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- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 weeks ago:
My sister has that snap 4 luxe type item from Amazon and it definitely has such a strong magnet that even attached to the case, it will stay stuck on the wireless charger haha, but I doubt the peltier cooling as effective at keeping it cool because the case is quite thick with snap 4 luxe increasing thickness too. While for my case less phone with only the slim magsafe ring, it is working really effectively at cooling the phone.
I tried those slim frameless cases that had a magsafe ring embedded, too. Unfortunately they were a complete failure. One issue is that they break on the corner that has the S-pen, and one case in particular would fail to stay attached on the phone properly. I wish they were made properly but they were epic fails.(The other case had a metal plate for the magsafe notch, fails at preventing product from twisting)
I looked at those frameless types but they are made of metal and would affect wireless performance. on top of that the design made me feel uneasy.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 weeks ago:
I personally went without a case myself and also decided against putting anything on the phone except the ESR magnetic ring to make my s25 ultra able to attach to magsafe products.(Small dab of Loctite glass glue to keep it from popping off with the magsafe products or just slide off the product instead of straight popping it off)
I agree on it helping the phone keep cooler without the case. I even got one of those peltier cooling qi2 wireless chargers to make the phone extra cool when I am driving.
Its a bit annoying to think a bit more on where I place my phone down or holding it but at least I am making sure I am using the phone and placing it in places that will not lose it.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 weeks ago:
I am thinking of the nothing CMF phone 2 rn
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 weeks ago:
Get the loctite glass glue and place a few dots around to help with adhesion but nott too much that it is permanent when you want to remove it.
I personally sprung for the ESR magsafe hololock ring because I wanted it to be as flush as possible on my Samsung S25 Ultra. Being slim but still help with attaching to magsafe products is nice, especially since I live in a place that gets hot, I bout a qi2 car charger that has a peltier cooling unit in it. Phone is ice cold when I slide it off the charger
Side note:
popping it perpendicular to the surface has shown me that without the loctite glass glue, the ESR magnet ring will stay on the charger. So I just make sure to slide it off horizontally. - Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 2 weeks ago:
Wait doesn’t the cyber truck had an issue where it was possible for it to rust? Not to mention the unreasonably large glass windshield that would be expensive to replace?
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
What’s nice about no one adhering to rules is that people who break them usually end up dead or without a car. Self healing in a way, real unfortunate for anyone else who might have to deal with your shitty decisions.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
I already am, don’t worry, plenty of people like to ride my ass, even when we can’t go any faster.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
That is pretty significant difference between what I had experienced, i guess not much more mpg for your vehicle for you vs my own eco vehicle. sorry your car doesn’t experience more efficiency gains. I am good where I am at. My suggestion wasn’t to stop you from achieving what would be higher speeds but rather you will feel the gas pedal be much harder to push. That is all
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
We are now discussing what ifs, and honestly that is valid. Still not worth it in my book. Rather blame the traffic controllers who don’t check to make sure all cars are going through the light or straight up there is just too much traffic which isn’t solved by everyone driving 75+ MPH. It is solved if we instead offer better public transportation. At the end of the day we have different views here. I firmly believe in my own and do not think it is going to change anytime soon.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
I was assuming the 15 time savings is two way, or else 120 miles one way is just insane and abnormal to expect from others. He can go cry me a river.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
It is just plain math, we all living with what we can do. If you are stuck with gas, I hope you can save up cash for a house. My sister finds houses for rent that are about the same rental cost as an apartment. I also found apartments that have a garage for me to park into. Similar rent cost but added 150/m probably not going to save money on gas but at least there are options my family has found to accommodate our needs.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
Plus saving pennies on gas? Sorry but that is the nature of a gas vehicle. They have a really short window of mpg between granny driving and rocketing at 75+.
I calculated it plenty. when driving 65 MPH, the air resistance is good enough for you to get 28 to 30 mpg. Let’s keep it simple and just say 30 mile trip. At 75+ MPH, your efficiency starts taking a major hit. You will likely be traveling at 25 MPG. That is a +20 percent increase on gas consumption. If you think of it, that is a consistent 18% to 20% loss on gas.
At $3.50/g(my current market) with an additional 20% increase of fuel usage so, $3.50 * 1.2 = $4.20
For a 15 gallon tank, you are burning $63 worth of fuel on average.
While on electric vehicle, it depends on types of charging. If you have solar then it’s free, I don’t. If you have simple home charger, my current rate is 20 cents per kWh. If you fast charge, then it is 50 to 60 cents per kWh.
Most of the time I am getting between 3.5(above 65 MPH) to 4.5(below 65 MPH) Miles per kWh. With 30 mile trip that is 8.57 kWh to 6.67 kWh usage. This helps translate to cost of gas because 1 gallon at 65 MPH is about 30 miles. So if I do only home charging that is $1.70 to $1.33 for electric. Fast charging that is about $4.70 to $3.67 for just the 30 miles.
15 gallons of gas can get you 375 miles at 25 MPG, or 450 at 30 MPG. Remember $63 for driving at 25 MPG vs $52.5 for driving at 30 MPG. With electric driving, to get 375 mile at 3.5 miles per kWh or 450 miles at 4.5 miles per kWh. we can translate them over.
