Vodulas
@Vodulas@beehaw.org
- Comment on US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70% 6 days ago:
It wasn’t half the country, it was half of the people that voted, and voter turnout was 63.7%. I am always annoyed by this particular argument because the republicans are doing so much to disenfranchise voters. They are wild unpopular, they are also wildly corrupt. Not that dems are better, mind you, but painting half the country as racist fascists is just plain wrong
- Comment on US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70% 6 days ago:
The same is true in the US. Charging infrastructure has been getting better and better. Not perfect, and China is beating us hands down, but it is 100% doable nowadays. Aging Wheels has several great videos about EV charging on trips.
Like another commenter said, charging at businesses and homes needs to be improved. Apartments should be adding outlets next to parking spots and cities adding them on streets.
- Comment on Squirted Glock comp that doesn't suck 1 week ago:
I’m in the PNW, so ideal conditions outside the house are uncommon. PETG or ABS seem better suited, but I for sure don’t have the gun expertise
- Comment on Squirted Glock comp that doesn't suck 1 week ago:
Reverse experience and I am also surprised. Seems like the worst material for almost anything around a gun
- Comment on Squirted Glock comp that doesn't suck 1 week ago:
I live in the US and it’s not the gun ownership that was weird to me. Beehaw has never really been a hotbed of 2A activity, so seeing something about it was weird. I don’t see an issue with this post, other than maybe wrong community. Also not sure on the rules around gun posting
- Comment on Squirted Glock comp that doesn't suck 1 week ago:
I might be able to translate based on my experience in 3D printing. I do not have a guns, though, which is what this appears to be about.
Glock is a gun manufacturer. Invader v2 is probably a specific model.
Squirted seems to be a slang term for 3D printed.
PLA is the most common kind of 3D printing material/filament.
A compensator is an attachment for a gun that I believe reduces recoil, but don’t quote me on that.
Lade I think is a typo and they meant made.
The image is of said 3D printed attachment on the business end of a pistol, presumably the aforementioned Glock Invader v2.
Definitely seems out of place on Beehaw.
- Comment on The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset - Aftermath (Chris Person) 2 weeks ago:
They could not have known you wanted no other information and that you did not want a video. All you mentioned was the battery life.
- Comment on The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset - Aftermath (Chris Person) 2 weeks ago:
lol, saying the thing you did is not antagonistic. I don’t even think what you did was antagonist. My point was that you weren’t specific. You never said no videos, no other information. Someone gave you a thing that includes what you said you wanted, and you were like, “No, this isn’t right, and also I will have to wait for the thing that is closer to what I want but still isn’t right” It was funny. In that “How could the person who was literally trying to help have known?” kind of way.
Like, just say, “Thanks, but this isn’t what I was looking for for [these reasons]. I didn’t state them ahead of time”
- Comment on The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset - Aftermath (Chris Person) 2 weeks ago:
No, but your reaction was. You were given the thing you asked for, then complained. Then complained the thing wasn’t in a different format not previously specified. Like, someone was trying to be helpful without much context and you were like, “No, this is the wrong kind of help”
- Comment on The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset - Aftermath (Chris Person) 2 weeks ago:
“This review is not comprehensive enough”
Handed review that is more comprehensive
“This review is too comprehensive and also I have to wait for an extra thing they do as a bonus”
Quite the take
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
I 100% get where you’re coming from. I don’t even disagree that it is a simple excuse to ignore responsibility. From experience, I know police departments simply don’t care about that. Look at Seattle Police. They spent 13 years under federal oversight, marginally improved, then the feds ended it, despite still being incredibly horrible to non-white, non-straight people.
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
I don’t that level of faith in the court, especially the SCOTUS, to have that level of optimism.
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
I understand it is unconstitutional. My point is that it simply does not matter to the cops. Again, the easier thing is to not have cameras at all. Systems can be circumvented. Not having the cameras at all makes it so nobody can abuse them. Mass surveillance is not necessary or good.
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
Stalking is also illegal. Doesn’t seem to stop them
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
Should, yes, but they won’t. Cops in the US are some of the most corrupt people. The simpler and safer solution is to not have the cameras at all. Mass surveillance is never the answer
- Comment on Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting 3 weeks ago:
Consider the ridiculous amount of stalking from cops using these cameras, no, I don’t think people would be OK with only local cops having access
- Comment on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives 5 weeks ago:
Yup, especially on EVs
- Comment on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives 5 weeks ago:
My car has eco, standard, and sport modes. In my case all they do is adjust the amount of initial acceleration available.
- Comment on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives 5 weeks ago:
Very much vehicle dependent. Mine does fine with both, but my partner’s car sucks at lane assist. It feels like it is bowling with the bumpers on. Just bouncing in the lane between the lines
- Comment on Tesla’s Robotaxi gets caught crashing through bollards, just as it readies the purpose-built Cybercab for public roads 5 weeks ago:
Yes, they are meant to survive being hit. I already said that. They are also meant to indicate a no car zone, which it was clearly in. A small mistake would have been a slow speed bump from the side it was supposed to be in and not driv8ng through them
- Comment on Tesla’s Robotaxi gets caught crashing through bollards, just as it readies the purpose-built Cybercab for public roads 5 weeks ago:
They are not meant to be hit. They are meant to indicate not to drive there, and not cause damage when hit. They often separate bike lanes and sidewalks in the US. It got itself into a spot a car should not have been, then hit the bollards to get out of it. This is not a small mistake.
- Comment on Ford's affordable EV pickup is named Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 1 month ago:
Ugh, that sucks, and seems like a distracted driver waiting to happen
- Comment on Ford's affordable EV pickup is named Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 1 month ago:
From what I understand that has more to do with the amount of money they are putting into R&D, not cost of materials for each vehicle. Media has been spinning it, but it is not a 1:1 thing
- Comment on Ford's affordable EV pickup is named Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 1 month ago:
They are likely using LFP batteries instead of ones that take some of the more expensive minerals like cobalt. That is a huge part of the cost of EVs, and LFPs should help keep the price down
- Comment on Ford's affordable EV pickup is named Fathom, and it will start at $28,350 1 month ago:
Wait, they took out the toggles? That is a ton of the personality of the Mini
- Comment on Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another company 1 month ago:
Men, not that weird. It’s marketing BS. Just trying to inflate their value (or deflate others) by saying, “Pfft, we can do it too”
- Comment on BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat - The Autopian 1 month ago:
That’s not how mortgages work. You own the house, the bank owns the loan.
- Comment on It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History 2 months ago:
I did. That is the one thing the article said without citing a source. It is a common anti-EV talking point and like the person you responded to said, it has been debunked. On top of that, most of the time the environmental impact of transporting and refining oil are not taken into account.
www.ucs.org/sites/…/driving-cleaner-report.pdf
It’s kind of a shame, because overall I agree with the point of the article. Increasing the ability to use bikes and improving public transit are way more efficient, but EVs are a good option in areas where those are not currently viable.
Are EVs perfect? Hell no. Should we throw the baby out with the bathwater, though? Battery technology is getting better. Batteries that don’t use high impact resources like cobalt are becoming viable.
Sorry for a bit of a rant, but sentiments like this are hampering progress
- Comment on It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History 2 months ago:
Mmmhmmm. And Microsoft
- Comment on It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History 2 months ago:
They tend to be concentrated in my experience. Big tech hubs have a higher concentration. I see a lot of them around Seattle for example.