talizorah

I can’t wait for the EV future and even work for a manufacturer building them… But this post is the reality in the US market right now.

The cars are too expensive, the charging infrastructure is not there for people living in apartments (which at least where I live, accounts for the majority of new housing construction), our local power grid is already sagging because we haven’t built a power plant in decades… And a significant amount of people have commutes totaling or exceeding 80mi (round trip) because the jobs are in the city, but don’t pay well enough to live there, so they have to rent in the more rural towns and rely on the interstates to get around.

Could we, in America, make the 2030 deadline? Perhaps, but only if the government actually did something about it. We would need a massive infrastructure investment, we would need some regulations that define the cars requirements that are something other than “doesn’t blow smoke”. We would need a more aggressive subsidization program (like most of the other countries that are attempting to push heavy EV adoption)… And above all, it needs to be affordable to everyone, not just the person looking to swap out their BMW or Lexus for the new hotness. It’s gotta be affordable to the blue collar hard worker that is currently driving a late 90s pickup truck, or an early 2000s Camry. It’s gotta be affordable to the family that is buying a four-owner minivan. And it can’t be just because you point out “But the electricity is cheaper than gas! You’ll save in the long run…” Because they’d rather pay for the convenience and peace of mind that comes from knowing there’s a filing station every 10 miles, vs having to plan their existence around 30min charging stops.

If battery tech improves and range anxiety disappears, along with better rapid charging? None of this will be an issue anymore. Because that’s what everyone I’ve talked to is worried about: range and charging time. They want their replacement car to be BETTER than what it replaced. As would everyone, no? Especially when dealing with Americans, asking them the assign value to ‘being efficient/good for the environment’ doesn’t work. So yes, you’ve spent more up front, you’ve reduced the total distance you can drive on a full tank, you made refueling a hassle, and have to also hire a contractor to wire up charging capability in your garage. But you are now personally less responsible for carbon emissions!

…it’s a hard sell. What’s also a hard sell: I am one person. I do not need an SUV. I drive a coupe Civic right now… Where’s my compact econobox EV? Do I have to buy a big luxury sedan or SUV (or truck! Though I appreciate Ford and Rivian for making those options available) just to have an EV?

Is the lover of hyperfixations and infodumps in the room right now?

Just like AM2R and plenty of other things, once it’s out there in the internet, it’ll never truly disappear. However, the dev expressed some relief in not having to build more than he already has.

I have high hopes for his next project ^^

Nintendo has never publicly released the tools required to build games for the N64. The tools that he used during development (specifically the libUltra library that helps programmers talk to the N64 hardware) therefore are not legally his to use, nor does he have legal rights to distribute software built using it.

As such, Valve is stepping up and asking the project to halt because if Nintdo wanted, they could cause legal troubles for the developer and/or Valve. Since the Portal name and assets are in use, Nintendo could go after Valve as well for seemingly “supporting” unauthorized use of their proprietary tools.

The door hacking in Deus Ex Human Revolution. Each one was unique, could be solved by skill (speed and precision) or with tools (consumable items found throughout the game). It was a mini puzzle game each time you tried to unlock something.

At the time, I loved it so much I tried to build my own version but it never went anywhere.

Back when I was into forums, being active and contributing usually turned into being accepted in the community. With these Discord’s, I’ve been ignored and overlooked every time.

Being on the spectrum doesn’t help… It’s like you have to learn how to communicate all over again.

4 servers and counting… I feel you ):

My company is a few years into an Infosys partnership. From the first meeting, we had people disappointed. All this time later we’re behind on every project, and spend more time arguing about payments and KPIs than actually getting work done.

It’s easy to say your KPIs are green when you don’t measure anything of value, and really easy to say we owe you for services when you have no proof of services rendered.

To learn they’re pretty anti-human and profit driven from the top down is just icing on the cake

Most likely. Name fits lol

I definitely identify with the second kid. Being tossed around so much because they tried to figure me out and failed definitely doesn’t help. “You’re good! But not good enough.”

I still suffer from this. Promising early start, intense self-confidence issues and depression by the end.

Can drive manual, 30s, USA.
I had a particularly bad automatic transmission in my first car and went with a manual shortly after.

There’s a commercial Linux client I was using called Insync and it was perfect. Only stopped using it because I switched away from Linux

Ah, just realized you’re on Lemmy. No worries! Basically, there’s a few different sites that are all talking the same “language”. So while you’re on lemmy.world, I’m on kbin.social, but we both can see the same posts and talk to each other.

I had a similar experience with Reddit trying to find support from the community there. ADHD sucks, and while having a positive attitude is good… sometimes you’re tired of being positive and want to just talk about what’s frustrating.

I’ve used the jump from Reddit to just… approach it more honestly. Everyone is pretty new to this mode of operation. Be you, be transparent, be kind. I’ve felt better speaking up here than I ever did on Reddit. Best of luck!

I hope so. My experience thus far between Kbin and Mastodon are very positive. ADHD, ASD, etc. seem to be more common, therefore better understood and accepted.

Everyone is different and struggles differently, but hey. Hopefully you find some friendly faces here ^^