southernbrewer

joined 1 year ago
[–] southernbrewer 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We have a Nissan Leaf (30kWh) which has been great. No regrets.

The things you worry about before buying (range, battery life) are absolute non-issues. For optimal battery longevity you don't want to use a fast charger very often, so just charge it at home which is generally more convenient anyway. You can make exceptions occasionally when you need to.

We use it for city driving, for which the range is more than adequate and we mostly only charge it every few days. We haven't yet attempted to take it on a proper road trip; so far we just borrow a friend's hybrid if we need to do that, basically to avoid having to think about charging.

[–] southernbrewer 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TERM is the default (15). 9 is KILL

[–] southernbrewer 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah sounds awesome to me too tbh. My mood brightens whenever I see snow and I don't find that low sunlight levels affect me at all.

However apparently between 1-10% of people are affected by seaonal affective disorder so those people may want to avoid Finland during the winter months

[–] southernbrewer 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How could it be a bad thing?

[–] southernbrewer 5 points 4 months ago

A friend has had a dumb phone for a few years but supplemented with an iPad for things like messaging apps, maps, banking, camera. He finds the iPad just inconvenient enough to avoid social media addiction and always-connected mentality while still convenient enough to deal with the problems you described

[–] southernbrewer 3 points 5 months ago

Phone: great for mindlessly scrolling or the odd comment.

Laptop: for actually getting anything done.

I'd use a desktop but sometimes I have to work from cafes or something so I prefer just using a laptop all the time rather than two machines

[–] southernbrewer 3 points 5 months ago

I've had a mac for years and still haven't had any need for an iCloud account. It's optional

[–] southernbrewer 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's that in football fields?

[–] southernbrewer 1 points 5 months ago

I've recently gotten a couple (absolutely tech illiterate) friends and family to move to Linux. It's finally there - it's much easier to use than windows now.

And if you don't want to keep shelling out for new computers every few years, doubly so - Linux works fine on decade+ old hardware (and you can keep upgrading practically indefinitely to stay within security windows, so you barely ever need to actually buy new hardware)

[–] southernbrewer 3 points 5 months ago

Why cut just when bovine fren join game

[–] southernbrewer 1 points 5 months ago

Me too. And I live in NZ where there's bloody beaches everywhere. Can't move for beaches

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