Random Thought of the Day

April 23rd, 2021 at 4:00:18 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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the people designing the new space suits seem to be more fashion conscious

I get this feeling some safety factor got compromised though. Is it just me?

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April 25th, 2021 at 8:14:28 AM permalink
terapined
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Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
April 28th, 2021 at 12:11:37 PM permalink
rxwine
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I read some strip clubs have the customers buy fake money if they want to tip. Then the club can make sure to skim every tipped dollar by a percentage.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
April 30th, 2021 at 6:25:58 PM permalink
rxwine
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S.I.C =(sick) Sugar Industrial Complex

88 million American adults—approximately 1 in 3—have prediabetes.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-stat-report.html#:~:text=88%20million%20American%20adults%E2%80%94approximately%201%20in%203%E2%80%94have%20prediabetes.
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May 5th, 2021 at 9:26:53 PM permalink
rxwine
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I guess it's been a long time since I last bought a car battery, because it was way more expensive than I remembered.
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May 6th, 2021 at 2:37:15 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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Quote: rxwine
I guess it's been a long time since I last bought a car battery, because it was way more expensive than I remembered.
wait till you have to replace one in an EV if you get one of those,
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the average cost is $5,000-$15,000, and that’s not including the cost of labor.
I wonder which one is $5k and which is 15?

there's more good stuff in the article. It makes it sound nuts to have one in a state with cold winters [you might decide to not even use the heater]. You'd want two cars maybe, internal combustion for winter, the EV for only in summer

https://www.greencars.com/guides/definitive-guide-to-electric-car-batteries-range
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May 6th, 2021 at 11:41:58 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: rxwine
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88 million American adults—approximately 1 in 3—have prediabetes.
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Our bodies organs did not evolve eating sugar, we have no defense against it. Europeans ate very little sugar until they discovered the new world and sugarcane. Before that they got some sugar from beets but most of it came from honey. I stopped eating sugar in1973 I have eaten nothing where sugar is above the fifth ingredient and usually not even then.
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May 6th, 2021 at 12:22:16 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: odiousgambit
wait till you have to replace one in an EV if you get one of those,
I wonder which one is $5k and which is 15?

there's more good stuff in the article. It makes it sound nuts to have one in a state with cold winters [you might decide to not even use the heater]. You'd want two cars maybe, internal combustion for winter, the EV for only in summer

https://www.greencars.com/guides/definitive-guide-to-electric-car-batteries-range


For Tesla, it’s 8 years or 100k miles warranty. So, it might be as likely to depreciate for battery usage rather than replacing it yourself.
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May 6th, 2021 at 2:03:26 PM permalink
odiousgambit
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Quote: rxwine
For Tesla, it’s 8 years or 100k miles warranty. So, it might be as likely to depreciate for battery usage rather than replacing it yourself.
If you buy a Tesla you are definitely 'invested' and also given a reason as to why your purchase can only be so cheap
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May 9th, 2021 at 1:41:46 PM permalink
odiousgambit
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hmmm.

I swear I don't worry about being tagged as, I dunno, not cooperating with the idea of being 'less white', not Woke, or whatever. Maybe I'll mull over that on the way to the Gulag when my turn comes. Of course, if I was still working it would be one thing.

New York Post also covered the story about Disney going all-in on being Woke and enacting critical race theory these days.
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