Mitchie151

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[–] Mitchie151 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The average use case for the majority of truck owners in the US does not involve towing. Light trucks are driven an average of around 30 miles per day, which is why I say for most people they're actually in a pretty good position, other than being pretty expensive vehicles of course. If you own a caravan or something and are doing regular massive road trips, you are the minority that these vehicles still don't cater to.

[–] Mitchie151 7 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

The Silverado EV and F150 lightning seem pretty decent from the specs, but towing anything they still seriously suck. But for most people they're actually already pretty good... Unlike the cyber truck.

[–] Mitchie151 5 points 1 month ago

Don't you all in the US vote on like, everyone and everything? Can you vote for another dem against a dem locally? How do all these ancient people stay in their seat for so long?

[–] Mitchie151 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Mitchie151 4 points 1 month ago

I did a cursory google while writing out my reply and stumbled on this one: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103515004509

I've found some less legit sources that report similar values from the Venera probes. 2-4m/s is probably more accurate.

Overall it is hard to say, at those pressures if the wind could get any dust in the air the energy behind it would definitely contribute to erosion.

[–] Mitchie151 43 points 1 month ago (5 children)

On the surface of the planet, the atmosphere is extremely dense carbon dioxide, the sulfuric acid that makes landing such a threat is pretty much non-existent at the surface. The wind is also much slower at the surface, the probes measures only 2-4kmh. The probes that landed typically fail due the the temperatures overwhelming the electronics. Most electronics we manufacture are only good up to around 100 Celsius, with specially designed stuff good to around 150c.

I'm no expert, but as the atmosphere is mostly inert at the surface and the wind speed is relatively slow I would attribute damage to the probes over time to temperature and pressure rather than corrosion/erosion. That said, it's been a long time and even trace amounts of sulfuric acid at surface level could lead to corrosion over time but to what extent I'm not sure.

The temperature is well below the melting points of the metals I would assume they were made from such as titanium and steel. Aluminium however would be too weak under the pressure and temperature conditions and would be crushed, though it probably wouldn't melt.

Barring any major volcanic eruptions nearby, under normal conditions I'd hazard a guess that the probes on the surface are still there, perhaps largely in tact.

[–] Mitchie151 15 points 2 months ago

You can put in a buy order at 0.1 for a share worth 100. You're dreaming, but you can still do it. Don't think it really qualifies as abusing the system.

[–] Mitchie151 8 points 2 months ago

SE1 easily big enough to be a whole game, to go much further they needed the engine upgrade.

[–] Mitchie151 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, this one is common on Facebook because it's the stupid top auto reply thing that is way too easy to fat finger when browsing listings

[–] Mitchie151 8 points 3 months ago

My wife was undiagnosed until she was 26. When she started on medication there was no immediate difference that she noticed. She had always been very good academically and did well in high school, uni and work so she was torn about whether she really even needed the meds given how well she got by. It became pretty clear over time as she started though that it really helped with preventing her becoming overwhelmed and helped her stay on task much better. Now she wonders just how well she could have done in high school and uni had she been diagnosed earlier.

All that said, ADHD is different for everyone so your mileage may vary. Give it a little time and follow the doctor's orders and see what works for you. We went through a few different medications before finding one that really hit the spot!

[–] Mitchie151 3 points 3 months ago

It exists but anything that passively draws power would not normally be preferred for automotive. However with EVs it might not be such a big deal due to the enormous battery.

[–] Mitchie151 1 points 3 months ago (9 children)

And thus should require backup batteries isolated from the main power bus of the vehicle, which would be so cost prohibitive the entire idea is made redundant.

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