SwampNut

China? Bullshit? No fucking way! But BYD does seem to have something here. They will be the final nail for Tesla, which is why the First Lady needs to crush them under a federal sales tax.

I want to semi-seal a closet. This seems cheap and easy. Makes me skeptical that it's too easy? Any experience? https://www.amazon.com/Holikme-Stopper-Weather-Stripping-Adjustable/dp/B0D2KRQF1L/ref=asc_df_B0D2KRQF1L?mcid=5f8d6df9d07a3a03bc55b913635c085e&hvocijid=10775362602870346840-B0D2KRQF1L-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10775362602870346840&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030159&hvtargid=pla-2281435180218&th=1 Why? It's the gear closet, and I have a dehumidifier/de-stink thing in it. But the house has a humidifier to stay at 50. I want to stop the fight.

EV generations are a funny thing. There's also an option for my bike to charge at 13.2kW but it eats the frunk and costs like $2k. And the Chinese just released this... It's called Megawatt charging because it delivers 1,000 kilowatts of electrical power at 1,000 volts, which is twice as powerful as the fastest chargers we have here in the United States. And BYD claims its new electric sedan, the Han L, can gain almost 250 miles (400 kilometers) of range in just five minutes with this setup. The Han L sedan used in the test started at 13%. A "1002 KW" logo flashed across its driver display screen. The car leaped to that speed almost immediately, but then it quickly tapered off to about 767 kW. It got to 30% after just a minute and a half, then 40% after two and a half minutes, where it held steady at 633 kW. About four minutes in, the car was at 50%. In a little under five minutes, the BYD folks called it: 60.10%, while still maintaining a charge speed of 463 kW. Where it would've gone after that, I do not know. But in that short time plugged in, Han L gained 262 miles (421 km) of driving range. That's quick enough that your bladder—not the car—will be your limiting factor on most road trips.

I am going to an event today. Checking this out: https://lightshiprv.com I was planning on driving because a couple of people were going with me. They bailed. Now I can ride. But I don't necessarily keep things charged for long drives/rides. So I just plugged in at 5760w, problem solved. If I were limited to 120v (1440w), it would take many hours. If I really wanted to max out I'd use the Rivian charger at 6600 (for the bike, the Rivian charges much faster).

Doesn't seem to affect anyone else, no reports, and I just tested another account. And I log in as a user normally, not as an admin, it's the only way to ban myself from the dumpster fire. My first suggestion is the usual clearing cookies, and obviously a reboot if you haven't done that.

Using 1200w charging, in most cases I can't fill the battery in the time that the super-low rate is in effect. I need faster charging to fit it inside that window. I cannot envision one situation where 120v would not be worse.

Oscar and I have a friend who thinks the opposite, I think? Or maybe the same? Anyway, is there a difference? Yes. Is it measurable with some device? Sure. Would you ever notice on a bill? No. There are efficiencies involved that would make 240v technically more efficient. I'm rather confident that 120v would not be more efficient. UNLESS we also change the watts and there's a demand charge. For one, the vehicle is more awake when charging happens, and you spend more time doing work. Voltage and time are two different things. In some cases you would NEED the 240v charging to meet the timeline. In winter we have a crazy cheap super-off-peak rate for a few hours, and I could never use it fully with 120v/12a charging.

I'm already pissed at wearing a ring. Hey, how the fuck do you deal with gloves? This sounds like I will be pissed 24x7. With a soft watch band that isn't so obnoxious... GODDAMMIT my typing is slower. Shit.

What a great idea, print your own ring sizers at home... https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lipswwya9xry7rh0169y9/AJa083dB9Hy9czDAiAmBf6Y Because I hate people and going to a mall.

You missed his really major retardation. The specific point of the fuel tanker story is that the thousands of gallons of gasoline couldn't fix him needing a gallon of diesel. Alanis Morissette did a song about that. Pretty typical lack of understanding then going off with idiocy based on it. Sad. Also any idea what the fuck a sensu stricto is? I just realized I'm wearing a shirt that contains the solution to this battery problem. They're a local company that makes sodium batteries to replace the fragile AGMs in EVs. They gave me a shirt and I didn't have the common decency to give them a reach-around buy their batteries to prevent this problem. Expensive.

The gas trucker I know is my neighbor's brother. He was over last night (which also explains my hangover today, fucker). He had a good laugh at having a massive high-voltage battery (gasoline) when all you need is a couple amps of 12v (diesel). Also he'd never heard these great ditties...

A friend is a gas delivery trucker. He said one of his guys ran out of fuel while delivering gas. Same thing? Can a nuclear plant have a power outage? It's 2025 and a "modern" car still needs a damn jumper pack in it. Retarded. That would have saved a lot of time, most likely, but then I would never have discovered a great place in Vegas. I just noticed that a firmware update was applied related to this, which is surprising. Meaning it isn't updated automatically, as I apply all updates immediately. It's unfortunate that there's absolutely no way to talk to a Rivian mechanic, ever. Isolated by a moat and crocodiles from the customer area.

Someone asked if I had a problem with premature ejaculation, and I said no, I enjoy it just fine. Alt punchline: No but my wife seems to!

I don't know how Rivian settled the bill, but I made sure to give my assigned manager all of the details of their fuckups leading to the extra time and cost.

When I go to get sized, it should be interesting.

He was pretty good, except for the jumper cable retardation. I think maybe I have the energy and patience to type this out now. The jumper cables were 87 years old, rusty (in Arizona, impressive), and mangled. They didn't work. He fucked around with things and then they sort of worked. Got the car jumped. I tell him it will take 5-7 minutes for a full restart so be patient. Every 45 seconds, I hear sparks. He's fucking with them. Dude, gonna need 5-7 minutes of solid power. We get to a full startup, things are looking great. I start the next step and BOOM! Dark. Everything is off. WTF. Get out to go look, he disconnected them again. Anyway, fuck 12v lead-acid batteries. And dumb Paki dispatchers who think the intersection of highway 95 and 68 is the same as 93 and 68, causing many more new problems with the battery. Had I known ahead of time that all this would happen, I'd have driven over to the surprise free charger nearby, but I also thought that getting off the main highway could be worse if that didn't solve the problem. (It likely wouldn't have, shorted cell.) Were it not for this fuckery however, I would not have discovered the best cigar lounge on earth. I was the only white person there. Totally unusual demographic. Good music, great hospitality, and an $11 soul food dinner.

My one and only experience with Interstate will remain my only one, hopefully.

I already get that from the Apple Watch!

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I have this on order: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/circular-ring/circular-ring-2-worlds-most-advanced-health-tracking-ring?ref=user_menu Also, going to be in the beta test group for the first home device that will do a variety of hormone and other "blood tests" but with spit instead, at extremely low cost, with results in minutes not days. I need to keep tabs on a couple things that have been high for me for decades.

I can't make out where your math went wonky. I can buy semaglutide for $1/mo and they sell it for $170/mo. Now, they do have to pay someone to mix it with bacteriostatic water and put a label on it, so there's a cost there too.

Pretty sure they tack on their doctor/prescriber fee on top of that. The cost of semaglutide even in small-ish quantities (300mg) is $200 for a 200 month supply of the average dose. Yes, I said 200 months. These fuckers are PRINTING money. And it's $320 shipped for 66 months of tirzepatide (vastly better than semaglutide and nobody should use semaglutide at all).

Oh yeah, @superhawk996 has accounts that he shares with friends, and batteries are a top discount item. I think 30%?