Would also note that this charger was 47¢/kwh. That’s $0.134/mile - very close to the gas calc you did

So OP is talking about spending only $4 to top up, but that’s basically the equivalent of buying a gallon of gas at this energy price. Basically you need to charge at home to get the pricing benefits over gas.

Obviously a bunch of other benefits to EVs

I would say that the first half of the first book was a bit too much LitRPG for my taste. Just felt like reading a videogame.

Just read the entire first book. It’s an easy read. If the first half is annoying, know that it gets better. I almost quit on it halfway through but stuck it out and quickly read all of the other books as well.

Yeah and better for GHGs obviously

And depending on use case, can be more convenient than gas - if you only have a basic commute and can charge at home. But gas may still be more convenient for some people (long distance in rural or remote areas for example; apartment living for another)

Tbh I can’t stand the audiobook. I know a lot of people love it, but can turn some people off entirely.

In particular, blueberry is a highly sought after tasting note in Ethiopian coffee.

But Ethiopian coffee hasn’t been as good as it was 10 or so years ago unfortunately.

Heineken 0.0 is not something I’d seek out but it’s widespread enough to be at work events and stuff. It’s fine.

There are better options in grocery stores, so I’d never buy it myself. But I’ve tried a lot of NA beers and there are much worse options.

That’s just the thing with NA though. You have to know which are good, which are fine, and which are disgusting. Unfortunately there’s a wide range in quality - much wider than normal beer.

Yeah the Oktoberfest fest beer they have is terrible, for sure. The Dunkel is decent though.

And some of the other members stuff can be pretty hit or miss. But the standard stuff in stores is generally solid. The Mexican copper one is probably the best imo.

I like it a lot. Athletic is the best imo, but even the Heineken and Guinness options are pretty solid.

Germany has a much better NA beer scene than the US though.

I don’t think so. Haven’t seen anything about that.

I’ve always had this Windows issue you described with ThinkPads. Never had a problem with Dells though. Drives me absolutely crazy

Get a leash! You want another gorilla to get shot?

If the problem is a lack of suitable alternatives, that’s not the user’s fault. Google even snapped up Waze.

They need to use something. You suggesting they should just go make their own Google Maps?

Paid by whom? Lmao how completely bizarre.

I’ve tried a bunch of spreadsheet programs. They are all painful to use compared to excel.

Sure, you can type up some basic calcs in LibreOffice or Numbers or whatever, but none of these could replicate the stuff I do daily for work in excel unfortunately.

That said, the lack of suitable alternatives did get me to learn Python for personal use. And that opened up a whole new world for things I do at work too. Things that would have been a headache in excel are a couple lines in Python. It’s great (obviously very different use cases from typical spreadsheets)

We could switch to Big Gulp sizing?

That’s not true. It’s only a competition if we have a decent chance at winning.

It’s not a technicality. We’re discussing whether chess is a “solved game” or not.

That’s a much different standard than whether Stockfish can reliably beat Magnus Carlsen. Of course the engines are better than humans. They have been for a long time at this point.

Chess is not a solved game. If there was a bot that could provably always draw, that would mean it’s solved (as a draw). To be clear, I’m not saying that the bot would just have a perfect drawing record - I’m saying that it literally could never lose, even when playing against the absolute best possible moves.

No there is no algorithm that can guarantee a draw.

I have never viewed it as a truck stop. It’s just an inconveniently oversized and busy gas station with very nice bathrooms.

It’s a great place to stop if you need to be assured a clean toilet. It’s crazy overhyped as a destination in and of itself though. And a ton of the stuff there is overpriced.

I make my own coffee at home, but this whole thread about shaming people for going to a coffee shop is crazy to me. Even if they want drip coffee, who cares?