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kescusay , 10 months ago

Just in case anyone thinks this is a problem with all electric cars…

I own a Chevy Bolt. It lives in the driveway, as my house doesn’t have a garage. And I live in a city that gets Scotland levels of rainfall. It’s not uncommon for a heavy downpour to leave some low-lying streets with an inch or more of water on them in some places, and that’s perfectly normal here.

My Bolt does just fine in that. I never even considered the idea that I might need to take extra precautions with it because fucking rain might kill its battery.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Best car I’ve owned, without a doubt. I charge it overnight, and never have to even think about range (it’ll do 300 miles in good conditions if driven carefully). Keeping it charged costs a few dollars a month most of the time, unless I’m on a road trip and need to pay for charging on the way - which is still far, far cheaper than paying for gas.

The only downside is that road trips require more planning, because you need to know where you’re going to stop for a charge beforehand, and you need to plan out the time it’ll take to get a decent charge. But that just means making sure you’re going to have lunch or take a break to stretch your legs and walk around where you’ll be charging. Long-distance trips are definitely doable, you just plan them around charging locations.

And it’s impossible to beat the maintenance costs: Nearly $0. Very few moving parts and an electric motor means no oil changes, engine maintenance, and general wear-and-tear are much lower.

It’s a great car.

kescusay , 10 months ago

I don’t think anyone thinks this is a universal problem with Teslas. It’s just a possible case of quality control failure. That said, quality control has been a problem lately.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Who could possibly have predicted this?!?

Oh. Yeah. Anyone with two working brain cells.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Given that we’re already losing entire island nations, I’m not sure even that will do it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati

kescusay , 10 months ago

I’ve been a Netflix subscriber for a long time. The ease of use, the broad catalog of weird foreign films and shows, and the kid-friendly content have kept me on board after ditching Hulu, Disney+, and pretty much every other streaming service. And I have the disposable income to make the convenience worth it, even though I’m fully capable of, shall we say, sailing the high seas.

If they do this, I’m dropping Netflix. It’s just not worth it anymore.

Netflix should take the departure of people like me as a canary in the coal mine. If I leave, then other long-term, formerly-happy customers will depart, too. This will be the start of a death spiral.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Great. So once Stack Overflow is dead, where will ChatGPT get actual, correct answers from?

kescusay , 10 months ago

They’ve denied they’re doing this at all, and as near as I can tell, they’re not. The report appears to be incorrect.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Just the statement from MSNBC denying it. But I saw Mohyeldin myself on MSNBC within the last day or so, and the only reason Hassan’s show hasn’t aired is that it’s pre-taped. MSNBC isn’t airing any pre-taped shows right now, with world events being what they are.

If they were airing other pre-taped shows, I’d wonder, but they’re not.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Depends on what you mean by “seeing an ad.” An intrusive video ad on YouTube or another video site, or a bunch of annoying pop-ups? Nope, haven’t seen one in years, either. Non-intrusive banner ads on sites I’ve specifically whitelisted in order to help them financially because I like their content and services? Yeah, seen those, but I don’t mind them, and I never whitelist sites where the ads are intrusive.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Parent, here. My kids wear whatever the hell they want, and because I’m not giving them any reason to rebel, they don’t feel any urge to do that kind of thing.

And if they did for fun or something? I wouldn’t give a shit.

kescusay , 10 months ago

That’s enough. The desperation to defend fucking Hamas - a terrorist organization that has previously cut people’s heads off, in a part of the world where terrorist organizations are well-known for cutting people’s heads off - is getting downright vile.

They did it. Get used to that. You can be opposed to Israel’s actions over the years to oppress and hurt the people of Palestine without defending Hamas. Hamas isn’t Palestine.

kescusay , 10 months ago

That’s a huge freaking problem. Why is it so hard to see, clearly, the evils committed by both parties, here?

My position is easy to express, but apparently too nuanced.

