Cooking and (basic) sewing. These are basic life skills needed for any level of independent living, yet so many are proud to be utterly incapable of either.

The change is regarding “permanent” installations, which the article also infers to mean directly hardwired. Those of us who go the route of a NEMA 14-50 outlet are likely unaffected.

That said, I wish they’d ban the cheap, shitty outlets that can’t actually provide continuous power. These are the very popular $10 outlets, vs the $50 ones that also can’t fit in a standard box.

They need to be “active”, and “paid as agreed”, which doesn’t mean a whole lot. You are perfectly fine to get a pack of gum each month, and pay the balance in full. Or put a monthly bill on your CC, or just use it for gas. Just so there’s activity each month.

Obviously avoid any that have a fee, and pay it in full each month.

Contempt of Court is a bit different. It’s usually applied until the problem action is corrected. For instance, they could (in theory) hold the administration in contempt, meaning fines or even jail, until they comply with the court order to return him.

Now, they can and absolutely should be prosecuted for their actions, but it would likely need to be a separate case.

Then it’s a good thing the link wasn’t to Snopes

Technology Connections recently posted a detailed video about dehumidifiers that’s worth watching. But a key takeaway is that on an AC, the hot side is outside (making the inside cool), while in a dehumidifier they are directly next to each other (condensing the moisture).

Without looking into the specifics, my guess is that it’s not routing the cold air over the hot side to keep things inside the same temperature.

You mention spending a lot of time on strange and niche stuff. Don’t be ashamed of that; wear it as a badge of honor. You were solving obscure and archaic issues where the answer isn’t a Google search away. Chat GPT wouldn’t even begin to find the answers.

And, as you should tell potential employers, you can do the same to their obscure, spaghetti-code, internal product loaded with tech debt. Because that’s what they always are. You may run into a challenge if their goal is to modernize it instead of just maintaining it, but that just means you focus on understanding it first.

Looks like it was available with the (discrete) GeForce MX250, which is comparable to the GT 1030. No idea how easily you could find that secondhand, since most corporate customers would opt for the integrated option.

Whitebook is probably just a variant on whitebox, meaning it comes from a no-name brand. These usually come unbranded from the same Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) that the big players use. Small OEMs can easily brand these as their own without investing a lot in engineering. The downside is that there are a bunch of other small OEMs doing the exact same thing.

As for whether it’s a scam, it’s tough to say. Those specs are in line with the Thinkpad t590, which is readily available on the secondhand market as corporate users upgrade to newer models. But I’m not familiar with that marketplace or how a transaction would go.

As for whether it’s worth getting (assuming no scam), you would first have to price the RAM and SSD. Then you must consider installation, which might be difficult. You might also have trouble getting drivers if you can’t identify the ODM or they don’t offer support to end users.

All things considered, I would look to the used enterprise market. Lenovo Thinkpad, HP Elitebook, and Dell Latitude (and ONLY these lines. Do not get their consumer-grade lines, especially not used). They probably have what you’re looking for, in a much better and verifiable package, and around the same price.

The top 5 websites in the world are mostly reposts from the other 4.

What’s really wild is that previously, you were expected to commit to a life together without even knowing what they would be like when cohabiting. Even weirder is that they would often still be living with their parents when you make the commitment. THAT was some crazy shit.

(Not OP)

Not with pills. But that is exactly what Soylent (and its many competitors) aims to be. It’s the same idea, but in the form of a shake.

I may be the anomaly, but it sounds a lot like what I expect. It vaguely resembles a song, but only vaguely. It’s absolutely terrible, and full of glitches.

It’s the kind of thing you would see is a dystopian future movie/game, when they’re trying to show that the all-powerful computer is screwing up.

Disclaimer: Not European, so this is my perception about the similar rise in the US.

Part of it is economics, and the general decline of (personal) prosperity. People can’t afford the things needed for a comfortable life. That includes housing, heat, food, and entertainment.

Part of it is definitely propaganda. No matter what the issue is, you can find countless sources pointing to whatever enemy you might think of. And people flock to it, choosing their own echo chambers. Side note: Lemmy is very much part of this, although typically in the opposite direction than what boosts AfD.

But I think the biggest factor is education, particularly in critical thinking. A lot of these movements promise an easy explanation and an easy fix. Real solutions never are. It takes a lot more effort to truly examine their claims, and it always comes with real downsides that people don’t want. There also isn’t a moment after any policy changes where people evaluate the results, and reevaluate the plan to figure out how to better get to their goals.

To all of my European friends, please remember that AfD (and other similar groups) are merely a symptom, not the disease itself. You have to identify and address the root cause of why AfD has any meaningful support.

While true, it’s not really a problem with most current Gen EVs and typical travelers. But it is a problem with current infrastructure.

Most people prefer to stop every 2 hours to use the restroom/etc. Let’s say it’s a 10 minute stop. They also want every other stop to be a food stop, let’s say 30 minutes.

That’s more than enough to charge an EV, assuming the stops are at a convenient time. But it’s not yet common to find fast chargers at truck stops, nor are they near amenities like this, nor can the trip planning apps use this as the criteria for when to stop.

This really isn’t a sign of progress. Resistive electric water heaters have long been preferred by cheap, shitty apartment managers because they are cheaper to install/maintain. The expense of operating these (significantly higher than their natural gas alternatives) is handled by the tenant, so that’s someone else’s problem. An increase in low-quality housing, which almost always has terrible insulation, is not a good thing for the world on any level.

If these were heat pump water heaters I would have a different opinion, but the article clearly states the data does not distinguish.

I can’t imagine anyone else that would buy this.

There’s a bunch of related groups that spun off from the original. Awful Taste and Awful Execution is where this belongs, and I’m pretty sure it already exists.

I found the specs a bit interesting. 52.7 kWh battery and a curb weight of 3,600 lbs is nearly identical to the Chevy Bolt, but this only has a range of 150 miles instead of 240. Is it really that much less efficient? The only thing I can think of is the aerodynamics, but that’s a 40% difference.