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New comment by parkingrift in "Ask HN: Are you a “lifer”? If so why?"

parkingrift — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:40:31 +0000

It’s not as dire in NYC unless you’re exclusively considering Manhattan. And even in Manhattan it’s relatively “affordable” if you’re willing to live in the 160s+. Significantly less than people think, at least.

New comment by parkingrift in "Beyond Meat is struggling, and the plant-based meat industry worries"

parkingrift — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:03:15 +0000

The number of people chiming in on this article proclaiming food preferences as "wrong" or "correct" is truly astounding. No, my preferences aren't wrong. No, yours aren't wrong either. Food preferences are personal.

The only thing "wrong" here is all the people chiming in to tell others that their differing preferences are incorrect.

New comment by parkingrift in "Beyond Meat is struggling, and the plant-based meat industry worries"

parkingrift — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:57:32 +0000

> Vegetarian here, you're wrong.

Legitimately laughing out loud at this response. You're sitting there at your keyboard telling other people that their food preferences are wrong? Seriously? No one is going to take you seriously if you can't acknowledge the basic premise that food preferences are personal opinions.

"Food is all about personal preference"

New comment by parkingrift in "Beyond Meat is struggling, and the plant-based meat industry worries"

parkingrift — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:26:59 +0000

>why would anyone go through the motions to have fake chicken when you have multitudes of vegetarian options

Because meat tastes better, and I want it. If I can have that taste without an animal involved then it’s all the better. If not then I’ll continue eating meat.

Vegetarians and vegans just don’t seem to understand this. Food is all about personal preference but the extreme majority of people eat and enjoy meat. They enjoy it because they find it delicious. If people felt vegetarian options were as delicious as meat we wouldn’t be having these discussions.

People who don’t have a taste preference for meat are obviously not the target for plant based meat.

New comment by parkingrift in "Europe accuses US of profiting from war"

parkingrift — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:00:47 +0000

>If the West European allies are not that important then the US should plow ahead, but the consequence will be those countries will look elsewhere for partners.

This comment brought to you by the year 2008. Europe did look elsewhere for partners, and cozied up with Russia.

I can’t wait to see how Europeans shoot themselves in the foot this time.

New comment by parkingrift in "Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microreactor"

parkingrift — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 14:45:03 +0000

Let’s see one for wind power, then. OP implies wind is an order of magnitude cheaper.

New comment by parkingrift in "Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microreactor"

parkingrift — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:27:24 +0000

It crops up because people give these absurdly misleading cost estimates for adding incremental wind power to the grid. You can’t have wind power without spending money on an equivalent amount of reliable power, and no one wants to include those required costs in their estimates. This tends to dramatically understate the actual economics of wind.

New comment by parkingrift in "What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows?"

parkingrift — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:49:12 +0000

There will always be firearms. You can make them illegal but you can't make them stop existing. This is the fundamental problem with these types of suggestions. Switch to bow, it's safer! ...but the criminals (and anyone else) will keep using firearms. Comically absurd idealism about society and the world.

New comment by parkingrift in "UV Devices Could Keep Indoor Air Free of Viruses"

parkingrift — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:35:40 +0000

> What needs to be done is not to eliminate those actors, but rather to make our bodies resilient to potentiel pathogens.

If we expose ourselves to these pathogens and wait a few thousand years we might naturally evolve to be resilient.

…otherwise I have no idea what you’re proposing here. You can’t just decide to be resilient. Pathogens kill people. They don’t die because they lacked willpower.

New comment by parkingrift in "Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription in Its EVs"

parkingrift — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:14:29 +0000

This seemed so absurdly impossible that I had to look it up. I went to Edmunds and sure enough the 5-year TCO for a 2022 LR Model 3 is $115k. The 5-year TCO for a 2022 LE AWD Prius is $69k.

The Model 3 is ridiculously expensive. Base price RWD $47k. You can get into a Prius for $25k. At 58mpg there will never be a breakeven for the Model 3. Economics will be different with this upcoming $7,500 tax credit, but that obviously doesn't apply to any current owners.