• Israel has a right to exist.
• Israel has a right to defend itself.
• Israel’s right to defend itself does not extend to illegal occupation of Palestinian land and systematic oppression of Palestinians. <– This is the part they’re doing wrong.
• Palestine has a right to exist.
• Palestine has a right to defend itself.
• Terrorist factions in Palestine don’t have a right to exist or commit atrocities against either Israelis or the people of Palestine. <– This is the part they’re doing wrong.

Am I taking crazy pills? Is all that not just blatantly fucking obvious?

kescusay , 10 months ago

Oh man, seeing both the antisemites and the islamophobes pour out of the woodwork has been dismaying. They should not be the ones setting the tone for discussions about this. You can be appalled at the horrors Hamas inflicts on innocent people without declaring that Palestine should be turned to glass, and you can be appalled at the horrors the IDF is inflicting on Palestine in retaliation without going full Hitler.

This whole thing fucking sucks and everyone involved is awful.

kescusay , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Translation: “If all the civilians leave, we won’t be able to use them as human shields anymore.”

Edit: It’s also true that Israel has made it extraordinarily difficult to leave. They are not the good guys, here. But there are no good guys here except for the civilians, and we know Hamas is a terrorist organization that is perfectly willing to use them as human shields.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Uhh, dude? Hamas is just a terrorist organization. They murdered a bunch of babies by cutting off their heads. You can support Palestine and oppose Israel’s settlements without carrying water for a group that does shit like that.

kescusay , 10 months ago

No, it’s since been confirmed by numerous news organizations from all over. It happened. Hamas did that.

kescusay , 10 months ago

You’re kidding, right? So IDF soldiers who were interviewed as they were moving bodies out of the kibbutz were just lying?

Don’t do this. Don’t carry water for barbaric, inhuman acts like this. You can support Palestine’s freedom without condoning the beheading of children or trying to convince yourself it didn’t happen. Too many independent reports have corroborated it now. The BBC interviewed individual soldiers who had to deal with the insanity afterwards, and they’ll be scarred for the rest of their lives by what they’ve seen. Don’t belittle it.

And don’t belittle the Palestinian quest for freedom by defending monstrosity done in their name.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Lemmy automatically marks comments from mods as mod comments. This isn’t Reddit. I’m not talking as a mod, I’m just talking as me.

But it’s not IDF propaganda. It’s been confirmed by dozens of news outlets now. It happened. Stop carrying water for people who would do that. Hamas isn’t Palestine.

kescusay OP , 10 months ago

Yeah, although the real trigger for this was the Uttar Pradesh posts. They had zero Onion-y content.

kescusay OP , 10 months ago

Obviously.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Great! Now all you gotta do is get speaker groups to consistently work!

kescusay , 10 months ago

I’ve been thinking a lot about this, the fact that Israel’s been mistreating Palestine for decades, and… it excuses nothing. Hamas is a murderous terrorist organization that has specifically targeted civilians, and should be utterly destroyed. Palestinians shouldn’t be represented by monsters willing to do what they’ve done.

kescusay , 10 months ago

This is awful, and there are no good sides to it. Hamas are terrorists, and the Israeli government’s actions have made this kind of thing inevitable.

A lot of innocent people on both sides will die, nothing will get resolved, and both sides will continue to do horrible things to each other.

This sucks.

kescusay , 10 months ago

You’re missing the point. Hamas brutally oppresses its own people, as does Israel’s goverment. This is a predictably violent response from a violent group in retaliation against another violent group, and innocent people in both countries who just want to live their lives will suffer for it.

There are no good guys here. Israel is ultimately at fault for its treatment of Palestine, but that doesn’t excuse Hamas tactics of executing civilians in their homes - tactics that will not work and will not bring anyone to their side.

This is going to be a long, shitty time for a lot of people and nothing will be solved. And that fucking sucks.

kescusay , 10 months ago

I 100% condemn attacks on non-military targets like that. I’m not trying to carry water for Israel. I just won’t excuse Hamas, either.

