Belt CVTs - I'm right there with you, but take a look into the more modern geared CVTs such as Toyota e-CVT in their hybrids - I think Honda have a similar tech. It's a planetary gear system that provides infinite gears without the rubber band feel that plagued belt CVTs and hella-reliable.
https://youtu.be/vHc-_E8xWnM?si=tzCJWXHmC9T5GCpx
I'm a petrolhead at heart and would love more options for manuals but in lieu of that, a geared CVT is by far the next best transmission and 100x better than a traditional auto.
Even better, jump in one and take it for a drive - because there are gears, it feels more connected to the motor - almost manual-like response and no sluggish delay like a traditional auto.
You literally pick your revs by pushing the throttle more or less, they're magic for hills or when the car is packed since you're never waiting for revs to climb up into the power nor holding a speed because any faster and you have to change again which takes you out of the power again. If you want more power, you simply modulate that with the throttle and the revs rise instantly to accommodate.
It could become as normal as talking about dancing:
"I went to dance class last night, only my second week so I still get nervous but it's good fun and great exercise!
They taught the newer students a new dance and we had to partner up with someone we hadn't danced with before. I got a lovely older lady and OMG - she was so agile she almost broke MY hip! I'm soo sore but going back tomorrow!"
New plan: we all kick out the US and we'll invite most of the rest of the friendly countries name it the one-hundred thirty-eyes and we'll have blackjack and hookers.
100% you are burnt out. That was me a couple of years ago in a very similar position and problems.
Find a new job while you keep working there then leave as soon as you can. If it's legal where you are, then leave them stranded with no notice. Even if they counter-offer with a pay rise, the problems will still be there (like, why didn't they pay you that to start with!?) as well the expectation of 150% - probably more if they're paying you more!
Look for something completely different outside help desk/operations to give yourself a mental break and after a couple of years you may find your passion for IT comes back. Even moving to another area of IT might be enough of a change.
Good on your for recognizing it but that sort of environment can kill you and your passion if you try to push through it. Get out of there and things will get immeasurably better!
Yes!! This and Fatal Racing was my entire early teens!
A real team effort if the air traffic controllers join the effort too
gollum cough gollum
I suspect the contract means that they only actually pay for those that are played
No search results found, did you mean: "Fuck yeah Grima, worm-tongue his ass"?
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Oh man, most of those were in place during the so called "golden age" of America. Maybe this is what the red hats have been fighting for all this time! /s
The areas don't reflect the population, it reflects the wealth of that percentage of the population. Using the map is just so fun way to represent the values.
So, bottom of the south is the total wealth of the bottom 50% of the population (2.6m). From Kaikoura north is the wealth of the top 10% with the Auckland/Northland representing just the 1% (around 52k people) who own about the same as the bottom 50%
After seeing something similar elsewhere I decided to give this a go.
Honestly, I thought the top 1% (population the size of Hastings) might reach down to Whangarei or at most upper-upper Auckland, but it's the visual representation of the top 10% - basically everything north of about Kaikoura - that shocked me the most!
Right, they've perfected the rocket, now we just need to load Elon onto the next flight.