New comment by parkingrift in "Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription in Its EVs"

parkingrift — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:12:20 +0000

There are better competitors entering the market, but none can really compare to a Model S. The upcoming Hyundia Ionic 6 will likely be the industry leader, but it hasn't released in the US and last I checked didn't have US pricing, either.

New comment by parkingrift in "Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription in Its EVs"

parkingrift — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:30:39 +0000

What a hilarious and asinine way to torpedo your own brand. It seems that Mercedes and BMW want to be known as the "Spirit Airlines of electric cars."

...except at least Spirit Airlines is cheap. The Mercedes EQS sedan starts at $102k for relatively middling performance of 5.9s 0-60 and range of 350 milse. I have no doubt that the EQS is a more luxurious car, but the Tesla Model S is $105k for significantly better performance of 3.1s 0-60 and better range at 405 miles.

I doubt anyone is cross-shopping a Model 3 against a Mercedes, but the economics are almost comical in favor of the 3. Model 3 $63k for 3.1s 0-60 and 315 miles of range.

I can only wonder who would buy this. Pay a significant premium for a Mercedes and then stuck with a $100/month subscription? I'd love to hear from someone who is into this, and why.

New comment by parkingrift in "$477M FTX ‘hack’ was a Bahamian government asset seizure"

parkingrift — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:50:08 +0000

He did. He directly said it was a hack in an interview with Vox.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23462333/sam-bankman-frie...

New comment by parkingrift in "$477M FTX ‘hack’ was a Bahamian government asset seizure"

parkingrift — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 13:56:41 +0000

Sure, but that’s just handwaving away the question. He made an effort to reach out to a journalist and reinforced the hack narrative.

New comment by parkingrift in "$477M FTX ‘hack’ was a Bahamian government asset seizure"

parkingrift — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 11:45:54 +0000

SBF publicly lied about this and called it a hack. If it was all aboveboard why would he have done that?

New comment by parkingrift in "Carvana to cut 1,500 jobs as online auto dealer’s troubles mount"

parkingrift — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:51:54 +0000

Pardon my ignorance, but why would used car prices necessarily impact a used car dealer? Surely these dealers have to pay more to buy these cars and so their margins should be unchanged? Or is the issue that they are buying used cars and prices are falling so fast that their margins are shrinking?

New comment by parkingrift in "Apple Rankings"

parkingrift — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:23:34 +0000

Granny Smith is a trash tier Apple. The skin is inedible and it is absurdly sour. It's only edible if you peel the skin, cut it up, ...and bake it in something else. Alternatively peel the skin, and dip it into something such as peanut butter. By itself, it's trash tier.

New comment by parkingrift in "CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards"

parkingrift — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:17:40 +0000

I don't know why the CPSC has singled out Onewheel. If they're going to try and regulate this new class of mobility they need to do better than phoning it in. This feels just as random and absurd as the clampdowns on Juul. Don't buy Juul, but do feel free to buy flavored nicotine from these thousands of other less scrupulous vendors.

There are absurdly under braked e-bikes with 30+ mph motors, electric scooters with 40+ mph motors, "unicycles" with 40+ mph motors, and even competing "onewheel" type products. Based on the arguments provided in the linked article these are all worthy of regulation. I disagree with the premise, but if they're going to regulate one they should regulate all.

New comment by parkingrift in "A Six-Figure Income Is Needed Just to Afford the Typical US Home"

parkingrift — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:12:45 +0000

House price to media income ratio has breached 7x twice in the last 70 years in the US. The first was the 2008 housing bubble. The second is the time period we’re in right now.

Make of that what you will.

https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-inco...

New comment by parkingrift in "Overhyping hydrogen as a fuel"

parkingrift — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:12:43 +0000

We will need many scientific breakthroughs for battery to be viable for non-personal transportation. Then there’s industry, construction, agriculture, etc. These areas of the economy are responsible for about 50% of emissions. We need hydrogen. Not for cars, but for everything else.