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New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

nixonpjoshua — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:33:41 +0000

I agree EREVs make a lot of sense, electric first but not requiring a full commitment, especially for a truck that sometimes has to do things like towing.

https://insideevs.com/news/777407/scout-motors-erev-reservas...

I'm sure this wasn't lost on Ford, 80% of Scout reservations come with the EREV and only 20% BEV.

Maybe one day they will have enough volume in the segment to justify making the pure BEV version again but with parts sharing with the EREV. An advantage to EREV design is that if done smartly you can offer the same vehicle stripped down and BOOM you have a BEV too.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Economics of Orbital vs. Terrestrial Data Centers"

nixonpjoshua — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:24:27 +0000

I am reminded of how space exploration has come largely before deep ocean exploration, seems like a human bias.

Putting data centers under water makes way way more sense than into space.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

nixonpjoshua — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:46:17 +0000

I don't think it will be possible to make wireless earbuds or a ring with replaceable batteries without seriously compromising the ergonomics of fitting onto or into the human body.

I have a pair of earbuds designed to be as diminutive for sleeping comfortably and I have no idea how you would do that with a replaceable battery even if Airpod sized devices can be done.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Show HN: Autism Simulator"

nixonpjoshua — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:31:20 +0000

The diagnostic criteria and symptoms have substantial overlap, ultimately everything in the DSM is a descriptive diagnosis not based on a mechanistic understanding of neurobiology so it's VERY likely that our categories don't map 1:1 to the underlying causes.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "MentraOS – open-source Smart glasses OS"

nixonpjoshua — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:21:44 +0000

https://www.xreal.com/us/

https://global.rokid.com/

Both of these companies make exactly that. I have Rokid Max, can't comment on the quality for the Xreal

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?"

nixonpjoshua — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:53:26 +0000

I can second this, after getting PRK I ended up slightly farsighted after being majorly nearsighted, I did a intermediate pupillary distance between my distance PD and near PD and its great for how I use a computer which is 99% of reading I do.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration"

nixonpjoshua — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:49:44 +0000

good one haha, the properly scary part of the other nuclear arms race is fusion too even!

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries"

nixonpjoshua — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:21:56 +0000

I haven't had quotations work for me in search in years now, it's really sad how boolean operators have stopped working too. I find it particularly difficult to search for "non latex" products as adding quotes on the total term no longer works and I just get products full of latex. Also I can't use boolean search to find the product because it just ignores the "-" in front of the word and gives a ton of results that match the search term latex.

Just an example where it isn't just making it harder to search for a profit motive but it's actually actively preventing (both Amazon and Google) from showing me the results or even ads for the product I actually want to buy.

If anyone has a good solution to this I would appreciate it, there is often a non-latex version of most all latex based products but finding them online is impossible if you don't already know the brand name!

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "In SSRI withdrawal, brain zaps go from overlooked symptom to center stage (2023)"

nixonpjoshua — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:55:45 +0000

I would guess it has more to do with the serotonin, Atomoxetine has small S activity and large N activity and relatively it can be discontinued much easier than any of these other drugs.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "The rise of the disposable car"

nixonpjoshua — Wed, 29 May 2024 17:50:55 +0000

This is actually the thing I am most excited about with the prospect of self-driving, the biggest way car-centric infrastructure ruins cities is by parking requirements.

Unfortunately most cities in the USA have parking minimums so even if a market change occurs and they are all empty the lots will stick around for a while until they are no longer legally required.

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "BYD launches cheaper Seagull EV with $9,700 starting price tag"

nixonpjoshua — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:01:18 +0000

I think people forget that Tesla is an US company sometimes... that being said, adoption in the US is probably going to be slowed by cheap gas compared to Europe or Asia

New comment by nixonpjoshua in "Bad News About Inflation"

nixonpjoshua — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:16:26 +0000

This works so long as the company giving raises is successful vs the broader economy - however in the process of "creative destruction" in the economy a lot of what drives growth is new firms or innovative firms displacing old firms, thus the ability to pay a raise will be diminished in firms that fall into the "old" category vs the firms eating their lunch. It is just a statistical reality that if you stay at the same firm for 40 years that it is likely to at some point become an "old" firm.