flying-v-air... ?

"Judge of Elections" in PA is an elected position for running the polling place for a precinct on election day. It's an extremely low-level position that only involves work on 2 days of the year.

It's not a "judge" in the sense someone who oversees a criminal or civil trial.

I'm wondering if the opposite exists - I'm looking for a job board that will let me search for office-based companies (preferably hybrid 2-3 days in the office).

It seems like every senior role I've looked at offers 100% remote as an option, but spending the rest of my career on Zoom meetings is just wildly unappealing to me.

Yes for many years until the pandemic and permanent work-from-home started. I hadn't realized just how much my productivity relied on the structure of the office environment and other people around me working until it was taken away from me.

Our office has re-opened now but it's on a voluntary basis so whenever I go in it's a ghost-town and it doesn't help much.

In this case if you look it up on MDN you'll see that Math.max(...arr) isn't recommended for large arrays (ask me how I know)

There are some industrial processes that emit carbon, for which we don't have good alternatives (e.g. making cement, refining certain chemicals).

Being able to capture their CO2 output will likely be necessary, even in the presence of a 100% renewable electric grid - which makes this a technology worth pursuing.

Not if they're renters, or the children of current residents now forced to leave their hometowns.

Are you aware that Dollar Tree and Dollar General are different stores with different business models?

Dollar General does not price all their items for $1. I don't believe they ever have.

And Dollar Tree does not sell groceries (at least not any I've ever been to).

Yes, but the majority of deaths has been older people, most likely not in the workforce.

30% of deaths are from 85+, 27% for ages 75-84, 21% for ages 65-74

Source: same site as you https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics

As someone who received medication for childhood ADHD, the highly managed classroom environment was never an issue, it was getting the homework done at home when I had to be self-motivated.

Work-from-home during the pandemic has yielded similar issues with motivating myself to do work for my job (but to a lesser degree, as I've learned skills to cope over the years).

This is a great model, because then the neighborhood can use the reactor waste-heat for district heating!