There are no good guys in this. It’s a horrible, intractable situation. And make no mistake, it’s Israel’s fault, due to their illegal occupation. I won’t even remotely defend that. But that doesn’t make any of this OK.

kescusay , 10 months ago

:(

I hate absolutely everything to do with this.

kescusay , 10 months ago

You really, really don’t need an AI assistant for regular computer usage. It’s a solution in search of a problem.

There are genuinely good reasons to use GitHub Copilot if you’re a developer, but otherwise, I think they’re way more trouble than they’re worth.

kescusay , 10 months ago

Schrodinger’s sanctions. They’re simultaneously completely ineffective and a devastating attack on the Russian people.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Hence the need for this community!

kescusay , 11 months ago

It’s just a somewhat poorly-written headline. It’s about a guy - not Trump - who was supposedly victimized by the Me Too movement. And all-too-predictably, it turns out the guy - not Trump - is probably a psychotic murderer. Because that’s the sort of guy Trump likes.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Yeah, those are the worst. I’m like, “Look, I’m a news-interested person, and I want to know about this guy. Just give me a headline that interests me without it seeming like you’re trying to trick me.”

kescusay , 11 months ago

Jesus Tapdancing Christ, that’s horrifying. If Disney’s at fault, she deserves all the money for that.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Get fucked, Donny. Watch your criminal empire crumble to dust.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Hey, this is skirting pretty close to actually being a proponent of violence. Yeah, we all hate internet pranksters who annoy people for views, but that’s not a crime that deserves a death sentence.

kescusay , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

You’re right, he didn’t die. But if “more of them got beaten or shot” someone would. There has to be a better way to force asshole pranksters to stop besides shooting them.

Look, I’m not defending this idiot, he makes a living out of being a complete wanker to strangers, and this was a predictable outcome. I just don’t wish him dead for it. Much rather see him taken to court and deprived of his ability to make a living doing this shit.

kescusay , 11 months ago

As an American… yeah, we’re kinda fucked up that way. No TV is worth someone’s life.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Hey guys, can we quit with the calls for the deaths of assholes? Lemmy.world’s server rules include this:

12. No links to content supporting, featuring, or promoting hate movements, terrorism, mass violence, or calls to violence.

I’ve seen that interpreted as including comments that call for someone’s death, and I don’t want to see this shit get out of hand and draw admin attention.

This particular piece of shit, Tanner Cook, deserves to have his channels shut down, deserves some prison time, and deserves some kind of court order preventing him from pulling stupid “pranks” on anyone ever again. Maybe then he can do something productive with his life, instead of… whatever the fuck it is he’s doing right now.

But he can’t do that if he’s dead.

Being an asshole isn’t a capital offense, worthy of summary execution. And the judge in this case apparently agrees.

So just tone it down a little, OK?

kescusay , 11 months ago

Tragic, I know.

kescusay , 11 months ago

100% agreement. Fuck that guy.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Is that really what you want? A world where being an asshole is a death sentence? No opportunities to turn yourself around?

I don’t want to live in a world like that, even if I find this guy an absolute tool.

kescusay , 11 months ago

I’d rather at least try to rehabilitate a guy like him into a valuable member of society.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Sure, no argument there.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Agreed, it sucks all around.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Okay, let me be more blunt: Since I don’t want this community, which I mod, to be endangered by becoming a cesspool of support for violence, I will wield the ban-hammer for the very first time to prevent that from happening if I have to.

I don’t want to, and so far, I don’t think I need to, because just reminding people about Lemmy.world’s rules seems like enough. I intend to mod very lightly, and limit myself to stepping in with reminders and warnings (like this one) as much as possible. This is a fun, light-hearted community, and I want to keep it that way.

But it’s not the sidebar saying this now, it’s me, the guy who volunteered to mod here and wants this community to thrive: Please don’t push on this. Keep it fun.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Okay-dokay. That’s fine. Fuck mods and all that. But you are on world, when you’re using this community. Which is hosted on world.

You’ve said your piece, I’ve said mine. No reason we can’t part as friends here, as long as you’re not espousing violence.

kescusay , 11 months ago

Well. That’s certainly a take.