jmiller

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[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

I am not medically trained in any way, but I would say sudden noticeable losses in strength and endurance in one arm is a good enough reason to make a doctors appointment. So many issues are easier to deal with when caught early, take care of yourself!

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

If you are in a small car and an F350 hits you, it is going to do a lot of damage whether it is this or a more conventional car. At least with this you may limit the body and frame damage to that wheel and suspension. If it just tears off that wheel it will pobably transfer less impact to the passenger compartment too, and I care more about my neck than a wheel or quarter panel.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's more like they are around again, they folded quite a while ago then started back up in 2019 I think. Still a fairly long development, but not 15 years, haha.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I think the timer is a little pushy, but giving a warning before closing open investment isn't a bad thing. If they reopen crowdfunding after closing it now, I will share your suspicions.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably worse for Barbra than the picture is this phenomenon being named after her. I was familiar with the the Streisand Effect and who the name came from, but didn't know the backstory and hadn't seen her house.

For anyone curious.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Maybe that was literally the case, he apparently had mercury poisoning at around the same time.

It's starting to sound like a retelling of the old lady who swallowed the fly.

Someone needs to invite /u/Poem_for_your_sprog to Lemmy.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I just said carbon fiber, but to be more exact it is forged carbon SMC, so yeah, careful engineering involved. Same stuff Lamborghini is using for some structural components, so probably fairly fit to purpose.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forged_composite

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, it has a carbon fiber frame with a crumple zone in the front. They are going to put it through 3rd party safety testing. It won't be as safe as a big SUV, sure, but I think it will be safer than an ebike. It also protects you from weather and has 35 cubic feet of storage in the back. I think ebikes are great too, but this does have more of the advantages of a car.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The benefits increase as the efficiency of the car increases though, check out Aptera. They say they get 10 miles per kwh, and they have a lot of surface area for panels. Enough that in ideal conditions they say they get 40 miles per day from solar. It is a bit different looking though.

https://aptera.us

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Growing crops to make ethanol is not particulatly green. In fact, in most existing production loops we would be better off environmentally to just burn pure gasoline than produce the ethanol to mix into it, unfortunately. Too much water, too many tractors and trucks, and way too much electricity into ethanol production to be worth what we get out of it. And the bit of carbon the crops sequester doesn't overcome it. Electric vehicles are by far the greenest option right now.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

This is misleading, billionaires have been paying effectively lower taxes for many many years. They just had to be more creative about it before now.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, I've been using a VPN for under a year, and DDG for just a couple of months, but I haven't had a captcha from them yet.

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