(Above 65 MPH) 375/3.5 = 107.15 kWh * $0.20 = $21.42
(Below 65 MPH) 450/4.5 = 100 kWh * $0.20 = $20.00(Above 65 MPH) 107.15 kWh * $0.55 (fast charge) = $58.92
(Below 65 MPH) 100 kWh * $0.55 = $55.00See now how crazy expensive that becoming for gas while electric is barely taking a hit? Makes little difference for electric vehicles, but gas? That is not pennies.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
Ha, what kind of commute are you doing cross country? That is a wildly long commute. If you find that you need to do 50 to 60 mile commutes then it’s not the norm here. Most of my commutes are within 15 to 25 miles. Driving on the highway at 75 saves as I said, with 1 minute or none at all just because I will hit the same red lights at the same time as others, mind you I do notice when someone flies past me on the fast lane and we reach the same exit ramp stop light.
The pedal isn’t telling you, it’s basically making it so that you have to consciously push harder to go faster.(A natural deterrent to those who like to just push the car faster and faster without feeling).
Sorry if you like going fast, and your unnaturally long commute is required. I rather save money instead of living like I never can save any money. Prices went up, I felt the economy lose control. You think Trump is going to lower them? Not really confident in that myself.
- Comment on Bruh, chill 2 weeks ago:
I wish vehicles made it harder to go above 65 MPH. Like I want to save money in this economy. Going above 65 is mostly a complete waste of money and will more likely than not save less than a minute or none at all because we all will hit the same red lights on the city streets. I hate how normalized we all become to it. I now mostly drive city streets with either electric vehicle or electric bike. Rent is criminally expensive, people really expecting me to waste money driving 75 on the highway? Fuck that
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
Ok 👍
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
And yet I still believe there were kids who had good tasting vegetables. I already agreed that some didn’t but the ones who did? It was still common for kids to not step up and learn. Oh well, how about I just accept whatever you say but not actually believe your narrow view of life?
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
Fr I don’t think you want to think about it much past the surface level. I agree to some points but not the myth that kids all kids can’t taste good vegetables at all. Conversation ran it’s course, I don’t mind. It is what it is. I believe differently.
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
I guess, but really I had some bad habits and didn’t know how to make anything more than simple dishes like spaghetti and meatballs. Salads seemed like way too much effort until you get the proper technique to chop them up. I understand what you mean but I still wish I had learned it as a kid. The muscle memory/technique to hone in on would have been nice before I became an adult and had to rely on eating out or eating random stuff at home because I also never learned to plan out meals properly. I guess there is more to it than cooking is what I am saying.
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
idk, am I privileged to have a family who cared enough to go to eat out once in while like once a month ?
I fail to see how you can think I am trying to relate to someone who never had decent vegetables. It’s not like it is impossible for many of us to eat decent vegetables at one point. I clearly am not trying to be relating to everyone’s background. You are simply nitpicking and didn’t bother reading or understanding my comment.
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
This is so true. I find there are plenty of ways to enjoy vegetables on the cheap or lower the effects of rot on foods. I feel like people don’t realize that 2000s is the year that current adults as kids grew up in. It is so much better back than after 2008 and 2020(current generation) are having to deal with but still it was a solved problem.
Yet people don’t really see what was talking about. I wasn’t alluding to the vegetables, but rather how kids are not willing enough to learn to cook or take initiative when they don’t enjoy something.
It isn’t easy to cook but I still helped my little brother. I wish when I was a kid, I learned to cook. My mom made the best foods though, and I lived pretty much happy with vegetables. I love salads. It is sad how many are not liking salads or vegetables as much.
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
I don’t know where this came from. I am talking about how as kids we grow up too shy to pickup cooking as a skill, even though we find it not taste right for us. It is fine to accept the food cause hard work and all that about love, but if you feel like it’s not good enough, we don’t seem to try. But you know I don’t deny it’s like that, yet people can still talk to their parents as kids, spice exists and canned veggies or frozen ones can taste decent. All basic truths.
I helped my little brother cook, he started pretty terribly and to be encouraging everything was, well, not gonna be effective for him to learn. I always made it clear I admired his work but clearly put how cooking skill takes patience and dedication to do. He learned how hard it was for me to cook. I wish I learned to cook when I was a kid.
Oh well people here got whooshed on the real story I laid out.
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
I kept it short cause I didn’t think there much else to talk about. I expressed my opinion, big no-no on the internet but whatever
- Comment on 1987 3 months ago:
What’s even more silly about this is that you never bothered to cook it yourself to experience better cooked food and the reason is? Idk for me it was because I am lame and too shy to ask to change the established way of life. On the other hand I have adjusted to eat food of all sorts even though it is displeasing. Except foods that have capsaicin or or peppers, I’m allergic to them.
- Comment on Anon compares Harry and Ron 3 months ago:
It would have been funny af to watch Neville Longbottom as the main character of the series and the marketing hype train having to tiptoe the last name. I know Harry Potter as a name sounds better but imagine everyone dressing up as Neville for Halloween
- Comment on Thank god "shit" is censored 4 months ago:
Yeah I’m super scared too, emotions freak me out
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 5 months ago:
Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 5 months ago:
I think I saw a review of the Amazon fire TV and they literally lock controls and tell you some basic af features are locked behind an Amazon account registration or login
- Comment on Anon's PC works 5 months ago:
this is what I used to get, between 2-5 hours depending on how light to work and strict the power restrictions are. yes I wish to get the framework 16 with dGPU, I really need to save so much cash, so pricey. its the only laptop worth its cost though. so capable and I love the idea that I can baby it(with the usual repairs like battery and keyboard/trackpad) and the internals can be shelved or repurposed.
- Comment on Anon's PC works 5 months ago:
I’m daily driving a laptop with i7 9750h and 1660ti. Unfortunately I had to convert it to desk only as battery is dead and removed, and touch pad seems to have also broke. Still CPU and GPU work fine. I still wonder if I will upgrade and if I can afford it ever anymore.
- Comment on Hurry 5 months ago:
Happy holidays!
