Much of the battery’s energy is recovered through regenerative braking. This means the main thing limiting range is drag. That’s why EVs typically have much more emphasis on being aerodynamic and are more efficient in cities. An ICE car has all of the energy dumped into heat in the brakes. But that’s ok because it’s easy to just make the tank bigger. That’s why ICE cars are more efficient on the highway where they never brake.

I doubt it’s torque delivery. Rubber compound and alignment make a big difference in tire life. Since EVs are much more limited by inefficiencies, I would bet it came with harder tires and a straighter alignment.

My weather app uses that for weather data. I’ve found it more reliable than other people’s apps.

The single largest producer of micro plastics is car tires. The second largest is lint from synthetic clothing. I agree that it’s probably green washing but it’s still probably better than using leather.

Even if leather is a byproduct of meat production, it’s not given away. It’s sold. At best, leather is subsidizing the meat industry. Leather helps make animal suffering more profitable. Therefore it happens more.

“this one house has perfectly consistent power usage. That’s suspicious”

The fact that Russia is so aggressive to it’s neighbors is pushing them to join NATO. Even Finland and Sweden joined, two proud independent countries felt they had no choice. That’s not western imperialism. Acting like NATO is powering this aggression is just projecting.

People have been conquering, subjugating, and colonizing for wealth long before capitalism.

“The South will rise again” folks were right. They just had a much longer timeline than we imagined.

I use mint that I haven’t updated in years because one time I tried and it failed so I stopped trying. It’s my old work Thinkpad that I now use exclusively to run weekly events. It’s old and heavy and I needed a more lightweight OS than windows.

I have a special syringe for this. I had impacted ear wax a few years ago and I went to urgent care to get it rinsed. Turns out my other ear was also impacted, just not as bad. After the rinse, I could hear in 3D. I felt like I shouldn’t have been allowed to drive home because it felt like I was on acid it was so overwhelming. On the drive home I heard a crappy Honda with a bad exhaust drive by and I was scream-laughing at how visceral it was.

Now I rinse regularly in the shower and don’t get to have free acid trips :(

Plank length: usually 10ft for 2x4s. Though, you can get them cut to length.